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Social Media for the Transportation Professional Arkansas Transit Association. What is Social Media. Direct Personal Multi-media Conversational. Examples of Social Media. Facebook LinkedIN Twitter Instagram Podcasts YouTube Vine SnapChat Pinterest Tumblr - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONAL
ARKANSAS TRANSIT ASSOCIATION
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What is Social Media
• Direct• Personal• Multi-media• Conversational
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Examples of Social Media• Facebook• LinkedIN• Twitter• Instagram• Podcasts• YouTube• Vine• SnapChat• Pinterest• Tumblr• Etc…. Always something new
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Social Media and Older Adults
• Since 2009, use of on-line social media by older adults (age 65+) has tripled – from 13% to 43%
• 65% of users aged 18-29 use their mobile phones to access social media; only 5% of people 65+
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Social Media for People with Disabilities
• Excellent resource on this topic developed in Australia — Sociability: Social Media for People with a Disability
• Covers ways to make various social media outlets more accessible to people with disabilities in great detail
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Social Media — Pros
• Simple• Fun• New Audience• Word of Mouth• Immediacy• Big Return on Small Investment
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Social Media — Cons
• Lack of control• Word of Mouth• Immediacy• No Context• Depends on Technology• Time Commitment
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Social Media — Tips
• Start!• Keep it Professional• Link It• Keep at It• Measure and Learn• Adapt/Evolve• Stay Current• Cultivate Your Audience/Followers/Friends• Twitter: Learning to Love the #
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• Great place for information• Searchable• Drive users to your site• No need to tweet• Less “personal” than Facebook• Citizen advocates & Emerging audience• Free
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Most matched platform to type of information
Multiple responses allowed. Responses expressed as percentage of total responding agencies (N=35).
Item Twitter Facebook Blog YouTubeLinkedI
n
Agency news 86% 80% 37% 23% 3%Service alerts (real-time) 77% 49% 9% 3% 0%Contests and promotions 69% 77% 23% 17% 0%Meeting and event notices 66% 71% 31% 3% 3%
Service info (static) 63% 69% 29% 20% 9%Press releases and statements 63% 60% 23% 9% 3%
Other news 57% 63% 31% 14% 3%
Feature stories 31% 57% 40% 29% 0%
Job listings 20% 23% 3% 0% 14%Public hearing comments 11% 26% 20% 9% 0%
75%-100%
50%-74%
25%-49%
0%-24%
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Goals for using social media
Average rating by importance (1-4), where 1= “Not important at all” and 4=“Very important.” N/A responses were excluded.
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Effectiveness of social media in achieving goals
Average rating by effectiveness (1-4), where 1=“Not effective at all” and 4=“Very effective.” N/A responses were excluded
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Target markets for social media
Multiple responses allowed. Responses expressed as percentage of total responding agencies (N=33).
Item Twitter Facebook Blog YouTubeLinkedI
n
Everyday riders 91% 85% 52% 33% 3%
Young adults 85% 88% 48% 36% 3%Students 79% 88% 45% 27% 3%External stakeholders 67% 79% 48% 39% 9%Minorities 67% 64% 30% 30% 3%Low- income communities 64% 64% 33% 27% 3%Seniors / Older Americans 61% 61% 33% 36% 3%People with disabilities 61% 58% 33% 30% 3%Agency employees 24% 45% 21% 18% 12%
75%-100%
50%-74%
25%-49%
0%-24%
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Effectiveness in reaching target markets
Average rating by effectiveness (1-4), where 1=”Not effective at all” and 4=”Very effective.” N/A responses were excluded
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Barriers to using social media
Average rating by importance (1-4), where 1= “Not important at all” and 4=“Very important.” N/A responses were excluded.
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Percent of people with a profile on a social networking site by age group, 2008-2011
12-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
2008 2009 2010 2011
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Age distribution across 19 social networking sites, 2010
0-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
15%
9%
18%
25%
19%
10%
3%
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Social media policy
Employee access
Account oversight
Acceptable use
Employee conduct
Content
Security
Legal issues
User conduct
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What advice did practitioners offer?• Keep social media in perspective• Consider the organizational impacts• Find the right voice• Listen, listen, listen• Respect the strengths of social media• Have fun• Just get started• And keep moving
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Contact Information• Tel: 202.247.1921• E-mail: [email protected]• Twitter: @CTMag1• Podcasts: The CTPodcast (iTunes
& blog)
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