Social Media Flow

Creating a Social Media Flow is a great way to be prepared and coordinated when the time comes to shout out your company, business,  organization or personal message to the Social Media world.

SOCIAL MEDIA FLOW is an organized strategy which can be routinely used for distributing your messages to your Social Media Networks.

Which Social Media Networks should I include in my Social Media Flow?
This choice will be contingent on the amount of time and resources you can dedicated to Social Media Marketing.  Last week a  report by Jeremiah Owyang revealed that less than 50% of the companies he surveyed coordinate their Social Media approaches and most of them have at least 178  business and personal Social Media accounts with various networks.  Those who do coordinate their Social Media efforts spend on average $272,000 trying to do so.

While most small businesses and organizations can’t afford a large amount of their budget, you should have at least one member of your team who is committed to working your Social Media Networks or hire a third-party such as w3Warrior.

Major Social Media Networks to consider are: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo, StumbleUpon, Digg, Google Plus, FourSquare and Tumblr.

If you are just getting started and have one person or a small team to work your Social Media Networks, then Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo, StumbleUpon, Digg, Google Plus, FourSquare and Tumblr are a great place to begin.

Here’s an example for 1-2 people or a small team managing their Social Media Flow:

Putting My Flow Into Action:
1. Create a BLOG POST for your message (assuming you have a blog such as WordPress).  The minimum content would include text, links, and a graphic or image. The blog post is the center from which you spread out the message to your Social Media Networks, so the full content of your message is posted here.

2. Submit, Stream, Tweet, Tip…. prepare your message appropriately from the blog content  for the Social Media Networks you’ve included in your flow and share it. Hootsuite is a great tool for managing your Social Media Network posts and it offers collaboration between those working for you.

3. Develop an Email from the blog content to market to your email list and send it.

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4. Update your website with any relevant links and/or content which will allow sharing for site users.