Defining Social Media Success

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Defining Social Media Success #nbmsocial Speakers: Michael Biggerstaff Joy Beachy Lisa McDonald Angela Bauman

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Defining social success through the lens of corporate use at Nxtbook Media, the psychology of social sharing, and individual users' success. - May 2014 Event

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Defining Social Media Success#nbmsocial

Speakers:Michael Biggerstaff

Joy BeachyLisa McDonaldAngela Bauman

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Social Media Survey

• Who is currently involved?– Personal level– Company level

• Do you engage at work?

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Top 5 Most Popular Social Media Sites –per eBizMBA May 2014

• #1 Facebook 900MM unique monthly visitors.• #2 Twitter 310MM unique monthly visitors.• #3 LinkedIn 250MM unique monthly visitors.• #4 Pinterest 150MM unique monthly visitors.• #5 Google plus+ 120MM unique monthly

visitors.

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What I engage in.

• Facebook www.facebook.com/michael.biggerstaff

• Twitter – @mbigg

• Blogs – http://www.nxtbookmedia.com/blog/

• Linkedin – www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbiggerstaff6

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Social Media – my view

• I realize the power of it.• Different companies and markets use in

different ways.• Crucial to be engaged, if you want to be

engaged.• Great opportunity to find employees or job

seekers to find jobs.• Great opportunity to connect with people.

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Social Media – The Downside

• Errors can be really magnified.• People can forget about their personal

exposure.• Can spread false or incorrect info – FAST• Can lead to stress and offline relationship

problems. • Can lead to job insecurity or difficulty finding a

job.

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Stopping or Controlling Personal Social Media Use

• Never• Really think you can stop it?• Why would you?• Why we don’t.I think it is a terrible idea.

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Being Friends on Facebook

• Absolutely• I don’t judge anything.• Makes the organization tighter, closer as a

group.• Many people know what is going on with each

other.

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Social Media Do’s

• Don’t treat it as a Broadcast Medium. It’s about the conversation.

• Engage in all aspects of the chosen medium, if you are “in” you should be “In”.

• If someone engages with you, be engaged back.• Know your data. What is working and what isn’t?• Use your components to support each other.

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Help me welcome, Joy Beachy, Marketing Maestro

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Strategy

Know WHY you are posting

Know WHO is your target audience

Know WHAT you are posting

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Let’s Dig In

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Know WHO is your audience

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Know WHY you post

Nxtbook Media’s focus: Do you want to drive leads or reinforce the brand?

But some other good reasons include:Reaching early stage prospects or prospects deciding

if they like you

Keeping in contact with prospects during a long lead cycle

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Know WHAT you post

Types of post-able content is limited only by your imagination.

But…

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If tactics are not tied to a goal, they are not successful.

(Even if they are “engaging.”)

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Tactics

•Discounts•Giveaways•Product Info

•Tips/Advice•Coupons•Event Invites

•Feedback Forums•Company Info•Industry Info

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Tactics

•Discounts•Giveaways•Product Info

•Tips/Advice•Coupons•Event Invites

•Feedback Forums•Company Info•Industry Info

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Tying Tactics to Short-Term GoalsCreate a guerrilla marketing campaign that lasts 2

months to generate registrants for an upcoming Lunch-N-Learn, using Facebook, Twitter and the Blog to promote

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Tying Tactics to Long-Term Goals

To demonstrate thought-leadership by promoting long-form content to social channels

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PlatformsRefer to your audience to know which platform

to target

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Does that mean email is out?

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Blog

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FacebookOur identity is wrapped up in our culture

– Our posts focus on strategic services, building relationships, and brand reinforcement

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Facebook

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Twitter

• It’s a popular place to share links

• It’s easy to RT others and be RT’ed

• @mentions and tools like Tweetdeck make it easy to keep track of who’s talking about you

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Twitter

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LinkedIn

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One of our best resources:

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Why do readers share content?• Customer Insight Group - Survey • Published in The New York Times• MORE...MORE...MORE• Trend of anonymity and privacy • Focus on Engagement

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To Bring VALUE and To ENTERTAIN

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To Share and to DEFINE Ourselves

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To GROW and NOURISH Relationships

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To GROW and NOURISH Relationships

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SELF Fulfillment

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To get the word out about CAUSES OR BRANDS

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HOW TO: Appeal to readers motivation to connect with others

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HOW TO: Embrace a sense of URGENCY

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HOW TO: Keep it SIMPLE

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BenefulBrand recognition

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Creating the buzz

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Identifying my key networks

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Facebook & Twitter

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Instagram, Pinterest & LinkedIn

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Managing the new Dog Park Page

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Thank you for coming!

Have a question? Just ask!

Michael Biggerstaff, [email protected] Beachy, [email protected] McDonald, [email protected] Bauman, [email protected]

866-268-1219www.nxtbookmedia.com