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Social media:
tools for biz
and maybe
your life, too
from the perspective of @chrispitre
Who am I?
              i
 HOUSTON iNTERACTIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATION
What is social media?
Social media is information content
   created by people using highly
 accessible and scalable publishing
  technologies. At its most basic
sense, social media is a shift in how
  people discover, read and share
  news, information and content.
          ~according to Wikipedia
truth 1:

 social media is not
mass communication.
engagement.
 connection.
relationships.
Truth 2:

people connect with
       people.
“uh-oh, the C-word...”
  COMMUNITY
Truth 3:

Relational Roi may not
translate to numbers.
Truth 4:

your audience must
    be known.
Truth 5:

   Authenticity +
  transparency +
relevancy = whuffie.
whuffie = social capital = influence

                      PERSONAL NOTE:
                     ‘Awesome Sauce’
                    book by Tara Hunt
                       (@missrogue)
Truths.

Collect all 5!
The Business Edition
PERSONAL NOTE:
    liar! :D



     “I don’t have time”
PERSONAL NOTE:
More than you
   know! :D

 “Who cares if I’m going
   to the bathroom?”
“I’m B2B. Who’ll follow me?”
PERSONAL NOTE:
BORING!!! (spammer)


       “Great. I’ll just post
          news links.”
PERSONAL NOTE:
Quality over quantity


     “The more followers I
       have, the better.”
How can your business

 USE Twitter (well)?
Connect with customers
     • Customer service
     • Customer feedback
     • Hyperlocal reach & PR
                          PERSONAL NOTE:
                       check out @briansolis & his
                         book “Putting the Public
                        back in Public relations”
Peer engagement
Industry news updates
PERSONAL NOTE:
Fancy term for
HR recruitment


        Talent Acquisition
Culture + Expertise
      sharing
Operational Efficiency
The Business Edition
Why do photos matter?
The web is a visual medium.
Shows life
“Real” shots of food,
  venue, and team
Google juice. Duh.
Who should already be
    using Flickr?
restaurants
   hotels
event venues
retail stores
 ad/pr firms
Keep in touch!
   Twitter: @chrispitre    linkedin.com/in/chrispitre
chris@whiteboardlabs.com   chris@is-conference.com
 www.whiteboardlabs.com     www.is-conference.com

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Business & Social Media (Twitter and Flickr tips)

Editor's Notes

  1. Pitch MotionNotes Next slide: what is social media?
  2. Next slide: Wikipedia definition
  3. Next slides are “Truths.” Intro accordingly Next slide: social media not mass communications.
  4. Next slide: engagement. connection. relationships.
  5. Next slide: People connect with people.
  6. Next slide: community
  7. Next slide: Relational ROI does not translate into numbers (always).
  8. Next slide: Your audience must be known.
  9. Next slide: Authenticity + Transparency + Relevance = Whuffie
  10. Next slide: Whuffie definition
  11. Be sure to address ‘fears’ of getting social media (ie fear of negative feedback) Next slide: Collect the truths.
  12. Next slide: Delve into Twitter for business
  13. Ask who can explain Twitter. Ask who is on Twitter. Ask who has their business on Twitter. Before we see how, we must go back to address the misconceptions and excuses. Next slide: Common misperceptions “I don’t have time”
  14. Slide again Next slide: “Who cares if I’m going to the bathroom?”
  15. Slide again Next: “I’m B2B. Who’ll follow me?”
  16. Next: “Great I’ll just post links”
  17. Slide again Next: The more followers I have, the better”
  18. Slide again Next: How can your business use Twitter (well)?
  19. Next: Connect with customers
  20. Address negative feedback fears again Slide again (at last point) Next: Peer engagement
  21. peers = friendly competitors, experts of the industry, vendors Next: Industry news
  22. Next: Talent Acquisition
  23. Slide again Next: Culture & Expert building
  24. Next: Operational Efficiency
  25. Next: Flickr
  26. ‘Before we jump in, let’s go back (slide) as to why photos matters” Next: Why do photos matter?
  27. Next: the web is a visual medium
  28. we think and dream in pictures. we make complex things simple through pictures. next: shows life
  29. day-to-day activity can be chronicled and shared. “outside looking in” next: “real” shots of food, venue, and teams
  30. Tell story about being an event planner for the conference. looking for blank slate. Next: Google juice
  31. why wouldn’t you want to have some input in what comes up? next: who should be using Flickr?
  32. next: industries that should be using twitter
  33. next: contact info