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Getting Started with Social Media

Presented by Leigh Ashton

Welcome

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Getting Started with Social Media

TodayWhat is Social Media?Opportunities with Social MediaIntroduction to popular Social Media platformsTop Tips for Social Media Success

4 Steps Who are you?Who do you want to reach?Which Social Media?What’s your message?

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What is Social Media?

‘The online tools and platforms that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences and perspectives with each other’Tom Lambreghts – Earls Court and Olympia Venues

Moving from traditional marketing...

to ‘Inbound Marketing’

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Getting Started with Social Media

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4 Steps to Getting Started

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•Who are you?

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•Who do you want to reach and why?

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•What Social Media platforms are best for you

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•What do you want to say?

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Step 1...

Who are you?What’s your niche?What’s your product/service?How do you want to be seen?Individual or Company?What are you passionate about?

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Social Media Opportunities

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Practical Tools

Status updates – acquiring and

managing contacts - videos – photos – blogs

– slides – articles – speeches – recordings -

forums

Build a Network

On Line conversations – helping – building awareness – asking

questions – answering questions -

contributing

TRUST

Build others’ confidence in you – price –

customer service – quality - expertise

SUCCESS!!

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Step 2...

Who do you want to reach and why?Who’s your potential audience?Target Markets? Similar or different?Where are these markets, local, national?Who would you like following you/your brand?What’s your likely mix of social media contacts?

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Social Media & The Sales Consultancy

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Step 3...

What Social Media platforms are best for you?

Video, PowerPoint, Photos?Articles, Opinion?Formal or casual?Events, Advertise?

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Step 4...

What do you want to say?What overall impact do you want?Industry expert?Social and Fun?Major contributor to on line debates?Share others’ contribution?

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ACTION !!

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Your Questions and Comments...

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