Social Media for Startups
Find and Build a Community That Cares

              Jennifer Sable Lopez
              Director of Community
              SEOmoz
              @jennita
You Have This Great Product
You don’t need to market it, right?

   Marketing is for companies who have sucky
   products. If you build something that is
   amazing (think Flipboard or Instagram or
   Instapaper) people will adopt it because it is
   amazing. And you won’t have to do much
   marketing, at least at the start.

   - Fred Wilson

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Social Media…




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Don’t forget about Community




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But how do you do that?
Start Small




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Focus + Consistency = #Win
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Focus + Consistency = #Win
                        Today




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Be a part of the community




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Community = Emotion




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Have a Personality




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How to Find Your People
Twitter Search




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Google+ Search




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Pinterest Search




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Quora Search




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Google… WHAAA




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Dig Deeper
Followerwonk




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                        MozCon!




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You Found Them…
          Now What?
Have Someone Do It




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Optimize Sharing - Content




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What About Your App?




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What About Your App?
And Your Data?
And Your Data?
Wow Them!




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Wow Them!
Connect them with friends!




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Remember Focus + Consistency




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Never Give Up
Do all the things!
       A few tips
EdgeRank




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Use Photos to share content
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Snooze
Fest…


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Use Photos to share content
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#WINNING

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Promote FB Posts – 4-5 min




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Google+ - Ultimate Ego Bait




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Google+ - ripples




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Quora – Ask questions




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TEST ALL THE THINGS
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Bullshit.
This works for us




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It may not work for you




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Ask yourself…

Is your community International?

Are they on social at work or home?

 What wording is best?

What gets your people emotional?


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Use Social Media
 to Find, Build,
and Nurture Your
  Community
Thank You!

Jennifer Sable Lopez
Director of Community
SEOmoz
@jennita

Social Media for Startups - Find and Build a Community That Cares