Digital Marketing

Sarah Houghton Jan & Aaron Schmidt

the mword.blogspot.com presentation before this one aaron recommends

what is outreach? – connecting users with librarians

number one thing voters care about when voting for funding is libraries transforming lives

what is online outreach –

when were serving ppl online were serving everybody there are not blocks online, similar to online, we dont ask them to show a lib card at ref desk, so why do it online

what are you marketing?

Make your library website two way -can ppl

• register for a card?
• Share their opinion
• have an identity

be good – if ppl are engaged they will come back

everything in todays presentation is free

keep info on these sites updated

• LibDex
• MapMuse
• Libraries411
• publiclibraries.com
• libraries on the web

submit rss feeds to blog search engines –

• feed submitter
• robin goods list of where to submit yoru blog and feed
• rss specifications list of where to submit your feed

blog geo-search engines

• frapper
• feedmap
• blogwise
• gFeedMap
• wikimapia

search engine findability

search for variations for yoru libraries name

minor or metasearch engines

by adwords from google

search engine optimization

wifi

• wififreespot
• wifihotspotlist
• wifi411
• wifinder
• jiwire
• wifi zone

community websites presence

• americantowns.com
• booksalescount.com
• eventful
• librarything local

now who is linking to your library – google link:library url

social reviews websites

• yelp
• citysearch

where are people looking for your number?

• Askcity
• yahoo local
• googlemaps

make a/v content findable

• youtube
• google video
• blip.tv
• blinkx
• singing fish
• yahoo podcasts
• podcast.net
• podcast aley

socialnetworking sites

create a profile for your library

find local blogs

• blogss by city
• blogdigger local
• metroblogging
• feedmap

interact with local blogs

• be authentic
• dont intrude, but be available
• dont be heavy handed

blogs and forums

local blogs

technology boards

continuing education

social networking sites

• facebook
• flickr
• myspace
• bookspace hennepin cty library

experts sites

• allexperts.com
• ziki
• illumio
• gunu
• yedda
• faqqly
• otavo
• yahoo answers
• askmeta
• slam the boards – librarians organized to answer questions on expert sites

push the info out

• invest in newsletters software
• get email address from ILS – need clause that allows you to send occasionally info out
• send periodically (dont spam)

variety of features

make sure you’re on wikipedia in your towns entry and create your entry

keep urls short and easy

register url variants of your libraries name

IM

primary form of communication for some ppl

text msging  – offer both circulation and reference via sms

text a librarian – combines sms and im into one web-based monitoring system, getting ready to update software to allow queues, it will allow 20 ppl to monitor one screen name

twitter – casa grande public library example, Library Secrets

patrons are not using these online tools

yes they are, be a tech leader in your community