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SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING AND THE GROCERY INDUSTRY Tracy Tuten, Ph.D.

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SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING AND THE GROCERY INDUSTRY

Tracy Tuten, Ph.D.

Breaking Down Social Media  Social: marked by or passed in pleasant companionship  the interaction of the individual and the group; the formation of cooperative and interdependent relationships

Media: the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, that reach or influence people widely

Social Media

Social media are the means of communication based on interdependent relationships and cooperation among friends and associates Enhanced by the anytime, anywhere benefits of the Web and mobile technologies

Built around online communities 

Key Web 2.0 Principles

The Web is the platform People participate Networks add value (in terms of tipping points, content creation, rankings, sharing, and so on)

It’s always changing and improving We live and die by our reputations in the communities 

The Social Context

Shift to Digital Marketing

Source: David Armano, Logic + Emotion, Online: darmano.typepad.com

Social media marketing                    is about interacting, participating, 

engaging, conversing                     in ways that meet marketing 

objectives –it’s not about the site or the platform; 

it’s the strategy that counts

The Zones of Social Media

Exemplar Vehicles

Social Media Marketing

the strategic use of social media             to leverage the                               

cultural context and connective web of social communities                        

to meet                                      marketing objectives

Some Common Reasons for Marketing with Social Media

It’s trendy It‘s free It’s fast It’s Facebook

WRONG!!

Is Social Free?

“Social media trades 

media cost  for  time cost” Charlene Li, Forrester Research

Is Social Fast?

Social media marketing is RELATIONSHIP MARKETING     

in social spaces

The Grocery Industry and SMMBrand Facebook Users/ # StoresWhole Foods 311,717 1117Wegman’s 79,974 1066Trader Joe’s 234,587 704Price Chopper 30,761 258Harris Teeter 16,363 104Lowes 3,263 30Ingles 5,514 27Food Lion 34,221 21

A Little on Whole Foods

Community: Twitter, Facebook Publishing: YouTube, Blogging, Flickr Entertainment: Interactive activities via community, Pinterest

Commerce: Promotions, Service

85% of content is responsive 10% original content 5% promotional

What Might You Do?

Community  Publishing  Blogging (In House or Sponsor) YouTube videos

Entertainment Foursquare Games

Commerce Reviews, Sales Promotions, Services

Ask: What Do I Need to Accomplish? Relationship acquisition and maintenance? Service recovery? Sales promotion delivery device? Persuasive communication  channel? Alternative retail channel?

Who Are Your Customers?

Are they social? If so, how and where do they participate?

Social Technographics 

Why Be Social?

Affinity impulse Curiousity impulse Contact comfort

Immediacy impulse Altruistic impulse Validation impulse

Which Social Zones?

Can you use to offer value? Can engage the audience?What will the experience be?What do you want the audience to do?

Measure, Measure, Measure

Track activity, responses, sentiment Track recovery Track anything that matters to you

Q&A

Dr. Tracy [email protected]/brandacitywww.linkedin.com/in/tracytutenskype: tracy.tutenfacebook: tracy.tuten