Making the most of social media | North West Networking Group | 17 January 2018

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Making the most of social media

What we will cover in this session

• how to measure your impact to best inform your strategy• what content works and what to think about for 2018• how to control tone of voice and consistent messaging when

multiple people are accessing the accounts• how to manage internal expectations and demands• how to get your staff using social media• useful tools for managing your social channels

I know what you’re thinking...

I barely have time to plan and post my content, let alone think about setting goals and then measuring it afterwards.

Why do I need to do this?

Because if you don’t measure anything...

How will you know if your social media is successful? By knowing what is resonating with your audience - and what isn’t - you can ensure that you create the kind of content that they are interested in.

Define what success means to YOU

Does success equal more followers, more event

sign ups or increasing the number of comments

on blog posts? Does it mean higher

engagement rates?

*whispers* Does it mean successfully

fundraising on social media?

Maybe it’s all of these things?

How to measure success

Here’s an example

SPECIFIC - we will help reduce calls to the helpline through sharing information that people need via social media.

MEASURABLE - we will measure, using Google Analytics, how many people are coming to the resource or information sections of our website from social media as well as measuring if calls to the helpline have reduced.

ATTAINABLE - we will look at what the most popular helpline topics are and ensure we share where people can find the answers/info regularly on social media.

RELEVANT - reducing the number of calls will save the charity time and money.

TIME-BASED - goal to be achieved in one year.

Time to create your own SMART goals

How to measure success on social media

Use Facebook Insights, Twitter Analytics and Google Analytics to Measure:

• numbers of retweets, clicks on links and new followers

• which content gets the most engagement and why

• referral traffic and conversions

What content works on social media?

Social media – the numbersFacebook: 2.07 billion monthly active users (32 million in the UK)Twitter: 328 million monthly active users (20 million in the UK)Instagram: 800 million monthly active users (17 million in the UK)LinkedIn: 500 million users (22 million in the UK)YouTube: 1.5 billion users (36 million in the UK)Snapchat: 300 million monthly active users (11 million in the UK)Pinterest: 175 million monthly active users

*source: Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Omnicore

Five ways to improve your content

Put your audience first

Five ways to improve your content

Be relevant

Five ways to improve your content

Do one thing well

Five ways to improve your content

Create, measure, iterate

Five ways to improve your content

Less is more

What to think about for 2018

● Takeovers or #rocur● Emoji● Video● Storytelling● Chatbots

Takeovers or #rocur

Emoji

Storytelling

What about consistency?

How can you ensure consistency in:

• Message• Tone of voice• Frequency of posts

How to manage internal expectations & demands

• Create processes • Weekly standups• Internal training• Break comms down into campaigns

How to get staff to use social media

What’s their barrier?

Top tips

• Show them the value of social media and how it can help them in their role

• Give them some training in the basics• Show them good examples• Praise them!

Useful tools to plan your content

• ‘Jab, jab, jab, right hook’ methodology

• Use the Rule of Thirds• Create a content calendar• Your smartphone is your content toolbox

Create a content calendar

Free design tools

Design:• Canva for Nonprofits• PicMonkey

Images:• Unsplash• Morguefile• Gratisography • Canva• Pexels

Questions?

Kirsty@kirstymarrins.com @LondonKirsty

Visit the CharityComms website to view

slides from past events, see what events

we have coming up and to check out

what else we do:

www.charitycomms.org.uk

Making the most of

social media

17 January 2018Manchester#ccnorthwest

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