newark museum's social media platform
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Presented by Allison McCartney and Ray Stivala 10/27 for Social Media Club North JerseyTRANSCRIPT
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Newark Museum’s Social Media Platform
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Why We Got Involved
• Why we initially got involved– Newspaper Space is dwindling– Art Critics are becoming a thing of the past.
• Example – Star Ledger, Bergen Record art critics are now freelancers
• We needed our voice to be heard
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• Researched– Eliminated Myspace
• Tested
• Launched
• Most of our social media messages to go back to our Web site, www.newarkmuseum.org
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Link Back To Your Web Site
Flickr
Wordpress
I-Tunes U I-Tunes
YouTube
Newark MuseumWeb site
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What we have found
• Control the message quickly and concisely
• Who can tell our Museum story better?
• Create a dialogue with people from all overthe world
• Found a strong Arts community on Twitter
• Found Museum Community base on Facebook
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• Friends as of 10/26/10 – 3,519
• 2 to 3 messages per week
• put up images, videos
• Promote exhibitions and events
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• Followers as of 10/26/10 – 1,623
• Daily messaging
• Link to Web, add images
• Promote exhibitions and events
• Have now added education component for content
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Blog
• Very new to us as of August
• Trying to figure out if weekly or bi-weekly messaging works
• Still learning
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A Museum Is Visual
• Flickr– update images for each event and installation.
– Now focusing on installation shots
• YouTube– podcast per month
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Value
• Our Cost– Creative Manpower
• Our Growth– Grassroots
• SM Value– New demographics– Spreading our message
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Follow Us
• Follow us on– facebook: Newark Museum– Twitter: @newarkmuseum– YouTube channel: newarkmuseum– Flickr: Newark Museum
• Visit us at newarkmuseum.org