Download - Agricultural communications & social media
Introduction to Social MediaThe League of Agricultural Communicators
by Doug Lacombe, MBA July 6, 2009
Your speaker:DOUG LACOMBE, MBADoug has 20 years media and marketing experience with a concentration in Internet communications.
Now setting up communicatto, a communications consultancy that guides organizations towards integrated communications in a digital world.
multiple products, messages, targets, mediasocial media fits into some integrated campaigns, but not all
What is social media?“Social media are online communications in which individuals shift fluidly and flexibly between the role of audience and author. To do this, they use social software that enables anyone without knowledge of coding, to post, comment on, share or mash up content and to form communities around shared interests.”
Joe Thornley, President and CEO Thornley-Fallis
Social media is an umbrella term for a wide variety of collaborative web-based software tools that encourage sharing and conversation.
Doug Lacombe, President and CEO communicatto
Definition continued
The Three Cs (or more)
Content
Collaboration
Community
Other “Cs” include conversation, consistency, commerce, communication, and context.
Impact of social media
Societal implications
Shift happens
Disintermediation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbjtWh3d4Tw
Did you know?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
Services and platformsDon’t fall in love with the gizmos
Types of social media
Social media “mix”
Video didn’t kill radio
WebsiteWebsite
NewslettNewsletterer
News News releasesreleases
PhotosPhotosMSMMSM
Earned/Earned/PaidPaid
Self-Self-publishinpublishin
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VideosVideos
EventsEvents
Social Social mediamedia
Integrated platform
Blog-centric approach
Social media etiquetteDon’t be a d-bag
Social media etiquetteCocktail party metaphor
Generosity
Attribute, credit, share and forward (RT)
Dialog not broadcast
Ratios: 3-1-1, 80/20
Twitter:
No auto-DMs, ever
No “CMJ”
Strongly consider no auto-follows
Profile and bio important; photo if possible, name(s), web link
According to Hoyle
http://digitallabz.com/blogs/the-11-rules-of-social-media-etiquette.html
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/etiquette-in-the-age-of-social-media/
Social media & crisisPreparing for the worst
Crisis, definitionAn unanticipated event or disclosure that threatens your organization’s reputation
• (Shel Holtz, ABC)
Crisis examples
OLD SCHOOL
NEW SCHOOL
Crisis preparedness Playbook Quarterback Identified spokespeople Lists, lists, lists
Staff/execs, home #s Media contacts Stakeholders, authorities E-mail lists Websites and services, usernames
and passwords Photographer/cameraman/
podcaster War room, venues, conference site
Content “in the can” Run scenarios Run drills
Measurement & metricsLies, damn lies, & statistics
Google Analytics
Facebook Insights
Twitter Grader
Wordpress
Commercial solutions
AND MANY MANY MORE!
Now what?Making your move
Next stepsReserve your organization’s name!http://www.namechk.com
Start monitoringhttp://google.ca/alerts, commercial options
Dip your toes in - low risk lurking
Liberate some content (YouTube?)
Start a Twitter account
Create social media guidelines & policy
Develop a social media strategy that dovetails with your communications, marketing, advertising, and crisis plans
Questions?
Doug Lacombe, [email protected]