ucla x425 spring '14 - week 4
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Instructor: Erik Deutsch (@ErikDeutsch)#UCLAx425
Best Practices in Social Media for the Communications Professional
UCLA X425 Spring 2014
Meeting 4 (May 6): •SEO for the PR pro•Online reputation management•Content syndication and newsfeeds•Make yourself easy to find (inbound links and referrer sites)
•Guest speaker: Tony Adam (@TonyAdam) Founder & CEO, Eventup
• Follow others (reciprocity)
• Complete your profile and look “legit” (photo, keyword and links)
• Engage!
• Leverage what’s trending (#hashtags/keywords)
• Post when/where your target followers hang out
• Attend events (online/offline; e.g., Twitter chats)
• Mention other users in your posts (“ego bait”)
• Promote everywhere (email sig, website, marketing collateral, etc.)
• Buy them... literally (but don’t)
UCLA X425 Spring 2014
UCLA X425 Spring 2014
• Reach/Impressions – # of individuals who saw your content
• Clickthrus – # of times someone used a link you posted
• Unique Visitors –# of distinct individuals visiting your website
• Page Views – # of times a user visited a particular page on your website
• Time on Page/Site – length of time spent on your page or website
• Bounce Rate – % of visitors who leave your site after viewing just one page
• Comments – # of responses submitted regarding your content
• Downloads – # of times your content was downloaded
• Conversions – # of times a user responded to your call to action
1. Situation Analysis2. Goals3. Target Audiences4. Competitive Analysis5. Strategies6. Tactics7. Measurement
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The Final Project
UCLA X425 Spring 2014
The Final Project
It starts with your GOALS!
Vague Social Media Goals: •Increase awareness among key audiences•Enhance company’s image online•Promote company’s products/services
More Specific Social Media Goals: •Drive website traffic and new customer leads•Use branded content to attract and engage with current and prospective customers •Expand company’s leads database and community of followers
• Foursquare, Gowalla, Facebook Places, Yelp• Induce consumers to "check in" and share their
location
How?• Special offers• Discounts/coupons• Recognition• Status
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• "Quick Response" akin to a bar code
• Make accessing information easy on-the-go from a web page or other online content
• Use by "scanning" the code via smart phone equipped with a QR code reader app
• Easy and free to generate (can also customize)
• Good Uses: product packaging, print ads, business cards, storefront displays, restaurant menus, real estate, etc. Landing page should be optimized for mobile!
• Bad Uses: Moving vehicles, distant billboards, subways/airplanes (places with no cell/data signal)
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Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a web site or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results. Other forms of search engine marketing (SEM) target paid listings.
UCLA X425 Spring 2014
UCLA X425 Spring 2014
1) Relevance (based on your content – page titles, keywords, tags,
etc.) 2) Authority (based on your inbound links – note .edu and .gov
vs. the rest – the NY Times trumps a small time blogger)
SEM - Search Engine Marketing •Purchasing links
•Akin (in PR speak) to "Earned" vs. "Paid" media
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UCLA X425 Spring 2014
The results that come up when you perform a Google search
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And remember... all content and links are not created equal.
"The solution to pollution is dilution."
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Develop multiple content assets to help push down negative links (as well as negative, autosuggested searches).
Tactics: YouTube videos, topic-specific landing pages (with embedded YouTube videos), press releases via online wire services, blog entries and
social media profiles.
"The solution to pollution is dilution."
Instructor: Erik Deutsch (@ErikDeutsch)
Twitter hashtag: #UCLAx425
Best Practices in Social Media for the Communications Professional
UCLA X425 Spring 2014
Meeting 4 (May 6):Guest speaker:
Tony Adam (@TonyAdam) Founder & CEO, Eventup