webforward 2011 workshop b - getting strategic: making your social media strategy work, abc
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1st June 2011Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
WebForward Workshop 2011
Getting strategic: making your social media strategy work
Ping Lo, Social Media Coordinator, ABCBernie Sheehan, Manager Digital Skills Development, ABC
Rod McGuinness, Social Media Producer, Radio, ABC
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Outline1. Overview2. Devising your plan 3. Twitter and Facebook4. Other platforms and tools
- Company examples 5. Case study 6. Practical exercise7. Summary
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1. Social media overview
• Industry snapshot• ABC activity• Future directions• Challenges
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2. Plans and goals
Why have a plan and set
goals?
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Why have a plan?
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So you know:• What you want to achieve and whySo you can:• Set goals that can be measured• Think through any potential problemsSo you don’t:• Rush in, over commit, under deliver, lose your
audience and damage your reputation
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Devising your plan
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Steps: 1. Assess current situation2. Develop goals3. Gather resources4. Training5. Implementation6. Analytics and review
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Assess current situation
• Competitive analysis• Who is your audience• Internal stakeholders • What else is in place• Evaluate tools and platforms
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Develop your goals
• What you want to achieve and why• How realistic are your goals• Timeframe• Measurement• Level of engagement
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Gather resources
• Resourcing needs• Time allocation• Management support• Escalation procedures• Anticipate and plan for audience growth
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Training
• Skills audit• Moderation, editorial policies, escalation
procedures, • Editorial voice and style • Future training needs• Checks and balances
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Implementation
• Plan with your social media • Branding and editorial guidelines• Team communication plan• Cross-promotion plan• Check–in with your audience
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Analytics and review
Measure, analyse and learn from
your results
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3. The two biggies
• Facebook and Twitter• Your vision• Interaction• Scheduling updates• Postings to multiple platforms• Integrating with existing activities
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Facebook pros
• “Talkback”• Crowd source• Ideas generation• Cross-promotion• Reach a large audience• Build community • Encourage UGC• Traffic referral to website
and links
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Facebook cons
• Problem posters• Attacks/off-topic conversations• Work vs personal• Ethical issues with personal accounts • Verifying facts• Linking to controversial pages• Use of images and content
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Twitter pros• Build personal or company brand• Crowd source• Network• Targeted feedback• Track topics in real-time• Monitor breaking news• Quick response• Traffic referral• Ideas/trends/research/sources
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Twitter cons• Privacy• Easy to jump the gun• Personal vs professional• Verifying facts• Resourcing• Retweets may be seen
as endorsements• Consistency – one
account – multiple tweeters
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4. Other platforms + tools
• YouTube• FourSquare• LinkedIn • Digg• Wikis• Blogs
• Storify• Delicious• Audioboo• Flickr• Diaspora• Tackable
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New platforms + good engagement
• How to keep up• Process for evaluating new platforms
- fast turnaround• Questions to ask• Examples of good engagement
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5. Social media case study
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6. Social media activityDiscuss:• Pick a social media scenario• Two goals you want to achieve and why• Tools/platforms • Collaborators• Measuring success• Report back
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7. Summary
• Workshop summary• Questions
THANK YOUWorkshop finish
Bernie SheehanABC People & [email protected] @bernie_sheehan
Ping LoABC [email protected] @pinglo
Rod McGuinnessABC Radio [email protected] twitter @rod3000