Social media - platforms like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn - presents very real opportunities for organisations and individuals that, despite limited resources, need to maximise their impact or reach
Whether you're totally new to social media or, just want to pick up some tips, you're in the right place. Guaranteed non-gobbledygook, straightforward and practical!
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Getting a handle on social media and how you might use it
Advice on existing social media accounts and how to improve them
Setting up professional accounts on any of the social media networks
Profile creation and branding, everything from text to image/avatar creation
Ways to focus and curate content, including automation
Video creation, editing, hosting and posting online
A one day (or whatever portion suits you) on-site visit to discuss your own ideas and work out how social media could help, plus identifying a preliminary strategy and getting it off the ground: a fixed rate of £250 plus travel
Skype or telephone support on an ongoing basis
Defining practical social media metrics and monitoring the return on your work
Social media audit: what works and what wouldn't work for your organisation
Social media policies and their implementation in the workplace
Advice and support on social media for campaigning eg awareness-raising strategies involving eg publications, video, petitions and demonstrations
Speaking to Trustee Boards, management or staff teams on social media, whether in support of implementing strategies or, galvanising support and commitment internally
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Use of social media by the UK population is increasing rapidly - figures below (from UMPF, September 2011):
More than half the UK popluation were on Facebook 37.4 million adults using Facebook regularly 32.1 million adults using YouTube regularly 15.5 million UK adults on Twitter 7.9 million UK adults on LinkedIn
All indications are, one year on, that these figures are now considerably higher