The Social Ethos

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The Social Ethos Character, Passion, Authenticity

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This is an introduction to Ethos Social Media and it's philosophy and process around developing and implementing social media marketing strategies.

Transcript of The Social Ethos

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The Social EthosCharacter, Passion, Authenticity

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Ethos Social Media, LLC 2012

Ethos is a greek word meaning “character” that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation or idealogy.

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“If you cut off a spider’s head, it dies; but if you cut off a starfish’s leg, it grows a new one, and that leg can grow into an entirely new starfish. Traditional top-down organizations are like spiders, but now starfish organizations are changing the face of business and the world.”

The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom

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Created to help organizations to overcome the obstacles in implementing social media successfully into their overall marketing strategy.

ComplementEnergizeEmpower

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Commandment 1

Thou shalt not create a Social Media Silo!

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The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Pros to Successful Plan Cons to “Sloppy” Plan

Additional channels to disseminate your message.

Instant access to marketplace w/ immediate feedback.

Interact with clients personally.

Leveraging brand influencers and promoters.

Inconsistent and/or conflicting messages.Mishandling negative feedback or worse not knowing about it.The “it’s all about me” posts.Missing opportunities to let others sing praises.

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Thou shalt not ignore criticism from constituents!

Commandment 2

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The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Pros to Successful Plan Cons to “Sloppy” Plan

Additional channels to disseminate your message.

Instant access to marketplace w/ immediate feedback.

Interact with clients personally.

Leveraging brand influencers and promoters.

Inconsistent and/or conflicting messages.Mishandling negative feedback or worse not knowing about it.The “it’s all about me” posts.Missing opportunities to let others sing praises.

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Thou shalt distribute relevant content.

Commandment 3

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The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Pros to Successful Plan Cons to “Sloppy” Plan

Additional channels to disseminate your message.

Instant access to marketplace w/ immediate feedback.

Interact with clients personally.

Leveraging brand influencers and promoters.

Inconsistent and/or conflicting messages.Mishandling negative feedback or worse not knowing about it.The “it’s all about me” posts.Missing opportunities to let others sing praises.

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Ethos Planning Process5 Steps to a Successful Plan

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Step 1Identify existing

marketing goals and strategies.

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Step 2Perform a Social

Media Audit.

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Step 3Map the NEW

Marketing Flow.

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Step 4Agree on the Social

Media Objectives and create the Plan.

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Step 5Identify the who,

what, where and how.

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ImplementationPublish, Engage, Manage, Analyze

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The Hub Approach

Publish

Engage

Manage

Analyze

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Publish

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Engage

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Engage

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Manage

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Analyze

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Please feel free to contact us to schedule a free initial consultation and

evaluation.

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