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Dragging an Organization into the Digital Age – Sarah Major and Jeanie Hendrie

7 Steps to Social Media Success, Richard Marginson

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DRAGGING AN ORGANIZATION INTO THE DIGITAL AGE
Sarah Major and Jeanie Hendrie
#torontoB2B
Nov 15, 2012

First!
Content strategy and framework
Current clients start conversations
Associates engage
Prospective associates
Great place to work

Rest of the world
SEO, etc.

Anchor
-> Outpost
-> Outpost
-> Outpost

What questions do clients ask you? What language do they use? -> Organize into framework -> Blog categories (Targeting, Brand strategy, …)

Plan on a page
Goals
Ways of working
…

Translating analogue behaviours to digital

Content strategy is not permanent.
BrainRider
-> Review using data

Analytics: tie it back to goals to make them actionable

Generate Content
Views
Posting momentum

Expand deployment
Reader loyalty
Length of stay

Fostering engagement
Client breakdown
Comments

drum up internal engagement
highlight client comments

Video objectives
Share and celebrate
Recognize and reward
Have fun!

Evolution of SKW
Before and after
Stats
Blog team

Challenge:
Keeping writers writing, otherwise stale!
-> buckets of inspiration

Q: Guest bloggers?
A: Clients co-write some posts. Those are very successful.
Q: Most commented vs most read?
A: Often different.

7 STEPS TO SOCIAL MEDIA SUCCESS
Richard Marginson (@RickyInMotion)
#torontoB2B
Nov 15, 2012

Word of mouth of SUPER STEROIDS
listening
connecting
publishing
Chris Brogan

One-to-one dialogue

1. Got the vision? Get the support!

Not the decision-maker?
GET BUY-IN.

Community manager

monthly, etc.
Steering committee
–agency
Community manager
-SMEs
-Editorial

2. Who knows your BRAND better than

YOU?
Be engaged instead of handing it all

off to an agency.

3. Start with free tools.
Understand what your customers see.

4. Rules and guidelines are important.
– resolve ambiguity

5. Engage!
converse
comment
curate
create

6. you’re already making a ton of

stuff.
Reimagine it for social media

purpose -> content -> measurement

7. Measuring success
mentions per day
positive, negative, neutral
trends, opportunities, threats

Google authorship, Bing and Klout,

Google Panda update

Social proof
Restaurant
full of your friends.

Q: Talking to clients?
A: Survey, key search terms, call

centre, content..
sales team may also know, can

summarize over many customers.