Day 9 – Your Social Media Plan #10DaySMChallenge

Welcome to Day 9 of our 10-Day Social Media Challenge!

Please use #10DaySMChallenge when sharing on social media.

Here is an overview of what we will be doing during this challenge:

Day 1 – Get Ready!

Day 2 – Automate & Systematize

Day 3 – Hashtags Matter

Day 4 – Events & Promotions

Day 5 – Share Your Content (Let your followers know what’s happening right now)

Day 6 – Evergreen posts (Tell new fans about your best stuff from the past)

Day 7 – It’s not all about you

Day 8 – Images, quotes, and inspiration

Day 9 – Your Social Media Plan

Day 10 – Wrapping it all up

Your Social Media Plan

We have discussed many different pieces of your social media plan over the past eight days. You have worksheets to help you.

1. Set aside a day each month to put your social media plan together. This could be a day near the end of the month where you plan for the next month, or the first day of each new month where you put together a plan for the month.
2. Pick a theme for the month, or maybe you want to pick a theme for each week. Decide which hashtags you are going to use for each theme.
3. Make sure you plan ahead for any events you have coming up – book launches, speaking engagements, sales, etc.
4. Use your worksheets of content, evergreen posts, interesting content from other people, and quotes to map your monthly social media plan. Decide which posts you will place on which social media sites on specific days.
5. Make sure you have content, an image, and appropriate hashtags for each post.
6. Use one of the tools we discussed to schedule your posts. As you come across interesting posts, decide whether you will share them immediately or add them to your next plan.
7. Check analytics at the end of the month to see which posts were most effective.
8. Continue to go through this process each month and make adjustments as you go. Figure out what works for you. Maybe you want to plan a whole year in advance! Above all, make sure you are building relationships on social media, and have fun.

Other Helpful Information:

• 5 Ways People Build Successful Relationships on Social Media
• Social Media Strategy in 8 Steps
• 15 Time-saving Social Media Templates

Day 9 Assignment

• Make sure all the templates from previous days are filled out
• Put together a social media plan for May
• Share what you have learned through this process in our Facebook Group

Any comments, questions, or suggestions? Share with us!