Here are the slides and notes for “Social Media Marketing for the Lean Startup,” my second presentation at Silicon Valley Product Camp 2011 last weekend. This is a brief tactical introduction for product managers, marketing managers, and others who need to promote their blog, web site, and videos using social media. It covers how to:
- set up and configure a blog using WordPress
- search engine optimize (SEO) your web site and blog posts
- promote a blog or web site with twitter, RSS, and sharing icons
- make a video at low cost and publish it to YouTube and elsewhere
- video search engine optimization (VSEO)
Bob Sawyer kindly took notes which I have included below. Thanks to the sponsors and organizers of Silicon Valley Product Camp 2011 for putting together and managing a fantastic, educational, well-attended conference and to the attendees for great questions and feedback!
Product Camp 2011
April 2, 2011
eBay
Fireside AB
Session 4 – 2:30pm
Title: Social Media Marketing for the Lean Startup
Presenter Eric Krock, Co-Founder Voximate
Notes courtesy Bob Sawyer
Topics
Blogging
Why blogging: Raise awareness of your company, draw traffic, raise rank for organic search
Writing tips: (1) have someone proof read; (2) Read the post out loud
Wordpress
Customizing look of WordPress
URL best practices
Other WordPress configurations
Blog social media integration
Basics of SEO
Search engine optimization
Target keywords and key phrases
Where to use keywords. Are these in order of importance? Yes, more or less.
Avoid duplicate content
Put images in blog posts
Inbound link campaign
What about trackbacks? I don’t look at them much.
Twitter
Twitter tips
Twitter basics
Recommendation: Key is active, engaged followers, not just a large quantity of followers
Key twitter rules
Unofficial twitter good practices
How to find potential followers
Blog post and tweet sequence
Filming low-cost video
Filming low cost video: equipment
Teleprompter – free PC-based software is an option
Notes on filming video. Key: be agile about video
Youtube video search optimization
Video search engine optimization
More video tips
Facebook page
Facebook pages
Site and blog promotion tips
Questions:
Q1: How much time do you spend?
A: Too much. You have to decide how much time to spend.
Q2: WordPress spam. How are the spammers doing it?
A: I use akismet to prevent spam; it doesn’t have too many false positives.
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