social media strategies for powerful communications
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Teleseminar I presented for PRSA on the topic of the book I co-authored with Paul Argenti, "Digital Strategies for Powerful Corporate Communications," which is being published by McGraw-Hill in August 2009.TRANSCRIPT
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Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications
PRSA Teleseminar
June 2, 2009
Courtney Barnes
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• Blogs/Microblogs
• Social Networks
• Video-Sharing Platforms
• Search Engines
• Monitoring Services
• Aggregators
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Blog (n.): • Short for Web log; • A Web page that is maintained by an individual
or group for public consumption; • Defining characteristics include frequent
updates, tone and content that reflect the author’s views, and the ability for readers to post comments.
Blog (v.): • To author a blog.
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Uses:
• Media Relations
• Marketing
• Internal Communications
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Monitoring Organizations’ Reputation
Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Blogs
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• Internal vs. External
• Ownership vs. Participation
Regardless, blogs are a way to “get found” and “be heard” by your key stakeholders:
• Clients
• Your/your clients’ customers
• Employees
• Communities
• Investors
• Partners
Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Blogs
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Source: Forrester Research
Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Blogs
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Getting started: Read• Search for relevant blogs
Technorati.com BlogSearch.Google.com
• Read and subscribe via RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Aggregates everything into one location (Web browser
or desktop) Lets you consumer content according to your
preferences
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Getting started: Comment
• Contribute to the conversation by commenting
• Increase the value of post by adding useful info/links/etc.
• Benefits: Engages community Increases your visibility Increases links back to your blog/Web site
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Getting Started: Write
• Find the right blogging software for you WordPress, Typepad Get your own domain (blog.yourcompany.com versus
blog.wordpress.com) Should allow for RSS/social media integration
• Get analytics: Software should allow you to track: Traffic RSS/email subscriptions Visitors, leads generated SEO keyword rank
• Create content that draws in target readers
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Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: BlogsGetting Started: Write (continued)• Establish a frequency (at least twice a week)• Topic ideas:
Ideas/trends Lists News Commentary
• Promote on social media sites: Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook
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Microblog:
• A form of blogging in which posts are usually limited to 140 characters
Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Microblogs
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Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Social Networks
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Facebook LinkedIn NingCrowd-
Sourcing
Free
Private/Internal
Marketing
Personal Networking
Recruitment
Social
Professional
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Ning:
• Password-protected
• Internal audiences
Facebook:
• Recruitment
• Current/potential students
• Marketing
LinkedIn:• Professional• Manage personal
contacts/groups• Targeted marketing
opportunitiesCrowd-Sourcing• Social• Solicits
ideas/participation
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LinkedIn + Stakeholders
• Create professional groups for different audiences
• Share presentations using the SlideShare application
• Promote clients/employees’ books using the Reading List application
• Track what’s being Twittered about your brand via the Company Buzz app
• Use LinkedIn Polls to deliver a co-branded poll to specific segments of LinkedIn audience
• Disseminate proprietary research via the site’s whitepaper distribution program
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Crowdsourcing: Enabling your customers to play an active role in creating a new product or service, or in some cases, solving a business challenge for your company.
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Crowdsourcing + stakeholders:
• Employees/Clients Ideas for research/development Inter-department collaboration Event planning Problem-Solving
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Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Video
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Opportunities for using Web video:
• Product demonstrations
• Speeches/presentations
• Virtual tours
• Customer testimonials
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• Search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.) use algorithms to “crawl” the Web for information based on a user’s keyword searches
• Social media content can (and should) be optimized for search: Tag keywords that are likely to be searched Embed hyperlinks Use keywords in URLs Use multimedia content
Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Search Engines
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Free Keyword Recommendation Services
• Google AdWords Keyword Tool: https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
• Wordtracker Keywords: http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
• Microsoft adCenter Labs Keyword Forecast: http://adlab.msn.com/Keyword-Forecast/
• Trellian Search Term Suggestion Tool: http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/search.html
• Google Suggest: http://www.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=106230&hl=en
• Google Trends: www.google.com/trends
Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Search Engines
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Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Monitoring
• Like search engines, but for specific digital platforms
• Helps identify the most influential individuals and audiences
Blogs:
• Technorati
• Google Blog Search
• BlogPulse
Twitter:
• TweetScan
• TwitDir
• TwitterSearch
• TwitterVision
• TweeterBoard
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• So many platforms, so little time
• Organize your online activities via various aggregation tools that present info from all sites in one location
• Lots of options: RSS feeds: Google Alerts iGoogle FriendFeed
Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Aggregators
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Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Aggregators
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• Blogs: Corporate, personal• Microblogs: Twitter, Jaiku, Plurk• Wikis: Wikipedia, Plurk• Social Networks: Facebook, MySpace, Bebo,
Eons, LinkedIn, Flickr• Podcasts: iTunes, PodcastAlley, Podcast.com,
PodcastDirectory, Podseek• Social Bookmarking: StumbleUpon, del.icio.us• Social News: Digg, Mixx, Reddit• Ratings: Yelp, epinions
Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Summary
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Social Media Strategies for Powerful Communications: Questions?
Courtney [email protected]
www.thinkcomllc.com