texas state government social media update
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Presentation from 2013 eRecords Conference on 11/5 in Austin, TXTRANSCRIPT
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Social Media Update
Jon LeeSenior Policy AnalystTexas Department of Information Resources
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Do you recognize this person?
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He’s connected to these people/organizations…
Miami Heat basketball team
NASA engineers
Norwegian army
Peanuts comics
Anne Rivlin & David Walker…and THOUSANDS of others
University of Texas
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He’s responsible for the “Harlem Shake”
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Over 44,000,000 viewsOver 4,000 versions uploaded per day
After 1 month, over 650,000,000 views
Over 1,000,000,000 views after 40 days, averaging 20,000,000 views a day (took Gangnam Style 6 months to reach 1 billion)
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Harlem Shake Statistics
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“Harlem Shake” term was second fastest term to surge on Google
Google Trends
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How did it go viral?
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Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/harlem-shake-viral_n_2981470.html
Time.com http://techland.time.com/2013/03/29/the-harlem-shake-wasnt-as-viral-as-we-thought/
Quartz.com http://qz.com/67991/you-didnt-make-the-harlem-shake-go-viral-corporations-did/
Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2013/03/30/the-new-harlem-shake-narrative-and-corporate-involvement-in-viral-memes/
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2/10Heavily promoted by large media companies like- College Humor- Buzzfeed- Huffington Post
1/30 – Miller uploads video
2/7Large Studio in Los Angeles makes its own version…
Partly owned by Time Warner
Specializes in YouTube videos
In one week, amassed 7.4 million views
Promoted it extensively
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Why mention this?
To adjust our perception of what it means to go viral.
Going viral is rarely an accident; it’s the opposite
A lot of work, time, and luck are needed for something to go viral
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What does it have to do with Texas government?
We are not in the business of going viral
But we can also shift our perception of using social media
It also takes a lot of time, effort and luck to be successful
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Our use of social media should be–Strategic–Methodical–Calculated–Deliberate
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Goal was to produce a comprehensive resource guide for agencies to initiate and improve their social media efforts
Over 50 volunteers from 34 agencies and institutions of higher education
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