SNCB ON SOCIAL MEDIAA train to catch
CMO Marketing & Sales
@NMBS/@SNCB
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3 700 Trains/day
550 Stations & Stops
850 000 Daily travelers
More than 20 000 Twitter followers
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15 years experience
Train conductor
Station chief
Traffic planner…
Community Manager @NMBS/@SNCB
KIM CASTRO
● Timeline
● Social Media Team
● Learnings
● Key takeaways
Our journey today
Timeline
Timeline
Disaster Pukkelpop
SNCB on Social Media ?
@Stationschef
19/08/2011
2011 – 2012
01/10/2011
Timeline
Snow storm
SNCB & @Stationschef
@SNCB/@NMBS Launch!
24/10/2013
01/05/2013
12/03/2013
Social Media Team
Own tone of voice with some simple rules
● be honest
● have respect for your customer,
the company and yourself
● be coherent in your communication
● every question is a (mini) crisis
CONTENT
● Proactive communication
○ Realtime information
○ Commercial
○ Corporate
● One-to-one conversation (web 3.0)
ToolsGoogle Apps, Engagor, BlueBird
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● Realtime chat with dispatching
● BlueBird
● Team website
● Realtime SPOCs
Real
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Blue
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Team website
SPOCSContacts in all departments for fast handling
Learnings
Visual thinking is key to complex problem communication
Lear
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Anticipate on events. Social is now, act now!
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Lear
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The community decides!
Key takeaways
Search for passionate employees
Interact with your customers. They tell you a lot!
#BSocial!
Be prepared Adapt quickly