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Cindy Leines, CEL Public Relations and Caroline Melberg, Small Business Mavericks, discuss how to get strategic about social media for your business.(this can be downloaded with the creative commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)

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A collaboration of seasoned professionals from C.E.L. Public Relations and Small Business Mavericks.

GET STRATEGIC ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA

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Cindy Leines

• PR Strategist• Founder of C.E.L. in 1988• Top 25 PR Firms in Twin Cities• Twin West Entrepreneur of the Year 2011

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Caroline Melberg

• Strategic Social Media• Search Engine Optimization• Founder of Small Business Mavericks • Finalist TwinWest Emerging Entrepreneur

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Shannon McDonough

• Shareholder at Fafinski Mark & Johnson PA• Practices in the area of commercial,

employment, aviation, product liability & personal injury

• Named a “Super Lawyer” every year since 2003

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Ernest (Pat) Shriver

• Shareholder at Fafinski Mark & Johnson PA• Practices in the area of corporate, transactional

and intellectual property for small to medium sized businesses

• Named a “Super Lawyer” every year since 2009

Communications Have Changed

communications have changed

Radio38 years to 50M users

communications have changed

Cell Phones10 years to 50M users

communications have changed

Internet4 years to 50M users

communications have changed

Facebook9 months to 100M users

communications have changed

iPhone Apps9 months to 1B users

What Is Social Media

what is social media

Real time PR™

SOCIAL

MEDIA

- strategic - open - communication - increasing - access - to listeners

- merging- entertainment, - dialogue, - interaction - of audiences.

While

Why

Is Social MediaImportant to Business

why is social media important to business

Real Social Media Has Reached a Critical Mass

communications have changed

= 100M+ Members

= 750M+ Members

= 200M+ Members

Should Your Company Participate in Social Media

should your company participate in social media

79% of Internet users have joined a company’s online community to get more

information about that company.

71% of online community members say they are more likely to purchase from a

brand they follow online.

should your company participate in social media

66% of online community members say the online community has made them more

loyal to a brand.

63% of online community members say they will recommend that brand to others.

should your company participate in social media

Business Benefits

78% of people surveyed trust word-of-mouth referrals.

14% trust advertising.

- Forrester Research, 2009

Generations Differences in Social Media Participation

generations differences in social media participation

Online Is Where Your Audience Is At

89% of people looking to buy anything— any product or service —start with an Internet search.

- eMarketer

2005 .... 5% of all adults in America use social media daily

2011... 65% of all adults in America use social media daily

generations differences in social media participation

Baby Boomersborn between 1946 and 1964

- 32% use daily (+60% since 2010)- 55+ biz use + 79% since 2010- Facebook- Sharing lessons, teaching- Sharing pictures- Networking- Less Personal- Filter = Iron Curtain

generations differences in social media participation

Generation Xborn between 1961 to 1981

- 73% use daily (+58% since 2009)- Twitter- Sharing travel plans, pictures- Asking for advice- Sharing personal experiences- Networking- Filter = Colander

generations differences in social media participation

Generation Yborn between 1982 to 2000

- 96% use daily- 71% = No meetings- Digital natives- Tumblr, Facebook- Part of life- Learning, Searching- Asking Advice- Very Personal- Filter = Filter?

Culture Is your workplace culture “social media ready”

Are you ready?

is your workplace culture “social media ready”

Measure Your Social Media Readiness

1-6 7-8 9-10

Customers

Cold

Warm

Hot

Not Ready

What are you waiting

for?

Ready

is your workplace culture “social media ready”

1-6 7-8 9-10

Employees

Cold

Warm

Hot

Not Ready

What are you waiting

for?

Ready

Measure Your Social Media Readiness

is your workplace culture “social media ready”

Positive Negative Positive Negative

NOT READY READY

Measure Your Social Media Readiness

is your workplace culture “social media ready”

Measure Your Social Media Readiness

is your workplace culture “social media ready”

Eliminatewasted time.

Growyour business.

Retainyour employees & customers.

Creating

Your Social Media Plan

creating your social media plan

What Are Your Goals & Objectives?

Strategically integrated with your other HR and marketing activities.

creating your social media plan

Success with Social Media

Listening

Participation

Building Relationships

creating your social media plan

Listening

What is being said online right now?

Blogsearch.Google.com

Google Alerts

Sentiment.com

creating your social media plan

Know YOUR Keywords

Consider multiple ways to express what you offer

Create a list of everything

Google Keyword Analyzer

(adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal)

creating your social media plan

Create your social media messaging

Using your list of keywords, create 20 messages of varying length that describe:

• What you do• Who you work with• Your products• Your services• What makes you unique• Special activites you have coming up

(put dates with these)

creating your social media plan

Know YOUR Audience!

50% of social media users access once per day or more!

All major social media sites are indexed by Google.

WHO do you want to reach?

creating your social media plan

Determine Which Sites and What Tools are Best To Reach

Your Audience.

creating your social media plan

Know YOUR Audience!

Facebook = 60% FemaleTwitter = 45+ Fastest Growing

Foursquare = 60% MaleLinkedIn = B2B Pro NetworkingYouTube = 2nd Largest/Search

WHO do you want to reach?

creating your social media plan

Your plan to tie it all together & get it all done!

Website

Foursquare

YouTube

Twitter

Facebook

Blog

Other Blog

Google Places

LinkedIn

Your Social

Media Policy

your social media policy

Do you need a social media policy?

YES NOYES

your social media policy

Do you need a social media policy?

panel discussion

Caroline MelbergShannon McDonoughPat ShriverCindy Leines

social media incubator• e-mail: info@thesocialmediaincubator.com• Web: thesocialmediaincubator.com

small business mavericks• LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/CarolineMelberg• Facebook: Facebook.com/CarolineMelberg• Twitter: Twitter.com/CarolineMelberg• e-mail: caroline@melberg.com• Web: SmallBusinessMavericks.com

c.e.l. public relations• LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/company/c.e.I.-public-relations• Facebook: Facebook.com/celpr• Twitter: Twitter.com/proutloud• e-mail: info@celpr.com• Web: celpr.com

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