12. Why Social Media?
• Another layer of contact with target market
• Builds sense of community with members
• Waste of time? Look at the numbers!
• Free. Go build a website if you wish...
• Online world often turns into real world
14. What is Twitter?
• Social Network? Information Network?
• “Tells people what they care about as it’s happening”
• The world’s water-cooler - 5 years old
• >12 Billion Tweets or 50 Million+ per day
• 25Million active users & growing fast (10% - UK)
• 140 Characters Max
18. @TedTheBforBBear
• I have Pins
• I am an Icon
• I am Fun, Quirky, Naughty
• People love me
• I have 120 followers
already - 19 tweets pd
19. @TedTheBforBBear
• I have Pins
• I am an Icon
• I am Fun, Quirky, Naughty
• People love me
• I have 120 followers
already - 19 tweets pd
• Follow me!
21. What’s Linked-In?
• Facebook for Business!
• 60M+ users & growing fast ( )
50M+ Dec09
• 14M+ in Europe & up-to 30% adoption
• Purpose: Allow registered users to maintain
list of contacts they KNOW & TRUST.
• List = Connections
• Used to find jobs, people & opportunities
23. Why Linked-In?
• Free - Upto a Point
• People - They respond!
• Easy - Got an iPhone?
• Many features - groups, events, jobs...
• Can be updated by Twitter
• Connects You With Your Customers
• Online Network = Real Network
25. Facebook
• 400M active users - 50M added since Dec09. 100M
use mobile phones = double activity levels
• 70% users outside USA (UK 24M - No2)
• 50% log-in every day. 35M update status. 3Bn
photos uploaded per month. 5Bn pieces of
content shared weekly.
• Users spend 55mins per day on facebook
• The next frontier for @BforBStaffs
29. Final Thoughts
• The Tools are free - Time is not!
• Once you start - must continue!
• Help is available
• Must aggressively cross-link!
• Keep it fresh and fun
• Don’t be Corporate
• Don’t forget Humans