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Social PR Evolutions & Revolutions
Social media has the power to make or break a brand in a snippet of text.
Transparency and authenticity still wins.
Create a Twitter list for your media target natively in Twitter. Make it public so they can see you added them.
Think like your audience.
It’s better to send out 1 press release a month that is substantial than 4 that are all fluff.
Break the press release up into 5 to 10 newsworthy Tweets with a link to the story on the corporate blog/company newsroom.
Content is about them. Not you.
The social PR editorial calendar isn’t designed to be a top-secret document.
In the Social PR world, there is NO such thing as a template.
Make your newsroom content mobile-friendly
94% of journalists surveyed said that having photos in an online newsroom is important.
Art & Science of Social Publishing
Write like a social news reporter and leave the selling out.
Share third-party content.
Connectors make savvy Social PR Managers. Salesmen do NOT.
Dialing into Social PR Customer Service
Social media is the new 1-800 number
Personalizing your messaging is key to social customer service.
Content comes first. PR comes second
Distribution, Amplification, & Promotion
Reporting your company’s news content in a Facebook-friendly way is the first step to driving quality visitors to your website or blog
Show a different side of your company by sharing inspirational pictures and reach a global audience in a very mobile and visual way.
Live Streaming PR Secrets
“Livestreaming is the missing link between television & social media"
-Cathy Hackle
Have an influencer take over the account.
Think about search-friendliness for your podcast & episodes.
Don’t ask a podcast host to be on their podcast just so you can promote your wares.
Mobile & Social PR Hook Up
A mobile-friendly website or blog is good Social PR.
PR Mistake:
The company’s contact information is on the home page but is part of an image, instead of HTML. - Joe Laratro
Adding a strong photo, video, and/or a downloadable file to a press release distribution can increase your online visibility by 10 times the views.
Check out Twitter Cards to add visual impact from your content to Twitter.
Images are the key to grabbing the attention of your audience
Canva offers free access to a wide assortment of design tools.
There’s some correlation between number of +K’s earned and high Klout scores
Social media popularity (in terms of number of friends and followers) does not equate to influence.
Measurement, Analytics, & Google
The most important analytics are what matters most to your business goals.
Think beyond the obvious KPIs such as number of followers and quantity of visitors.
Do NOT treat social media as a silo.
Develop a company-wide social media policy that clearly defines both acceptable and unacceptable behavior on social media
About 50% of consumers think a brand’s Facebook page is more useful than a brand’s website
- a study by Lab42 suggests -
In a time of tragedy or crisis, check out sources and be sure to fact-check.
Optimizing an Event for Social PR
Live tweeting or blogging during an event
After the event, create strong visuals using slideshows to tell the story of the event.
Social PR Collaboration #FTW
Create a shared calendar with everyone who contributes to your editorial efforts.
Use a social collaboration platform like Asana.
Write simply.
Quality vs Quantity.
Be the first to know about new features or changes. Subscribe to Instagram’s business blog.
It’s not about you, it’s about your community.
Customize and download your own Snapcode
“We are not the sum of everything we have said or done or experienced or published—we are the result. We are who we are today, right now.” — Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snapchat
Schedule your pins out for your campaign. Tool: Tailwind
Create a secret board while working with a brand or co-partnering with a brand!
“People spend time on other social networks, but invest time in LinkedIn.”
– Jason Miller
Write every day and as much as you can using LinkedIn’s blog-like, long-form content updates.
Twitter Social PR Secrets
Want to get someone’s attention on Twitter? Like one of their tweets with a click of a heart!
Monitor activity via a platform such as Tweetdeck.
The hardest part is getting started. Just hit the start button, and things get easier.
Clear off your desktop every day before and after work.
“Be passionate, tell personal stories, and be real.”–Tony Hsieh, Delivering Happiness.
Define your own way, your own structure for operating, and the creative processes that drive your purpose and objectives.
When it comes to balancing relationships, Lisa Buyer believes the practice of PR, social media, and SEO is exponential.