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Connecting through Social Media
Top ten guidelines for connecting through social media (learned through a few successes and several failures)
First of all, please share…● If you feel it is important for libraries to use social media
to engage patrons!
● Do you use social media? If so, what?!● Facebook!● Twitter!● Youtube!● Blogs!● Pinterest!● Other
Quick stats
According to Nielsen…● “In the U.S. alone, total minutes spent on
social networking sites has increased 83 percent year-over-year. In fact, total minutes spent on Facebook increased nearly 700 percent year-over-year, growing from 1.7 billion minutes in April 2008 to 13.9 billion in April 2009, making it the No. 1 social networking site for the month.”
According to Pew Internet Research…
● “When asked what device they normally use to access the internet, 25% of smartphone owners say that they mostly go online using their phone, rather than with a computer.”
What is social media?
●Engaging your community!●Interactive dialogue
Tools we use:●Facebook! ! !●Twitter !●Youtube!●Library blogs!●Goodreads!●Flickr
We keep an eye on:●Yelp reviews!●Foursquare
Why?
●Engaging your community!●Interactive dialogue
Top Ten Guidelines
1) Keep it simple!
2) Avoid too many cooks in the kitchen
3) Work smarter, not harder
Example: Hootsuite
4) Content rules
5) Recycle your content, and borrow too!
6) Team effort
7) Don’t be afraid of the “worst-case scenario”
8) But if it happens, be ready!
Oh no!!!
9) Don’t believe the hype
10) Have fun!
Sources● http://blackboxsocialmedia.com/7-shocking-social-
media-facts-for-marketers-infographic/!
● http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/press-room/2009/time_on_facebook.html!
● http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/smartphones-account-for-half-of-all-mobile-phones-dominate-new-phone-purchases-in-the-us
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