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How to promote your college using social media
Prateek Chaudhuri
Agenda• Introduction• What is Social media• Popular Social Media Platforms• The story of evolution• Social Media Scenario• Benefits of social media in business• Social Media in education• Our objective• Our purpose• Whom are we targeting?• Hygiene Factors• Action plan• How do “we” do?• The never ending cycle
Introduction
Social Media is not MediaSocial Media is Social
• “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about”-Oscar Wilde
• “You can’t just say it,you have to get the people to say it to each other”-Ford Motors
What is Social Media?
Popular Social media platformsCrowd Sourcing Blogs
Content Communities
Social Networking
Social Media: The story of Evolution
Social Media Scenario
• Number of Internet users has touched 2.10 billion• Facebook currently has 901 million active users• Number of e-mail accounts worldwide has crossed 3.20
billion*• Wikipedia has more than 75,000 active contributors• Number of active English language Blogs is about 450
million• 77% of active internet users read Blogs• 59% of bloggers have been blogging for more than 2 years*An user can have multiple e-mail accounts
Benefits of Social media in Business
• Reach : Anywhere ,Everywhere• Cost : Virtually “0”, except Time and effort• Feedback : Understanding the consumer needs• Collaboration and connection• Goodwill : Openness+ compassion=Honest
organization
Brand Awareness
Lead generation
Customer Acquisition
Retention and Loyalty
Social Media in EducationPrimary benefits :
• Today’s youth spends most of their web-time in social networking(once in every 6 mins. of the total time spent in web)
• The Web is the first stop for students looking for information on career ,colleges etc
• Wisdom of the crowd weeds out phony claims from colleges
Secondary benefits :
• Live, up-to-the-minute notices of commencement programs, homecoming events, class reunions through Twitter
• Podcasts, video blogs, student blogs and webcasts to share the work of students, faculty, visiting scholars and alumni, leading to recruitment opportunities
• Blogs and podcasts as pedagogical tools
Our Objectives
• Creating a social media promotional plan for a college
• Assumptions:It is a post graduate management collegeWe already have our own website We already have our ready student base
Our Purpose
• Creating awareness about the Institute
• Generating interest , engagement and participation
• Promoting the Institute through enriched content (articles, presentations etc.)
• Building trust ,credibility ,Relationships
• Conversion!!!
Whom are we targeting?
• Fresh graduates (Any Discipline)• Students in the final year of graduation• Graduates with work experience• Teachers (Decision Influencers)
Hygiene Factors
• Apt content• Quality of content– Relevance– Grammar/Form
• Authenticity of content– Honesty – Integrity
Action Plan
Plan of action
• Phase-1 : Internal Preparation!!Creating platformsCreating a dedicated teamDecide content,seggregate into sectionsDecide posting schedulesShowcase ContentAsk students to take it viral!!
Plan of Action
• Phase-2: Unleash & Measure !!“Reselling” the content: Re-engagingMonitoring the traffic generatedEvaluating the content
• Phase-3 : Pace up & EvaluateGather MomentumEvaluate results
How do “we” do ?
Phase-1 (1-3weeks) • Platforms : Students Blog, Facebook Page, LinkedIn group Blog to be hosted on the main site of the institution Tabbed layout for easy navigation• Team : I Chief editor, 2 assistant editors, Content Writers,2 for
each section. Content writers to “take ownership” of assigned sections I faculty member to supervise the entire effort
How do “we” do? (contd.)
• Content: Crisp ,relevant, authentic, to the point. Must be “in line of interest” of our targets Subdivided into 2 sections : I. News about the Institute : eg-Placement updates, Events etcII. News and Information w.r.t. the “Bigger world” : Articles on
economic situation, politics, marketing strategies and trends , sports, environment, upcoming technologies ,music, book reviews, movie reviews ,travelogue etc.
A tinge of “Fun” too: crosswords, sudoku, business quiz Showcase the “quality work” of students done as a part of
course curriculum e.g.: presentations, advertisements etc Final Mission : Make the viewers “Addicted”!!!
How do “we” do? (contd.)
• Posting Schedules : We needn’t be a “content” junkie First 3 months
Post one article each, every week, for the content creators Promote each on Facebook and Pagalguy as an effort of the
individual. Sharing and promoting to be done by individual Keep doing this till visitors to the blog start jumping articles Reduce the number of articles posted in a staggered
manner Subsequent schedules to be decided based on
evaluation of outcomes from Phase2 and 3
How do “we” do? (contd.)
• Take it Viral : Posting the links of the blog posts in individual facebook
status, linkedin id,3rd party forums like “pagalguy” to generate interest and to reach out
Ensuring that every “reader” of the post is redirected to our blog only
Remember : A “Story” published by a student has more chances of a hit than to one published by the institution itself.
How do “we” do? (contd.)
Phase-2: (Simultaneously & 3rd week onward) “Reselling” : Ensure healthy & engaging discussion through
regular comments Tone of the conversation should be humane, eager to listen,
open-minded towards any sort of feedback Empathetic Attitude is a must The team has to be active for 365 days,24X7. Intermittent
commenting and replying is a strict no-no• Monitoring the traffic generated: Popular topics Popular authors Popular forms of content Major contributors Build database of possible targets
How do “we” do? (contd.)
• Evaluation Involvement(no. of persons taking part, frequency etc) True reach (likes and shares) Level of influence (comments) Other parameters (Google Analytics) Weekly meeting of the “ student team” to discuss
results and performance with the Faculty member Back to the drawing board if results are not
satisfactory
How do “we” do? (contd.)
Phase 3 (6-8th week onwards)• Gathering momentum Ads on different mediums, banners and web-fettis Ads on conventional media-Preferably through promotional
articles in English magazines• Evaluating the overall performance Increase in number of hits and visits Increase in time spent in the blog Whether they are browsing the other sections of the main
website Increase in number of leads generated thereafter Measure Conversion ratio
‘The never ending cycle’
Social media strategy
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