social media brings history to life!
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Social Media Makes History Come
Alive!
Kerry Rego Consulting
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Benefits & Concerns
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Benefits• Building relationships• Tap potential historical
sources• Increased communication• Increased inbound traffic• Decreased marketing
costs• Better search engine
rankings• Data on members/users
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Concerns• Copyright • Discourages visitation• Lack of resources• Myth building• Disconnection of info
from sources
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Purpose
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Establish Your Goals
Engage Members
Connect With Community
Learn More Deeply
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Choosing a Platform
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Where Everyone Is On the Social Web
Facebook1.65b MAU#2 website
Twitter310m MAU
500m tweets/day
Instagram400m MAU
80m photos/day
Flickr112m users
10b shared over lifetime
Pinterest100m MAU
#2 social traffic driver
LinkedIn433m users #2 most trusted
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Other Tools to Know About
Family.meWeRelate.org
Genealogywise.comMyHeritage.com
Geni.comFamilyLink.com
eFamily.com
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Best Practices
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• Think like the viewer• Use multimedia• Talk like a person not a
textbook• Observe how others do it• Learn the culture on each
channel• Get trained!• Use calls-to-action• Follow the leaders• Share others’ content (cite
source)• Use #hashtags
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Each room of your social house has
a different feel and theme.
Social is NOTthe end result. Social is the
slippery slide to your profit centersor value
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Great Examples
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