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How to hire a Social Media Director
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Social Media Specific Business EducationOver 3,000 participants from 24 countries
Certified Social Media StrategistCertified Social Media ManagerCorporate Social Media Education
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#SMACADSocial Media Career
Cap Gemini is hiring 1,000 consultants and expect social media experience, yet will let go othersGoogle is expecting social media engagement and provides bonus incentive of extra 25% +-
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#SMACAD14,000 Social media positions
Our research suggests that there are currently approximately 14,000 open social media positions in the US alone.
In booming Europe it is no different – social media experience is a sought after skill set
Interviews with hiring managers indicate: “Having a thousand followers and being able to build a fan page is not nearly enough to ensure a position as social media manager” .
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Over 80 strategists and over 5,000 attendees from a variety of education programs
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#SMACADHow to hire a Director Social Media
What is the Director Social Media supposed to do?What is a meaningful process to fill this position?Should you hire an "expert" or train somebody from the team?How much is a social media strategist
What should the job description include?Will he/she need to hire more people?What budget responsibility should the position include?What is the expected outcome from this position?
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#SMACADJob Description Social Media Director / Strategist
ResponsibilitiesCreate the social media strategy, coordinating with stakeholders across the Company to ensure its effectiveness and ensure the adoption of relevant social media techniques into the corporate culture and into all of the company’s products and services Own the roadmap budget for the social media tools in use on the Company’s sites, directing social media tool integrationRecruit and oversee the Social Media Team, ensuring a superior quality of communication and project delivery is provided at all timesCoordinate the planning of social media campaigns, ensuring customer acquisition and supporting monetization across the company’s portfolioSource and manage relationships with social monitoring and platform partners to support and develop commercial opportunities Act as the advocate of social media integration within the Company, influencing overall site and business strategiesProvide benchmarks and analyse data provided by the Social Media Team, to inform company-wide decision-making and commercial campaign targets are metMonitor and comment on trends in social media trends and application, acting as company spokesperson within the Social Media industry Monitor the competition and be aware of market changes and developments
RequirementsCreative, diplomatic, cool under pressure and fantastic interpersonal and presenting skillsStrong project management and organisational skillsAdvanced knowledge and understanding of social media and networking platforms and monitoring suite suppliersDeep knowledge of the Company’s industry and great contact bookExperience of business and strategy development Ability to build and leverage a strong network of peers and partnersP&L experience
A random example
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T H I N K before you make a random selection
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Social media engagement *
Wal-Mart $13BIBM $12BCisco $8BVerizon $6BPepsi Co $5BWalt Disney $4.4BUPS $3BWells Fargo $2BStarbucks $.3BSouthwest Airlines $178MZappos (n/a)
No social media engagement *
General Motors -$30BCiti -$27BFord -$14BDelta Airlines -$8.9BMacy’s -$4.8BSprint -$2.7BUS Airways -$2.2BOfficeMax -$1.6BHertz -1.2BWendy’s / Arby’s -$0.4BUnited Airlines (n/a)
Social Business vs. profitability
* = Based on sentiment analysis (social media monitoring). Company results are from 2009
Millions of recommendations drives billions in revenueThousands of rants drive billions of losses
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#SMACADSocial Media Impact Across All Departments
Product ManagementSocial Media is the most economic way to introduce a new product It’s a perfect seeding ground for a co-creation strategy
Support GroupAugmenting support forces with engaged customers is very powerful – improving the customer experience
Logistics and ProcurementTrend analysis through a vast open network - think of the implication to procurement
SalesWith the new influences in the “educated purchase decision” sales is most impacted by social media
Marketing & PRThe big change in marketing – moving from industrial media to amplifying user generated content
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#SMACADStrategic Social Media Engagement
Starting with a thorough assessmentDevelop a market engagement strategy
Understand the various strategy modelsAlliance empowerment strategyAmplification strategy…
Create an executable planUnderstand organizational structuresReporting on progress, failure and success
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#SMACADMethodology Overview
Four Quadrant Assessment MethodologyCustomer, Brand, Partner, Competition
NCP ModelNetwork – Contribution – Participation
Strategy HexagonGoal, Mission, Benefit, Action, Program, Report
Social Media Planning FrameworkOxymoron? Unique creative vs. repeatable model
Organization ModelA Social Media Service Architecture
Social Media ROI How to deal with it how to calculate an ROI
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#SMACADDirector Social Media
What is the Director Social Media supposed to do?
Thorough audit / assessmentCross functional strategy developmentManaging the execution
What is a meaningful process to fill this position?
Deep scan of available qualified peopleCheck with training institutes i.e. SMACADRobust interview sheet
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Should you hire an "expert" or train somebody from the team?
The number of highly experienced and well educated directors are at a 1:1,000 ration to open positions
How much is a social media strategist and why?
$100,000 - $ 180,000Saving a company millions of dollars Help bringing in millions in incremental revenue
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It’s a new world
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#SMACADFrom a vertical to a horizontal structure
PASTA small group n marketing focusing on social media ‘execution”
Managing the social media places and spaces and engaging with the communitiesPosting blog posts, dealing with comments and taking care of the communitiesThe rest of the organization continues with business as usual -- #FAIL
TODAYThe Social Media Service Team
Works as an internal service team supporting all relevant departmentsThe whole organization develops a more connected approach organically
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#SMACADIt takes about 5+ month to develop a social graph
Forget your resume or LinkedIn profile
INSTEAD:
Think of the NETWORK and the ENGAGEMENT over that network
Blog exposing the subject matter expertise?Conversations with other experts?Quotes, comments, recommendations?Continuous sharing of experience Recommendations on LinkedIn?Group participation and engagement?Presentations, video and photo sharing?…
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#SMACADHow hiring managers & recruiters work
Review resumes and double check on LinkedIn? That was yesterday
Today: Scanning the social web to draw a picture of the applicant
Communication skillsSocializing skills / team spiritSubject matter expertise – reputationThe rolodex is replaced by the networkVisible expertise on blogs and other media
If you are a lonely guy, isolated from today’s world, your chance to get a job is almost none.
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#SMACADCorporate Education Programs
OnDemand Education Program:On-demand eLearning program
I.e. 6 Lessons, 45 min eachPlus exercises after each lesson
Licenses training material
Instructor Lead ProgramHybrid learning systemInstructor lead workshops25 attendees per workshop
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#SMACADThe Social Media Director
What should the job description include?It’s a master list for a senior business manager
Will he/she need to hire more people?Not necessarilyBut if hiring is on – it may well be
What budget responsibility should the position include?
Think of 25%+ of the general marketing budgetThink HR budget across departments
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#SMACADWhat you get with “Mr. or Mrs. Incredible”
What is the expected outcome from this position?
Hiring a senior manager who can collaborate with the senior executives across all market facing departmentsA complete and thorough social media strategy that goes hand in hand with the overall business strategy – often times even influences that business strategyTangible business results that show cost decrease on the major market facing departments and incremental revenue through advocacy.
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#SMACADThe Social Media Director
Plan and execute a holistic social media strategy Think of a 2 year strategy with a clear goalThen evolve and create the next strategic milestones for the company
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The Social Media Academy is considered the leading education and research institute for applied social media in business. Education programs are specifically designed for business professionals from all industries. The main emphasis is to help business managers and consultant to get a comprehensive education and hands on experience through collaborative workshops in all aspects of social business engagement including strategy development, planning, tools selection, resources allocation, organizational development as well as reporting and analytics. Attendees learn to use leading methodologies, models and frameworks such as the social media strategy framework, the four quadrant assessment methodology or the NCP model and other strategic tools to create successful social media engagements.
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