Go Big Or Go Home - Social Media For Large Groups

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Go Big Or Go Home Social Media for Large Groups

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Go Big Or Go HomeSocial Media for Large Groups

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It’s Like… Crab Fishing?

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It’s Like… Crab Fishing?

Limited window of opportunity

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It’s Like… Crab Fishing?

Limited window of opportunity

Requires a skilled team working together over long hours

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It’s Like… Crab Fishing?

Limited window of opportunity

Requires a skilled team working together over long hours

Should result in a “haul” that sets you up for months

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Turn Days Into Months

Before

•Grow your social audience

•Include, don’t exclude

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Turn Days Into Months

Before

•Grow your social audience

•Include, don’t exclude

During

•Encourage social sharing

•Post exclusive event content

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Turn Days Into Months

Before

•Grow your social audience

•Include, don’t exclude

During

•Encourage social sharing

•Post exclusive event content

After

•Share content from the event

•Remember next year

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Before: Grow & Involve

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Before: Grow & Involve

Include, don’t exclude – most of your audience

probably will not be in attendance

Find ways to involve them, even if they’re not attending

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Before: Grow & Involve

Include, don’t exclude – most of your audience

probably will not be in attendance

Find ways to involve them, even if they’re not attending

In every post about the upcoming event, ask your

audience what they want to hear about

“Chet King, CEO of OmniSoft, is our keynote speaker. If

you could ask him any question, what would it be?”

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Before: Grow & Involve

Include, don’t exclude – most of your audience

probably will not be in attendance

Find ways to involve them, even if they’re not attending

In every post about the upcoming event, ask your

audience what they want to hear about

“Chet King, CEO of OmniSoft, is our keynote speaker. If

you could ask him any question, what would it be?”

Promote these posts with paid media

The true value of social media is self-reported consumer

data – but you have to pay to play

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During: Be Social

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During: Be Social

Encourage attendees to post social content

Even if you have to bribe them to do it!

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During: Be Social

Encourage attendees to post social content

Even if you have to bribe them to do it!

Share attendees’ content during the event

It’s an opportunity to talk about yourself without

talking about yourself

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During: Be Social

Encourage attendees to post social content

Even if you have to bribe them to do it!

Share attendees’ content during the event

It’s an opportunity to talk about yourself without

talking about yourself

Create exclusive content for the social audience

Use questions/topics suggested before the event as

your guide

Don’t exclude non-attendees by focusing on what

they missed out on

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After: Keep It Going

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After: Keep It Going

Continue creating and posting content from the

event and its speakers

Doesn’t have to tie back to the event explicitly

Pay attention to what works and incorporate that

into your content and event strategy

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After: Keep It Going

Continue creating and posting content from the

event and its speakers

Doesn’t have to tie back to the event explicitly

Pay attention to what works and incorporate that

into your content and event strategy

For annual events, repost some content in the

lead up to next year’s

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After: Keep It Going

Continue creating and posting content from the

event and its speakers

Doesn’t have to tie back to the event explicitly

Pay attention to what works and incorporate that

into your content and event strategy

For annual events, repost some content in the

lead up to next year’s

Promote, promote, promote this content!

It’s exclusive, you own it, and it should be what sets

your brand apart

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Key Takeaways

Include, don’t exclude

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Key Takeaways

Include, don’t exclude

Encourage social sharing

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Key Takeaways

Include, don’t exclude

Encourage social sharing

Leverage and promote content

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Thank [email protected]

@bryanstratton

www.linkedin.com/in/bryanstratton