The document discusses the evolution of social business and the social customer. It describes how customers have gained influence through social media and how companies have had to adapt by creating social media teams and policies. It outlines different organizational models for social media, from centralized to decentralized, and proposes a collaborative model. It emphasizes the importance of listening to customers, establishing governance, training employees, and aligning social media strategies with business goals to drive measurable outcomes through social business.
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1. FROM SOCIAL BRAND TO SOCIAL BUSINESSMICHAEL BRITO | SVP, SOCIAL BUSINESS PLANNINGEDELMAN DIGITAL | @BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
2. THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL BUSINESS2008 to presentTHE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL BUSINESSSOCIAL BUSINESS2003 to present SOCIAL BRAND1995 to present SOCIAL CUSTOMERTechnology Innovation gives customers a voice
15. Social becomes an essential attribute of organizational culture@BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
16. HOW DOES THE SOCIAL CUSTOMER BEHAVE?The customer journey is dynamic; and always changes
17. Brands need to have multiple customer touch points to break through the clutter
18. Customers need to hear things 3 – 5 times before the actually believe@BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
19. THE SOCIAL CUSTOMER AND BRAND EXPERIENCEThe Informed(e.g. research products online)Brand Discovery:Google Search, Word of MouthThe Participant(e.g. participate in a brand experience)The Opinion Sharer(e.g. post review)Brand Participation:Fanning, following, likingBrand Sharing:Easy, habitual, publishingThe Advocate (e.g. encourage friends to purchase)Brand Advocacy:Creating content, sharing, defending@BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
20. THE NEW PURCHASE FUNNELA brand should build relationships with the social customer on order to drive advocacy
24. The reach of one advocate is minimal; as an aggregate, the total reach can make a strong business impact@BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
25. 2011 GLOBAL SNAPHOT OF THE SOCIAL CUSTOMEREUROPE (EMEA)31% comment on blogs27% comment in forums20% uploaded a video online39% uploaded a photo online63% watch a video online13% actively blogLATIN AMERICA49% comment on blogs35% comment in forums41% uploaded a video online56% uploaded a photo online74% watch a video online27% actively blogASIA PACIFIC42% comment on blogs43% comment in forums29% uploaded a video online50% uploaded a photo online65% watch a video online37% actively blog@BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
26. DEFINING A SOCIAL BRAND“A social brand is any company, product, individual, politician that uses social technologies in order to communicate with the social customer, their partners and constituencies or the general public. @BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
27. ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSING ON INTERNAL CHANGEThe social brand has caused chaos and organizational anarchy in many companies today
28. Employees are running wild on the intrawebs with little to no guidance, direction or governance
29. Different geographies and business units are creating social communities externally and not sharing or communicating internally @BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
30. USHERING IN SOCIAL BUSINESSA social business is built upon three pillars – people, process and technology
31. Change management and culture change is essential in order for genuine social business transformation to occur
32. Organizations cannot have effective external conversations with customers unless they can have effective, internal conversations with each other first@BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
33. SOCIAL BUSINESS DEFINED“A social business is any company that has integrated and operationalized social media within every job function (and process) internally.@BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
35. COMMON ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS - CENTRALIZEDIn a centralized organizational model, the “social media” job function is usually owned by corporate communications
36. Little to no collaboration between corp com and other marketing organizations and business units
38. No social media policies that empower employees to engage externally @BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
39. COMMON ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS - DECENTRALIZEDIn a decentralized organizational model, the “social media” job function is scattered – everyone is doing it
43. Confusion about roles and responsibilities and conflict about “who owns” social media @BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
44. FULLY COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL BUSINESS MODELA governing body, usually a “Center of Excellence” exists that is responsible for governance and strategic insights
45. Responsible for sharing best practices and technology recommendations with regions and other business units
51. Metrics deep dive – understanding metrics and making data driven decisions
52. Advanced training on social tools and technologies like Radian6, Meltwater Buzz, Sprinklr, Shoutlet, CoTweet, and other publishing/listening platforms
69. Participate in and attend bi-weekly social media integrations forumsFrom participation to complete ownership
70. ACTIVATING EMPLOYEES TO ENGAGEContent CreatorsConversationalistParticipant@BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER
71. ESTABLISHING A CONTENT LIBRARYEstablish a content library that serves as a repository of product related content; filtered and categorized by date and products
100. ALIGNMENT = BUSINESS RESULTSProgramsCommunity ManagementMarketingCustomer ServiceCommunicationsEventsCampaignsAdvocacyCrisisSOCIAL BRAND (External)SOCIAL BUSINESS (Internal)MEASURABLE OUTCOMESTrainingProcessCollaborationOrganization ModelsResearch & DevelopmentPolicies & GuidelinesKnowledge SharingCultureInfographic by @armano@BRITOPIAN ON TWITTERInfrastructure
101. SOCIAL BUSINESS VALUE CREATION MODELSalesAdvocacyProduct FeedbackCustomer SatisfactionValue CreationSocial listeningWorkflow/ProcessEngagementProduct DiscountsRelevant ContentSolving customer issuesBrand EnablementProduct InnovationProcess Improvement@BRITOPIAN ON TWITTER