This is an update to my Social Media Principles presentation delivered at Social Media Club Workshop in Birmingham on April 27, 2009. In short, I believe that having the right attitude is essential to success in social media. What are those principles and why is it important for social media.

1. Social Media Principles:
It’s more then marketing
Chris Heuer
Founder, Social Media Club
Crea3ve Catalyst, AdHocnium
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2. Welcome to the social world...
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3. Welcome to the social world...
• Welcome to the era of conversation and real 1-to-1 business
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4. Welcome to the social world...
• Welcome to the era of conversation and real 1-to-1 business
• Spin doesn’t work, people smell BS a mile away, and they tell their
friends (and everyone else) to avoid it
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5. Welcome to the social world...
• Welcome to the era of conversation and real 1-to-1 business
• Spin doesn’t work, people smell BS a mile away, and they tell their
friends (and everyone else) to avoid it
• Advertising isn’t eective anymore, no one is watching the ads and no
one cares
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6. Welcome to the social world...
• Welcome to the era of conversation and real 1-to-1 business
• Spin doesn’t work, people smell BS a mile away, and they tell their
friends (and everyone else) to avoid it
• Advertising isn’t eective anymore, no one is watching the ads and no
one cares
• People want to talk to people, not marketing and communications
professionals
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7. Welcome to the social world...
• Welcome to the era of conversation and real 1-to-1 business
• Spin doesn’t work, people smell BS a mile away, and they tell their
friends (and everyone else) to avoid it
• Advertising isn’t eective anymore, no one is watching the ads and no
one cares
• People want to talk to people, not marketing and communications
professionals
• The Cluetrain is well on its way to the future, are you on it?
http://cluetrain.com/
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8. A Sales Pitch or
Useful Information
What do you hope to get from me
today? Something that is good
for me, or something that is good
for you?
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9. A Sales Pitch or
Useful Information
Just like you right now, no one
likes being sold, people like to
buy. People want you to help
them not push stuff on them.
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10. Great products aren’t
sold, they’re bought
“Advertising is the tax you pay
for mediocre products.”
- Peter Hirshberg
Partner,
The Conversation Group
photo by chris heuer
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11. What is Social Media?
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12. Understanding Social Media
• It’s not the thing, so much as what we do with it, the SHARING of media is
the socializing of it and through it
• According to Wikipedia:
• Social media is information content created by people using highly accessible and
scalable publishing technologies that is intended to facilitate communications, influence
and interaction with peers and with public audiences, typically via the Internet and mobile
communications networks. The term most often refers to activities that integrate
technology, telecommunications and social interaction, and the construction of words,
pictures, videos and audio. This interaction, and the manner in which information is
presented, depends on the varied perspectives and quot;buildingquot; of shared meaning among
communities, as people share their stories and experiences. Businesses also refer to
social media as user-generated content (UGC) or consumer-generated media (CGM).
• Ultimately, Social Media is a way to discover and connect with each other as
individual’s and as on behalf of the companies we represent
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13. Social Media is... more art then science
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14. It’s not about pulling
levers getting results
Being social is a way of thinking
from which you can create new
opportunities to talk WITH your
audiences and get the cash
register ringing BECAUSE you are
being helpful and focused on
them, not yourself
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15. There is no secret sauce...
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16. Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century as in
others, our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.
Antoine de Saint-Exuperay, 1939
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17. Social Media is changing the way we connect with
each other and the things that are important to us.
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18. Connections? So where do we begin?
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19. Connections? So where do we begin?
Examine the Greater Significance of the technology and its potential to impact
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our current way of thinking and doing. What are the Macro Trends?
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20. Connections? So where do we begin?
Examine the Greater Significance of the technology and its potential to impact
•
our current way of thinking and doing. What are the Macro Trends?
Making an organization more social is not just a thing to do, it's a way to be
•
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21. Connections? So where do we begin?
Examine the Greater Significance of the technology and its potential to impact
•
our current way of thinking and doing. What are the Macro Trends?
Making an organization more social is not just a thing to do, it's a way to be
•
Being social requires a certain amount of emotional intelligence
•
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22. Connections? So where do we begin?
Examine the Greater Significance of the technology and its potential to impact
•
our current way of thinking and doing. What are the Macro Trends?
Making an organization more social is not just a thing to do, it's a way to be
•
Being social requires a certain amount of emotional intelligence
•
Success is often determined more by your attitude more then your aptitude.
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23. Connections? So where do we begin?
Examine the Greater Significance of the technology and its potential to impact
•
our current way of thinking and doing. What are the Macro Trends?
Making an organization more social is not just a thing to do, it's a way to be
•
Being social requires a certain amount of emotional intelligence
•
Success is often determined more by your attitude more then your aptitude.
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Determine who you want to connect with and why? Is it for you? Is it for them?
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is it for your mutual benefit?
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24. Return to Basics
Know your audience
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Know their needs
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Use their language
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Help them meet their goals
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PR 2.0 / Marketing 2.0 / Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0 = Sales 101
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25. The 4 C’s
• Context
• Communications
• Collaboration
• Connections
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26. Our medium for communication /
Social Media / Network our online place for community
and the people we know
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27. photo by chris heuer
Social Network
Success
• Not in the community for your
marketing, they are there to be
social...
• So be social with them,
provide them something
valuable or engage them, don’t
interrupt
• Don’t try to sell, help them buy
• Shift your philosophical view
before getting tactical
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28. Again, I can’t express more clearly how important
your perspective and your attitude is in determining
your organization’s success or failure...
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29. Which is why I think it is paramount that your attitude
is informed by these Social Media Principles before
you start.
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30. The Social Media Principles
• Be Human
• Be Aware
• Be Honest
• Be Respectful
• Be a Participant
• Be Open
• Be Courageous
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31. Be Human
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32. Be Human
Don’t Just Be Human, Be Yourself
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33. Be Aware
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34. Be Aware
Don’t Just Be Aware, Be Smart
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35. Be Honest
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36. Be Honest
Don’t Just Be Honest, Have Integrity
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37. Be Respectful
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38. Be Respectful
Don’t Just Be Respectful, Live by the Golden Rule
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39. Be a Participant
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40. Be a Participant
Don’t Just Be a Participant, Contribute Value
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41. Be Open
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42. Be Open
Don’t Just Be Open, Be an Agent of Change
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43. Be Courageous
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44. Be Courageous
Don’t Just Be Courageous, Be Willing to Fail
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45. Be Social!!!
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46. Chris Heuer
chrisheuer.com
adhocnium.com
twier.com/chrisheuer
flickr.com/chrisheuer
delicious.com/chrisheuer
socialmediaclub.org
chris@socialmediaclub.org
m.408.834.0884
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