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Social Media Overview
#sm4res
Photo: Jason A. Howie on Flickr
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Image: UNOCHAModified by author
Volunteers sorted incoming information, cross-referenced it and checked for accuracy. In one example a request for food for 6,000 displaced people was verified and re-tweeted by Jalin Merapi followers. Within 30 minutes, local volunteers confirmed that enough food had been supplied, and the team shared this message widely.
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Strengths and weaknesses of the most important social networks
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Facebook profile
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Facebook page
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Facebook event
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Facebook:
Strengths: 1.1 billion users/month Connections with people we know or brands
that we like Prominent placement of photos and videos Facebook is a good place to reach people
emotionally Different tools for people and for orgs
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Facebook:
Weaknesses: Can be more difficult to connect with people
who you don’t know Closed system and most content is not visible
to search engines Conversations happen around people and
brands, and not so much around topics – but that is slowly changing.
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Facebook:
Weaknesses: Can be more difficult to connect with people
who you don’t know Closed system and most content is not visible
to search engines Conversations happen around people and
brands, and not so much around topics – but that is slowly changing.
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Twitter profile
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Twitter:
Strengths: 300 million users/month Open network, possible to connect with
anyone, good networking Data can be easily exported and reused Conversations around topics, not people Works well in low-bandwidth
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Twitter:
Weaknesses: 140 character limit Photos and videos not as prominent More difficult to get the attention of people
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Talking to people on TwitterUsernames of Twitter start with an “@”.For example: @katherineroux
“@Katherineroux This is a great workshop #sm4res.”
-> Shows up in Kate’s feed. Visible on my Twitter profile but not automatically in the feed of all my followers. Visible in the feeds of mutual contacts.
“In a workshop with @katherineroux! #sm4res”
-> Automatically in the newsfeed of all my followers.
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Talking to people on TwitterDirect messages are only visible to the person you are sending the message to but can only be sent to people who follow you.
“dm @katherineroux What time do we break for lunch?”
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YouTube channel
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YouTube:
Strengths: 1 billion users/month Good tools to share or embed videos on blogs,
websites and even (some) emails YouTube is fun - people enjoy watching videos
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YouTube:
Weaknesses: Limited to video Doesn’t feel like a community A lot of very nasty comments
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Emotional Personal Visual
More factual Public Links
Videos
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Other networks worth mentioning
Linkedin.com Business
community Discussion of
professional topics
Networking Boring
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plus.goggle.com 343 million
active users “Hangouts” Parts don’t fit
together Mainly tech-
savy men
Flickr.com Photo
community Many
professionals Many “free”
images Struggling
Instagram.com Large photo
community Focus on
mobile Almost
“mobile only”
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Storify
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Slideshare
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What content works on social media?
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Photo: Emonemon on Instagram
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21 types of content we all crave
Source: http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2012/06/content-we-crave/
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Source: http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2012/06/content-we-crave/
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Source: http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2012/06/content-we-crave/
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Visual content is essential
On Facebook, videos are shared 12X more than links and text posts combined.
On Facebook, photos are liked 2X more than text updates.
On YouTube, 100 million users are liking/commenting on videos every week.
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Boring Facebook pages will be abandoned and die
Photo: Paul on Flickr
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How do you find and follow topics on social media?
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#Hashtags are the glue of social conversations
Hashtags are one #word or a #CompletePhrase preceded by the symbol #.
Hashtags are clickable – you can see all conversations tagged with this hashtag.
Hastags are used by Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Flickr, Tumblr, Pinterest …
Examples: #RedCross #SMEM #SM4RES
Photo: Stig Morten Waage on Flickr
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#SFO on Facebook
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#RedCross on Twitter
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#MandelaDay
You can monitorHashtags either onTwitter or throughspecial social mediamonitoring and management tools.
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#Hashtags can connect multiple information sources
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Thank you!
Timo LügeTwitter: @timolue