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Michael Comins

20 Essentials to Power-Up Your Social Media Strategy. | Social Media Today - 0 views

  • Added the Google tracking code to the Landing page for the ads you are running? What about the Facebook landing tabs that you are running for a contest/sweepstakes/announcement or any other promotion. The insights are great and much more in depth than what Facebook provides. Do this now!Another great piece of code is the Google remarketing code. With the same added onto your Facebook page it makes for a great spread for your Google Adwords run ads. With a captive fan base account being pulled into the target range it makes for specific targeting.So you are running a contest on Facebook & Twitter at the same time? Ensure you talk about it on both platforms. Those with accounts on either will get involved. Sounds irrational? Now think where all your Twitter widget features and so does your Facebook News stream. Get it? Think social. Also remember they a lot of people stumble onto social media links via Google search and brows Twitter without logging in.Using a hashtag? Keep it small and precise. Do not add two words together that make puns or cannot be understood. Also, remember to keep the possibility of its use extremely narrow. You don't want negative publicity or feedback via the same.If you are using an application ensure you promote it using a Bit.ly link. No not for tracking the rate of the clicks alone but also the branding bit. A shot URL always saves space on Twitter and looks good too.
  • An auto reply for new followers does not always work on Twitter. Sometimes they follow you to DM you to make a complaint. Be careful. Keep it neutral if you have one. Who said the future can’t be predicted. On a content calendar plot dates of important holidays, days and celebrations. Include important soccer games, death and birth anniversaries of the celebrated personalities. Trust me. These trend on Twitter and do they go mighty!Keep a 5 time a day tab on your Twitter account. Twice a day checks are passé. Trends emerge and die within hours. Capitalize with these plugging in announcements, product launches or even new recruitment's. Trust me they work.The Youtube option of featured video makes for an excellent way to announce information to first time visitors. Simply set the same on auto play and have not only your videos plays increase but also your on channel engagement.So you have a welcome page as well as a thank you page that follows after the viewer has gone through the application/lead form etc. Does the thank you form have a tweet this/like this button? Build to scale when adding widgets to an interface and do so where the viewer is able to pause and dedicate time on the same.So people registered on your landing page and you forgot to add the Facebook widget there? Don't fret a simple mailer to the leads generated will ensure that at least some of them do follow you back on Facebook. In personal instances the mailers have generated as much as 400 likes when marketed to a database of 2000 leads. Unbelievable? Try it.
  • Google Adwords seems to be very generous with its marketing solutions coupons. Do you receive countless coupons for trial campaigns? Do you use them? Don't lie. The best way to use them is run ads targeting them to your page. This is an efficient way to use the trial versions and create some super cool traction on your page.Loaded a nice picture for the Facebook page? No not the cover, the profile we mean. Check how it appears on the news feeds of fans for a better perspective. Is it exciting to look at? Is it too cluttered? Note that most pages and updates pull traffic due to the nature of their visibility. Everyone looks at someone attractive right? Make a note.Wondering whom to follow on Twitter. Don’t worry, it’s ok. There are a million faces there. Heard about Twitter lists? These public/private database goldmines are a brilliant index of people according to the nature of their interests and hobbies. Another way of selecting whom to follow is by registering on wefollow.com – a twitter index on people and their influences. Wish to go more specific then there is klout and Peerindex. Both tools excellent on rating people on their merits in multiple aspects.Twitter makes for excellent ways to reach out to those who matter. Make lists according to the people who enquire and complain with you. Adding them to a special guess list will help in damage control as well as testing plans, products and packages in the future.
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  • Content once shared cannot be changed right? Wrong! If you have published a post that has an image that accompanies it you can change the text any time later of the post has not got a suitable reaction. Do this if the content is not performing accordingly. Note: Avoid this when it is a press release or an official/financial statement.Content is of two parts on all Tweets and Facebook Updates. The first section is informative and the second is reactive. Try and pack in all content with reactive posts to get traction on the page. Also on Facebook try and keep the second line of text in another paragraph to get a higher share of response. But ensure the content is social worthy or else this will all be in vain.Have a blog/article to share as well? Give an interesting piece of information on Twitter and Facebook with an interesting image. Do not share the entire information in the update. Say something like 'Northern Lights can be viewed from a distance of 5 miles and the best thing about them.. read more here (short link)'Use action words like ‘Check this.., It’s here.., Out now.., Bet you dint know this..’ when releasing pictures and contest images. These are entitled to get audiences to click the link to view the details. Remember that images and external links almost everything is only shown as a link alone. Action words like these will help, not always but most certainly often.
  • Last but not the least, tweet when your audience is present on Twitter. Talking about lunch? Its best to do so around 11 to 1pm. That is when the time lunch plans are made for example. Similarly when catering to an audience that is sex specific remember women and men differ in times of the day they use social media. Also, with mobiles doing most of the work than a computer the ability to view an image is much lesser than possible. Keep images and text clear.
Michael Comins

How to Clean Up Your Cleanup When Dealing with Social Media | Social Media Today - 0 views

  • Many experts recommend that your company have a social media crisis plan, but few companies actually take the time to think it through.
  • Consider some of the ways that a social media crisis plan could go wrong:   Two people from the company issue apologies through different mediums without talking with one another. This could cause miscommunication and one may promise something that the other did not. Worse yet, the two parties could promote conflicting ideas.The crisis plan may have been set into motion too late. If a member of a company is not very active on social media, he/she could potentially not hear of the crisis until a few days later.The crisis plan may be set for something less serious. If the crisis is serious to the company, yet it not treated that way, people could get very upset.
  • Step #1: Communicate with everyone in the company about who is going to be the spokesperson for both mishaps.
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  • Step #2: Discuss how you plan to solve both crises.
  • Step #3: Go out and solve both crises simultaneously. Put more emphasis on the initial problem than the one that you directly created.
  • Step #4: Create a social media crises plan so this does not happen again.
  • Step #5: Let the entire company know your new plan.
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    How to Clean Up Your Cleanup When Dealing with Social Media
Michael Comins

You can't get away with a bad mobile experience anymore - O'Reilly Radar - 0 views

  • We talk about "the web" and "the mobile web" as if the two are different, but they aren't.
  • The most common mistake I see is when site owners aggressively optimize their sites for very specific platforms.
Michael Comins

Study: 80% of mobile device users multitask while watching TV - FierceMobileContent - 0 views

  • Eighty percent of web-enabled mobile device owners say they multitask while watching television, relying on smartphones and tablets to communicate with friends and family, look up content related to the program they're watching or access information totally unrelated to the broadcast at hand.
  • Ninety-four percent of multitaskers engage in some kind of mobile communication,
  • ext leads all channels, followed in descending order by talking, email, social networking and IM
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  • Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 4S leads all mobile phone searches according to Yahoo Shopping data, followed by the Samsung Galaxy S2, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the Motorola Razr and the Nokia (NYSE:NOK) N9.
Michael Comins

3 ways to make a mobile Web site stand out amongst the competition - Mobile Commerce Da... - 0 views

  • With 40 percent of smartphone owners browsing the Internet more frequently on their phones – using their devices to make holiday charity donations and buy gifts online – it only makes sense to ensure mobile purchases are available anywhere at any time.
  • The No. 1 thing is brand cohesiveness. Use the same URL on mobile as on your desktop site, as opposed to m. or .mobi. All it takes is a simple redirect script.
  • product reviews and testimonials, which could even be presented in the form of videos. Additionally, incentives like discounts for an opt-in for future communication and for taking a survey or participating in a poll.
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  • During the holidays these engaging polls could mean something like, “Get 20 percent off if you name Santa’s fourth reindeer.”
  • Paypal or another third-party. Additionally, there are times where the checkout process is not optimized for mobile, while the site is. The cart must be mobile-optimized.
  • For nonprofits first and foremost: people want to advocate a cause they like and this is especially true for the holiday season.
  • So many causes host banquets, auctions and dinners and they can provide video testimonials at events and promote them on mobile.
  • So, you are a nonprofit auctioning off a football signed by Eli Manning, tie a QR code to it leading potential buyers to a video of Mr. Manning talking about why he donated to this cause.
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