Final social media in business is 460
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Social Media in Business. IS 460 –Fall 2012
Presented by Jesse Burns, Jordan Meyers, and Michael Siakpere
Agenda.
• Introduction – what is social media?
• Internal/external communications
• Infrastructure
• Pros/Cons
• Live demonstration
What is social media?
• Relatively new (first known use in 2004)
• Fluid
• Based on interpretation
• Much variation, some overlap
• May be broken down into sub-categories:
• Photo Sharing• Blogging• Video Sharing• And much, much more!
Social Media - Defined.
Constant Contact
• Tools that allow the sharing of information and creation of communities through online networks of people.
Cardinal Business Group
• This is a marketing practice that emphasizes the ability of social websites and services to attract visitors to your website and build a positive reputation.
Social Media – Defined.
Merriam-Webster
• forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content
Step Forth
• This is comprised primarily of internet based tools for discussing and sharing information on both personal and business levels.
Important Terminology.
• Platform
• Influence
• #hashtag
• Like
• Friend
• Follow
• Tweet
• Trend or Trending
• Viral
• Engage
• Tag
• UGC
• Web 2.0
• SEO
History of social media.
CompuServe (1969)
• First major US commercial internet provider
Usenet (1979)
• Early bulletin that connected Duke University and the University of North Carolina
America Online (1985)
• Infamously known for “you’ve got mail”
• Instant Messaging, chat rooms
• Message Boards
History of social media.
TriPod (1992)
• Community online for college students
Friends Reunited (1999)
• First online social network to achieve prominence, was founded in Great Britain to relocate past school pals
Friendster (2002)
• First social networking website open to U.S. public
• Grew to three million users in three months
Social Media – Today.
Why is it important?
“Embracing social media isn’t just a bit of fun, it is a vital way to communicate, keep your ear
to the ground and improve your business.”
- Richard Branson
Why is it important?
• One of the fastest growing free benefits of technology today
• No longer thought of as a fad or trend
• Social media has become a must have for any business seeking to secure a place in both the traditional and digital marketplace
• Becoming a large part of how businesses do business
• Recruiting • Hiring • Background checks • Marketing • Communicating
Why is it important?
• E-mail communication becoming mute• Websites are now considered “dinosaurs” • Competitive intelligence analysis• Analytics and mobile computing • Knowledge of social media becoming a desired hiring trait• Standard competency for IT/IS students
Business are continuing to look for low-cost solutions to their growing communication problems!• How to we engage our employees?• How do we engage our clients/customers?
I’m tired of hearing
“Hopper” commercials
from Dish
I like pizza!
Mr. Roger’s neighborhood
rocks!
Social Media.
Two type of social media platforms:
- External
- Internal
Social Media – external communication
• Normally thought of as “social media”
• Generally used to communicate outside of a business
• Peer-to-peer communication
• People transform from content readers to content publishers
Social Media – external communication
• Communities• Fan Pages• Immediate assistance• Promote products and services• Reviews• Customer Feedback• Communication forum
Stock prices are up 3% this
quarter!
R&D shows that…
How can we help others in
the community?
• Used to share entertainment media
• Viral videos
• Channels
• Embedded Video
Images are copyright of their respective companies.
External Social Media.
• F2F Conferencing for Friends
• Say “Hello” to Grandma
Images are copyright of their respective companies.
External Social Media.
External social media.
Images are copyright of their respective companies.
External social media.
• Forms of media used within business
• Used to collaborate
• Can be used in large and small organizations
Images are copyright of their respective companies.
Internal Social Media.
• Real-time video collaboration
• Conference bridge
• Screen sharing
• Mobile Platforms
• Phones• Tablets
Images are copyright of their respective companies.
Internal Social Media.
• Professional video conferencing
• Collaborate across widespread organization
• Screen sharing
Images are copyright of their respective companies.
Internal Social Media.
• Facebook for employees
• Company specific
• Allows for team collaboration
Images are copyright of their respective companies.
Internal Social Media.
• Business IM
• Collaboration
Microsoft Lync.
How do they all relate?
• All can be used to make business better
• Doesn’t need paid form of social media
Take advantage of free!
Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube
• Used to spread information about company• Updates about new products and Services
via Twitter• “How to” videos via Youtube channel• Advertising via Facebook
Examples
• UWEC Blugold Minute• Engadget (product tours)
Social Media - Need for investing?
Real Time Collaboration (Screen Sharing)
• GoToMeeting - $500/year• Yammer – Free - $15/user/month
Video Conferencing (Hardware Based)
• Polycom System - $5000+• Monitor• Console • Additional hardware/software
Social Media - Infrastructure.
High Speed Internet Connection
• Video Conferencing• 2.3 Mbps Average (Polycom) per link + 20%
• Facebook• 28% of Total Bandwidth
• Youtube• 5 MB/minute/video
Social Media - Infrastructure.
Desktop
• Youtube • 500 MHz or faster processor• 128 MB of memory• 64 MB video memory
• Skype• 1 GHz or faster processor• 256 MB of memory• DirectX v9 or above
Social Media - Infrastructure.
Server
• Microsoft Lync• Quad-core 2.0 GHz or higher• 16 GB of memory• 10,000 RPM disk drive (72 GB Free)• 1 Gbps network link
Social Media - Facts & Trends.
1 of every 6 minutes spent online is on a social media platform
56% of Americans have a profile on at least one social networking site
Fortune 100 company names are mentioned more than 10 million times/month
Social Media - Facts & Trends.
87% of the Fortune 100 now use social media – with twitter being the most popular
75 of the Fortune 100 companies use LinkedIn in their corporate hiring process
Social Media - Facts & Trends.
Social Media - Statistics.
54% of U.S. companies say they’ve banned workers from using social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace
19% of companies allow social networking use only for business purposes
16% allow only limited personal use
Social Media - Pros.
Boosts employee morale
Help in solving problems or questions
Increased recruitment efforts
Employees build social media knowledge Everyone wants to belong to something
Social Media - Pros.
Significant cost savings Many free social media platforms Facebook, Google+, Linked In
Accessibility Many are accessible via the internet No need to have software downloaded
Integration Video, document sharing, chat all-in-one
Social Media - Cons.
Productivity loss
Security and privacy concerns
Recruitment decision risks
Inappropriate online behavior
Social Media - Cons.
Ownership of information Concerns over who owns the content uploaded to cloud services
Retrieving information Accessibility concerns
Connectivity issues Bandwidth, flash player, wireless connection, etc.
Example/Demo.
Questions?