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When Usability Meets Social MediaStrengthen Your Connections with Users
Yoo Young Lee
Digital User Experience LibrarianLiaison Librarian to the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Willie Miller
Liaison Librarian to the School of Informatics and the Department of Journalism and Public Relations
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
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Outline
01. Background @ IUPUI UL
02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
03. Data Analysis
04. Lessons Learned
05. Tools
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01. Background @ IUPUI UL
IUPUI University LibraryCampus Outreach Group (COG)
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01. Background @ IUPUI UL
Social Media People
Willie Miller Yoo Young Lee Taylor Leonard Alicia Añino Jenny Johnson
Chair UX External Relations
Admin. Digital Scholarship
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01. Background @ IUPUI UL
History
2009
Social Media Presence
2009-‐2013
Increase Fans and Followers
2014
Instagram
2015
Content Engagement
Facebook: 2,252 FansTwitter: 1,674 Followers
Instagram: 262 FollowersWe started Facebookand Twitter!
Focused on Boosting Content Engagement
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01. Background @ IUPUI UL
Content Engagement
“Real people responding in measurable ways to your content…”-‐ Neil Patel
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01. Background @ IUPUI UL
Content Engagement: Key Objectives
“Real people responding in measurable ways to your content…”
-‐ Neil Patel
Real People
Measurable
Content
IUPUI Community• Students• Faculty• Staff• Indy residents• Researchers
What we care:• Increase page views• Boost awareness• Encourage audience
interactions
Be valuable• Information• Assistance• Entertainment
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01. Background @ IUPUI UL
Social Media User Experience
Measure
Analyze
Modify
Improve
Check current practices and gather data
Investigate current practices based on data
Change social media practices based on analysis
People like and follow us more than ever!
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01. Background @ IUPUI UL
Key Goals
1 Post Often, Schedule and Spread Out
2 Cross-‐Post
3 Content Diversification
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
1 Post Often, Schedule and Spread Out
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Facebook Twitter Instagram
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
1 Post Often, Schedule and Spread Out
12 Posts
16 Posts
7 Posts
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
Events: 42 Unique Posts
News: 34 Unique Posts
Miscellaneous: 28 Unique Posts
Tips: 20 Unique Posts
Throwback Thursday (TBD): 13 Unique Posts
Events31%
News25%
Misc.20%
Tips15%
TBD9%
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
#Events: Pass the Jag
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
#Events: I Heart UL
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
#Events: Earth Day
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
#Events: Up Late
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
#Events: Welcome Week -‐ JagSwag
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
#Events: Regatta
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
#Events: Surprising 3D Jag
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
#Events: Open Access Week
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
#News: Book Club
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
#News: Sculpture
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
#News: New Website
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
#News: Indy Recorder Award
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
#Miscellaneous
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
#Tips
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
#Library Tips
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02. Social Media (2015) @ IUPUI UL
2/3 Content Diversification across our Social Media
#Throwback Thursday
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Reach/Impression
5165
238
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
N/A
157
82
Fan Non fan
Our fans: 2,252
Our Followers: 1,674
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Engagement
4%
1%
16%
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18%
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Which content most reached?
1 Misc. Shared Content
2 TBT
1,130 878
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Which content most reached?
3 Misc. Shared Content 4 Misc. Shared Content
5 Library Tips
846 804
739
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Reach on Average
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600
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Which content most reached?
1 Library Tips 2 Events
32,055
18,560
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Which content most reached?
3 Events 4 Events
5 Events
14,095
12,193
11,792
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Impression on Average
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03. Data Analysis
1 Events 2 Events
Q. Which content got most user engagement?
608 352
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03. Data Analysis
3 Misc. Shared Content 4 Events
TBDQ. Which content got most user engagement?
5
187170 128
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Engagement
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140
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct.
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03. Data Analysis
1 Events 2 Events
390 294
Q. Which content got most user engagement?
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03. Data Analysis
3 Library Tips 4 Library Tips Misc.
82
7872
Q. Which content got most user engagement?
5
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Engagement
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03. Data Analysis
1 Misc. 2 Events
34 23
Q. Which content got most user engagement?
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03. Data Analysis
3 TBD 4 Misc. TBD
21 21 20
Q. Which content got most user engagement?
5
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Engagement
0
2
4
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12
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18
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Automatic post
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16000
Direct Automatic0
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Direct Automatic
Exclude one outlier (294)
Reach User Engagement
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Automatic post Reach User Engagement
t-‐Test: Two-‐Sample Assuming Equal Variances Direct AutomaticMean 6128.71 5742.32Variance 11258622.95 8260330.74Observations 28.00 28.00Pooled Variance 9759476.85Hypothesized Mean Difference 0.00df 54.00t Stat 0.46P(T<=t) one-‐tail 0.32t Critical one-‐tail 1.67P(T<=t) two-‐tail 0.65
t Critical two-‐tail 2.00
t-‐Test: Two-‐Sample Assuming Equal Variances Direct AutomaticMean 15.70 2.37Variance 258.14 4.24Observations 27.00 27.00Pooled Variance 131.19Hypothesized Mean Difference 0.00df 52.00t Stat 4.28P(T<=t) one-‐tail 0.00t Critical one-‐tail 1.67P(T<=t) two-‐tail 0.00
t Critical two-‐tail 2.01
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Automatic post
Be careful!!!! Don’t make your followers guess!!!!
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Use of multimedia
Reach: 71Engagement: 1
Reach: 342Engagement: 79
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Use of multimedia
Impression: 6128Engagement: 0
Impression: 11792Engagement: 132
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Use of hashtag
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Reach Engagement
Y N
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Use of hashtag
Engagement Y N
Mean 46.23 34.33
Variance 8038.05 2786.08
Observations 48.00 73.00
Pooled Variance 4860.39
Hypothesized Mean Difference 0.00
df 119.00
t Stat 0.92
P(T<=t) one-‐tail 0.18
t Critical one-‐tail 1.66
P(T<=t) two-‐tail 0.36
t Critical two-‐tail 1.98
Reach Y N
Mean 236.90 238.73
Variance 37162.69 42825.23
Observations 48.00 73.00
Pooled Variance 40588.76
Hypothesized Mean Difference 0.00
df 119.00
t Stat -‐0.05
P(T<=t) one-‐tail 0.48
t Critical one-‐tail 1.66
P(T<=t) two-‐tail 0.96
t Critical two-‐tail 1.98
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Use of hashtag
4200
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Impression
Y N
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Y N
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Use of hashtag
Reach Y N
Mean 5591.44 4779.10
Variance 17806446.93 7981819.26
Observations 75.00 83.00
Pooled Variance 12642219.56
Hypothesized Mean Difference 0.00
df 156.00
t Stat 1.43
P(T<=t) one-‐tail 0.08
t Critical one-‐tail 1.65
P(T<=t) two-‐tail 0.15
t Critical two-‐tail 1.98
Engagement Y N
Mean 28.60 8.81
Variance 3333.73 133.23
Observations 75.00 83.00
Pooled Variance 1651.42
Hypothesized Mean Difference 0.00
df 156.00
t Stat 3.06
P(T<=t) one-‐tail 0.00
t Critical one-‐tail 1.65
P(T<=t) two-‐tail 0.00
t Critical two-‐tail 1.98
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Use of hashtag
0
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Engagement
Y N
Engagement Y N
Mean 11.37 11.20
Variance 26.03 35.51
Observations 59.00 10.00
Pooled Variance 27.30
Hypothesized Mean Difference 0.00
df 67.00
t Stat 0.10
P(T<=t) one-‐tail 0.46
t Critical one-‐tail 1.67
P(T<=t) two-‐tail 0.92
t Critical two-‐tail 2.00
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Links from Social Media (Digital Collections): from Jan. 1 to Oct. 31, 2015
Last year: 1574
Last year: 155
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03. Data Analysis
Q. Links from Social Media (UL Website ): from Jan. 1 to Oct. 31, 2015
Last year: 1546 Last year: 629
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04. Lessons Learned
Facebook vs. Twitter vs. Instagram
Reach Less reached Largest Penetration in the U.S. N/A
User Engagement Better engaged Engaged Increasing
Multimedia Better reach/user engagement
Better reach/user engagement
All about pictures and videos
Hashtag No difference Better user engagement No difference
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04. Lessons Learned
Facebook vs. Twitter vs. Instagram for Multimedia
940 pixels x 788 pixels
1024 pixels x 512 pixels
620 pixels x 640 pixels
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04. Lessons Learned
Collaboration
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04. Lessons Learned
Collaboration
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04. Lessons Learned
Collaboration
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04. Lessons Learned
Reaction: We Listen to You
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04. Lessons Learned
Reaction: We Listen to You
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04. Lessons Learned
Reaction: We Listen to You
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05. Tools
Canva
https://www.canva.com/
Layout from Instagram
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UL Social Media
https://www.facebook.com/iupuilibrary/
https://twitter.com/IUPUI_ulib
https://instagram.com/iupui_ulib/
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When Usability Meets Social MediaStrengthen Your Connections with Users
Yoo Young Lee
Digital User Experience LibrarianLiaison Librarian to the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Willie Miller
Liaison Librarian to the School of Informatics and the Department of Journalism and Public Relations
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis