50 social media tactics
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If your tweeting…
Please use the #bbsocial hashtag when referencing this session.
#bbsocial
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So, you’ve got a social media plan, right?
* From Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies
P = People Who are you trying to engage?
O = Objectives What are you trying to achieve?
S = Strategies What will it look like when you're done?
T = Technologies What are the tools you plan to use?
The P.O.S.T. method* is a great way to develop you social media program.
Today, T is for “Tactics”
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Create a custom Twitter background that reflects your organization's mission and brand.
Create a custom Twitter background that reflects your organization's mission and brand.
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List the Twitter handles of the staff contributing to your org's feed.
List the Twitter handles of the staff contributing to your org's feed.
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Create a Twitter List of your organization's staff, partners, or supporters.
Create a Twitter List of your organization's staff, partners, or supporters.
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Use Twitterholic.com to connect with the top 50 tweeters in your city.
Use Twitterholic.com to connect with the top 50 tweeters in your city.
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Monitor your city’s Twitter hashtag for relevant information (#chs #nyc #dc).
Monitor your city’s Twitter hashtag for relevant information (#chs #nyc #dc).
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Build real relationships by replying, retweeting, and joining discussions.
Build real relationships by replying, retweeting, and joining discussions.
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Make your tweets retweetable.
Username + 6
Make your tweets retweetable.
Username + 6
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Recruit new staff and volunteers via Twitter.Recruit new staff and volunteers via Twitter.
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Monitor your organization's name on search.twitter.com.
Monitor your organization's name on search.twitter.com.
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Piggyback on Twitter's trending topics if they are related to your cause (#aces)
Piggyback on Twitter's trending topics if they are related to your cause (#aces)
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Promote an event, campaign, or movement with twitter hashtags (#beatcancer #memorywalk)
Promote an event, campaign, or movement with twitter hashtags (#beatcancer #memorywalk)
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Start, join, and organize conversations on Twitter with hashtags (#nwf #nptech #charitytuesday)
Start, join, and organize conversations on Twitter with hashtags (#nwf #nptech #charitytuesday)
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Create a fundraising campaign organized with Twitter.
Create a fundraising campaign organized with Twitter.
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Empower your followers with actionable information in support of your mission.
Empower your followers with actionable information in support of your mission.
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Organize a petition with act.ly.
Organize a petition with act.ly.
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Get creative with Twitter avatarsGet creative with Twitter avatars
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Read a persons Twitter feed as prep for a meeting.
Read a persons Twitter feed as prep for a meeting.
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Organize a Tweetup.Organize a Tweetup.
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Use Twitpic to share photos.Use Twitpic to share photos.
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Track and benchmark key Twitter stats.Track and benchmark key Twitter stats.
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Use short URLs to track link performance (bit.ly, tinyurl.com).
Use short URLs to track link performance (bit.ly, tinyurl.com).
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Use Twitalyzer.com to mashup Google Analytics with Twitter visitors.
Use Twitalyzer.com to mashup Google Analytics with Twitter visitors.
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Reflect your brand on your Facebook page.Reflect your brand on your Facebook page.
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Create a landing page for fans/non fans.
Create a landing page for fans/non fans.
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Create a Cause and add it to your page.
Create a Cause and add it to your page.
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Open up your Facebook page by allowing fans to post on wall updates, photos, videos, and discussions.
Open up your Facebook page by allowing fans to post on wall updates, photos, videos, and discussions.
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Add your blog’s feed to your fan page wall via the Notes application.
Add your blog’s feed to your fan page wall via the Notes application.
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Integrate other channels via Facebook fan page tabs.
Integrate other channels via Facebook fan page tabs.
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Add your events to your Facebook fan page.Add your events to your Facebook fan page.
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Ask your Facebook fans a question and participate in the conversation.
Ask your Facebook fans a question and participate in the conversation.
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Ask Facebook fans to upload videos that support your mission.
Ask Facebook fans to upload videos that support your mission.
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Start a discussion that will engage your Facebook fans.
Start a discussion that will engage your Facebook fans.
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Leverage contests by hosting or joining one.
Leverage contests by hosting or joining one.
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Integrate your CRM with Facebook fan activity.
Integrate your CRM with Facebook fan activity.
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Use the Facebook Insights to get activity & demographic data.
Use the Facebook Insights to get activity & demographic data.
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Use the YouTube Nonprofit Program to raise money or for advocacy.Use the YouTube Nonprofit Program to raise money or for advocacy.
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Make a funny or compelling video, not a sad one.Make a funny or compelling video, not a sad one.
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Build stewardship with video.Build stewardship with video.
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Hold a contest.Hold a contest.
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Encourage supporters to upload video responses.Encourage supporters to upload video responses.
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Upgrade to a Flickr Pro account .Upgrade to a Flickr Pro account .
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Submit your photos to Flickr Groups.Submit your photos to Flickr Groups.
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Hold a contest involving supporter photos.Hold a contest involving supporter photos.
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Create a Flickr group that supports your mission.
Create a Flickr group that supports your mission.
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Integrate supporter photos with existing channels/vehicles.
Integrate supporter photos with existing channels/vehicles.
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Submit key blog posts & articles to social news sites.
Submit key blog posts & articles to social news sites.
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Use a "Share This" widget on blog posts, web pages, etc.
Use a "Share This" widget on blog posts, web pages, etc.
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Promote your social media channels via websites, emails, footers, etc.
Promote your social media channels via websites, emails, footers, etc.
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Display RSS feeds from a blog or Twitter account on your website.
Display RSS feeds from a blog or Twitter account on your website.
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Create a social media listening dashboard with iGoogle.Create a social media listening dashboard with iGoogle.
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Questions?
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Thank you!
If you have any questions, or just want to chat, you can find us online:
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Blackbaud.com/BlackbaudNews
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ResourcesTools and Services www.twitter.com www.twitterholic.com http://search.twitter.com http://www.retweetrank.com http://act.ly www.twibbon.com www.twitpic.com http://docs.google.com http://bit.ly www.twitalyzer.com www.facebook.com http://apps.facebook.com/causes/about www.youtube.com www.youtube.com/nonprofits www.flickr.com www.flickr.com/good www.flickr.com/groups/26249297@N00/ www.sharethis.com www.digg.com www.stumbleupon.com www.reddit.com www.igoogle.com
Nonprofit Examples Used www.twitter.com/HUMANESOCIETY www.twitter.com/nwf www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=45878 www.twestival.com www.livestrongaction.org/avatar www.mashable.com/hyatt4good/ San Francisco Zoo Tweetup www.twitpic.com/lm0e3 www.facebook.com/habitat www.facebook.com/one www.facebook.com/livestrong www.facebook.com/FieldstoFamilies www.facebook.com/PlannedParenthood www.facebook.com/NTEN.org http://www.facebook.com/oxfamgb Don’t make a sad video Build Stewardship with Video http://www.youtube.com/peaceoneday Knockout Animal Fighting YouTube Contest http://www.flickr.com/groups/ima-art/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/dailyrayofhope/