2. Connecting Devon and Somerset
• A ground breaking partnership encompassing 6 LA areas to
deliver improved and superfast broadband to rural areas
• Improved broadband (>2mbps) to every business and
community across Devon and Somerset by 2016
• Faster broadband (>24mbps) to at least 90% of the area by 2016
• Without this project 700,000 residents and 26,000 businesses,
with a combined turnover of £9 billion, have no certainty of
receiving improved or superfast broadband from a commercial
rollout
3. How do I know when superfast is coming?
connectingdevonandsomerset.co.uk/where-and-when/
4. What help is there to Get up to Speed?
• Free sessions
• Showcase new technologies
• Hands-on Workshops
• Gadget shows
• Seminars
• Briefings
• Taster sessions
• Signposting to other services
5. Events can deliver for free
• Workshops for community or business groups
• Gadget shows
• Talks and seminars
• Anything else?
6. What can you do to help?
• Host a session in work, in your community, in your Association?
• Support the message
– Become a champion
– Distribute leaflets in your area
– Distribute leaflets from work
• Any other ideas?
• kate@cosmic.org.uk
• @cosmickated
8. Agenda
• What is social media?
• Overview of most popular platforms;
• Social media strategy
• Managing social media with limited resources;
• Q&A
9.
10. Top internet activity
Social is now the top Internet
activity:
2hr 13m minutes daily on social
media
a higher time-spend than any other
major Internet activity, including
email.
11.
12. Average age of Facebook user in UK?
Average age of Twitter user in UK?
% of pensionable age UK residents on Facebook
13. Did you know?
• Twitter’s fastest-growing age group?
• 79% increase since 2012
• Facebook’s fastest-growing age group?
• 51% increase since 2012
14. Local councils are now adopting Social media
• Two-thirds of councils are now using social media, with 77%
saying it can lead to savings if used correctly, according to a
new report.
• 63% of councils producing less paper leaflets and 40% seeing a
drop in the need to telephone customers.
• http://www.localgov.co.uk/Councils-seeing-financial-benefit-of-social-media-finds-report/37753
- Dec 2014
21. Difference with social media
Two way dialogue
Customer in control
Can’t control it
Immediate
Instigated by anyone
Go with the flow
AccountabilityTransparency
22. Listen
Google Alerts
Twitter
Google Reader
Share &
converse
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Newsletter
Content
creation &
Broadcast
You Tube
Blog
Flickr
iTunes/podcasts
Survey Monkey
Community
building
Forum
Facebook Groups
LinkedIn Groups
Virtual worlds
Social media engagement ladder
Less time More time
24. Use social media to listen
• Listening for social cues
• Listen to hashtags for mention of needs #
• Check social media search terms
– Check out your reputation
• Check SERPs of your phrases
• Check review sites
• Ready crisis management plan
25. Listening strategy
Use Social media as a highly effective listening device
• Colleagues/staff
• Councillors
• Officers
• Journalists
• Peers
• Champions/Advocates
• Dissenters
• Competitors
• Influencers
38. Be part of the community
• Sharing content helps you to ‘be part of a community’
• Amplifying content
• Fuel and support the eco-system
1. Helping person who created the content – they will reciprocate
2. Can maintain an independent point of view – you can be seen as a content
‘curator’ it’s not all about you
3. ‘Here’s something someone else says – what do you think?’ Helping
stimulate conversation
39. Meformers vs Informers
Researchers at Rutgers University
found that only 20% of us are
informers on social media, while
the other 80% are meformers.
Informers had more than two times
the followers of meformers.
It would seem that sharing
information on social media is
better for your follower count than
sharing about yourself.
43. Share
• News from District Council
• News from the parishes
• News from Devon CC
• From community councils
• Business news
• Community news
• Residents news
• What else?
44. Rise of the internet star
Research and use Influencers
2.2m subscribers on YouTube
6.6m subscribers
48. Value of the everyday influencer
In the past, brands may have focused on popular bloggers and
celebrities but today there is a new wave of “everyday” consumers that
can have just as large an impact.
55% of YouTube viewers watched travel views from ordinary people
rather than big brands (Google 2014)
Ways you can help people to become influencers
• Create content they want to share
• Engage them in loyalty activity
• GoPro loan scheme with close fans
• Encourage video sharing with competitions
• Embed on own website & social media – power of the share
49. • Councillors can be influencers – who’s using it well?
• Check them on Klout
• Look for them on Twitter
• Create a Twitter List
52. What is content ?
• Images
• Archived content
• Infographics
• Video
• Blogs
• Explainers
• Web pages
• PDF downloadable
content
• Content for Syndication
• Podcasts
53. Adapted from ‘Media Cloverleaf’ by Richard Edelman
Broadcasting? Content first strategy
‘Tradigital’
E-news
Forums
Digital
magazines
Traditional
Media
Press
Social
networks
Facebook
Twitter YouTube
LinkedIn
Website
Responsive design
Mobile enabled
Owned
Content
Video, blogs,
photos
54. Create new content
• See it as the town notice board
• Weekly markets
• What’s happening
• Promoting the businesses in the town
• Spotlight on resident and businesses
• Highlight campaigns, insights
55. Granddad of Content Marketing
• Red Bull Screen Shot
• Energy Drinks business Media company
56.
57. Use of visual in social media
• Visual media is really important
– Facebook
– Pinterest
– Twitter (shows under Tweet)
– Flickr
59. Infographics
• Infographics spice
up ‘boring’ data
– ‘What we do’
infographics
– State of the town
– Strategy
– Our town journey
– Business start ups
in the town
– How to guides
63. Look to use more video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXNfDO-hGF0
– Video first?
• Product descriptions, visualisations
• Expert analysis, talks
• Case studies, testimonials
• 1 in 3 Millennials watch online
material and virtually no broadcast TV
• Becoming significant in Search Results
• Pre sales – research
• Post sales - support
64.
65. Customer support
Creating video content for
customer retention & staff
engagement and training:
Sony Xperia have created a
YouTube channel of all their
support and advice guides.
66. Pinterest
• Know your audience…
• 75million users
• 2/3 of holiday destination choices from the female of the
house….
• And
• 80% of Pinterest users are female
70. Use social media for consultation
CASE STUDY
• NHS Brighton & Hove ran a 24-hour Twitter-thon to ask the local
community what changes they would like to see in policies to
manage alcohol consumption.
• “We were overwhelmed with the number and diversity of
responses that we received and it was so exciting to see and
receive instant feedback.” bit.ly/12s0oZ8
• bit.ly/12s0oZ8
“why do you enjoy alcohol”
“if you were in charge of alcohol policy, what changes would you
make”
71. Google Forms
Google Forms
• Set up your own booking
forms, enquiry forms,
surveys and feedback forms
Forms App
• Forms is a client of Google
Forms (Google Docs). The
Form you created on your
PC can be viewed in the
most suitable layout for
iPhone/iPad. Works offine
and sends when online
• Save to Google Drive
Get into the Cloud
CRM systems
Intro to Social media
Advanced social media
Emarketing
Future of digital business
We are living in a fragmented world of marketing channels. Old days of paper marketing channels are disappearing. Where we don’t’ know where to put our time and effort. What I’d like to do is to help you think through the marketing maze and help you to prioritse and hopefully be inspired aorund how you market to your customers.
I’m talking about 2015 here not 2025
Twitter - is 55-64 year olds, +79% compared to 2012
Facebook - is 45-54 years olds +51% compared to 2012
Listening
Broadcast
Content
Community
you can set up searches keyword and your business name
Listen to competitors
Google Alerts
Create opportunities
River Cottage
Colleagues –can you collabarate, do you know what they are working on – Twitter using # for your business or Yammer – internal Twitter
Employees – what are they saying, are they doing well online? Are they working for your benefit
Peers – What about other leaders in your industry – here and in the states side, what about the thought leaders in your industry ?
Competitors – who are they?
~200 tweets an hour #Manufacturing
~internet of things chat
No makeup selfie – march 2014
This image demonstrates how quickly and exponentially information, advertisements, ideas, etc. can be spread by utilizing social media. It is also a great depiction of how a Youtube video can go viral, propelling its creator to fame, even it is often short lived. When applying the concept to business, it is clear how a good business idea such as Starbucks receiving customer suggestions and ideas can spread so rapidly. A good idea will spark interest and interest will lead to sharing. With so many users on sites such as Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter, the sharing occurs at an incredibly fast rate.
A recent example of this sort of viral phenomena is littlefriendsphoto.com a one man pet photography business in Los Angeles
Used on 6 different channels – including websites blog e-newsletter
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXNfDO-hGF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld7x1gz4Hzk
Sony xperia now has its own you tube channel with self support videos.
This has reduced their need to customer service as people can fix themselves