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A, Program Coordinator, Extension Program Specialist, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, japerrott@ag.tamu.edu Anne Mims Adrian, PhD. Social Media Strategist, eXtension-Auburn University, aadrian@extension.org Frankie Gould, Public Relations and Communications Director and Professor, LSU Ag Center, fgould@agcenter.lsu.edu Natalie Hummel, PhD, Associate Professor and Rice Extension Entomologist, LSU Ag Center, nhummel@agcenter.lsu.edu
Americans using social networks increased from 24% in 2008 to 48% in 2010 Facebook 800+ million ~42% of U.S. adults are active
106+ million Twitter accounts 17 million Americans, 87% are aware 33% of monthly users are 25 to 34 years old 53% are lurkers-read but dont post
www.extension.org/people/colleagues/socialnetworks
What's trending?
Google+
90 million users, prediction 400 million by Dec 2012
Pinterest
Over 4 million users 1.5 use every day 14 minutes daily women, 25-54 years old, Midwestern Sends more traffic referrals than G+, close to Twitter and Google
Trends and technology are moving to filtering and making sense of overwhelming amount of information
Curation Collecting and making sense and putting findings into context Examples Scoop.it Summify Pinterest Blogging (may be in Google Plus and other applications)
YouTube
48 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube (March 2011) Will take 8 years to watch videos that uploaded in a single day on YouTube.
YouTube--eXtension
Horsequest 1 million + views, 2,024 subscribers; Ages of viewers:
Desktop computer 69% Laptop computer 64% Smartphone or cell phone with data 64% Cell phone without data 47% iPad 28%
Dont make assumptions about your audience ask questions
Consider that
there have been 60,000 downloads on Four Farm Progress Apps and have had
1.7 million page views on apps.
A Consideration
Roughly 52% of the world's population is under 30. How do we harness and connect young adults?
Social Technographics
Creators Conversationalists Critics Collectors Joiners Spectators Inactives
Meaningfully Interaction
Promote many programs in back door ways Address immediate needs & pull clients into other programs Incorporate YouTube and Twitter into promotional efforts http://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/
Use 4-H to introduce youth not only to leadership and character building, but also to Extension programs. Recruit parents to Extension programs through their children. http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/
Dinner tonight: Advertise different programs in the cooking demo Introduce other programs Include parents http://healthyliving.tamu.edu/dinners/broccoli-slaw-with-chicken//
Best practices
1. Be honest about who you are; don't pretend to be somebody you aren't. 2. Listen, take an active role in the conversation. This is how Extension staff will know what information people want. 3. Don't look at it as another duty. Our publics are finding ways to use new tools, we should too. 4. Surround yourself with people who will risk trying new things.
I learned about wordpress at the 2010 National eXtension.org workshop. Prior to the blog I used PDF newsletters and email - laborious, slow process.
Blog was picked up by Owen Taylor, editor of AgFax - ran as regular article
I receive it as an email Blog postings are listed as state advisory
Write-up on #CESValue campaign and cuts to SmithLever funds was ran and became key discussion piece
Leads to calls from local reporters County Agents appreciate the ability to curate content Posting allows sharing of links
http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/social-mediaexamples/stalker-social-media-marketing/ Video show examples from Kleenex http://youtu.be/bGFflwe4mtI and McDonalds #MeetTheFamers vs. #McDstories http://tinyurl.com/845sa5o
What ideas do you have for new ways to connect with people?
Next was to have administrators set an example -An Extension external discussion page & a closed group Facebook page called LCES Dialogue was established and faculty and staff were invited to participate
http://chronicle.com/article/Facebooking-for-the-Tenure-/48218/ http://www.slideshare.net/primath/tenure-and-promotion-in-the-age-of-o
Administrative encouragement.
Demographics of followers
Tips on Measuring
Start with goals How many times content is reshared Comments made Increase likes Analytics of how many start and continue
Klout
http://www.myminnesotawoods.umn.edu/2010/03/oak-wilt-risk-status-in-minnesota/
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To learn more...
Elaine Edwards - @elainecarol www.facebook.com/elainecarol www.linkedin.com/in/elainehedwards Jon A. Perrott - japerrott@ag.tamu.edu http:/blt.tamu.edu Anne Mims Adrian, PhD @aafromaa https://profiles.google.com/aafromaa Frankie Gould, - @fgould1970 http://www.facebook.com/#!/frankie.gould1 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gould-frances/16/484/541 Natalie Hummel, PhD @NatHummel http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=551936220
Photo Credits
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