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Social Media Monitoring Anne Mims Adrian, Auburn University- eXtension [email protected] @aafromaa and @milfamln Terry Meisenbach, eXtension [email protected] @tmeisenbach and @begrowcreate ACE NETC 2011 June 2011

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Social Media Monitoring

Anne Mims Adrian, Auburn University-eXtension     [email protected]     @aafromaa and @milfamln

Terry Meisenbach, eXtension    [email protected]    @tmeisenbach and @begrowcreate

ACE NETC 2011 June 2011

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Process

Know why you are monitoringKnow and set goalsDetermine termsIdentify whereListenDetermine actionBuild relationshipsAdjust actionEvaluate Repeat

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Who, What, Where, Why, How?

Why do you want to monitor social media?

Who do you want to monitor?

What do you want to monitor in social media?

Where do you monitor in social media?

How will you use the results?

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PurposeexamplesCompanies want to track reputation, brand, & product mentions to increase sales.

Companies want to monitor what consumers are saying about their own or their competitors' products.

Companies want to monitor what consumers are saying to improve their products and services. 

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PurposeexamplesExtension wants to learn from communities.

Extension wants to build relationships and its credibility.

Extension wants to track its reputation and success of programs.

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Why?When to tune in 

Most important to pay attention to

Community voice to identify needs and give direction

Influential people to build relationships

Response

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Monitor brand or product

Brand/product mentioned increases    by a set percent during and after a campaign

Sentiment (positive/negative ratio of product     increases by set percent

Increase visits to web site (by percent or number)Reputation improves

>>> Which leads to increase in sales

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Monitor Extension Program

Build community and offer support for military familiesIncrease the relationship between Extension and     military family service professionals

Link military family service professionals to existing Extensioneducational resources

>>> Military Family Service Professionalsto make use of highest quality, research and evidence based information, best practices, and education in their programming activities. 

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Monitor Extension Program

Increase use of Extension and research- andevidence-based education, programs, and information. 

Increase the communications and exchange betweenExtension and military family service professionals

Visits to eXtension educational resources increase from military installations. 

>>> Military Family Service Professionals make use of highest quality, research- and evidence-based information, best practices, and educationin their programming activities. 

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Extension Program

Now is your time to practice

List measurable social media goals

>>> What is the overall goal? 

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Determine Terms and Where

What terms do you expect your audience/community to search for on the web when looking for resources?

What terms do you expect your audience/community to use in online social spaces while talking about their work?

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Terms (Need to use more common language than some of these)Military families DeploymentMilitary pay changesDiscipline childrenParenting on installationsParentingChild developmentSeparation anxietyParentsSingle parentsChild developmentFeeding childrenMilitary Wife Military Mother

Financial LiteracySingle parentingReintegrationStress managementMilitary children booksPersonal finance program    managers Lifestyle transitionsMilitary move Paying down debtRetirement planningMeals on a budgetJob Search

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Listen

Content (what's being said) Context (where is it being said)SentimentWhat are the gaps in the conversation?Volume (strength of the conversation; higher in volume, greater vibe).

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Determine next step

Join conversationBecome engagedDevelop relationshipsFind and utilize influentialsUse what you learned to integrate into programming

    Can you be helpful--just by joining the conversation

    Is the community teaching you something you did not know?

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Then what? Is there a call to action?

Monitoring is not only a marketing activity.

Monitoring can be used for needs assessment, customer service, improve programs within context.

Who needs the information from monitoring?

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Evaluation

What kind of change in content and contextWhat kind of change in Sentiment (when referred to Extension materials or references)Did we fill a gap?Volume in change in links (visited/comments/references)

Is there evidence of learning? Changed behavior?>>>Use relationships to assess changed behavior

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Products

Radian6

Lithuim ScoutLabs

SAS

PeopleBrowser

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ProductsFree but not comprehensiveGoogle AlertsTwitter SearchBlog Search

Klout, free and professional versionPeerIndex, free and professional versionTweetReach, free and professional version

Google AnalyticsFacebook InsightsYouTube, Slideshare, Flickr     with professional version

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Photo Credits

www.flickr.com/photos/msittig/2698352492/sizes/m/in/faves-aafromaa/

www.flickr.com/photos/kathycsus/3726355766/in/faves-aafromaa/

www.flickr.com/photos/tomo908us/4355587247/

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Final Thoughts

Share your questions and ideas.

Thank you for your participation.Anne Mims Adrian, Auburn University-eXtension     [email protected]     @aafromaa and @milfamln

Terry Meisenbach, eXtension    [email protected]    @tmeisenbach and @begrowcreate