social media audit assignment for social media class

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Com 322: Social Media Matthew J. Kushin, PhD | Shepherd University Group Project Group Project: Social Media Audit Social Media Audit Report Report Overview Due: See Syllabus % of Total Grade: See Syllabus Turning In: 1 person in team uploads 1 copy to Assignments on Sakai in MS Word Compatible format Overview You will conduct a social media audit of Shepherd University’s Comm Department AND a similar department to Shepherd University’s Comm Dept. Try to analyze all of their existing social media – but if they have a ton of channels, just pick 3. E.g., Twitter, Facebook, YouTube. Useful Materials: To complete this assignment, you should have completed the Meltwater training videos available in the help section of your Meltwater account (image of where these are at bottom of this assignment). o Access your team’s Meltwater account: http://Meltwater.com/login. Social Media Audit Guide Questions (at bottom of this assignment). Recommended social media audit student example on Sakai (which you should read in full!). Additional audit examples: National Farm to School Network | Hult Center for the Performing Arts | Asbury Design Consultancy Organization of Paper 1. Organization Overview – 12 paragraphs so we know who you’re writing about. 2. Methods section – 12 paragraphs telling us what tools you used to do your analysis (e.g., socialmention, Klout) 3. Social Media Audit – Use the questions from Part 1 of the “Guide Questions” at bottom of this document. a. Compare ShepComm and another Department. 4. Communication Audit Use questions from Part 2 of the “Guide Questions” at the bottom of this document. a. Compare ShepComm and another Department. 5. Recommendations & Discussion In consideration of what you found, what conclusions can you draw about how SU Comm Dept’s could use social media for the social media platform you chose? What recommendations do you have? How can they improve? Back up your claims by citing all references in text (such as to recommendations. Ex: If you recommend they post 3 times per hour on Twitter, why? What is your source for this recommendation? – maybe it is discussed in Likeable Social Media or the other class text. Maybe it is based on things other universities are doing well. Maybe you need to do some web searching – there is a lot online on this sort of thing!) Additional Requirements 1) Cover Page – Cover page with title of report and team member names. 2) Length – Body should be about 34 pages of text doublespaced (NOT including images, graphs, etc). 3) Visuals – use screen grabs of their social media, create graphs or charts to communicate complex information, such as numbers, or comparisons. 4) Formatting – Use headers to organize your paper into sections. 5) Citations – All references to external material must be linked to (using embedded URLs). 6) Reference list A list at the end of the document of any additional readings or sources, including the URLs to their social media sites. 7) Write paper as an essay – You can use bullet points for any lists. Grading Criteria A Professional quality of writing Organization, Structure & flow of paper Thoroughness of Review & addressing of questions Recommendations based on sound reasoning & evidence relying on credible external sources (e.g., sources) Links to sources. Reference list.

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Page 1: Social media audit assignment for social media class

Com  322:  Social  Media  Matthew  J.  Kushin,  PhD  |  Shepherd  University  

Group  ProjectGroup  Project :  :   Social  Media  AuditSocial  Media  Audit     ReportReport    Overview    Due:   See  Syllabus  %  of  Total  Grade:   See  Syllabus  Turning  In:   1  person  in  team  uploads  1  copy  to  Assignments  on  Sakai  in  MS  Word  Compatible  format  

 Overview  

You  will  conduct  a  social  media  audit  of  Shepherd  University’s  Comm  Department  AND  a  similar  department  to  Shepherd  University’s  Comm  Dept.  Try  to  analyze  all  of  their  existing  social  media  –  but  if  they  have  a  ton  of  channels,  just  pick  3.  E.g.,  Twitter,  Facebook,  YouTube.    Useful  Materials:    § To  complete  this  assignment,  you  should  have  completed  the  Meltwater  training  videos  available  in  the  help  section  of  

your  Meltwater  account  (image  of  where  these  are  at  bottom  of  this  assignment).  o Access  your  team’s  Meltwater  account:  http://Meltwater.com/login.  

§ Social  Media  Audit  Guide  Questions  (at  bottom  of  this  assignment).    § Recommended  social  media  audit  student  example  on  Sakai  (which  you  should  read  in  full!).  § Additional  audit  examples:  National  Farm  to  School  Network  |  Hult  Center  for  the  Performing  Arts  |  Asbury  Design  

Consultancy      Organization  of  Paper  

1. Organization  Overview  –  1-­‐2  paragraphs  so  we  know  who  you’re  writing  about.  2. Methods  section  –  1-­‐2  paragraphs  telling  us  what  tools  you  used  to  do  your  analysis  (e.g.,  socialmention,  Klout)  3. Social  Media  Audit  –  Use  the  questions  from  Part  1  of  the  “Guide  Questions”  at  bottom  of  this  document.  

a. Compare  ShepComm  and  another  Department.  4. Communication  Audit  -­‐  Use  questions  from  Part  2  of  the  “Guide  Questions”  at  the  bottom  of  this  document.  

a. Compare  ShepComm  and  another  Department.  5. Recommendations  &  Discussion  

§ In  consideration  of  what  you  found,  what  conclusions  can  you  draw  about  how  SU  Comm  Dept’s  could  use  social  media  for  the  social  media  platform  you  chose?  What  recommendations  do  you  have?  How  can  they  improve?    

§ Back  up  your  claims  by  citing  all  references  in  text  (such  as  to  recommendations.  Ex:  If  you  recommend  they  post  3  times  per  hour  on  Twitter,  why?  What  is  your  source  for  this  recommendation?  –  maybe  it  is  discussed  in  Likeable  Social  Media  or  the  other  class  text.  Maybe  it  is  based  on  things  other  universities  are  doing  well.  Maybe  you  need  to  do  some  web  searching  –  there  is  a  lot  online  on  this  sort  of  thing!)  

 Additional  Requirements  1) Cover  Page  –  Cover  page  with  title  of  report  and  team  member  names.  2) Length  –  Body  should  be  about  3-­‐4  pages  of  text  double-­‐spaced  (NOT  including  images,  graphs,  etc).  3) Visuals  –  use  screen  grabs  of  their  social  media,  create  graphs  or  charts  to  communicate  complex  information,  such  as  

numbers,  or  comparisons.  4) Formatting  –  Use  headers  to  organize  your  paper  into  sections.  5) Citations  –  All  references  to  external  material  must  be  linked  to  (using  embedded  URLs).  6) Reference  list  -­‐  A  list  at  the  end  of  the  document  of  any  additional  readings  or  sources,  including  the  URLs  to  their  social  

media  sites.  7) Write  paper  as  an  essay  –  You  can  use  bullet  points  for  any  lists.  

 Grading  Criteria  

§ A  Professional  quality  of  writing  § Organization,  Structure  &  flow  of  paper  § Thoroughness  of  Review  &  addressing  of  questions  § Recommendations  based  on  sound  reasoning  &  evidence  relying  on  credible  external  sources  (e.g.,  sources)  § Links  to  sources.  Reference  list.    

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Com  322:  Social  Media  Matthew  J.  Kushin,  PhD  |  Shepherd  University  

Social  media  Audit  Guide  Questions  PART  I.  Organization’s  Social  Media  Overview  1. Voice  &  Style  

It  is  important  to  note  the  style  or  tone  (for  example,  are  they  playful,  serious,  positive,  funny,  relaxed,  etc.)  the  organization  uses  on  their  social  media.  This  is  conveyed  through  text  in  the  posts,  profile  description,  and  other  social  content.  It  is  also  conveyed  visually  through  color  schemes,  profile  photos  &  graphics,  images  shared,  etc.    

• Is  the  organization  consistent  with  how  it  portrays  itself  visually  and  textually  across  social  platforms?  o Best  way  to  do:  Go  to  their  social  media  account  or  blog  and  check  it  out.    o Look  at  the  last  dozen  or  two  dozen  posts.  

 2. Social  Media  Publicity  • Look  over  their  website/blog.  Do  they  mention  their  social  media  presence?  If  so,  how?  Is  a  link  present?  • Are  they  driving  traffic  between  their  website  and  social  media  sites?  (e.g.,  do  they  link  to  their  FB  page  on  their  website?  Look  over  their  

twitter  posts  –  are  they  mentioning  their  Facebook?  ).  In  what  ways?    3. Stats  /  Measurement  • Unfortunately  we  don’t  have  access  to  their  traffic  stats.  Most  of  this  info  you  can  get  by  looking  at  their  page  (how  many  likes  for  their  

Facebook  page,  followers  on  Instagram,  Twitter,  Pinterest,  etc,  and  other  similar  stats  can  you  find?)  These  may  add  some  extra  insight:  o Instagram:  iconosquare.com  (click  Statistics)  |  http://simplymeasured.com/free-­‐social-­‐media-­‐tools  o Twitter:  Followerwonk.com  (create  free  account  w/  your  Twitter.  click  analyze  followers)  |  http://www.tweetstats.com/  |    

http://tweetchup.com/  |http://simplymeasured.com/free-­‐social-­‐media-­‐tools  o Facebook  –  if  competitors  have  a  FB  Page:  http://simplymeasured.com/free-­‐social-­‐media-­‐tools  or  

http://www.fanpagekarma.com/    § Note:  ShepComm’s  Facebook  page  group  stats  may  not  be  available  to  you  because  you’re  not  an  administrator.  Dr.  

K  can  pull  them  up  for  you.  Just  ask  him.    o LinkedIn  &  others|  http://simplymeasured.com/free-­‐social-­‐media-­‐tools  o Blogs  –  difficult  because  don’t  have  access  to  their  Google  Analytics.  Unless  they  post  their  followers,  focus  on:  #  of  posts  in  a  

given  time  period  (week  /  month),  #  of  comments  posts  are  getting,  and  any  other  stats  that  jump  out  at  you.    PART  2.  Conversation  Analysis  This  is  a  key  component  of  your  social  media  audit.  It  is  a  look  at  the  conversation  going  on  around  the  brand.    1. What  are  they  talking  about?  • Look  through  some  of  their  social  media  posts.  What  are  the  sorts  of  things  this  client  seems  to  post  about?    2. Who  are  they  talking  to?  • http://Followerwonk.com  should  offer  a  look  at  who  they  interact  with  on  Twitter  

 3. Who  talks  about  them?  • If  you  don’t  already  have  one,  create  a  “monitor”  dashboard  in  Meltwater  for  a  search  for  their  account  username  (ex:  “@shepcomm”)  

and  then  create  a  widget  for  “top  posters.”      

4.          What  is  being  said  about  them?    • Use  the  “monitor”  dashboard  you  created  in  #3  that  is  a  search  of  their  social  accounts  (ex:  “@shepcomm’”)  and  their  brand  (ex:  

“Shepherd  University”)  to  look  at  mentions  of  brand  &  social  accounts  on  your  team’s  Meltwater  account.    Identify  examples  that  exemplify  the  conversation  about  them.    

 5. How  often  are  they  getting  mentions  in  the  past  several  months?  • Create  a  widget  in  your  “monitor”  dashboard  that  shows  social  media  mentions  across  time  to  identify  peaks.  Can  you  find  a  reason  for  

this?    6. Are  the  mentions  positive  /  negative  /  neutral?    

• Look  at  the  sentiment  dashboard  in  Meltwater  for  the  search  you  set  up  for  them  (ex:  “Shepherd  University”  “@ShepherdU”  etc.)  • #Hashtags  –  Search  twitter.com/search  to  determine  any  Hashtags  associated  with  brand?  Create  a  new  meltwater  search  for  those  

hashtags.    Appendix:  Finding  the  Meltwater  Training  Videos