Success Showcase

Online with NDSU Lawns, Gardens and Trees

Plan Ahead • Met with the team in March to get ahead on the growing

season • Members include:

▪ Tom Kalb ▪ Jackie Buckley ▪ Steve Sagaser ▪ Joe Zeleznik ▪ Todd Weinmann ▪ Esther McGinnis

Made a Posting Plan • Made assignments for blog posts (once a

month) and Facebook posts (once a week) • Facebook Post Assignments

– Monday - Todd – Tuesday - Steve – Wednesday - Tom – Thursday - Jackie – Friday - Joe Z

• Blog Post Assignments – Week of March 4 - Tom – Week of March 11 - Jackie – Week of March 18 - Steve – Week of March 25 - Joe

Example of Social Media Posting Calendar here: http://agedu.org/social-media-weekly-planner/

Let People Know About Your FB Page!

Examples include:

• Sending email to all-staff • Share with your personal Facebook friends • Connect with other NDSU Extension or other Facebook Pages that

are relevant • Mention on marketing materials and in-person meetings

• Add a link to the Ag CMS website

Watch it Grow!

• 34 Likes as of March 1 • Today that number is 174 - 5 fold!

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Timeliness & Links

Timeliness and Photos

Relevant Content – Look at the Shares

Responding to DM’s

Blogging/website on Ag CMS

Website Analytics 4/1 - 9/30/2012 v. 4/1 - 9/30/2013 • Page views up 9.35%

(31,803 to 34,775) • Unique Page Views up

9.67% (22,499 to 24,675) • Visits coming from Facebook

increased 275% (273 to 1,025)

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