people powered advertising word of mouth at scale
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This is the presentation by SocialMedia.com's VP of Marketing Gedioen Aloula on our People Powered Friend To Friend campaign for Macy's department store.It was given at our May 2009 Social Media Boot Camp in New York.TRANSCRIPT
WOMICaseStudyMacy’sHolidayCampaign
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People I know
People I respect
People with shared interests
No Social component
OnlineRela:onshipPyramid
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PeopleIKnow
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PeopleIrespect
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PeoplewithSharedInterests
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What’saWOMI(TM)?
•WOMIcampaignsspreadposi:vemessagesaboutabrandbetweenfriends.
•2stepprocess:
1. Opt‐in:getconsumerstoexpresstheiropinionaboutabrand
2. WOMI:sharethedesirableresultswiththeperson’sfriends.
•Messagesaredeliveredwithinstandardadunits.
WOMI: Word Of Mouth Impression
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WOMIexamplesOpt‐in:
WOMI:
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Macy’sHolidayExample
•Macy’sholidaycampaignencouragedconsumersto“BeClaus”andasked“whattypeofSantaareyou?”
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Macysbelieve.com
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Macy’sWOMIOpt‐in:Monaisaskedaques:on
WOMI:Mona’sresponseissharedonlywithherfriends
WOMI2:CampaigngoesviralasMona’sfriendsrespondtotheoriginalWOMI
•WOMIpromotedtheMacy’s‘becomingclaus’messageamongstfriends
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WOMICampaignResults
•2Monthcampaign
•5millionWordOfMouthImpressionsdeliveredbetweenfriendsonFB
•Strongclickthroughrates:engagingcontent+friendendorsement
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What’sthepoint?
•Friendsinfluenceeachother
•Onsocialnetworks,peoplecaremoreabouttheirfriendsthancontent
•Webelievemessagesfromfriendsaremorerelevant,morebelievableandlesslikelytobeignoredthanmessagesdirectlyfromabrand.
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Realresults
•Wedon’tbelieveinchasingclicks
•Rela:onshipsdeliverinfluence
•Objec:veistohaveconsumersthinkmorefavorablyaboutyourbrandandbecomemorelikelytopurchase
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Goal:capturethefunnel
Brand Awareness
Message Association
Brand Favorability
Purchase Intent
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A]tudinalresearch•PartneredwithDynamicLogictoconductquan:ta:veresearchon3monthCPGcampaign
•Focusedonfourkeymeasures:
1.TopofMindawareness
2.OnlineAdawareness
3.Favorability
4.Purchaseintent
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Overallresults• Strongincreasesinallfourkeymeasures:
• goalwastoincreaseunaided(top‐of‐mind)awareness,Adawareness,FavorabilityandPurchaseintent
• aidedawarenesswasalreadyhighforthebrand(95%amongcontrol),
Overall Respondents: Brand Metrics
Control Exposed (n=201) (n=300)
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WOMIvs.DigitalNorms
Percentile Ranking of Delta (!)
Aided Brand Awareness
Online Ad Awareness
Brand Favorability
Purchase Intent
AdIndex Score: Normative Benchmarking of Brand Metric Deltas*
* MarketNorms Q3/08 (Category: Personal Care, Baseline Adjusted, N=188 campaigns)
Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
• Top20%ofdigitalcampaignswithincategory
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WOMIBump
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WOMIvs.socialmedia•RatedbyDynamicLogictobeintop20%ofallsocialmediacampaignswithin
category
Aided Brand Awareness
Online Ad Awareness
Brand Favorability
Purchase Intent
Aided Awareness results not surprising given Aided Awareness was almost maxed out (95%)
Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
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ArefriendtofriendWOMIsagimmick?
Control Exposed (n=74) (n=300)
No:•Moreexposuremeantsignificantlyimprovedperformance‐‐eveninbrandfavorability:nowearout•Bestresultsacrosseverymeasureforconsumerswhosawatleast4WOMIs
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ArefriendtofriendWOMIsagimmick?
MoreWOMI=improvedresultsforbrand.•1impressionperweekforcampaigndura:onwasbreakthroughlevel
Frequency of Exposure: Brand Metrics
Metrics Ctrl
(%)
1 2-3 4+
Exp
(%) !
Exp
(%) !
Exp
(%) !
Unaided Brand
Awareness: First Mention 9 10 +0.4 14 +5.0 23 +13.9*
Unaided Brand
Awareness: Any Mention 15 19 +4.2 16 +0.8 26 +10.9*
Aided Brand Awareness 95 92 -2.6 91 -4.0 99 +4.0
Online Ad Awareness 36 56 +19.6* 48 +12.5* 58 +22.2*
Brand Favorability 60 62 +1.7 56 -3.9 72 +11.5*
Purchase Intent 45 44 -0.5 50 +5.0 58 +13.1*
Sample Size 300 63 64 74
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CampaignResults
•Millionsofuniqueconversa:ons
•10M+impressionsservedacross3monthcampaign
•BasedonDLstudyresultsandhistoricalbrandclosurerates:
•60K+addi:onalpurchasesper1Muniqueconsumerswithin1year
•ROIes:mateabove$1.40
•Deeplearningaboutconsumersen:ment
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