how can you use social media to communicate with customers?
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How Can You Use Social Media To Communicate Better With Customers?
Heather Gjerde
Social Media Specialist
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Reasons to Consider
Social Media Marketing
Over 70% of U.S. online adults use some form of social media networking. (source: Heidi Cohen)
71% of internet users are on Facebook. (source: Pew Research)
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Social Media Stats
85% of B2B buyers believe companies should present information via social networks. (source: Iconsive)
And yet – only 20% of CMOs leverage social networks to engage their customers. (source: Marketing Land)
B2B content matters. 57% of a typical purchase decision is made before a customer even talks to a supplier. (source: Corporate Executive Board)
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B-2-B Social Networking Stats
B2B companies that blog generate 67% more leads than those without blogs. (source: Social Fresh)
LinkedIn is the top social network for B2B marketing. 83% of marketers say they prefer to use LinkedIn for distributing B2B content, and more than half of vendors say they have generated sales through LinkedIn. (source: Real Business Rescue)
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B-2-B Social Networking Stats (continued)
The top two benefits of social media marketing are increasing exposure and increasing traffic to your website.(source: Social Media Examiner)
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Social Media Marketing Benefits
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Tips to Get Started
Before diving into social media, it’s important to identify your
business goals to understand where to best focus your efforts.
Sample goals:
•Lead generation to your website.
•Grow online community, engagement.
•Recruit talent.
•Share company-related news.
•Connect with potential customers and/or partners.
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Getting Started
The next step is to define your target audience for a better understanding of
where and how they will consume your content.
For instance: If your target audience is men, ages 30-64, they are more
likely to be on LinkedIn than any other social channel. (source: Pew Research)
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Understanding Your Target Audience
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Understand Your Options
Once you determine your business goals for participating in social media,
it’s time to select which social media channel(s) to use.
Channel recommendations based on the sample business goals:
•Increase leads to website: Google+, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest.
•Grow online community and engagement: Facebook, LinkedIn.
•Recruit talent: LinkedIn, Twitter.
•Share company-related news: Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+.
•Connect with potential customers and partners: LinkedIn, Twitter.
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Channels to Consider
Scripps Health is social (you can be, too!)
Here’s where we currently have an active social media presence:
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Scripps in Social Media
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Best Practices
A few social media best practices to consider:
•Update Frequently – Strive for several Tweets daily, 5-9 Facebook/Google+ posts weekly.
•Engage and Interact – Social media channels are not billboards. Reply to comments and
questions and look for engagement opportunities.
•Use Tools – Download third-party apps to your mobile device such as HootSuite or Buffer to
pre-schedule content and easily monitor engagement on-the-go.
•Find and Follow – Follows those who engage with you often back on Twitter and Google+
and connect with people you know on LinkedIn. Hook up your email for suggestions.
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Social Media Best Practices
Best practices continued:
•Join Conversations – Symplur hashtag project is a great tool to discover health-care
focused conversations using hashtags.
•Utilize Twitter Lists – Create curated groups of other Twitter users placed into categories.
Lists make Twitter much easier to sort through.
•Educate, Entertain and Empower with Content – Ask yourself if your content meets one of
these three qualifiers. If not, don’t share it (and don’t waste your time creating it).
•Let People Know You’re on Social Media – Include links to your social channels in email
signatures and on your website so visitors know where to find you.
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Social Media Best Practices (continued)
Before you get started, consider the following:
•Try not to follow too many people at once or auto-follow users.
•Don’t set up auto-replies or auto-DMs.
•Refrain from buying followers, which could compromise your account (spam).
•Do not talk only about yourself – share industry news and other users’ posts.
•Don’t ignore questions or mentions. Acknowledge your followers.
•Try not to repeat exact posts. Change up the message.
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Precautions
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Questions?
