Jan. 29, 2020

What Does Your Social Media Profile Say About Your EDU Brand?

Show Notes

Social Media ... It's a wide-open space filled with many different companies, each having their own languages, philosophies, and rules of engagement.

How do you stand out?
Which platform should you choose?
How do you Build Your EDU Brand on these platforms?

In this episode of the Jeff Bradbury Show, we take a look at one of the most important parts of your EDU Branding ... your Social Media Profiles. Learn through our podcast how to optimize your profiles to find and nurture an audience that is not only receptive to your voice but welcoming of a brand that they will see as an authority in the space.

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You have a great idea that you would like to get noticed by the educational community
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How to find and target your Avatar to grow your email list.
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How to grow a successful Social Media strategy that gets you noticed and grows your email list.
How to create a branded professional slide deck for your next conference that grows your email list.
How to fight the war on the inbox and what it means for your unopened emails.
How to improve your email open rates so that the work you put into your emails gets noticed clicked on.
and much more …

Reflections From Our Previous Episode

Episode 4: January Audience Q&A

How To Build A Professional Social Media Profile

Philosophy Behind Your Social Media Profile

Update Once vs Update All The Time
Become a Problem Solver NOT a Thought Leader
Usernames and URL’sYour real name
Your brand name
What does your social media profile biography look like?

The Three “‘P’s” Of Social Media

Professionalism

What have you done and what are you doing?
What do you hope to be doing?
Are you branding your Social Media Profiles?Same Colors
Same Language
Same Photos
Are you sticking to your message or are you going off-topic?

Problem Solving

What problem are you trying to solve?
How are you trying to solve it?
What ways are you helping others solve that problem?
How can they find that help?
How can they contact you they have questions?

Partnerships

What services or software do you recommend or are using?
Who else on Social Media do you collaborate with?

Apps That Help Build Your Social Media Profiles

Canva (iOS and Android)
Camera + (iOS)
Adobe Spark / Premiere Clip ( iOS or Android)

TeacherCast Tips For Building a Professional Social Media Profile

Have a Professional Profile Photo400x400Works well both as a square and circle
Easy to be understood close and far away
Be Social!
Use Catchy ImagesKnow your recommended shapes and sizes
Identify your target audience and follow those in your target audience
Create a voice … Know your voice … Speak your voice
Be Human
Seek real relationships
Have a team of applications to help you CoSchedule
Dubb
Book Like a Boss

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