Overview: Online Strategy
How should your online presence be shaped?
Is your website working? Do first-time visitors understand what you do, and find the content they need, before clicking away? If not, should you tweak your site or build a new one?
Perhaps you should spend more resources on social, but to do what: engage your audience, convene a community, or simply broadcast your website content?
How can you do both so that your social media presence and your website work together? And what are you measuring, so that you continuously improve?
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contentmarketinginstitute.com
I’ve had the amazing pleasure of meeting with over a dozen of the largest companies on the planet over the last six months... [who] have hired journalists, producers, broadcasters, and editors to refine and tell their story on a consistent basis... but not one ... focused on subscriber growth... While larger enterprises are fighting silo battle…
medium.com
"...after this Spring’s most recent NewsFeed algorithm updates is that Facebook Pages—the ones used by businesses—are generating appalling user engagement rates... work-arounds ... mostly involve investing even more resources into Facebook ... more money devoted to advertising to fans brands have already paid to acquire in the first place." …
blogs.hbr.org
Just substitute 'governments' for 'businesses' and 'brands', 'citizens' for 'customers', and 'policy' for 'product' in this excellent HBR post: "Businesses need to take Ello and its manifesto as a wake-up call to rethink the way they use social networks to reach customers... That means stepping back from the relentless quest for followers, click…
znconsulting.com
While possibly a bit naive regarding Facebook's motivation for crucifying organic reach, some good points here: "- Talking doesn’t equal connecting: It seems that many brands take their audience for granted. Liking a page doesn’t always imply interest. ... - Paid reach won’t substitute for great storytelling: While paid reach might get more visib…