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Riding the Hype of Social Mediafor B-B marketing
David Chalmers/Patricia KleinDigital & Social Media MarketingCisco Europe
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Our customers are doing this..…..
13,000,000 articles on Wikipedia in 200 languages
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In so many places……
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And they expect us to participate…..
93% OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS BELIEVE A COMPANY SHOULD HAVE A PRESENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA
85% BELIEVE THEY SHOULD INTERACT
Cone Business in Social media study (September 2008)
93% OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS BELIEVE A COMPANY SHOULD HAVE A PRESENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA
85% BELIEVE THEY SHOULD INTERACT
Cone Business in Social media study (September 2008)
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Where to start?
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Multiple approaches required3 key elements to strategy
Listen &Measure
Presence
Influencers
Branded SM channels(Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.)
Publish content Integrate across channels Promote campaigns & events Active - develop platforms
for customer conversations Passive – monitor
conversations Measure conversation
impact
Research Focus Engage Stimulate conversations
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1. Be Present
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Over 1.4 million followers!
Cost = $0
Twitter: simple, impactful microblogging
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Europe Social Marketing Reach
Amplify and promote local content/ leverage US content
Local country channels – subtitled or local video
Country FB fan pages integrate & aggregate content
Country & topic blogs, with RSS & notificaitons
Registrations / Special Events
CISCO COUNTRY SITE
19 handles12 pages
16 channels 13 blogs
Blogs
11,900 followers+ 10% m/m
4,300 fans+ 50% m/m
106,000 views+ 10% m/m
19,000 reads+ 10% m/m
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Ustream.tv – LIVE social broadcasting
Integrates live social streaming
with video for Q&A
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2. Find the influencers
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Then find out where they are happening,and identify key influencers
Focus on which conversations you want to follow.....
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Stimulate with expert commentblogger outreach for product launch
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Stimulate with competition:Digital Cribs: Heaven or Hell video competition
Over 1,000 entries
63,000 Views
23,000 Comments
12 finalists, 2 winners
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3. Listen actively:branded SM channels stimulateconversations
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Corporate Blogs: engaging customers in conversation
Integrate all SM
channels
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Communities: NetProConnecting networking professionals
Allow customers to engage & interact
Discussion forums, ask the expert events, newsletters
200,000 registered users (+500/wk)
20,000 visits per week
5,000 posts per week
Estimate 70% call avoidance for support
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Virtual Events & Communities:blends content, video and conversations
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Crowdsourcing:customer led new product innovation
• 2nd I-Prize winner announced last June
• 3000 participants• Public voting• Fostered global
collaboration• $250,000 prize• Winner created
new Cisco Business unit
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3. Listen passively:monitor & measureSM conversations
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Volume
Share of voice
Sentiment
Who & Where
Key Themes
Social Media monitoring tools track & measure conversations
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Drill-down to actual posts:from any metric
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Key learnings
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It may be harder & take longer than you expectExperimentation
Openness, honesty, willingness to take on tough topicsAuthenticity
“What’s in it for me?”Value Exchange
Traditional business rules have not been suspendedGovernance, Metrics
Employees are great amplifiers; inspire & guide them
Beyond Marketing -
engage employees
Learnings to date:
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Workshop exercise:
building a social campaign……..
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Can any business be social.......??
Choose example of a company who is an unlikely candidate.....
Your company is launching a major new product/service in January 2011
You have to build a social campaign strategy to drive awareness of and participation in this launch
Discuss in table groups for 20 mins, present back for 2-3 mins each
Here’s how we do it............
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Integrate social media into all campaigns
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Social campaign planner
1. Decide objectives/KPI’s2. Identify content plan3. Determine channels/venues4. Identify schedule & owners5. Build tracking & measurement6. Execute & optimise
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Measurement – detailed by channel
e.g. Total clicks on registration page driven from Europe tweets 1800
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Can any business be social.......??
Choose example of a company who is an unlikely candidate.....
Your company is launching a major new product/service in January 2011
You have to build a social campaign strategy to drive this launch
Discuss in table groups for 20 mins, present back for 2-3 mins each your plan
Include: objectives & targets, audiences, launch day activity, content, venues, schedule, measurement