Using Social Media to Increase Your Customer Base        

 

Andrea Cowan Marketing Strategist and

Operations Specialist @ajcowan28

John Jarowski Marketing Strategist and

Database Analyst @jjarowski

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Our easy and effective way to empower your business

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Friendship powered fundraising tools on the web, social media, and

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Today’s Agenda

• How to create goals and determine measurements for success

• How to evaluate the various platform(s) and determine the best fit for your business

• How to determine who your audience is and how to engage them

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1. Define Your Goals

✓ Increase sales!

•  Simple, well-defined

•  Be realistic • How do you measure success? • What are your available resources?

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• Who are they? Where are they? How do they engage?

• What channels are most appropriate?

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2. Research Your Audience to Help Determine Your Presence

Demographics and Social Media

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http://www.docstoc.com/article/151946864/INFOGRAPHIC-Survey-Reveals-Which-Demographics-Use-What-Social-Media

3. Map Your Content

•  Internal resources: Blogs, whitepapers, eBooks, guides

•  External resources: Industry outlets, media sources

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4. Engage, Engage, Engage

•  Ask questions

•  Participate in the conversation

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4. Engage, Engage, Engage (cont.)

•  Timeline and frequency – solid content plan

•  Transparency •  Share valuable content from other sources • Relevancy – Adds value to your audience

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Social Commerce Values A Look at the Numbers

http://blog.eventbrite.com/social-commerce-a-global-look-at-the-numbers/

#MKTGnerd Example

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Timing is Everything Take advantage of peak times.

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Automating Your Social Media Posts

• Real time tracking

•  Scheduling posts

• Organizing by topics

•  Tools: •  HootSuite

•  TweetDeck

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5. Analyze and Optimize

•  Audience size and engagement - conversation

•  Reach – shares and retweets

•  Clicks – use Bit.ly or Google URL Shortener to track

•  Website traffic – using your website analytics

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Google Analytics

•  Free reporting •  Tracks

Engagement

•  Total Traffic

•  Referrals

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Notes to leave with…

•  Automate, but don’t autopilot •  Be human, not robotic •  Be accessible

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Resources

•  Social Media Examiner - www.socialmediaexaminer.com

•  Mashable - www.mashable.com

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