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Using Social Media Strategically to Enhance Your Career
Lina Duque, MBA
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• Advisor to professionals and executives on social media
• Speaker: Harvard Law, McGill, Rotman, York University and World Communication Forum Davos
• Published in Harvard Business Review, Forbes and Globe & Mail
Lina Duque, MBA Social Media Strategist & Executive Branding Coach
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Why engage in social media?How to define your personal brandHow to build a following on Twitter (case
study)How to create a compelling LinkedIn profileHow to manage your online reputation
What you’ll learn today
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1. Define your personal brand2. Tweet3. Commit to 3 action items to engage in social media4. Have fun!
My goals for you today
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Tweeting Challenge!
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TWEETING CHALLENGE
Tweet throughout the session today using #UofTLaw. The person with the highest
engagement on their tweets will win a prize!
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#UofTLaw
@LinaDuqueMBA
@UTLaw
Ready, set, tweet!
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Who’s on Twitter?
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Your online brand precedes you
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35% of lawyers on social media have obtained clients
through their social networks (ABA survey)
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CEOs that engage in social media are perceived as
BETTER CEOs that can build better connections with
customers, employees and investors.
(Brandfog)
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Social media-savvy executive women are perceived as more accessible, transparent and
trustworthy business leaders. (Brandfog)
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When should you start building your online brand?
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YESTERDAY
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Have you Googled yourself?
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If you don’t manage your online reputation, the search engines will do that for you!
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Must-Haves
Nice-to-haves
Which social media should you have presence on?
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Why Google+ ?
• Set up an account on Google+
• Google+ could be the #1 driver of SEO on Google
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Twitter case study: Jayne Juvan
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• Identified role models on Twitter and connected with them
• Shared relevant articles• Spent time developing content (blog
posts)• Engaged in real conversations about
issues she’s passionate about
How did Jayne build online presence?
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Followed by prominent people in the media
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Received more media coverage
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But first, get clear on your brand
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What is a personal brand?
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A personal brand is
Your unique value proposition communicated in a clear, concise and specific way.
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I help public and high-growth private companies make smart decisions that drive profit through providing sound and savvy legal counsel.
For example…
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Activity
Write your personal branding statement.
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How to compose your Twitter bio
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Twitter Bio Checklist
• Include professional title and area of expertise
• Link to your page on firm website or LinkedIn profile
• Include a disclaimer: Tweets are personal, not legal advice.
• Add a personal touch
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Twitter bio example
Law Student @UofTLaw| Focused on environment & sustainability law| Love running, travel and yoga | Views are personal, not legal advice.
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Hashtags
1) Categorize tweets/postings around one topic: for e.g., #innovation #mergers #Bitcoin. These hashtags are general and traditional.
2) Categorize tweets around an event such as a conference or Twitter chat; for e.g., #UofTLaw. These hashtags have to be unique. Before picking a hashtag for an event, search for it to make it’s not in use already.
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Time to write your Twitter bio!
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How to edit your Twitter bio
Step 1: Click on “Edit profile”
Step 2: Edit text and click “Save.”
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Twitter bio example
Law Student @UTLaw| Focused on environment & sustainability law| Love running, travel and yoga | Views are personal, not legal advice.
(Link to your LinkedIn page or your website).
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What can I tweet about?
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Get clear on your audience
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1) Who is my target audience?
2) What do I want to tell them?
Ask yourself:
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✓Share news and articles that are relevant to your practice area
✓Share your own news and success stories
✓Share firm news and articles
✓Respond to others, ask questions, engage in conversations
✓ Tweet inspirational quotes
Tweet Idea Generator
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• Add value - articles, tips, lessons learned, etc.
• Include photos (photos increase change of retweets by 35%).
• Include hashtags
• Give credit when it’s due
How to write good tweets
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Time to tweet!
Write a tweet about you’ve learned so far using #UofTLaw
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LinkedIn Checklist: 5 basic items to include
1) Professional Photo
3) Summary
2) Headline
4) Set privacy settings
5) Cutomize URL
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Make your headline SEO-friendly. Use the 120 characters to pack that spot with keywords that people will use in searches.
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Lawyer at Infrastructure Ontario
Not much value there!
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Student-at-Law at Infrastructure Ontario | Public-Private Partnerships | Board Member, YMCA
LinkedIn Headline Example
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SUMMARY: Include a short version of your bio listing your most important achievements. Add links to content that features your work.
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Before you start working on your profile
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Manage your privacy settings:Linkedin.com/psettings/privacy
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Before working on your LinkedIn profile, turn off notifications
Make sure this button is set to “No” so your network is not alerted when you are editing your profile. This does not affect your status updates.
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Customize your LinkedIn profile url
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Customize your LinkedIn profile url
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Updating your status on LinkedIn
1. Go to the Home page.2. Click on “Share an update.”
If you’re sharing a photo as part of your update, click on “Upload a photo.”
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Adding Connections
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Language Guidelines for Introductions
• Do not use the default script provided by LinkedIn. Always personalize your message!
• Be concise
• Be honest about reason for connecting
• Be friendly and upbeat
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Sample Script
Hi John,
I’m a student-at-law with Infrastructure Ontario. I have noticed we have many connections in common. As I’m looking to expand my network in the PPP space, adding you as a connection would be of great value to me. Thanks in advance,
Brian
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Who should you accept invitations from?
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✓Check the profile of the person who sent you an invite
✓Make sure the account is not a fake account
✓Check if you have connections in common
✓Use your personal judgement in making that decision (based on your goal)
Guidelines for accepting invitations
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Publishing to the LinkedIn Blog
To Publish to the LinkedIn Blog:1. Go to the Home page.2. Click on “Publish a post.”
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Simply copy/paste your article into this page. You can save the draft and come back to it later.
Add an appropriate image that you have copyright to. Include photo credit.
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✓Write about news and trends in your space
✓Share your own experience, success stories and lessons learned (for e.g., how to get buy-in from your firm’s leadership)
✓Share advice that others can learn from
✓Whatever you write about, add value!
But what can I write about?
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Monitor your online reputation
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“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.”
Warren Buffett
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• Set up a Google alert for your name at Google.com/Alerts
• Manage your privacy settings on Facebook
• Do not post articles or opinions that are adverse to your company or clients
• Get acquainted with your firm’s social media policy
Manage your online reputation
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• Is is true?
• Does it add value?
• Is it aligned with what what I’m trying to achieve?
• Is it compliant with firm policy?
Before you post, ask yourself:
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Make engagement in social media a daily habit
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Peak traffic times on social media:
Twitter1-3 pm Monday through Thursday
LinkedIn7 am – 9 am5 pm – 6 pmTuesday through Thursday
Facebook1-4 pmTraffic peaks on Wednesday
Work smart, not hard!
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Frequency
one tweet a day
one posting a week
one posting a week
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Schedule your postings to appear during peak hours
Use tools such as Bufferapp Hootsuite
You can schedule tweets but continue to tweet in real time!
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List 3 Action Items You Can Take Today to Engage in Social Media
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