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Social Media in Business - FREE stuff that works! with Charlie Gunningham

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Social Media in Business

- FREE stuff that works!

with Charlie Gunningham

My Mission

“ putting media power backin our clients’ hands ”

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Social Media in Business

1. Facebook, Twitter & Youtube (& others…)

2. Blogging

3. Mobiles & „Apps‟

- what are the stats? should you do it?

- how do you do it? what not to do?

- examples? Q+A…

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I’m lucky,

I’ve seen

the future!

… and it’s

good news!

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Beware the patient who has not been in hospital for 50 years and complains they are not feeling well… there is something wrong with them

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Power that is SOCIAL MEDIA

- free

- powerful

- scares big media silly

- elected a President

- not being used by your competitors (yet)

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SOCIAL MEDIA – defined

Social media refers to FREE web sites whose

information comes from its USERS.

- incl facebook, twitter, blogs, youtube,

flickr, slideshare, foursquare, …

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Mark

Zuckerberg, Founder, Facebook

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Biz Stone, Founder, Twitter.com

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Chad Hurley, Cofounder,

Youtube.com

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NOW Age of Social (media)

1994 Age of Surf

1998 Age of Search

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“Markets are conversations”

conversations among humans sound human

natural, uncontrived, honest

public switch quickly

tell us something!

(then we might speak to you)

business is only part of our lives, it’s all of yoursThe Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usualby Christopher Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls, David WeinbergerPub 1999 : read it for free at www.cluetrain.com

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SOCIAL MEDIA + Biz = X?

- do we need it?

- should we?

- is it right?

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SOCIAL MEDIA + Biz =

1. Know you exist

2. Get to know/trust

3. Give you business

4. Refer you to others

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SOCIAL MEDIA in Aus

_ Facebook: 6mn visitors (+95% p.a.)

_ MySpace: 3.5mn (only +5%)

_ Twitter: 800,000 (up from 13,000)

_ 70%+ net users visited social netwks (+29%)

_ social media/ blogs more pop than personal email

10% of ALL time on Internet = on social media

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Cont…

to reach 50mn users

- it took radio 38 yrs, TV 13 yrs, Internet 4 yrs…

… it took Facebook 9 mths to get 100mn!

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At its most basic,

you could (should) be…

BLOGGINGon FACEBOOKon TWITTER

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Advantages SOCIAL MEDIA

- Cheap! and fast/instant

- Reach / Accessible

- Can be updated/improved

- Democratic (power to the little guy)

- It involves your clients (directly)

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BLOGS

- a “web log”

- leave comments, post

- Start your own

* go search/read/comment*

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THE RULES…

not expensive in $’s

Blog often, blog interesting

Show your passion

Encourage staff to blog

Be authenticIdeas spread

Allow public to comment

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BENEFITS? You’re asking the wrong question,

but since you asked…

Better Traffic & SEO to your site

Fun, empowering for you/staff

Listen + Learn from your public

Gather interesting content

What goes around comes around

“Markets are conversations”

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Look at blogs, read loads of them

If you had a soap box, what you speak about?

Start one today(it’s free – www.blogger.com)

How could your media

(your website) have a blog?

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Blogs are fantastic for SEO!

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MarkAnderson’sBLOG

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Do your own FACEBOOK Page

free ‘n’ easy to set up

you’re in control

600,000 in Perth

more > 40 than < 20

500/day in Perth join

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Set up a FACEBOOK Group/Business Page

invite people in

publish events, goings on

interactive shop window

everyone gets to know

www.facebook.com/yourname

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www.facebook.com/aussiehome

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Linda Davis, real estate selling agent, Ledyard, CT

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Linda Davis, Ledyard, CT

MY GOAL - top sales person

* concentrate on one area

* personal, be YOU, persist, don‟t YELL!

* yes, YOU DO HAVE TIME – prioritise

* have RULES, build relationships

Don‟t be “that guy” that abuses it!

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Post your own FACEBOOK Ads

Direct + targetted

Set a budget

Easy to set up, edit,

cancel + monitor

27mn+ views ($4000)

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FACEBOOK Policy

Addictive

Time Wasting

Haven’t got time!

You need a policy, and stick to it

Have a reason, WIIFT, part of marketing

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TWITTER! (your own + company)

100,000+ in Perth

Growing fast

Very easy to update

‘micro-blogging’

Word out, top of mind

Twitter.com/yourname

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http://twitter.com/aussiehome

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Upload movies to

Obama did 1,678

87 mn views

Av age 45-55 yrs

tag ‘perth real estate’

Youtube.com/yourname

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www.youtube.com/aussiehometv

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“perth real estate” search on Youtube…

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LINKEDIN.COM

Facebook for grown ups?

Professionals

Worth having a profile

Online CV

40 million members +

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Lower ad costs

targetted, effective marketing

Raise Traffic + improved rankings

Fun, empowering; learn & interact

Drive client loyalty

more sales and profits

MOST powerful when you mix them

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MOBILE

_ Last year, it didn’t figure

_ now = 10%+ traffic (30% w’ends)

_ by 2013, mobile web > PC web

_ 140,000 iPhone apps

_ App Store: 2bn downloads

_ Gen X (28-45) buy 60% homes,

their PC is their mobile

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MOBILE

1. Your site on mobile

2. Mobile apps

* we already do mobile sites

* & offering apps soon

Social Media in Business, Apr 2010 Slide 43Sherry Chris, CEO, Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate

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Facebook

iPhone

App >

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Tweetdeck

iPhone

App >

www.tweetdeck.com

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www.hootsuite.comHootsuite

iPhone

App >

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It’s no longer the 4Ps of marketing

(price, promotion, product, place)

It’s the 3 i’s ...

“Getting the right information to

the right eyes at the right instant”

Social Media in Business

- Thank you & Good Luck!

- [email protected]

0411 092 669

- email me for these slides

- facebook.com/aussiehome

- twitter.com/aussiehome

MORE?

- SEO / Foursquare

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Foursquare

iPhone

App >www.foursquare.com

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