A quick introduction on the main aspects of creating a social media strategy for your brand. A version of this presentation was conducted as part of the Startups Without Borders 2020 Summit. You can watch the session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBvTK5yKWWo&t=693s
2. ABOUT ME
MOHAMMAD HIJAZI
• International Communications
Consultant & Trainer
• More than 120 clients in 20+
countries
• More than 100 events managed
• More than 25,000 leaders trained
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3. A social media strategy is a plan of how to
maximize engagement and interactions across
social media to achieve a company’s objective.
These objectives may be to generate leads,
improve brand awareness or create a viral
effect.
DEFINITION
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4. MAP YOUR ASSETS
People
& Time
Who will be
responsible?
Tools
What tools do
you have or
want to use?
Budget
How much can
you afford to
spend?
Content
What content do
you have/want to
create?
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5. DEFINE YOUR GOALS
SALES
Create first-time
customers
LEADS
Calls, contact form
submissions, email
subscribers
MARKETING
Improve your
relationship with
customers & prospects
LOYALTY
Increase retention
and repeat sales,
improve customer
service
HR
Attract and retain
quality employees
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6. 1 SPECIFIC
Who, what, when, where,
which and why?
2 MEASURABLE
What metrics are you
going to use to determine
if you meet the goal?
3 ASSIGNABLE
Who is responsible for
achieving this goal?
4 REALISTIC
Does the goal makes
sense with the broader
business goals?
5 TIME-BOUND
What is the target date
for deliverables?
SMART GOALS
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7. SMART GOALS
Increase followers
I will increase engagement by 30% on
Facebook by March 31
assignable
measurable
specific
time-bound
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10. A marketing persona is a composite sketch of a
key segment of your audience. For content
marketing purposes, you need personas to help
you deliver content that will be most relevant
and useful to your audience.
PERSONAS
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11. PERSONAS
NAME
JOB TITLE
• Where they work
• Details about their role
DEMOGRAPHICS
• Age
• Gender
• Salary
• Location
• Education
• Family
• Hobbies
GOALS AND
CHALLENGES
• Values and fears
• How can JCI relate
to them?
MARKETING
MESSAGE
• Elevator pitch
MARKETING
PLATFORMS
• Traditional (TV, Radio,
Print)
• Social (Facebook,
Instagram, Pinterest,
Twitter, Snapchat)
•Digital (Website, Email)
•Outdoor (Posters,
Billboards)
SOCIAL
BEHAVIOR
• Information
seeker
• Fan
• Influencer
• Detractor
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13. Your company’s voice is the
uniformity in selection of
words, the attitude and
values of the company while
addressing the target
audience or others. It is how
your company conveys
its brand personality to its
audience.
Your company’s voice is its
personality described in an
adjective.
VOICE
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14. Tone
What is the general vibe of your
brand?
Character
Who does your brand sound like? If
you picture your brand as a person,
here is where you can flesh out this
identity with specific attributes that fit
who you want to sound like online.
Language
What kind of words do you use in
your social media conversations?
Purpose
What is your main marketing
purpose?
Your
Company’s
Brand Voice
VOICE
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15. Tone
Character
Language Purpose
Your
Company’s
Brand Voice
VOICE
Friendly Playful
Warm Authoritative
Inspiring Professional
Personal Honest
Humble Direct
Clinical Scientific
Complex Simple
Savvy Jargon-filled
Insider Fun
Serious Whimsical
Engage Entertain
Educate Delight
Inform Sell
Enable Amplify
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16. WRITING TEMPLATE
● Content type: What are you writing?
● Reader: Who are you talking to in this
scenario?
● Reader feelings: What’s the reader
feeling when they are in this tone
scenario?
● Your tone should be: Use adjectives
that describe how you should sound in
this scenario.
● Write like this: Give a brief example of
how the writing should sound.
● Content type: Tweets
● Reader: Potential customers, marketing
professionals
● Reader feelings: Eager and engaged to
find interesting content and information
● Your tone should be: Helpful, informative,
clear, approachable
● Write like this: “Did You Know: The 8-
hour workday was invented to help
people work less? We have the story
here.”
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17. CONTENT
Venus
WHAT IS THE FREQUENCY OF POSTING?
WHAT IS THE BEST TIME TO POST?
WHAT TYPES OF CONTENT TO POST?
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