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Creating Your Own Social BuzzCreating Your Own Social Buzz
Danielle BrigidaThe Coming of Age Story of a Link
February 11, 2009
Conference Call: 866-740-1260 Access Code: 6339392
Storytelling & Social MediaCreating Buzz: Danielle Brigida
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Danielle BrigidaThe Coming of Age Story of a Link
February 11, 2009
Creating Your Own Social BuzzCreating Your Own Social Buzz
Storytelling & Social MediaCreating Buzz: Danielle Brigida
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Social Media for NWF
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Strategic Sharing
It’s all about giving your message the best shot of being heard
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Cross-Pollinate
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What do you need?
Content that is:
Interesting and helpful
Information you want to
share
Something that might
engage the reader
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Optimize the Content
To Blog PostFrom Press Release
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1. Direct Link to Your Story
2. Interesting and Accurate Title - Make it real, no marketese
3. Good description - Leave some intrigue if you can
4. Photo - Sites will pull this in automatically
5. Friends or supporters - To help start the votes
What You’ll Need:
Submit to Social News Sites
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For Example…Link:
http://blogs.nwf.org/arctic_promise/2008/12/bush-administration-eviscerates-endangered-species-
act.html
Story Title:
Bush Eviscerates Endangered Species Act
Description:
The Bush administration today issued a final rule eliminating the Endangered Species Act requirement that federal agencies consult with independent scientists.
Categories/Tags:
Environment, science, endangered species, animals, wildlife,
politics
Submit to Social News Sites
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Why Digg?
Traffic Numbers
Traffic Quality
Engaged Community
Established Group
----
Established Profile
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Story Title:
Bush Eviscerates
Endangered Species Act
Link Description:
The Bush administration today issued a final rule eliminating the Endangered Species Act requirement that federal agencies consult with independent scientists.
Submitting to Digg
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Traffic Numbers
Traffic Quality
Engaged Community
Established Group
Established Profile
Why Mixx?
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Story Title:
Bush Eviscerates
Endangered Species Act
Link Description:The Bush administration today issued a final rule eliminating the Endangered Species Act requirement that federal agencies consult with
independent scientists.
Submitting to Mixx
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Why Reddit?
Traffic Numbers
Traffic Quality
Engaged Community
Established Group
---
Established Profile
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Submitting to Reddit
Story Title:
Bush Eviscerates
Endangered Species Act
Link Description:
The Bush administration today issued a final rule eliminating the Endangered Species Act requirement that federal agencies consult with independent scientists.
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Social News:
Niche vs. Broad
Smaller or more specific communities can bring visitors that stay longer
on your site.
Keep Submitting
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Always look for new ways to
make submitting content easier
and quicker!
Find and Use Shortcuts
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Tips and Tricks
Image by Micah JohnsonFrom www.chiefingredient.com
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What you’ll need:
1. Interesting and Accurate Title - Make it real, no marketese
2. Good description - Leave some intrigue if you can
3. Relevant Tags
4. Friends - To save or thumb up the link
What You’ll Need:
Submit to Social Bookmarking Sites
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Submitting to StumbleUpon
Accurate Title
Good Description
Relevant Tags
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The Importance of Tags
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Share the Link Love
• Email• IM/Skype• Thru the Site• Microblogs• Groups
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Share With Microblogs
Your
Message
Twitter Followers
Identi.ca Followers
Plurk Followers
Facebook Friends
Your
Message
Your
Message
Your
Message
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Shorten Your Link
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Streamline Your Updates
Your
Message
Twitter Followers
Facebook Friends
Identi.ca Followers
Plurk Followers
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Use Your Profiles
Personal Organizational
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NWF Case Study
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NWF Case Study
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Search Twitterhttp://search.twitter.com
@NWF’s Response
*Power of the Retweet
*Who is helping you?
*Follow new people
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Search Twitterhttp://search.twitter.com
@starfocus’s Response
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Tracking Your Return
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Remember the Social Side
• Be Polite• Don’t Interrupt• Help Others• Ask Questions• Ask for Help
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Digg Hit the Homepage
• Check traffic
• Follow people who dugg it
• Fan people who commented positively
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Mixx Hit the Homepage
• Friend people who comment
• Join Groups that pick up the story
• Support these friends and groups if you want future support
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Reddit Hit the Homepage
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Within 24 Hours…
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Bear in MindThere is No Failing…
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Learn from Everything
• I used Microblogs to Share my Digg
• I streamlined my work so I saved Time
• I may not have “made” it viral, but I gave it all the right opportunities
• Experiment with your content
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And when it does well…
It’s
Shocking
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Take Aways
1. Don’t be afraid to start slow.
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Take Aways
2. Streamline and look for ways to save time.
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Take Aways
3. Be a good friend, and you’ll have good friends.
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To Create Your Own Buzz…
• You must participate
• Practice!
• Learn from mistakes
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Questions?
Danielle BrigidaNational Wildlife Federationwww.twitter.com/starfocus [email protected]
[email protected] Judy N, Flickr
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Storytelling & Social Media: 5-Part Series
• Social Media ROI– 2/18/2009 11am Pacific
We would like to thank the Packard and Surdna Foundations for their generous support of this
webinar series.
Creating Your Own Social BuzzCreating Your Own Social Buzz