Unleashing Your Social Media Mojo

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Kaye Sweetser, Ph.D., APR Associate Professor // University of Georgia [email protected] UNLEASH YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA MOJO

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Presentation about social media delivered by Dr. Kaye Sweetser of University of Georgia to Red Square Agency in Mobile, Ala. on Oct. 6, 2010.

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Kaye Sweetser, Ph.D., APRAssociate Professor // University of Georgia

[email protected]

UNLEASH YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA MOJO

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Social media can be overwhelming.

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Case the neighborhood.

Connect, but not in a stalkish way.

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Did you get the memo?

Dear Corporate America:

You never had control in the first place. OK, Thanks.

XOXOX,

Your Customers

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Develop a social policy Encourage good ethical actions, like:

Transparency Disclaimers Respecting copyright, confidentiality & other people

Communicate expectations & train everyone: Do employees have to report their social sites? What can employees say online as themselves? Who speaks about the organization?

Evaluate the “IT” issues & possible risks, but don’t let them hold you back.

Be inspired by others’ policy, like Coca-Cola.

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Know before you go•Monitor the community & note what is culturally acceptable.

•Follow the rules & community values.

•Know what people are saying about you, your competitors & your issues before you jump in.

•Determine your time commitment & set your goals.

•Make a plan for reporting (metrics), based on goals.

•You don’t need a social media strategy; look how incorporate engagement into campaigns.

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Friend of a friend …•Notion of “six degrees of separation” introduced by author Frigyes Karinthy in 1929.

•Milgram conducted “small-world experiments” in 1967, finding 5.5 – 6 degrees of separation.

•Facebook connections remained on par.

•Twitter argued to bring us closer.

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And once you connect … Talk about your audience more than you talk about

yourself. It is not all about the sale.

Talk like a 5th grader, speaking in short sentences & use simple words.

When you want something, ask. Include a call to action when appropriate.

You can get someone’s attention when you use his name. Remember to @ your audience. Gatorade Mission Control has had 2k+ one-on-one convos.

Structure conversation so that it can continue.

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Tweets taste good•Restaurants tweet daily specials.

•Mobile food trucks tweet location.

•Big chains have FT SM staff to monitor & respond to customers.

•FourSquare rewards loyalty with “mayor”ship, badges & discounts.

•Wow Bao in Chicago replied & issued gift cards to tweeters.

•Restaurant owner Graham Elliot in Chicago lets tweeters help make decisions about the restaurant—such as what music to play.

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Passion for fashion•Upload pictures of new merchandise.

•Create stlyin’ video shorts highlighting latest fashions or celebrity/hot looks.

•Ask customers to upload their pix with your merchandise.

•Follow & friend locals & create incentive to come to the store through tweets.

•Reach out to bloggers.

•Create apps that bring value to your customer.

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of page views came from top social networks. Wow.

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Holla at your girl.Dr. Kaye Sweetser University of Georgiahttp://[email protected]