Posts Tagged Community Management

Who Should Own Social Media?

25 Mar 2010

It’s a frequent question I hear: “Who Should Own Social Media?”

Three Common Reasons for Social Media
In our experience at Room 214 we typically see three major reasons organizations dive into social media:
1. Product Development/Feedback
2. Sales/Marketing/Brand
3. Customer Service
Each one of those “reasons” requires its own cast of characters to “own” the process. In addition – each carries unique key performance indicators to measure the health and success of the project. Because function-specific business goals, community value and KPI’s are all different – it’s critical for anyone heading social media efforts in a particular channel to have a clear understanding of the impact measures.

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Best Practices: The Importance of Facebook Profile Images

23 Oct 2009

Room 214 recently did a major overhaul of all of the Travel Channel’s Facebook pages. We added a poll app, Youtube functionality, a live Twitter stream, and all sorts of great new tools. However, there was one area that we could still improve upon.
After taking a look at the profile images on all seven of the Travel Channel Facebook pages, I realized that there was a way for us to improve the look and feel of our pages. Take a look at a few of the profile images that were displayed at the time:

There were a few issues with each profile image:

The formatting was inconsistent.
The use of Travel Channel’s logo and brand style was inconsistent.
There was room for the images to look cleaner and more official.

Why is the profile image so important?
A profile image is the most used part of any Facebook page. It is the biggest and most noticeable design…

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