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Susan Thares
03/13/2013
Social Media Policies &
Effective Strategies
Things To Consider Before You Begin
 What are you solving for?
 Who is the audience you want to reach?
 What does your customer want/need from you?
 Engagement or one-way communication?
 Where does your audience engage on social media?
 What constitutes success?
 What resources ($$ and people) are available?
 Identifying key stakeholders in your organization
 Leverage other government resources
Policy Components
 Purpose
 Scope
 Who does it apply to
 Background & Definition
 Defining social media/digital engagement & benefits of using it for your agency
 How is relates to and advances your agency mission
 Roles & Responsibilities
 Who is authorized to speak in an official capacity
 Approval processes
 Policy Specifics
 Access
 Account Management
 Acceptable Use
 Legal Requirements
 How itll be managed/Governance
Creating Policy
Internal Use Guidelines
 Follow all applicable government & agency policies
 Disclose only publicly available information
 Dont use your status to discuss overly personal info
 Show respect & professionalism
 Respect others privacy
 Correct misinformation or mistakes
 Avoid political statements
Creating Policy
External Use Guidelines
 Comment Policy
 Linking Policy
 External link evaluation criteria
 Disclaimer of endorsement
 If you receive PII
Creating Policy
 Obtain Terms of
Service for all Third-
Party Apps you plan
to use
 Get approval
from OGC
 Familiarize yourself
with the latest
records management,
privacy and security
guidelines
 Leverage all the great
resources on
HowTo.gov
Making them available
First Steps to an Effective
Strategy
Starting your Strategy
 Listen online for questions, comments, information gaps
around your products and services
 Wade through the noise, look for good nuggets and dont take it
personally
 Creating content is key
 Write in plain language, inject some humor and go beyond text
based content
 Link back to resources on your websites
 Build an inventory of content before you start and determine how
often you are going post
 Metrics
 What to measure and how to report it
 Adjusting as you go
Online customer listening is
essential to a successful
social media strategy
Create Relevant Content
Monitor
Trends
Identify Key Customer
Issues
Listen
 Include a variety of links to your websites,
resources and blogs
 Create visual collateral (video, photos,
infographics)
 Create a content calendar
 Repurpose content when you can
 Retweet relevant info from the White House, other
agencies and other parts of your agency
 Establish some basic metrics
 Review metrics regularly and adjust accordingly
(e.g. # posts/tweets, time of day, days of the
week, etc.)
 What content resonated most with your audience
 Test different ways to communicate a message
(e.g. use different tweet headlines that link to the
same blog)
 Create FAQ spreadsheet with corresponding
answers in Facebook and Twitter formats
Sample FAQ document
Have Fun with It
StudentAid.gov Homepage
16
Facebook
www.facebook.com/FederalStudentAid
17
Facebook Post Examples
18
Twitter
www.twitter.com/FAFSA
19
Twitter Post Example
20
Shortened link
to info on
StudentAid.gov
The more the merrier
21
YouTube
22
www.youtube.com/FederalStudentAid
Some of our YouTube Playlists
23
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Thares: Fed Communicators Panel

  • 1. Susan Thares 03/13/2013 Social Media Policies & Effective Strategies
  • 2. Things To Consider Before You Begin What are you solving for? Who is the audience you want to reach? What does your customer want/need from you? Engagement or one-way communication? Where does your audience engage on social media? What constitutes success? What resources ($$ and people) are available? Identifying key stakeholders in your organization Leverage other government resources
  • 3. Policy Components Purpose Scope Who does it apply to Background & Definition Defining social media/digital engagement & benefits of using it for your agency How is relates to and advances your agency mission Roles & Responsibilities Who is authorized to speak in an official capacity Approval processes Policy Specifics Access Account Management Acceptable Use Legal Requirements How itll be managed/Governance
  • 4. Creating Policy Internal Use Guidelines Follow all applicable government & agency policies Disclose only publicly available information Dont use your status to discuss overly personal info Show respect & professionalism Respect others privacy Correct misinformation or mistakes Avoid political statements
  • 5. Creating Policy External Use Guidelines Comment Policy Linking Policy External link evaluation criteria Disclaimer of endorsement If you receive PII
  • 6. Creating Policy Obtain Terms of Service for all Third- Party Apps you plan to use Get approval from OGC Familiarize yourself with the latest records management, privacy and security guidelines Leverage all the great resources on HowTo.gov
  • 8. First Steps to an Effective Strategy
  • 9. Starting your Strategy Listen online for questions, comments, information gaps around your products and services Wade through the noise, look for good nuggets and dont take it personally Creating content is key Write in plain language, inject some humor and go beyond text based content Link back to resources on your websites Build an inventory of content before you start and determine how often you are going post Metrics What to measure and how to report it Adjusting as you go
  • 10. Online customer listening is essential to a successful social media strategy
  • 12. Include a variety of links to your websites, resources and blogs Create visual collateral (video, photos, infographics) Create a content calendar Repurpose content when you can Retweet relevant info from the White House, other agencies and other parts of your agency
  • 13. Establish some basic metrics Review metrics regularly and adjust accordingly (e.g. # posts/tweets, time of day, days of the week, etc.) What content resonated most with your audience Test different ways to communicate a message (e.g. use different tweet headlines that link to the same blog) Create FAQ spreadsheet with corresponding answers in Facebook and Twitter formats
  • 20. Twitter Post Example 20 Shortened link to info on StudentAid.gov
  • 21. The more the merrier 21
  • 23. Some of our YouTube Playlists 23

Editor's Notes

  • #12: There are two main reasons why we have made online customer listening a priority at Federal Student Aid:For one, we use it to create relevant content. Like many government agencies, we deal with a relatively complicated topic. As many of you probably know first hand, financial aid can be confusing, especially if youre new to it. Social media listening allows us to figure out what questions our customers have so we know where to focus our content efforts. The second reason is to identify key customer issues and, in turn, improve your products and services. Unlike focus groups and surveys, the feedback you get by engaging in social media listening is live. You are not asking people to predict their behavior, but instead, you are finding out where their stumbling blocks are as they are interacting with your products and services.