Hands on Social Media-CAFS

SOCIAL MEDIA LAPTOP LAB

CASSIE ROBERTSSAFFIRE EVENTS

BIO

Cassie RobertsManager, Sales & Partnership

• Received BS Public Relations, & Masters Sport Management, The University of Texas

• United States Olympic Committee

• Rodeo Austin

Traditional Networking Model

WHY SOCIAL NETWORKING?

Local TV Ad Campaign: 200,000 people/commercial Print: Varies

based on Send

Local Radio Ad: 5,000 people/

commercial

*Based on midsized market

Social Networking Model

WHY SOCIAL NETWORKING?

ME: 1My Friends: 130 - 500+

My Friends’ Friends

250,000+

WHICH SITES DO I USE?

• Understand which social media outlets to use to get the most “bang for the buck”

• Become more comfortable with posting to your social media accounts and beyond

• Learn easy ways to keep up with your accounts, even in the off season

GOALS

If you have a smart phone, you can post from

your event grounds.

REAL-TIME MARKETING TOOLS

There’s an app for that.

• Coca-Cola has reported that Facebook fans are 2 times as likely to consume & 10 times more likely to purchase than non-fans.

• How many of you have a Facebook page?

• Do you have a mobile version?

THE POWER OF FACEBOOK

• Create an accountFa

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• Quick Tips– How to switch between your fair

account and your personal account with one app

– Adding & tagging photos– Cover photo & profile picture—

appears throughout your page– Tagging in status updates– Adding a location/checking in

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• Practice updating your status:

– This weekend, we’re visiting friends from fairs across the state at the @Colorado Association of Fairs and Shows annual convention! Get ready for an even better fair next year!

– @Saffire Events is teaching us fun facts about social media at the @Colorado Association of Fairs & Shows Convention! Did you know that there are over 1 billion active Facebook users?.

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• eMarketer reports that most Twitter followers are more likely to purchase from brands they follow.

TWITTER

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• ANDROID – App optionsTw

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• ANDROID – Plume for Twitter

• IPHONE – App optionsTw

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• IPHONE option 1 – Twitter app

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• IPHONE option 2 – Buffer app

• Quick Tips– URL Shortening– Hashtag (how to add one, how to

search for one)–@ Reply or @ Tagging– Adding a photo/location

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• Tweet options– (Take a picture of your friend next to

you._ Tweet: We just met (name) from (event twitter handle) at the #CAFS conference!

– Poll: What fair food do you miss most throughout the year?

– Link: Missing us at the fair? Check out our photos from last year at (insert shortened URL here)• Use this option only if you have a mobile

website

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Experian reports that Pinterest had 21.5 million visits the last week of

January, which is 30 times the number of visitors over July 2011.

PINTEREST

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• Once you’ve joined, or if you already have an account…search for Saffire Events

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• Quick Tips– Create a pin!• From any photo• From any photo on the web

– Create boards

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• 98 out of 100 of AdAge’s Top 100 advertisers have run campaigns on YouTube

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• Uploading videos from your mobile phone

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• Quick Tips– Sign In• New to YouTube? Create an account!

– Create a channel• Call it your event name

– Start adding videos!• Phone• Web

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• The team at Saffire Events can help you with your Social Media!–Webinars– The Dirt– Our social media

• Email [email protected] for more information.

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