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Pitt Alumni Association Social Media Internship Fall 2012. Casey Pacifico University of Pittsburgh. About myself What I did with the Pitt Alumni Association Social Media Findings/Research Pinterest examples What I enjoyed the most Questions. Agenda. Hometown: Somerset, Pennsylvania
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Pitt Alumni AssociationSocial Media Internship Fall 2012 Casey Pacifico University of Pittsburgh
About myself • What I did with the Pitt Alumni Association • Social Media Findings/Research • Pinterest examples • What I enjoyed the most • Questions Agenda
Hometown: Somerset, Pennsylvania • Junior; College of Business Administration • Major – Marketing • Certificates: CPLE & Communication • Phi Beta Lambda • Concierge for Tafel Center for Student Success About myself…
Weekly photos of campus buildings and lifestyles posted to Facebook • Weekly Meetings with Molly • ‘Day in the Life of a Pitt Student’ photo album • Recommendations for approaching a Pinterest Account • Research on Social Media Activity for PAA from start of internship to now • Future ideas for organization’s social media Fall 2012 PAA Activities
Activity Timing • Engagement • ‘Follow’ Relevant Groups or People • Want people to see what others Retweet • Ex: “RT [insert post] for a chance to win a Christmas gift from PAA” • What Not to Tweet: ‘Who Gives A Tweet’ • Cryptic tweets • Repeating old news • Using too many # and @ signs • Just links without commentary • Boring tweets • What to Tweet: • Funny/Witty • Curiosity • Relevant Interest Some Findings and Recommendations for Twitter
Activity Timing • Engagement with Trivia Question • Ex: Which Nationality Room did we post a photo of on November 30th? • Causes them to scroll through the pages/links • How to get more likes: • Advertise Trivia Questions and Photo Albums • Engage Universities ‘Current’ Students Some Findings and Recommendations for Facebook
What is Pinterest? • “Pinterestlets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.” • Virtual boards • ‘Pin’ images and ideas on \the board • People can LIKE or FOLLOW the page and link the page to forms of social media • Some demographics What is Pinterest??
What is Pinterest? • “Pinterestlets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.” • Virtual boards • ‘Pin’ images and ideas on the board • People can LIKE or FOLLOW the page and link the page to forms of social media • Demographics • What does it look like? What is Pinterest??
Meeting people through photo album sessions • Total roughly 110 ‘likes’ for all of my FB albums • Understanding further logistics of social media and advertising • Homecoming with PAA • Video Project?!? What I Enjoyed