Tips, tricks and hacks on how to maximize your engagement and followers on social media. Created for educators but with lessons for everyone. Originally presented at the Iowa 1:1 Conference in April 2015.
7. DO A SOCIALMEDIA AUDIT
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• What social media accounts do you already have?
• What additional accounts do you want to start?
• Do you have usernames and passwords for each account?
• Do you have unique, secure passwords?
• Who has access to your accounts?
• Who is going to take responsibility for monitoring and posting?
• How are you sharing links to your social media accounts?
• Where are the people you want to reach with social media?
13. SPREAD THE WORD
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• Add links on the school website
• Send flyers home with students
• Put posters up around school
• Add links in staff email signatures
• Cross promote your channels
• Embed posts from Facebook and
Twitter on your blog/website.
• Promote in the local media
• Classroom/School newsletters
• Rinse & Repeat as necessary
22. THE IMPACT OF VISUAL TWEETS
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Hashtag Numbers Quotes Video Photo
% Increase in retweets
Source: Twitter Media Blog
23. ENGAGEWITH VISUAL MEDIA
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“If something doesn’t
catch the eye right
away, what happens?
The phone turns into
a Roulette wheel and
the emphatic scroll
begins.”
The Power of
Branding: Telling Your
School Story (2014)
24. TYPES OF VISUALS TO SHARE
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• Photos
• Graphs and Drawings
• Photo Collages
• Images with text
• Images with quotes
• Postcards and e-cards
• Memes
• Cartoons
• Videos
• Infographics
• Presentations
• GIFs
Walter & Gioglio (2014)
31. THE POWER OF VIDEO
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32. UPLOAD NATIVE VIDEO TO FACEBOOK
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Tip: If you can, upload your videos to Facebook. It makes them much more
visible in timelines and lets you add a call to action button.
39. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?
Tweet says… Who Sees it?
Hey Jonathan Wylie, know any good
social media tips and tricks?
Anyone who follows you will see this
tweet. Jonathan Wylie might not…
Hey @jonathanwylie, know any good
social media tips and tricks?
Anyone who follows you sees this
tweet, and Jonathan Wylie gets a
notification that you mentioned him!
@jonathanwylie Hey, know any good
social media tips and tricks?
Only people who follow both you AND
@jonathanwylie will see this tweet.
.@jonathanwylie Hey, know any good
social media tips and tricks?
Anyone who follows you will see this
tweet. Often used to tweet a public
reply that everyone will see.
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h/t Guy Kawasaki
47. CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
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Why?
1. It’s polite
2. It’s not your work
3. It builds relationships
4. It’s digital citizenship
5. It gets you noticed
How?
• On Twitter, Facebook &
Instagram use @ symbol:
e.g. @jonathanwylie
• On Google+ use a + sign:
e.g. +Jonathan Wylie
52. KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Be Visual
• Be Social
• Add Value
• Experiment
• Cross Promote
• Track Successes
• Be prepared to adapt
• Make it Manageable
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53. HOW TO WIN
THE INTERNET!
(with social media)
By Jonathan Wylie
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