1. Facebook and Twitter
For Your Non Profit
Tips and Tricks for Enhancing
Your Brand and making it “likeable”
Presented by Cathy Rodgers
Seven Waves Marketing
Facebook.com/sevenwaves www.7wavesmarketing.com
4. • Over 900 million objects that people interact with
(pages, groups, events and community pages)
• Average user is connected to 80 community
pages, groups and events
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5. • Average user creates 90 pieces of content each
month
• More than 30 billion pieces of content shared each
month. (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes,
photo albums, etc.)
Source: Facebook Stats: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
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6. • There are more than 150
million active users currently
accessing Facebook through
their mobile devices.
• People who use Facebook
on their mobile devices are
twice as active on Facebook
than non-mobile users.
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7. Referrals
68% of U.S. facebook users are more likely to buy on a
positive facebook friend referral
- eMarketer
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8. Create a Page for your Business
http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php
Or search “create” in your fb search bar
Or find a page you like and go to the bottom:
“Create a Page for My Business”
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9. You must have a personal page
in order to create a business page.
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10. You Could be Shut Down
“Profiles represent individuals and must be held
under an individual name, while Pages allow an
organization, business, celebrity, or band to
maintain a professional presence on Facebook.
You may only create Facebook Pages to represent
real organizations of which you are an authorized
representative. “
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11. 1. Establish your Name / Brand / Intent before Starting
• A strategy is important
• facebook will not let you change the name of your page
so get it right the first time.
• Designate a backup administrator
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12. 1. For all Non Profits and Small Business Owners
Be sure to click
“Local Business” – Not “Brand”
1. This will let give you an additional information
box on your home page
3. Or you end up with only a “founded in” box
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13. 2. Photo / Logo Size
• Expand beyond your Photo / Logo
• Avatar of your Logo displays at 200 pixels wide by 520 deep
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14. 2. Sizes
200 x 500 px
200 x 545 px
200 x 600 px
Thanks to www.Clear-River.com
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15. After uploading large
image, click back on
“Change Picture”
Edit Thumbnail size
Slide box over image
to select thumb
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16. Create new tabs and choose where
new users will land when coming from the net
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17. Monthly fee for hosting
Graphics
* Caution: You want to own all the
information for your brand, don’t
depend on other sources / even facebook.
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18. • Edit photos with
• Hootsuite
• Schedule facebook or Twitter posts on hootsuite
Facebook.com/sevenwaves www.7wavesmarketing.com
19. • Your Calendar
Turn your events into a 140 character note
on Twitter
Create an Event on facebook
Avoid Attachments
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20. Log into your page 1-2 times per day
1. To answer all inquiries
2. To check for spam
3. Currently there are no notifications
when someone makes a comment
on your page
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21. Most Under-utilized Feature
In the box directly under “suggest to friends” where
you see “write something” and above the info/hours
of operation box.
Put your personalized info here – along with a link
to your website(s)
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22. Reminder: Facebook is Worldwide
1. What if they land on your page? What will they see?
Be sure to put your location – you now manage
a mini-website / make everything is intuitive for your
audience
2. Info Tab – Be sure to fill out all information
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23. Add Your Blog to Your Page with a tab
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25. Search for FBML Application
To create a Landing Page Tab
FBML allows you to drop in custom
code with graphics
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26. Bring it all to facebook
with Involver.com
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27. Add a Newsletter Subscribe Form to your Page
with an Auto Responder
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28. How will they find you?
Set up your Facebook URL
(after 25 fans)
Be found on Google
Go to: http://www.facebook.com/username/
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29. Now you have a Link to Share
Go to: http://www.facebook.com/MySavannahBiz
When someone “likes” your page it shows up in
their newsfeed …
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30. It’s easy to update your fans
Go to Edit page / then “Send an Update”
Turn the Town Purple!
Savannah Memory Walk
You are Attending
Share
Public Event
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31. Need some Leads?
•Suggest to your friends
•Buy an Ad on Facebook for some exposure.
•Promote with an icon Link on your
Website / Blog
•Promote with a Like Box
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32. • Ask some open ended questions
• Offer exclusive coupons or specials
• Allow your fans to post comments + photos
• Make it fun!
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33. • Post more images & tag for better
engagement
• Post news before noon – traffic is usually up
7:30 – 9:00 am / around noon / 7:30 pm – 8:30
• Trivia: Friday is one of the best
days to post news
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35. Twitter.com
• Twitter is getting your text message to someone
via their phone (Prime spot)
• Sign up on the home page
• Put some thought into your Twtter ID, which
will be the brand you are identified with
• Save your passwords and have a backup for
your account
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36. • Twitter will make suggestions on who to follow
based on your location – to get you started.
• Follow other people and companies that you
are interested in and who you want to follow
you via the “search” bar.
• Make sure you upload a photo or logo and fill
in a description of your company so you will
be authentic and don’t follow others w/o photo.
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37. • Be sure to follow others:
> You could be perceived as a spammer by
not following others.
• Search for topics by putting the # symbol in
front of your term
• Don’t just talk about yourself
• Help promote things going on in your community
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38. • Don’t use Twitter as a place to “vent”
• Say hello to others by using the @ symbol
• Use the “RT” in front of @7wavescathy to
promote a message that person sent
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39. 15 Learnings from the Top 50 brands in facebook
Slideshare.net
Social Media Examiner.com
Social Media Today.com
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40. How to Set-Up a Facebook Page
For Your Business
On Twitter @7wavesCathy
Presented by Cathy Rodgers
Seven Waves Marketing
Facebook.com/sevenwaves www.7wavesmarketing.com