Social Media for Causes - Presentation to the Hashoo Foundation

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How do I use social media to promote my nonprofit or cause? We cover the basics of how social media can help further your cause, social strategy, and best practices for getting started with Facebook and Twitter. This presentation was given for students working with Houston's Hashoo Foundation.

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SOCIAL MEDIA FOR CAUSES!Hashoo Foundation | Caitlin Kaluza | @qcaitSchipul The Web Marketing CompanyPhoto: flickr.com/photos/wolfraven/1334244592

1. Social Media for Organizations

2. Strategy First

3. Social Media Event Coverage

4. Facebook Best Practices

5. Twitter Best Practices

LET’S TALK...

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SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ORGANIZATIONS

Why it Matters

Active monthly users, via expandedramblings.com

70% of the worlduses Social Media

... Most people use 2 networks and have no interest in branching out

Source: theconversationmanager.com

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

• Word of Mouth

• More Data Now than Ever

• Hyper-Information Customers

• Branding and Marketing

• Reactive Needs (Online PR)

Organizations who incorporate social media into fundraising campaigns generate

10xmore money

Source: 2012 Digital Giving Index

WHAT’S DIFFERENT FOR ORGANIZATIONS?

• Facebook Page instead of Profile

• Everything Represents the Brand

• Remember: There is no Delete Key

STRATEGY FIRST

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SETTING GOALS

FIND YOUR AUDIENCEhttp://venturebeat.com/2012/08/22/social-media-demographics-stats-2012/

EXAMPLE: Houston Hospice

Users on Twitter are 5x more likely to share news than any other network

Source: mediabistro.com

• Lifestyle content works well

• Curated Content - 80% are repins

• Inspiration/Aspiration• Demographic: College

Educated Women

Getting started

Listen First.Photo Credit: flickr.com/photos/48578410@N00/

Getting started

Think of social media like a cocktail party.

Keep it Consistent.

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Your Website is Your Mothership.

Make it VISUAL.

WHY?

Photo Credit: flickr.com/photos/fdctsevilla/3968090665

Tip: Integrate Visuals into

content you’re already posting

TOOLS FOR VISUAL CONTENT

madewithover.comcompfight.com

Tell People How to Talk About You

•What’s the Hashtag?

•Links to share?

• “Please RT”

Tips for monitoring #hashtags

Create Shareable Content

•Show who benefits and the impact

•Showcase your people - staff & volunteers

•Cover Events

•Stats & Education

•Think Real Time

•Say “THANK YOU!”

Think Shareable

•Top 10 Ways to...

•Hot Topics/In the News

• Infographics

•How to/FAQs

•Tag People

•Local Content

Respond to People Who Reach Out to You

COVERING EVENTS WITH

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Share the hashtag• Sense of urgency!• Assign duties ahead of time• Turn announcements into news

BEFORE THE EVENT

• Use the hashtag• Monitor what others are saying• Take photos• Get things up in real time

DURING THE EVENT

• Say thank you: video, photos, hand written cards, etc.• Tip: Plan your thank you strategy ahead• Post photos and start getting excited about next year!• Show people the impact they’ve made

AFTER THE EVENT

FACEBOOK BEST PRACTICES

OVERVIEW

• 1.11B MAU• Accounts for 90% of time spent social networking

Components• Page v. Profile• Newsfeed is main form of content consumption• Promotes engagement via Likes, Comments,

Hashtags and Shares • Promotes Sponsored Stories, Boosted Posts

and Ads

ADMIN PANEL/INSIGHTS

FACEBOOK: PAGE• Users are 40-150 times more likely to

consume your content on their newsfeed than from your page.

• 40% of Facebook time is spent on Newsfeed compared to 12% on Pages.

• Edgerank is the algorithm that determines what gets shown in a user’s newsfeed

EDGERANK FACTORS

• Personal Interaction

• Your previous interactions with the author• Your previous interactions with the post type

• Network Reaction

• Reaction from users who have seen the post• Negative feedback

CONTENT STRATEGY

• Consider how you use Facebook

• Use rich, engaging, easy-to-consume media

• It’s not all about you - 80/20 rule

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Create a Facebook Event (create it as the “Hashoo Foundation” or “PISA” if possible)

• Fill out details like who you’re supporting, why, ticket links, etc.

• Invite your friends individually

• Add posts leading up to the event like photos, deadlines, how many tickets are left, how to donate additionally to ticket prices, etc.

TWITTER BEST PRACTICES

• 5x more likely to share News

• About 200M users (Dec. 2012)• Treats personal and brand profiles

the same• Timeline is main form of content

consumption• Promotes engagement via Mentions,

RTs and Hashtags

CONTENT STRATEGY

• Use popular hashtags - but don’t spam people• Be timely• Keep it short!• Use images and links

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Don’t feed content from Facebook, create separate messages for Twitter

• Establish a hashtag and use it

• Post photos and news events related to your cause

• Retweet others

• Create urgency with timely posts like “3 weeks left!”

Tools to Help with Implementation

SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

OTHER TOOLS

Social Media Policy Examplessocialmediagovernance.com/policies.php

More Tracking Tools

Tip: Add + on the end of any bit.ly URL to see stats

Photo Credit: flickr.com/photos/duncanh1/9047426263/

1. Social Media for Organizations

2. Strategy First

3. Social Media Event Coverage

4. Facebook Best Practices

5. Twitter Best Practices

REVIEW:

QUESTIONS?

CAITLIN KALUZAMarketing Manager

@qcait

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