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Jamie Timm's presentation on social media strategy from the August 4, 2009 Social Media Summer Camp.TRANSCRIPT
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Don’t W
aste Time Online –Strategy First
Business First Social Media Summer Camp
Setting the Tone
�What makes it noise vs. helpful communication?
•What bothers you about inform
ation you receive in the
mail, email and online for social networks?
•What inspires interaction?
�What barriers do you see to implementing a strategy
at your organization?
Key Elements
�Solution meets audiences needs
�Accessibility
�Hyper Segmentation
�Convergence
�Online Activity = Offline Action
�A Burning Platform
�Account = success
My BO –Wrap Up
�What was the value for
the customer?
�What was the visible
measurement?
The Numbers
�2 m
illion profiles
�35,000 volunteer groups
�400,000 blog posts
�200,000 offline events
�13 m
illion email
addresses
�$639 m
illion raised (67%
online)
�Millions of SM
connections
Social Media Strategy
�Research and Planning
•Need (customer/business)
•Current Conversation
•Identification of actions willing to take (internal culture)
•Resources (content, people, $$)
�Action
•Build channel/customize channel
�Communication (and integration)
�Evaluation –Measure and Adjust
Key Elements
�Identification of barriers
•Location
•Culture
•Stock price/perform
ance slide
�Online action = offline action
�Authenticity
�Gradual build
�Access
BE3 Blog W
rap Up
�What was the value for the employee?
�What was the visible measurement?
A New Channel
Using Social Media for Innovation -Starbucks
�New Channel (not an existing tool)
�Allows for multiple user interaction types
�Fills a need
�Creates ownership from customer
�Fulfills on the brand promise (online/offline)
MyStarbucks W
rap Up
�What was the value for the customer?
�What was the visible measurement?
�Audience
•Where do get their
inform
ation?
�User Behaviors
Create
Comment
Collect
Consume
Using Social Media for Customer Service -Comcast
�Existing Tool
�Fills a need
�Creates ownership from customer
�Fulfills on the brand promise (online/offline)
Comcast Cares W
rap Up
�What was the value for the customer?
�What was the visible measurement?
What do you do with the info on a Macro level
�LISTEN and take notes
�Your Piece of the Pie
•What is being said
•How does it compare to others in
your space
•Frequency & Tone
+
-
A vs.
B
X
Using Social Media to Build Expertise/Product Use –A List Apart
�Key Elements –A List Apart
•Quality content, not sales info or self-promotion
•Crowd-sourcing of content
•Multiple ways to interact
�Key Elements –Juicy Juice
•Multiple ways to interact (watch, games, puzzles) all
based on education
•Ability to share
•Convergence (TV, YouTube, Web)
•Incentive/Fills a Need
•Multiple ways to interact
A List Apart and Juicy Juice W
rap Up
�What was the value for the employee?
�What was the visible measurement?
Make it happen:
�Find the need
�How can you help?
�What are you willing to do online and
offline?
�Identifying the right tool
�Listen –Participate -Facilitate
�Identify influencers
�Measure
Measurement
�Not HITS
�Engagement
�Behavior Change
�Sales
�Known expertise
What Does it Really Take?
�Resources
�Culture –Authenticity
�Willingness to fail first
�Clear understanding
•Purpose for campaign
•Tied to business goals
•Value you can add
�Education/Training