Three audiences, one feed
Why Social Media Works Differently for NDIS Providers
Social media for a café has one audience. Social media for an NDIS provider has three, and they are on different platforms looking for different things. Families are in local Facebook groups asking who is good. Support coordinators and plan managers are on LinkedIn watching which providers look organised and have capacity. Support workers are on both, deciding whether they would want to work for you.
There is also a line most agencies do not know exists. A participant’s photo posted without documented consent is a breach of the NDIS Code of Conduct and the Privacy Act, and a post promising outcomes is a complaint waiting to be lodged. Good NDIS social media is warm, specific and careful at the same time.
We have run social media for Australian small businesses since 2011 and for NDIS providers since the scheme rolled out nationally. The packages below come with a consent process, a content calendar built around the three audiences, and reporting that counts enquiries rather than likes.