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Open Microscopy Environment Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee Dundee, Scotland, UK O O M M E E – Kelli Griffis – Kelli Griffis Social Media at OME

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Open Microscopy EnvironmentCentre for Gene Regulation & ExpressionCollege of Life Sciences, University of DundeeDundee, Scotland, UK

OOMMEE – Kelli Griffis – Kelli Griffis

Social Media at OME

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OverviewOverview

o Why and how we

are using social

media at OME

o Growth and

current status

o Looking ahead

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Why are we on social media?Why are we on social media?

o Publicize team news, releases, etc.

o Enhance relationship with our users, partners, and

funders

o Raise profile among potential users

o We do not use social media for user support.

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The story so far…The story so far…

o August 2012: @openmicroscopy on Twitter.

o January 2014: Conscious social media outreach

began.

• OME joined Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+.

o October 2014: The OME Blog published its first post.

o January 2015: The OME YouTube channel published

its first video.

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What does Kelli do, anyway?What does Kelli do, anyway?

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Finding and Scheduling ContentFinding and Scheduling Content

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Finding and Scheduling ContentFinding and Scheduling Content

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Current Status: TwitterCurrent Status: Twitter

o Twitter has been our primary social media focus.

o Number of followers has nearly tripled (233 to 678)

since January 2014.

o Average impressions per day up >5x in 12 months

o Average engagement rate up from 1.2% to 2.2% in

12 months

o Zero paid promotions (Source: Twitter Analytics)

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Twitter Growth: FollowersTwitter Growth: Followers

Jan 2014 – Beginning of deliberate social media

outreach

Jan 2014 – Beginning of deliberate social media

outreach

Num

ber of followers on Tw

itter

Source: Twitter Analytics (https://analytics.twitter.com/accounts/18ce53vbqwo/followers_dashboard)

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Twitter Growth: How often people see usTwitter Growth: How often people see us

This spike reflects the Feb 2015 press campaign for our BBSRC Big Data

grant.

This spike reflects the Feb 2015 press campaign for our BBSRC Big Data

grant.

Tota

l Mon

thly

Impr

essi

ons

Source: Twitter Analytics (https://analytics.twitter.com/user/openmicroscopy/tweets)

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Current Status: Other PlatformsCurrent Status: Other Platforms

o Mid-March 2015: Dropped Google+

o Focusing on growing LinkedIn and Facebook

o Daily, differentiated content on the two platforms:

• LinkedIn: Job announcements, conferences, webinars

(Serious Work Stuff)

• Facebook: Pretty pictures, videos, cool blog posts (Goofing

Off)

• Both: OME news

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Next StepsNext Steps

o Continue to produce OME blog and video content

o Maintain and increase our Twitter presence

o Increase our number of followers on LinkedIn and

Facebook

• Identify types of posts that generate high user engagement

(clicks, likes, shares) and adjust accordingly

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Want to be involved?Want to be involved?

o Like & share our posts

o MT @openmicroscopy in

your tweets

o Send cool links via

standup notes or email –

even if it’s not about us!

o Post your own blog or

videos (props to Will!)

o Tweetdeck Teams – Paris?(Kelli doesn’t have to be an information silo)

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Acknowledgements and ThanksAcknowledgements and Thanks

o …to Will and Simon for being top content

contributors

o …to Helen and Josh for thoughtful input about

strategy

o …to Gus for making all the pretty banners

o …to Kenny for infinite patience with my lack of tech

expertise

o …to Jason for all kinds of support (and blogging)