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The Social Tools Won’t Save You: but they can help transform your business
Refresh Events, Toronto ONJanuary 18, 2010
Tamera Kremer, Partner – Strategic Consulting
The golden rule for every businessman is this: “Put yourself in your customer’s place”
– Orison Swett Marden
Marketing at its essence is about communicating, not blaring messages and fighting for “share of mind”
Your organization, products, people, and processes are what customers experience everyday
They wear your shoes
They drink your coffee
They rely on your product
They use your software
They talk to your employees
They experience your service
The Brave New World of Communications
The hyper-digital eco-system
Social media are an eco-system
#AmazonFAIL
Beyond the jargon, what is social media?
Conversations, shared interests, information & insights.
About the tools.
About you.
Social Media is NOT...
About using the 2-way digital communications channels to converse as human beings with people who are interested.
Social Media is ...
About being helpful and useful.
Social Media is ...
About listening and learning.
Social Media is ...
About changing the way things have always been done.
Social Media is ...
It’s not about pushing messages out & hoping they resonate
What is the one rule of social communications?
Be human.
L.E.T. GO
Why integrate social communications?Customer service
Relationships
R&D
HR
Sales
Awareness
Mobilization
ETC.
In the real-time, hyper-connected world your reputation is what other people say it is. 24/7.
* Posted October 24, 2009
@ComcastCares
*posted October 24, 2009
1,833,502Unique Visitors/ mnth*
*Compete.com data (avg. uniques to Sept 2009)
Transformation takes time, effort, and experimentation
“Dell Hell” ~ Jeff Jarvis sets off a firestorm against Dell Customer Service
The Idea Storm
Dell’s Community Ambassadors
Would you speak to me that way if we met at a baseball game?
Let go of marketing speak. No one is listening.
Tell your story:Who are you?What value can you add? Why would I let you into my network?
Prepare to Change.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin
Social Media Guidelines - IBM
U.S. Air Force Commenting Policy
Best Buy’s “Twelpforce”
When something goes awry, having structure in place makes a difference…
We should talk.
Things to consider in developing guidelinesWhat are the rules of engagement for
employees?
How will you operationalize with various departments?
How will you engage with various members of the public?
How will you incorporate and distill feedback?
What are the best practices that should be incorporated?
Be Useful.
Above All, Be HUMAN.
“Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a
businessman.” – George Soros
L.E.T. GO
Listen / LearnFind out what people think about, care about,
talk about
Learn what you are doing right and wrong
Discover new ideas
Where are people talking?
What do they think about you?
Are there stories you didn’t know about?
EngageFigure out what you have to add that brings
value
Find the people internally who are passionate and let them connect
Embrace the chaos
Internalize feedback
Experiment & think integration
You aren’t IN control, but you still HAVE some control
Transform
Evolution isn’t static.
“… [social media is] about sellers, business partners, product development, customer support/service in a holistic fashion, it also brings in market intelligence and all elements of marketing and public relations”
– Sandy Carter, VP Software Groups, IBM
The ebb and flow…
At the end of the day if you do something right or wrong people will talk about you online. ….
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… and a myriad of other places!
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