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WHAT TRAVEL PAYMENT IS ALL ABOUT.
Social Media in Business Travel:Why give a tweet?
May 12, 2011 / SVBTA Education Day
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By: Rana Walker / AirPlus International, Inc.
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The Social Media phenomenom
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iPhone apps reached
1 BILLION users in about 9 months!
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“User-Generated” Content:
Rather than pushing content to the
audience – remain open and allow
them to bring it to you!
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Social media connections allow you to
build your sphere of influence!
Trust is the most important factor for
buying decisions in the future!
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The conversation is occurring whether you are listening…or not! Listen,
learn, anticipate needs, proactively solve problems and find efficiencies!
You have a voice! Strengthen relationships with partners /suppliers through
shared knowledge. This equals better communication & collaboration!
Participate in industry associations online as a supplement to the face-to-
face networking & join event pages too!
Raise your internal profile – know where to glean knowledge & how to
effectively share it!
Conduct real-time analysis & notice the industry’s trending topics!
Steer behavior, build policy compliance and gain empowerment through
positive reinforcement!
Enhance internal company relationships through virtual communication!
Crisis Communications – traveler safety can be key when the unexpected
occurs!
Why should a Corporate Travel Manager care?
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Social MEdia
Share your personality, NOT your
personal information!
Share your company’s philosophy,
NOT proprietary information!
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Social Media for use in the business travel industry
YouTube
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If Facebook
were a country,
it would be the
3rd most
populated
in the
world!
Only China & India
are more populated –
4th is the USA
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Facebook stats
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More than 585 million active users
50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day
More than 70 translations available on the site
About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
Average user has 130 friends
There are more than 200 million active users who access Facebook through
their mobile devices
People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook
Go where they already are ready to interact:
Source: Facebook
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Why Facebook?
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Upload pictures of staff and events to show your company culture
Highlight CRS activities to show your company philosophy
Share research and knowledge – link to additional resources
Promote upcoming events to gain attention and attendance
Highlight partner activities to enhance relationships
Promote sales, services and opportunities to interact
Provide a place for employees to feel connected online. Inter-company
relations provide a global virtual forum for staff
Utilize settings on personal profiles to vary your communications to
specific groups
Project a more human face of your company :
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Business Travel Suppliers on Facebook
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GBTA on Facebook
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Allow staff to be your
online brand ambassadors!
Establish social media guidelines
& teach staff how to share your
company’s already published
public information!
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Staff Promotes Content Through Facebook!
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Source: Twitter
95 MILLION.The number of tweets per day on Twitter.
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Twitter Stats
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175 million active users worldwide
Over 60% of Twitter use is outside the U.S.
Twitter has more than 300,000 new users join every day
There are currently over 110 million users of Twitter’s services
Twitter receives 180 million unique visits each month
There are more than 600 million searches on Twitter every day
There are more than 50,000 third-party apps for Twitter
More than a third of users access Twitter via their mobile phone
Source: Twitter
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Why Twitter?
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Straight to the point, 140 characters only means no room for fluff
Excellent for Crisis Communication efforts as relating to business travel
Detect industry trends and take polls/surveys in real-time
Terrific for customer service – make contact NOW with end-user
Disseminate insightful information quickly and effectively
Share knowledge readily – while it’s still relevant
Promotion of partner activities for enhanced relationships
Fast, efficient, economical and viral:
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Tweets on Twitter per minute-within an hour after the Japan earthquake
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Twitter for crisis communication – customer service interactions
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US Embassy encourages social media in wake of quake!
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35
HOURS.The amount of video uploaded to
YouTube every minute!
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YouTube Stats
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More video is uploaded in 60 days than the 3 major US networks created in 60
years
Today, YouTube alone uses the same amount of bandwidth as the entire
Internet used in year 2000
The equivalent of 150,000+ full-length movies in theaters each week
YouTube receives more than 2 billion viewers per day
YouTube is available in 25 countries and 43 languages
70% of traffic comes from outside the US
YouTube mobile gets over 100 million views a day
Half of YouTube’s users are 20 years old or younger- the future generation
Source: YouTube
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Why YouTube?
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Customer testimonials are quite effective in video
Video blogs from your executives on company activities/events, company
financial results and industry topics
User tips/guides to your products – showcase products and tips for best in
class use
Highlight events and philanthropic activities in an inspiring way
Marketing campaigns can go viral & obtain reach like never before
To be successful, videos should be authentic, clever, witty, touching and/or
motivational
They do not always need to be flashy, expensive or polished to go viral!
For the visual learners – seeing is believing:
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One YouTube example: Virgin Atlantic
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GBTA on YouTube
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LinkedIn Stats
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Management-level executives from all Fortune 500 companies have a
profile on LinkedIn
LinkedIn receives almost 12 million unique visitors per day
90M+ members with over +3M new members added per month
LinkedIn is available in 6 native languages – English, German, French,
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
LinkedIn hiring solutions were used by 69 of the Fortune 100 companies as
of December 31, 2010
80% of companies also use LinkedIn as a recruitment tool
More than one million companies have LinkedIn Company Pages
Source: LinkedIn
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Why LinkedIn?
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Keep track of contacts throughout their career & job moves
Build trust and rapport – therefore, your influence & your company’s
Excellent for recruiting/qualifying a candidate
Share research, take polls and glean knowledge
Join Groups for collaboration with your industry’s like-minded individuals –
share your knowledge and ask for others’ input
Gain transparency through insights into connections, partners,
competitors, staff
Professional networking platform to supplement to the face-to-face events:
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GBTA LinkedIn Group
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LinkedIn Pages
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Search “Corporate Travel Manager” yields: 177,661!
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Tweetdeck – track & update all sites in one place
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Ignoring it won’t make it go away….
If we want to know what’s ahead (future) –
we must watch the generation behind us.
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Many thanks & let’s connect!
Rana Walker
AirPlus International, Inc.
www.linkedin.com/in/ranawalker
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Back-up Slides
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Mapping the Social Internet– Harvard Business Review, July-Aug. 2010
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