Grant professionals can expand their services portfolio, competitive edge and value to clients by adding social media skills and strategic counsel to their repertoire.
2. The Grant Writing Social
Media Connection
How content, social media + SEO work together to make
great things happen
Repurposing (curating) grant content
Taking stock + developing a social media plan
Expanding social connections
Building services portfolio + adding value
3. 1. Understand Your clients/prospects & Listen
2. Keyword & Competitive Research
3. Develop Great Content
4. Distribute Content
5. People Like Your Content (hopefully)
6. Those who Like Your Content will Visit Your
Site
7. Search Engines See that People Visit Your
Site, Like Your Content and Reward You with
Higher Ranking
Infographic: SocialMediaImpact.com, Content Marketing Vs. Social Media Marketing
When content, social media & SEO work
together, great results can be achieved
4. What is content?
Articles
Blogs
Free eBooks
Images/Photographs
Infographics
Presentations
Podcasts
Publicity
Videos
Webinars
White Papers
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5. Content curation + repurposing
grant related content
Source: Social Media Today | http://ht.ly/o1OHb
6. Repurposing grant proposal
content + outcomes
Evergreen data that can be posted to social
media with compelling imagery; expanded to
blog post and included in agency
donor/supporter communications
Grantors and Grant Award Partners serve to
expand sphere of influence and exposure via
social media, email database, PR and website
(blog) content
7. Repurposing grant proposal
content + outcomes
Grant Program press announcement, blog post,
social media, Donor and supporter eblast;
showcase Grantor
8. Repurposing grant proposal
content + outcomes
Blog Post, Social Media, PR feature: Community tre
story pitch about sex trade + HIV; position HAP lea
Media spokesperson and expert on trend/solutions
Grant success story: Publicity, Blog, Social Media;
videos can be used on website, YouTube, broadcast PR;
Grantor featured prominently
9. Source: Beth Kanter | http://www.bethkanter.org/content-curation-101/#sthash.ekvpZpng.dpuf
Tip: Check out Beths Seek, Sense & Share curation planning questions
http://socialmediafoundations.wikispaces.com/Curation+Planning+
11. Content Curation - Sense
Simple automated
content aggregation
Curated content
from credible
source is seed for
blog post
Editorial and
context
embrace
curated tips
13. Checklist for Great Curated Content
Select topics based on your markets
informational needs
Put your prospects informational interests ahead
of yours
Prepare & update buyer personas to avoid
wasting time on irrelevant content
Integrate your own content that summarizes key
ideas and lessons
Add value and provide a deeper content
experience by cross-referencing curated topics to
other online resources or perspectives
15. Free Content Curation Tools
Great for social curation:
LikeHack and Storify
Great for news gathering:
Alltop and TalkWalker
Great for blog reading:
Feedly
Good forall the other
things: Scoop.it, Pinterest
and List.ly
Source: AimClear http://ht.ly/o1tNe
16. Expanding social connections
Extending your and your non-profit clients social
connections tunes them in to news, announcements and
other exclusive information from foundations and
corporations
17. Building services + value
Adding social media to your professional repertoire
Expands consultants services portfolio, increases value and
influence
Employees bring more to the table; increase value
Writing for social media (e.g. social media posts, blogging,
press releases)
Understanding and strategizing around social and web analytics
Using social media to build your presence as a grant writing
specialist, non-profit advisor, etc.
18. Resources
Jab, Jab, Jab, RIGHT HOOK by Gary Vaynerchuk
Plus many of the Sources listed in the back of Garys book
Measuring the Networked Non-Profit & The Networked Non-Profit by
Beth Kanter
IFTTT (If This Then That) helps automate tedious digital tasks
Hootsuite social platform aggregation tool is invaluable for posting to
multiple accounts and listening to social conversations
Shortstack creates custom fan-gated tabs for Facebook promotions;
links to email marketing software, such as Constant Contact, MailChimp
Flipboard content curation tool
Apply to Google for Non-Profits: www.google.com/nonprofits/join/ and
YouTube for Non-Profits: www.youtube.com/nonprofits
Follow @NonProfits on Twitter to track great uses of @Twitter in the
non-profit community
Websites:
ForGrantWritersOnly.com
JohnHaydon.com
BethKanter.org
ContentMarketingInstitute.com
#4: Content
2. Distribute content via: your blog, company website, other blogs, publications, podcasts, press releases, email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, etc.
3-5. Magic happens when people like your content [share, +1, like, pin, engage]; they visit your website and search engines reward you because people like your content.