Social Media Seminar

Look at that awesome group!

This past Friday, January 14, I spoke at the Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber (BWCC), Women in Business kick off meeting. I spent most of the time discussing various social media strategies with real word case studies that have proven to drive lead generation, compliment the sales process, and help manage customer service issues.

Here are a few of the bullet points from the seminar:

There is no science to social media

Social Media cannot stand alone in the marketing plan; instead, it should be integrated with other sales and marketing strategies

3 buckets of marketing: Online Marketing, Face to Face, and Media & Advertising

Social media is not a sit back and wait; “If you build it and they will come” does not work in social media

3 ways to attract community members on social media platforms: Engage, Provide Content, and Give to Get

ENGAGE: Contests, listening and responding, humanize the voice

CONTENT: Captivating & creative, include things like blogs, white papers, product specs, industry information

GIVE TO GET: Offering coupons and other discounts to your customers is a great way to attract new members

Tips to engage, types of information to share as content creations, and “give to get” ideas

“Give ’em something to talk about…”

Resources

Websites I follow to learn about social media

If you’d like a copy of the presentation, download it here.
If you share this with others, please credit the author (ME!) appropriately. Lots of time went into that..

Stay tuned right here, on this blog channel. I’ll be exploring more of each of the topics in the presentation over the next few weeks.

Feel free to post your questions from the seminar or the presentation. I love to chat about social media, in case you haven’t noticed!

Or, if you’d like to chat about your current strategy and where you’d like to be, I offer a complimentary 30-minute consultation – just because I like you. Simply drop me a note and I’ll be in touch.

And one last thing….

I’m planning on conducting a 5-part webinar series that dives into the actual how-to of each of the platforms to grow your social media community. Each session will be 1 hour in length including time for Q&A, The cost will be $25 per session, or all 5 for $100.
If you are interested, please let me know. If I can get enough people interested, I’ll find a way to make this happen!