Making Your Business More Social

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Workshop on making your business more social to small business in the municipality of Stonnington, Melbourne, 13th November 2012

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Make Your Business More Social

Presentation @ Functions on Chapel.

12th November 2012

Fergal Coleman• Director of Symphony3

• Twitter: @Symphony3Think

• Email: fcoleman@symphony3.com

• Web: http://www.symphony3.com/make-your-business -more-social

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What is social media

• Social Media = a set of web tools to allow you to more effectively develop relationships and solve problems for your customers/stakeholders

• Social media is the internet!

The Internet is Social

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What is social media? Forget about tools.

5Social Media 101

What is social media? Think about people.

Who?

• Who are you trying to connect with?

– Customers

– Influencers

• What are their needs?

– Why will they listen to you

Influencers in action:

• Harry Potter theme park

• 7 to 350 million in 24 hours

Influencers are important

8Social Media 101

Benefits

Companies that are using the web intensively gain greater market shares and higher margins

• 20% improvement in marketing effectiveness• 18% increase in customer satisfaction• 10% reduction in operational costs• 15% decrease in marketing costs• 41% increase in employee satisfaction• 20% decrease in travel costs

“The Rise of the networked enterprise: Web2.0 finds its payday” McKinsey Quarterly, December 2010

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It really makes business sense!

• 10% increase in productivity for SMEs from Internet usage• 2.6 jobs created for every 1 job lost• 75% of Internet impact arises from traditional industries• Small and medium businesses heavily using Web

technologies grow and export 2x as much as others• “The internet is still in its infancy”

“Internet Matters: The Net’s sweeping impact on growth, jobs and prosperity.” MGI Report, May 2011

10Social Media 101

On a personal level

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• Collect more knowledge on customers/industry

• Professional Development (e.g. www.coursera.org )

• Build better relationships

• Become productive

• Collaborate more effectively

“Social media allowed me to reduce a part of the sales cycle that would normally take 7 days to less than 24 hours…”

B2B Melbourne Sales Rep

“..we estimate that 30% of current e-mail time could be repurposed by moving communication to a social collaboration platform freeing up 8% of the workweek for more productive activities…. “

Mckinsey Report 2012: Unlocking value and productivity through social technologies

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi/research/technology_and_innovation/the_social_economy

Big business is taking this seriously

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www.ge.com

Your business?

• What are your business goals?

• How can social media assist?

Discuss.

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Think in terms of people and objectives

People• Who are you trying to

reach?• What are their needs?• Where are they online?• How do they use social

media?• What are our objectives?

Objectives• Listening• Talking• Supporting• Collaborating/Energising

Social Media 101

Forrester Technographics Profile:

http://empowered.forrester.com/

tool_consumer.html

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Exercise on your PEOPLE

• Who?• What?• Where?• When? • Why?• How?

Objective: Think about relationships

Are more effective customer and stakeholder relationships in the best interests of your organisation?

What would it mean to the business if you were more effective at …..?

Listening Talking Supporting Collaborating and Engaging

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/9-small-business-social-media-success-stories/

1. Listen (and understand)

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”

Epictetus (AD 55-c.135)

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Listening (and researching)

Listening

How to listen

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www.sproutsocial.com

Listening with social media

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Can I use social media to listen more effectively?

Talking

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Where?

What?

Talking

Case study: ‘Naked for Satan’

Social Media 101 24

2011 Bar of the YearThe Age™ Cheap Eats Guide

Take Aways

• Engage your audience

– Energise them to spread the word

• Show personality

• Have fun!

Talking

Talking

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How can I present content to my stakeholders that delivers value?

Supporting

• Lower cost• Self service• Quick

resolution• Reusable

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Supporting

• Lower cost• Self service• Quick

resolution• Reusable

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Supporting

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Can we use social media to provide improved support

at less cost?

Collaboration and Energising – Engage Customers

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www.uservoice.com

Collaboration and Engagement with Residents

Energising Customers

Collaborate with customers

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Can we collaborate with and energise

our customers?

Collaborate internally

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www.centraldesktop.com

Collaborate internally

www.yammer.com

Collaborate internally

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• “Two thirds of the value creation opportunity afforded by social technologies lies in improving communications and collaboration within and across enterprises”

• “..we estimate that 30% of current e-mail time could be repurposed by moving communication to a social collaboration platform freeing up 8% of the workweek for more productive activities….

But…..

• “It will require a steep organisational learning curve: changes in processes, organisation, mindsets, and behaviours will be needed…”

Mckinsey Report 2012: Unlocking value and productivity through social technologies

Think about relationships

Listening Talking Supporting Collaborating

Are we listening, talking, supporting and collaborating as well as

we should be?

Outcomes

• What 3 things are you going to do as a result of this evening’s talk?

Thank you!

Fergal Coleman• Director of Symphony3

• Twitter: @Symphony3Think

• Email: fcoleman@symphony3.com

• www.symphony3.com/make-your-business-more-social

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People Needs

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How We Do It

Financial Profitability

Building Blocks

How to do social media: a framework

Make (Services delivered)

Why We ExistMission

Lower Customer Churn More Efficient Processes

People

LeadershipCulture

Skills +TrainingChange management

Who are you Serving? Where are they? What are they doing online?

Customer Segment A

Customer Segment B

Supporting Activities

Communicate

Employees

New customers

More $ per customer Lower Costs

Improved Customer Service

Engaging / EnergisingTalking / Informing

SupportingListening

Strategic Goals Core ValuesVision

Data and Information

Customer interactions databaseAnalytics

Standards and Policies

Social Media PolicyResponse Guide

Risk Mgmt

Technology (Tools)

Finance (Budget)

What drives them to engage with you?

Customer Segment A

Customer Segment B Employees