Getting Started with Social Media
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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’
Getting Started with Social Media
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Getting Started with Social Media
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4 Steps to Getting Started
1
•Who are you?
2
•Who do you want to reach and why?
3
•What Social Media platforms are best for you
4
•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...
Getting Started with Social Media
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