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Social Media Committee Meeting August 23, 2012. Angie Walls and Paula Newbaker, Corporate Communications. Understanding Social Analytics. What is the difference between a “visitor” and a “follower?” A visitor only views our social media page
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Social Media Committee MeetingAugust 23, 2012 • Angie Walls and Paula Newbaker, Corporate Communications
Understanding Social Analytics • What is the difference between a “visitor” and a “follower?” • A visitor only views our social media page • A follower starts out as a visitor, but takes the extra step of subscribing • What is a “like”? What does this mean? • The “like” button is the new “word of mouth” of today • When a user clicks “like,” it is shared with his/her social circles • A user can “like” a company page as well as a specific post, image, video, etc. • People trust likes/recommendations from their friends more than any other source
LinkedIn Social Media Growth • Followers & Visitor Statistics* • 59 new followers (863 total) update with actual number by 08/22 • 329 new unique visitors (10 percent increase since June) • 345 new page views (10 percent increase since June) FACT: What is the difference between a “visitor” and a “follower?” Visitor = a user who visits our LinkedIn company page Follower = a user who visits AND signs up to be notified of any company profile updates or news
LinkedIn Social Media Growth • Who Are Our Followers? • 85 percent of total followers are NOT employees • 38 percent entry level, 27 percent senior level • Top industries include IT, Ed Data Mgmt, Higher Ed, and Software • Top companies our LinkedIn visitors also viewed: College Board, Blackboard, Sallie Mae, IBM, Dept of ED, and ASCD • Recent followers include: • Various IT, sales, and research professionals • Project Director at Careers Systems Development Corp. • Education Data Manager at Mid-Hudson Regional Information Center • University of Tokyo researcher • Wesley College student • The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Career Services advisor • North Dakota University Director of Financial Aid • President of EMAS Pro Software • Oregon Private Investigators Consortium • CEO of Background Check International
Signature 3 Media Coverage • 116 views, 3 subscribers, 1 like for Doug Shapiro video • 90.8 percent female, 9.2 percent male viewers • 51 percent viewed on YouTube.com • 44.2 percent viewed on AACC • 4.7 percent viewed on mobile device • 250 Facebook likes for AACC’s media coverage of Signature 3 • 45 mentions on Twitter (potential reach of 154,223 readers) • 1,219 total visits to our Signature Reports Web page
July Social Conversations 12 Facebook mentions87 Twitter mentions and retweets Link to Infographic
July Social Conversations From AskAManager.org
Recent Trends on Twitter Most Popular Topics: “Community Colleges” and “Infographic” • #Agile • #CollegeBound • #comm_colleges • #CommunityCollege • #Emchat • #Hobsons • #Infographic • #National • #PersonalData • #StudentSuccess
Upcoming Fall Launch • What’s Coming in Early September • The Clearinghouse will have a branded presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter • YouTube video channel is live • Social bookmark sites* increase traffic to our Web sites and related articles about us *Delicious, Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon
Social Media Training Development • Moving Ahead • Researching other companies and their success with online training for social media • Initial discussions to develop resources in coming months • Any members interested in participating in the training project?
How to Get Started • Announcements: What’s new, important news and updates. • Project Updates: Active projects that will be mentioned at upcoming fall meetings. • Committee Surveys: Quick links to surveys in which you’ll participate. • Important Dates: Upcoming meeting dates and times. • Resource Links: Best practices, social media strategy 101, other helpful pages. • Presentation Sign Up: Request a time slot at a future meeting to discuss/present. • Staff Approved for Social Media:Suggest Social Media Users, Content Experts. • Important Documents: Find a wealth of information, such as examples and white papers. You’ll also find meeting documents, analytic reports, training, and more. • Shared Wikis: We need your participation! We will be creating wikis to help members collaborate and brainstorm in between the meetings. • Influencers List: A couple of examples have been added.
Task: Updating Our Social Influencer List • What is an influencer? • Put simply, we want to focus on these five main types found on social media: • The networker (social butterfly) • The opinion leader (thought leader) • The discoverer (trendsetter) • The sharer (reporter) • The user (everyday customer) • Read more in our Documents library
“Planning is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” A. A. Milne
Establishing Objectives and Goals • Promote your company or a product? • Engage customers? • Build your brand? • Provide a customer service channel? • Build PR? • Increase business by a certain percentage? • Gain market share • Overcome a competitor?
Final Tips • Be exact in your language • It’s a tool for you as an advocate • Set-up for great marketing plans • It is BRIEF • Contains only relevant information in context • Insights can make great objectives • Think about what problems you are solving, • What are the benefits of the product/service/initiative? • Why should the targets believe us? • How do you want people to feel?
Next Month’s Meeting Fri, Sept 21 at 12:00 pm • New Topics • An update on the social media training program • First comprehensive results of the fall social media launch • Brief presentation on social media best practices • Rapid response strategy (how we respond to social media posts, negative comments, etc.) • Interactive discussion: Social audience profiling • The meeting agenda will follow soon
Committee Members: Action Items • Add two or more “influencers” to our Influencer List (e.g., partners, trade associations, Dept of Ed contacts, etc) • Add suggestions for Content Experts and Social Media Users under Participating Staff • Take a short survey • Add at least one to two ideas to the wikis • Review the Project Status items to discuss in September • Please complete these items on the new Intranet page before the September meeting