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Social Media Revolution

• It’s here.

• It’s real.

• It’s big.

• It’s powerful.

YouTube video created by Socialnomics

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Social Media – Consumer’s POV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3qltEtl7H8

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Interaction

“I’m 48. I don’t understand this Social Media stuff.”

• Similar to a business cocktail reception• Without constraints of time or space

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Interaction

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Social Media Sites

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A Plan for Clear Communication

Questions

• What do I want to accomplish?

• Where do I want to go?

• Why do I want to go there?

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Blogging

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Within months of launching the site:

• Visits up 25%• Page Views up 40%• Visitors staying 26% longer

 

By October, 2008 Southwest Airlines’ site was named Best Blog for 2008 by PR News (second year in a row).

Nuts About Southwest 2.0 launched May 2008

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VIDEO BLOG

FLICKR FEED

NEWS FEED

RATINGOPPORTUNITIES

PERSONALIZATIONOPTIONS

ORIGINAL BLOG

READER POLLS

OFFICIAL PHOTO AND VIDEO GALLERIES

USER LOGINAND PROFILES

SHARINGFEATURES

PODCASTSLINKS TO SWA COMMUNITIES

May 5, 2008 - launched Blog 2.0

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Too Pretty to Fly

Learned from our previous experience that they needed to communicate directly with their Customers

via:  1. Online spokespeople 2. Official Statement3. YouTube video

CASE STUDY: Too Pretty to Fly

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Total views: 250,000 

#8 most viewed video of the day #32 most discussed video of the day

#86 most views of the week

TOP VIEWED VIDEO

CASE STUDY: Response to Too Pretty to Fly

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An important part of your Internet marketing strategy.

• You become the expert• Fresh, targeted content• Attracts inbound links• Relationship building• Information source

Blogging

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digit.comflickr.com

facebook.comsquidoo.commyspace.comlinkedin.com

Delicious.comstumbleupon.com

technorati.comtwitter.com

wordpress.comDigg.comziggs.com

Social media sites

Includes, but are not limited to:

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Marketing Blog Page

http://www.fullbrainmarketing.com/_blog/blog/

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Graphic Design Café’ Blog

http://www.mystudioe.com/blog

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TSN – Trade Show News Blog

http://www.exhib-it.com/blog/

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Create Custom Content for YOUR Audience and Get Published!

• Post Articles at Public Sites• Write 25 Tips and Publish• Write White Pages• Awards to Link and Publish to• Public Relations Articles Posted

on your Site

Publish Articles Online!

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Top 10 Article Directories

Rank Article Directory (URL) Alexa TR No Follow!

1 Knol.google.com 1 / PR 7 NF!

2 Ezinearticles.com 101 / PR 6

3 Ehow.com 102 / PR 7 NF!

4 Hubpages.com 179 / PR 6

5 Squidoo.com 184 / PR 7

6 Articlesbase.com 292 / PR 6 NF!

7 Buzzle.com 517 / PR 6

8 Examiner.com 567 / PR 7 NF!

9 Associatedcontent.com 587 / PR 7

10 Suite101.com 602 / PR 1

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Social Media Most Popular Avenues

Join Social Media Sites that Matter to YOU and YOUR Business!

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Twitter

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•Tweet – Sending one message•Tweets – Sending more than one message•Tweeting - What you are doing when you are posting a message•Peeps - Everyone in the Twitter community you are following•RT - Re-Tweet ... The best gift you can give your fellow peeps is by reposting a message that someone else sent but that is being reposted and populated•Hash tags - are keywords preceded with the # symbol.

Twitter - Symbols

Some symbols and definitions you should become familiar with before beginning to Tweet in Twitter.

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Top Users With The Best Content

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Top Users With The Largest Following

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HOW to Participate on Twitter

It’s a discussion NOT a broadcast - TweetChat

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Twitter – DJ Heckes Page

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Twitter – EXHIB_IT Page

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Twitter – FullBrainMrktr Page

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Twaiter

Pre-schedule your tweets and repeat once for the best exposure.

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Dashboards

HootSuite, Seesmic, TweetDeck are three popular Dashboards to use.

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Tweepi

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TwitterFeed

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Facebook

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Facebook

• More than 500 Million active users• More than half of Facebook users are outside of college• Fastest growing demographic is women over the age of 55• Average user has 130 friends on the site• More than 850 million photos uploaded to the site each month• More than 7 million videos uploaded each month• More than 70% of Facebook users are outside of the United States

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Facebook

6 Ways To Get Found On Facebook

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Facebook – 6 Ways to Get Found

1. Use a profile photo that tells your followers who you are and what you have to offer

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Facebook – 6 Ways to Get Found

2. Choose a name for your page that your customers can identify with

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Facebook – 6 Ways to Get Found

3. Use a vanity URL that your fans may guess to find you

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Facebook – 6 Ways to Get Found

4. Give your followers information about you

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Facebook – 6 Ways to Get Found

5. Personalize your page

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Facebook – 6 Ways to Get Found

6. Tell your customers where to find you!

Follow us on: twitter - facebook - linkedinSubscribe to our blogs: Tradeshow News - Full Brain Marketing - Graphic Design Cafe - EXHIB-IT! Video BlogCheck out DJ Heckes' New Book at: www.fullbrainmarketing.comProud member of Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance: www.keepitquerque.org

Blog Page Example

Email Signature Example

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Facebook

Leveraging Facebook for Ecommerce

68% of Consumers say a positive referral from a “friend” on Facebook would positively influence their purchase decision. (Morpace April 2010

Survey)

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Facebook

Gaming applications are extremely popular at Facebook.Example: Old Navy fans can literally ‘dig’ for coupons in the Barker’s Bone’s game.

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Facebook – Leveraging Social Plugins

http://developers.facebook.com/plugins.

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Facebook – Videos

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Facebook – Events

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Facebook – Chat

Using the iChat application on Facebook, you can chat live with your fans!

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Facebook – Promotions

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LinkedIn

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Linked In

Business Goals

• Increase your visibility and brand awareness• Improve your Google Page Rank• Enhance your search engine results• Generate traffic, links, and sales leads naturally through viral features

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Linked In – Blog Link

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Linked In – Polls

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Creative Portfolio Display

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Company Buzz

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Face to Face Marketing

More critical now than ever!

• Generational Differences and need to build relationships.• Build Know, Like, Trust Value!• Build Word of Mouth Network.• Personalized Marketing.• Seeing your Brand in Person.

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QUESTIONS?

Contact: DJ Heckes, CEO & Author (Full BRAIN Marketing)

EXHIB-IT! Tradeshow Marketing Experts

Tel: 828-0574Email: [email protected]: www.EXHIB-IT.com