Social media the new telephone

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Social Media – The Modern Day Telephone

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Social Media – The Modern Day Telephone

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People Assume Social Media is Just for B2C Selling

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This implies social media is purely a broadcast channel to blast out your marketing message

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WRONG…social media is a 2 way communication medium

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Social media should primarily be used as a listening tool…

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…and a way to respond to your customers’ queries when they want to hear from you

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Like the telephone, social media can be used for any number of purposes within a business

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Potential social media use cases across an enterprise

• Brand building –top of funnel awareness• Lead nurture• Sales – precise demographic targeting, personalisation capability• Customer retention• Customer service• Media monitoring/social listening – market intelligence, business insights• PR – outbound communication• Crisis management – protect your brand• R&D/Product development – listening and testing• HR – attracting and retaining employees• Internal collaboration and knowledge management

Social media is a medium and a means of communication –think of it more as an ‘infrastructure’ more than a ‘channel’

End to end marketing funnel

Customer Experience

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Think of social media as the modern day telephone (but with better functionality…)

Don’t blame the technology for inappropriate use of that medium

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Read the full blog post….

On the EchoJunction blog here

http://echojunction.com.au/social-media-strategy-must-focused-b2b/

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