Social Media Strategy - Part 2

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Social Media Strategy - Part 2

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Bandwidth Space•

Everyone’s Doing It•

Social Sharing•

SEO Value•

Capture Experience/Showcase Value•

Demonstrate Expertise•

WHY VIDEO/PHOTO SHARING?

EVENTS•

INTERVIEWS•

PROMOTIONAL•

UNIQUENESS•

WHAT VIDEOS TO SHARE?

EVENTS•

INTERVIEWS•

PROMOTIONAL•

UNIQUENESS•

THE MOST OVERLOOKED UNDERUSED

MISUNDERSTOODFEATURE OF

VIDEO/PHOTO SHARING?

CONTENT IS

KING!

Social Sharing•

SEO Value•

Demonstrate Expertise•

BEYOND VIDEO/PHOTO, THERE IS A WORLD OF USER-GENERATED CONTENT TO BE PUBLISHED!

3 REASONS TO ACT LIKE A PUBLISHER!

Social Sharing•

SEO Value•

Demonstrate Expertise•

PRESENTATIONS• : Scribd, Slideshare

PRESS RELEASES• : PRLog.com, Pitch Engine, etc...

2 EASY & FREE WAYS TO PUBLISH YOUR CONTENT

SHOWCASE EXPERTISE •

SYNC WITH LINKEDIN•

SHARING IT•

FEATURES OF SLIDESHARE THAT I LIKE:

SYNC TO:

PRESENTATIONS• : Scribd, Slideshare

PRESS RELEASES• : PRLog.com, Pitch Engine, PRWeb, etc...

2 EASY & FREE WAYS TO PUBLISH YOUR CONTENT

PRESS RELEASES(They are not what you think they are)

FEED GOOGLE . BE FOUND

MEDIA ATTENTION IS GREAT.

A big news splash can provide a big boost for a •specific eventInfluential as long as your audience is paying •attention to it

CONSISTENT SEARCH ENGINE ATTENTIONis also great (and maybe easier to get).

Significant when your audience •discovers it during their own search (“organic influence”) Your target market discovers you •because they were searching on a need they articulated and Google finds a solution that mentions your name

Do you want to reach •your buyers directly?Do you want to drive •traffic to your Web site?Do you want to achieve •high rankings on the search engines?Do you want to attract •buyers who are looking for what you have to offer?Do you want to compete •more effectively?

OLD: push news to the press to get them to write about you

Now . . .press releases are really not press releases

anymore!

NEW: PROVIDE HIGH-VALUE, KEYWORD-RICH, RELEVANT CONTENT

THAT YOUR TARGET MARKET WILL FIND WHEN THEY ARE SEARCHING ONLINE

Reach buyersDIRECTLY!

Your primary audience is no longer just a handful of

journalists.

Your audience is millions of people with Internet connections and access to search engines, RSSreaders and social bookmarking

services.

THE WEB IS A BOOK OF PAGES . . .HOW MANY TALK ABOUT YOU?

Every feasible news item is newsworthy because it creates a

page to feed the beast!

Every story SHOULD NET 3 angles

TIP:make themhigh-value

Keyword-richand relevant!

Instead of just targeting

and begging a handful of journalists,

create online press releases that appeal directly to your buyers.

Create links in releases to drive potential

customers to specific pages on your Web site.

does your release Always promote you or does it provide relevant content to

your audience?

INCLUDE ACTION STEPS

ONLINE PRESS RELEASES DISTRIBUTEDto GOOGLE NEWS!

FEED GOOGLE . BE FOUND

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SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

Technorati (blogs)•

Delicious•

StumbleUpon•

Digg•

Related to Social Publishing:SHOWCASING OTHER PEOPLE’S CONTENT

SOCIAL NETWORKING:

TWITTER

Search/Research•

News/Networking•

3rd Party Management•

LINKEDIN

Networking•

Showcasing•

Ask/Answer•

Recommendations•

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IMPORTSLIDESHARE

IMPORTWORDPRESS

3 WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH PERSONAL PROFILE•

GROUPS•

PAGES•

CUSTOMIZE!

OPTIMIZE!http://www.facebook.com/pages/Temple-TX/Western-Hills-Church-of-Christ/67829916998

facebook.com/westernhillschurch

WHEN IT COMESTO SOCIAL MEDIA . . .

WHAT DO I SAY?

H• UB

E• DUCATE

L• EAD/INSPIRE

P• ROMOTE

E• XPAND YOUR REACH

R• ELATE