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Presentation by Charlene Li at Brand Manage Camp 2009 in Las Vegas, October 6, 2009.
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Creating Winning Social Media Strategies Charlene Li Altimeter Group September 29, 2009 For a copy of slides, send an email to info@altimetergroup.com
Meet Dave Carroll Source: davecarrollmusic.com
Welcome to the Groundswell When people get what they need from each other A power shift, catalyzed by social technologies 5
Technologies can be confusing Source: Wordle.net
Focus on relationships, not technologies What kind of relationship do you want? Transactional Occasional Impersonal Short-term Passionate Constant Intimate Loyal
At Southwest, a planner talks Post received 98 comments over 10 days In the future, everyone is a marketer
Getting started What’s stopping you? “We don’t have the time, money, or people.” “People will abuse it.” “Our executives/investors are short-term focused.” “IT/Legal won’t let us.” “I’m afraid of losing control.”
#1 Start small, start now Audience Goal Revolutionary
Deal with different mindsets Find the “moments of truth” and “moments of crisis” for each mindset
#2 Measure the right things Your goals determine your metrics Use the same metrics as your strategic goals
Example “micro” metrics Goal Metric Value Learn # of customer feedback Impact of faster, better insights Dialog # of comments # of referrals Greater loyalty Faster, more closes Help Innovate # of issues addressed # of implemented ideas Increased satisfaction Faster development
Higher order metrics to consider Net Promoter Score How likely are you to recommend this to someone you know? Lifetime Value Lifetime revenue Cost of acquisition Cost of retention Customer referral value (CRV)
#3 Give up the need to be in control Photo: Kantor, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kantor
No contingency plan in place, and a single response in a month Posted Sept. 4, 2009 No activity since
How to give up control and be in command The Sandbox Covenant
The Red Cross handbook/policies help keep order http://sites.google.com/site/wharman/social-media-strategy-handbook
Summary • Focus on the relationships, not the technologies • Start by learning from the conversations • Prepare to let go … … of the control you never had
Thank You Charlene Li Altimeter Group charlene@altimetergroup.com blog.altimetergroup.com Twitter: @charleneli For slides, send an email to info@altimetergroup.com 36 Copyright © 2009 Altimeter Group