1. No Comments, No Sharing: Why Social Media Doesn’t Always Work
2. 25 billion - amount of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, and notes, and photos) shared each month on Facebook - 6x last year
3. Social media is the ongoing conversation of the planet…it is my home on the internet. It is far richer than any diary or journal. Kurt Sonderegger, VP Marketing, Ploom.com
4. “Social media is like water. On its own, water does some cool things, but when combined with other compounds it enabled the evolution of all forms of life. Social media on its own is nice, but when combined with other tools, it is enabling everything to evolve, from communications to business to politics to marketing.” Mike Volpe, VP Marketing, Hubspot
18. How to do an event Great: - multiple channels - up to date - the right information - MOST IMPORTANT The event itself is great Could be better: - website not up to date - event is too PC - no questions - no feedback - no personality
19. How to raise funds What’s expected: - Sharing stories of what funds do - Getting an online donation form - When they donate, they should be able to share the news
20. How to start a conversation and keep it going Myths: You talk too much. Truth: You can’t talk too much. It takes three touches for things to sink in.
21. How to start a conversation and keep it going Myths: When someone comments, don’t response back or make a comment. Someone else will take care of it. Truth: 24/7 (within reason), you should be ready to comment or response. This is customer service.
22. How to start a conversation and keep it going Myths: If someone says something bad, it will effect everyone. Truth: When someone says something bad, you should pay attention. Response timely. Then get it offline (or on email). Only ban in an extreme case. Ask me about my trick to get rid of problems.
23. How to start a conversation and keep it going Myths: I don’t have time to do this in all the different areas. Truth: It’s not as bad as it seems – once you do a couple and get down a system, it’s easy (and fun).
31. Need some help? Email Josh Stowe in Alumni Actually, you can contact me. Don Schindler don.schindler@nd.edu facebook.com/donschindler twitter.com/donschindler blogs.nd.edu/donschindler Photo credits. Kids http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmelanava/4315086779/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Diary http://www.flickr.com/photos/proimos/4234144889/sizes/o/in/photostream/ Water http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho-pics/3471640403/sizes/l/in/photostream/