This document provides guidance on using social media for business marketing. It defines social media as online platforms for participation in conversations. For businesses, social media allows tapping into conversations about brands to participate, get insights and make better decisions. The document recommends developing a social media presence on platforms like blogs, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr to build exposure, drive traffic to websites, and generate leads. It provides an action plan including tools, company strategy, and types of content to post. The strategy aims to position the company as an expert in its field and engage target audiences like exhibitors, organizations and visitors.
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1. Social Media Marketing for Business
#Definition
Markets have become conversations.
Social media are the online platforms and locations that provide a
way for people to participate in these conversations.
For individuals it is a way to connect and share content with friends,
colleagues and like-minded people.
For businesses it is a way to tap into what people are saying
about your brand, your product and/or your service, participate
in the conversations, be open to new ideas and then use these
insights to make better business decisions.
2. Social Media Marketing for Business
OR
If you want to build a ship, dont
drum up the men to gather wood,
divide the work, and give orders.
Instead, teach them to yearn for the
vast and endless sea.
Antoine de Saint - Exup辿ry
3. Social Media Marketing for Business
WHY?
It gives fans and followers the prospective customers, audience.
It helps driveing traffic to the company website.
It helps generate leads.
THATS RIGHT, social media generates leads, a marketers gold
mine!
4. COMPANY STRATEGY
ExpoOnline.com to be recognized as the best platform for the Global
Business Community that offers the opportunity to reach and be reached by
other businesses from around the world (B2B) coupled by a Business to
Government (B2G) directory that offers a wealth of information from
trusted sources.
5. Social media in Expoonline.com
#Action Plan
The Tools
The Company
The Content
7. Blog a Blog registered at Word Press. It is going to be used as a
hub for distribution of content/articles.
The Blog must be integrated in the website.
Remember!!! if our social media traffic doesnt convert into a
lead, it isnt helping our business bottom line.
So ... for the BLOG we need a specific behavior ... like :
1. Create a blog SERIAL - a kit of blog posts around one particular subject.
2. Do a data compilation of all the critical data points someone in our industry might
need to know.
3. Prepare presentations - power points can easily be converted into downloadable pdf!
4. Prelaunch an old offer
5. Record interviews or debates - all you need is a video camera and 15 minutes of
two peoples time!
6. Create templates and checklists -- these require very little writing, too
7. Reach out to partners to create co-branded content that eases the content
creation burden.
8. LinkedIn a professional and business oriented Social media
platform. It is a channel for market conversations and discussions
Company page regularly updated
Virtual Exhibitions Group provoking specialized discussions to
become the expert of the field of online exhibitions as well as
promoting, branding and gather the experts
Provoking discussions and make comments on other posts +
direct contact with specialists that might be interested to become
partners and associates.
Answer questions
9. Facebook
This is the most popular Social Media Platform. It is critical for:
Companys exposure ; Branding ; SEO
https://www.facebook.com/hannovermesse.fanpage - a very good
example on developing specialized applications.
10. Twitter - Twitter usage - be relevant and engage the conversation by
offering tips and other insights + branding + SEO + exposure
https://twitter.com/hannover_messe
11. YouTube presentation videos, training videos on a regular basis
both for customers and companies team partners and associates,
Tradeshows videos that ExpoOnline participates.
https://www.youtube.com/user/ikeaUSA
12. Flickr Photo sharing platform with a very successful SEO. Print
Screen of stands of our customers + adequate description + our
companys activity photos
際際滷Share all brochures + advertisement that we make offline +
presentations
Google+ - comparatively new one very appropriate for branding,
exposure and SEO
13. The Company
Internal Employee Policy basic rules/recommendations for online behavior
regarding ExpoOnline.com
Every employee can become a Brand Ambassador.
Social Media Department under the Marketing and Sales Department, with
separate budget. We need copy writers. We need applications to be developed for
the main page (for the additional pages later) and for each compaign we will launch
anytime. The application development can be outsourced.
Close communication with Country/ Regional Managers
Content from the company departments to Social media Dept. HR
announcements, advertisement in media, brochures, Country Managers information
and news
Training What is Social Media? How ExpoOnline is presented and behaves?
What any employee can add on or take advantage of?
14. The Content
MAINLY :
TEXT.
Brochures, job announcements, customer promotion, content from partners globaly
etc.
PHOTOS.
Print Screens from exhibitors, offline events, content from partners globally
VIDEOS.
presentation videos, Interview with Mr. Kaisis, a number of training videos both for
customers and companies team partners and associates, Tradeshows videos that
ExpoOnline participates.
... CONTESTS, OFFERS, POLLS, TEMPLATES ....
ALL DEPARTMENTS ENGAGEMENT
15. Company target audiences
1.Exhibitors
- Operating Locally
- Operating Internationally
a.Existing and potential exporters of goods and services
b.Companies aiming to provide services to foreign companies
2. Organizations/ Associations -Government Organizations, Regional
Institutions and Associations that want to host their own exhibitions and profit
from it.
3. Visitors that login to our website for information or scouting for new business
partners, thus creating traffic for it and the need for exhibitors to reach them
4. Partners and Assossiates
16. Social Media to Target Customers
Excellent customer/client service
Partners recruiting
Updates on brand, products, and services
Product/service promotions
Education of the customer around our value
Making our brand go viral on the web
Informing our target of changes in our industry, products, and
services
Acting as a thought-leader by taking the lead in online
education
17. Channel Integration
Website all logos and links to all Social Media profiles
Blog and Social Media Profiles reflect and updates all the changes in the other
channels
Email template signature + links to Social Media
Print logos of the social media we participate
18. Top 20
1. Internal Employee Policy
2. Country Managers informing them about the Social media Marketing Policy of
the Commpany
3. Setting up a budget and structure for Social Media Marketing
Option 1: Setting up a Department with minimum two journalists
recruited/copywriters+ Budget for promotion /advertisement
Option 2: Social Media Agency Services Application development, company
strategy and implementation (could be inhouse done together with the
marketing/sales department)
4.Website new landing pages, Blog integration etc
5.Trainings/meetings with the team - setting up the communication channels
6.Prepare Company Social Media Strategy
7.Contact online media leaders - blogs, online newspapers etc.
8.Facebook create landing / welcome pages, offer exclusive deals / coupons, and
even sell our products. Promoted Posts, Sponsored Stories, and regular advertising.
Try different types of advertising to help build likes and engagement, as well as
sending visitors who click on ads to our website or landing pages.
9.LinkedIn - COMMUNICATION / ENGAGEMENT
10.Twitter - Follow key people in the industry, if possible, to answer any questions
they might ask their followers. The smallest interactions could lead to the biggest
deals. Have in mind the advertisement as well.
19. Top 20
11. YouTube register a new channel and producing minimum 5 videos and every
month a new video + customers videos
12. Flickr publishing photos from events and images
13. 際際滷Share prepare a professional presentation + all brochures that are used
offline
14. Advertising Campaign report of what has been done so far + results as to
have the basis
15. HUBSPOT software for managing the Internet promotion
16. Email marketing the IT department to manage the execution
17. Social media is changing rapidly in a month or two, there may be dozens of
new features, designs, and advertising options available from various social
networks. Keep up to date with the latest changes and ready to adapt to the next
wave of changes as they come! This will help ensure that the business is utilizing
social media to its fullest extent for engagement, lead generation, and conversions
18. Create videos
19. Create photos/images/designs
20. Create articles and tips