Social Media Strategies Brown Bag Lunch Powerpoint
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1 Facebook, Twitter and Tough Decisions Managing Social Media as part of a Communications Strategy Tom Murphy Miriam’s Kitchen
Transcript of Social Media Strategies Brown Bag Lunch Powerpoint
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Facebook, Twitter and Tough Decisions
Managing Social Media as part of a Communications Strategy
Tom MurphyMiriam’s Kitchen
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2,700 Facebook likes, 3,500 Twitter Followers - How did we get here?
“I’d rather be lucky than good.”- Vernon “Lefty” Gomez, Washington Senators
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more of it I have.”
- Thomas Jefferson
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First, we got lucky…
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Then what???
1,000 new followers Media coverage (local and national) Invited on panel discussions Immediate momentum A great story No strategy WE HAD TO GET GOOD!
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Creating a Strategy
Social Media is a lot like interior decorating…
It looks fun It looks pretty It can make people happy It can improve your value
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Creating a Strategy
…but it requires a lot of construction work first.
You need a foundation You need structure You need a lot of time You need to plan ahead You need a strategy
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Creating a Strategy: Determine Your Audiences
Don’t try and reach the world Engagement is more important than size Focus on your organization’s needs:
Donors? Volunteers? Other non-profits? Media? Policymakers? Advocates?
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Creating a Strategy: Determine Your Assets
What can you add to the social media dialogue?
What is it about your mission that people need to understand?
What resources do you have to share? Research, data, articles, blogs? Unique perspective? Photos and video?
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Creating a Strategy: Do you have messages?
Messaging is fundamental. It will tie together various communications to various audiences.
Messaging will force you to be disciplined in your content. If you can’t make a message fit, consider ditching
the post or tweet.
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Creating a Strategy: Do You Know Your Organization’s Voice?
Social media should be consistent with your organization’s voice. Are you: Authoritative? Silly? Serious? Provocative? Conservative? Funny?
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Creating a Strategy: Managing Bad News
Social media absolutely should be a part of any crisis communications plan Be fast Be responsive Be honest Don’t do any more harm
Don’t feed the trolls
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Creating a Strategy: Do You Have the Time?
Social media needs to be “fed” each day Monitor feeds Identify trends (or problems) Create content Respond to incoming messages
Can eat unexpected amounts of time, resources
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Lessons Learned
DON’T just hand social media to the youngest staff member.
DO write a social media strategy that integrates with your broader communications strategy.
Caveat: if you ARE the 22 year old or the intern, demand a copy of the communications strategy. You will look smart and strategic.
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Lessons Learned
DON’T treat social media as a landfill
DO set up parameters for what specific kinds of content you want – and you want your coworkers to send to you. The Internet has enough cute cat videos.
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Lessons Learned
DON’T EVER GO DARK.
DO populate your feeds every day. Take advantage of services like HootSuite, to help
you schedule delivery of content ahead of time.
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Lessons Learned
DON’T be all about “me”
DO make social media a two-way vehicle Ask questions of your followers Comment on smart or relevant posts – do a search of
your organization’s topic area. Find unexpected allies. Respond to likes, retweets and comments. Link to organizations relevant to your post or tweet Engage!
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Questions?
Tom MurphyDirector of Communication
Miriam’s Kitchen [email protected]
202-452-8926 ext 235
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