dream local digital | bdn digital seminars | social media for biz and networking
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Business Digital Seminar | Cross Center Grand Opening Week BDN Maine Events - Bangor Daily News Friday, September 13, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT) Bangor, ME Session Two | 9am | Social media for business and networking: Wondering how to best utilize social media to meet new prospects and peers? Need an edge in promoting your business or organization? In this session, we’ll explore opportunities to utilize social media to get business message out, and for personal and professional networking.TRANSCRIPT
Social Media for Business and Networking
brought to you by:
Aimee Bermudez, Dream Local DigitalBangor, Maine September 13, 2013
45%
58%
64%67%
79%
Percentage of SMBS with a Social Network presence
Summer 2010 Holidays 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q4 2012
Source: Borrell Associates
Steady growth in use of Social Networks
SMB Social Marketing Spend Grows
Source: Borrell Associates
80%of internet users visit social
media sites and blogs
97%of consumers search for local
businesses online
New marketing tactics
Facebook now has more than
1 Billion ACTIVE users
Facebook: Statistics• More than 50% of active users log in each day• Average age of users is 38 and 200 friends• People spend over 700 billion minutes per month
on Facebook• 2.7 billion posts are “liked” or commented on
each day• 250 million photos are shared each day• 1 million business page “likes” are happening
each day – and that is shared with all of their friends Source: Facebook
- Reach potential customers globally- Share content- Audience = INFLUENCERS
- 250Million users, half are DECISION MAKERS- Great for B2B or recruiting- Build business relationships
Foursquare
- Important to see what’s being said about you- Great for offers and loyalty building- Must for Hospitality, Restaurants, Retail, etc
- Highest conversion to sales of all networks- We have new opportunities to sell directly here- Lifestyle-based products work very well
Google+ (G+)
- Critical for SEO- Smaller audience than Facebook but very active- Excellent for certain industries (high tech, etc)
YouTube: 2nd largest search engine
- Professionally designed page- Optimize your videos and slideshows
Do Social Media - WELL
• Professionally designed pages• Thoughtful content strategy that incorporates
the personal touch, sales and marketing, and outbound marketing strategy
• Listen and respond, stimulate conversation• Reach out to other pages through outbound
marketing to speak to your audience• WOW your audience!
70%of people trust online reviews
by strangers
90%of people trust online reviews
by people they know
The key is Reputation Management…
And you need it now more than EVER!
It’s ok to ask for help!
It’s smart to ask for help!
Opportunities to integrate online and offline
Manage your Contacts with Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Sugar CRM• What the tool does:
Customer Relations Management
• How does it help me? Communicate with prospective customers, share sales information, and keep customers happy.
• Top benefit: Can run in the cloud or onsite. Support and training available.
• Cost: $30 - $100 per month• Platform (web based, ios,
android): web based, iphone, android, blackberry, Mac or PC.
Salesforce• What the tool does:
Customer Relations Management.
• How does it help me? Cloud technology that makes collaboration, sales, and customer service faster and easier. Monitors your social media accounts to see what your customers are saying about you. You can build custom applications to fit your needs.
Salesforce (Continued)• Top benefit: Email
integration, cloud technology, mobile applications. Totally online, no software or hardware to install.
• Cost: $5/mo./user - $250/mo./user
• Platform (web based, ios, android): PC, Mac, ipad, iphone, android, and blackberry.
Best of both worlds:Social CRM
Nimble• What the tool does: Contact
Management• How does it help me?
Instantly finds your contacts on social network sites, listen to all conversations on all your social network sites, synch with any third party calendar to assign tasks, and find business relevant people.
• Top benefit: All of your social network conversations on one page.
• Cost: $0 - $15/mo./user• Platform (web based, ios,
android): web based.
Batchbook Social CRM• What the tool does: cloud based
CRM platform that can be used organization wide. Helps build meaningful relationships with customers.
• How will it help me? Organization, ability to “look back”, and form closer relationships with customers
• Top Benefit: cloud based to give the ability to connect with co-workers, turn spreadsheets into a useful customer database, drag and drop information and integration with several other tools
• Cost: $20-$100/mo.• Platform: Mac, PC
Social Media >> Real Life Networking
Facebook Events• Easy way to invite anyone to
an event your hosting
• Send invites right from Facebook to your contacts
• Keep track of RSVP’s
• Include a description of the event, directions to the event and contact information
• Allows attendees to interact with you or the organizer through Facebook
Facebook Groups• Private space for
you to share your post with a select few
• Create a group, add friends, and start sharing
• Post updates, poll the group, chat with everyone at once, and more
LinkedIn Groups• Connect with like
minded professionals to join conversations and share insights
• Help companies create long lasting relationships with customers and coworkers
• Access an audience of professionals setting you apart as a thought leader
Tweetups• Face to face meetings of
Twitter users promoted through Twitter and Facebook
• Chance for people who often connect online to meet face to face and exchange ideas and experiences while building stronger connects with one on one time or as groups
Maine Tweetups
Eventbrite• Tool to help you find tickets
to an event, create your own event, manage registrations for an event, and print tickets
• Available on mobile and web• You are able to promote
your event as well as track registrations
• Once you register and are on mailing list, they will send you suggested events in your area
Eventbrite in Maine
Aimee Bermudez, Dream Local [email protected]
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