Take charge of your own personal brand. Use social media to build and leverage your profile. If you aren't doing it, some of your peers are so you'll have to accept that they are passing you by.
14. Pioneering social commerce and group buying in the MENA region in order to grow a globally successful online institution.Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
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16. …a logo? Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
17. …a classical ad? Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
18. …or a creative image or positioning? Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
21. Think of a brand – like your MBA program: write a BPS BPS: succinct description of the core target audience to whom a brand is directed, and a compelling picture of how the marketer wants them to view the brand. For (target audience), (brand name) is the (frame of reference) that delivers (benefit/point of difference) because only (brand name) is (reason to believe). and why do I need one? Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
22. Criteria for Evaluating a Positioning Statement Is it memorable, motivating and focused to the core prospect? Does it provide a clear, distinctive and meaningful picture of the brand that differentiates it from the competition? Can the brand own it? Is it credible and believable? Does it enable growth? Does it serve as a filter for brand decision-making? and why do I need one? Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
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25. A brand is what WE say it is! Brands can define it’s “BPS” and use that to shape their internal and external messages, BUT brands are defined by how they live and present this message, AND how WE perceive this message. Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
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28. What is Social Media? It’s how people engage, participate, and share online…
39. Social Media Certainly Has Its Challenges: Companies have to overcome their fear. This is a different kind of marketing. It starts with the community inside. Social media advocates are over-zealous. Consumers are suffering from social media fatigue. COMMUNICATION
41. Here’s the plan: Research before engaging/connecting Determine Goals Personal or Branded Profile Build Equity and Credibility Track Metrics Less Structure is Better Listen and Observe Before Engaging Be Authentic Track, Measure, Iterate Don’t Just Strategize, Execute and why do I need one?
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43. Personal branding is the process whereby people and their careers are marked (and marketed) as brands. ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_branding
45. Remember our brands? Same Thing… A positioning statement is a succinct description of the core target audience to whom a brand is directed, and a compelling picture of how the marketer wants them to view the brand. and why do I need one? Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
47. Criteria for Evaluating a Positioning Statement Is it memorable, motivating and focused to the core prospect? Does it provide a clear, distinctive and meaningful picture of the brand that differentiates it from the competition? Can the brand own it? Is it credible and believable? Does it enable growth? Does it serve as a filter for brand decision-making? and why do I need one? Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
49. Are there best practices? What are the best practices for a conversation? What about for a relationship? You can read books, attend seminars, but it all comes back to… who you are and who they are. There is one best practice to which there is no exception… BE REAL
63. Start now… Tune your Facebook account Get on Twitter Check lists on TweetDeck – follow Post, comment and engage Create/boost your blog Present yourself on SlideShare Start following thought-leaders by searching Technorati and using Google Readeer Use your blog to build a PLE and why do I need one?
65. And this can become even more difficult… Personal Learning Environment
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71. Noisy? and why do I need one? Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
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74. Not all fun? and why do I need one? Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
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76. Still too noisy? and why do I need one? Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
77. Try this… and why do I need one? Copyright (c) Dan Stuart 2009
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80. Your own Personal Learning Environment: Use current social sites Mix in some more - discover Self-cast, listen and learn Record micro-learnings Reflect and document learnings Document achievements You win: you learn We win: you add (meaningfully) to the knowledge collective
81. Let’s remind ourselves of the plan: Research before engaging/connecting Determine Goals Personal or Branded Profile Build Equity and Credibility Track Metrics Less Structure is Better Listen and Observe Before Engaging Be Authentic Track, Measure, Iterate Don’t Just Strategize, Execute and why do I need one?
82. Start now… Tune your Facebook account Get on Twitter Check lists on TweetDeck – follow Post, comment and engage Create/boost your blog Present yourself on SlideShare Start following thought-leaders by searching Technorati and using Google Readeer Use your blog to build a PLE and why do I need one?
84. Become a Generalist AND a Specialist You need to start learning other areas of the business, while mastering a specialty
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86. Don't be the: Be the: looking for a job person I'm doing interesting things person If you're busy doing things that matter to you/reward you, you're not only unique but you're also interesting. It might also help you better define the behaviors you want to engage in vs. the inert, static job description you otherwise might have thought you wanted. Finally, doing what you're supposed to do will land you right in the middle of the pack of all the other people doing exactly the same things.
89. Dan Stuart Founder & CEO – GoNabit www.GoNabit.com ds@gonabit.com twitter.com/gonabit twitter.com/danstuart www.danstuart.me
Notes de l'éditeur
Social media is about connecting and creating, sharing and belonging. It’s NOT just about Twitter and Facebook. It’s NOT just about technologies or channels. This presentation mentions the word “community” a lot. I see community anything from 5 commenters on a blog to 10K followers on Twitter. You are also going to see “conversation” mentioned frequently… which can mean a 140-character tweet, a viral video, or a lengthy forum thread. Social media makes room for all of these different but fundamentally similar types of interactions…You see, it’s about how the digital social connection creates something that would have never been possible otherwise. And where is the proof of this…
The proof is in the sheer number and growth of all these social artifacts. If I was an anthropologist looking back at our civilization and this moment in time, here are the signs to me of a clear movement, evidence of a shift in the digital culture in completely quantifiable terms.
This is the definition straight from Wikipedia: “social media is an umbrella term that defines the various activities that integrate blah blahblah.” Doesn’t really tell us much of anything useful does it? Where is the passion, where are the people?
Building a “brand” is an expensive and intense process, and now social media experts are telling companies to “let go” and give some control back to the consumer. In an environment where communications are traditionally routed through legal teams and PR firms, where there are limits put on who can talk directly with the customer and how, companies need reassurance that the reward is work the risk.
If you don’t bring it back to objectives, if you try and measure EVERYTHING people are doing and saying and creating online, THIS is what your whiteboard ends up looking like. It’s beautiful, but it’s not useful. You have to bring it back to objectives… ‘Are we getting what we want out of the conversation?’
A sign of a successful social media program is one that doesn’t require as much hands-on involvement… your guests are talking to each other, dancing, having fun. Brands shouldn’t have to be the shy dork in the corner, they need to be a host that promotes mingling, serves the digital snacks, and makes sure everyone is having a good time…
Extending your reach is hard to do unless the chair you are standing on is pretty stable. But if you can do it, the rewards are great. CCS saw a spike in the size and quality of traffic for their Facebook page the minute they started including the URL on their print material and presentations.