Social Media Disasters and How to Avoid Them
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SOCIAL MEDIA DISASTERSAND HOW TO AVOID THEM
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Fish Where the Fish Are
Online ImportanceAdults who went online to get news or information about the 2010 electionsAdults who did not go online to get news or informa-tion about the 2010 elections
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Winners Use Social Media
2010 Congressional Campaigns
Election Winners who had more Facebook fans than their opponentsElection Winners who had fewer Facebook fans than their opponents
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Beware the Land Mines
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Don’t Do This!
Ignore a Social Media EruptionMotrin, KFC, United Airlines
Use a phony name to bash your opponent or praise yourselfWhole Foods, Wal Mart, Hi-Media, Honda
Rogue TweetsRed Cross, Chrysler
Misunderstand Your AudienceKenneth Cole, GoDaddy, Groupon, Pepsi
Intimidate or Threaten to suppress InformationNestle, Cook Source, Horizon Realty, Louis Vuitton, Barbara Streisand
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Do This Instead
Never Ignore a Social Media Eruption – constantly monitor, even on the weekends so you can respond if something happens
Never use a phony name to bash your opponent or praise yourself it is SO easy to identify IP addresses & digital footprints
Discourage Rogue Tweeting with a social media policy for staff and key supporters. But be prepared if it happens (see point 1)
Remember that Humor is in the eye of the beholder, sarcasm & wittiness are easily misunderstood and can offend
Don’t censor, threaten or use other forms of intimidation – the backlash is frequently worse than the original
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Control What You Can
Implement SEO & Reputation Management – make sure your best stuff is on Google’s first page
Create a lot of content – post articles, photos, videos, commentary frequently
Spread your own message in your own words
Have a social media policy and training so your inner circle doesn’t get you in trouble
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Monitor What’s Being Said
Create list of keywords that are important to you – your name, key staff, opponent, campaign issues
Set Google, Yahoo, Bing & Twitter alerts for these keywords
If this is an overwhelming amount of information subscribe to a monitoring service
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Marketing on Social Media
Use Social Media to Lower the Cost of Creating a Brand
Identify some niche markets and advertise to them
Micro Niche Targeting – your ad seen by: • Retired Military Officers who own businesses• Married College Students who are religious• Cyclists who work at HP and live in Los Gatos
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Tips
Start participating in social media today – results take time
Establish personal profiles – invite everyone you know to connect with you on all the platforms
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Youtube and Google Plus could all be important for your campaign
Create a social media strategy plan
Don’t assign social media to an intern – Get some professional social media consulting.
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Or come to my FREE online webinar on Political Reputation Management on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 1:30pm Info at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VEZ1MMPnsc
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