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Speech by Charlene Li "Winning in a World Transformed by Social Media" at the Simmons Leadership Conference, April 2, 2013 in Boston, MA Full report is available at http://www.altimetergroup.com/research/reports/evolution-social-business
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Winning in a World Transformed by Social Media Charlene Li, Founder & Analyst, Altimeter Group @charleneli | charlene@altimetergroup.com April 2, 2013 | Simmons Leadership Conference
Social is About RELATIONSHIPS Not Technology
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Why Most Social Strategies Fail No Clear Business Impact
1 Planning “Listen to Learn” 8
Red Cross monitors social channels during disasters to direct relief efforts During disasters, the Red Cross is able to find out about specific incidents, spot trends, and anticipate public needs. Red Cross representatives can use the command center to quickly match disaster victims with aid relief. 9
2 Presence “Stake Our Claim.” 10
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3 Engagement “Dialog Deepens Relationships” 13
14 Develop rules for engagement Source: “Social Media Strategy Secret Sauce: How Intel Makes Data-driven Decisions,” Allen Stephens, Keith Molesworth, and Tiffany Peery, March 21, 2011
4 Formalized “Organize For Scale” 15
Ebay’s Global CoE coordinates across functions, properties, and geographies Responsible for social strategy • Alignment of roadmaps and plans • Analytics and reporting infrastructure • Monthly Social Media Council meetings, with knowledge sharing initiatives • Source: http://www.slideshare.net/influencepeoples/ali-croft-monitoring-social-media-ebay
5 Strategic “Become a Social Business” 17
Sephora integrates social + digital in communities as well as in stores. Goal: Understand their “superfans” who spend 10X. customer spending average customer 2.5x community user 10x superfan
6 Transformation “Business is social.” 19
20 ARAMARK must contend with separate businesses and differing goals and objectives ARAMARK’s challenges: 1. Over 255K employees 2. Organized into separate businesses by industry 3. 1000s of client locations 4. Different client goals and objectives 5. Ingredient brand
21 It’s equipped and enabled over 400+ locations to manage social media – within parameters Rebranded for social engagement, around voice, purpose, and image. Previously siloed, now creating new processes that result in improved customer satisfaction and sales across the value chain
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(re)Organize Marketing for Agility and Resilience Rigid Organizations Adaptive Organizations
Strategy is What You Decide To Do And What You Decide NOT To Do
Social Business Initiatives Framework • Learn: What can be learned from customers and community Dialog • Dialog: The nature of our interactions with customers Advocate • Advocate: How to build advocacy among customers and community Learn Support • Support: How to provide support via social channels Innovate • Innovate: Using customer and community to drive innovation
Plan out what will happen over time Year One Year Two Year Three MONTHS 1-6 MONTHS 7-12 MONTHS 1-6 MONTHS 7-12 MONTHS 1-6 MONTHS 7-12
Example: Social Business Initiatives, organized by Goals into a 3 Year Roadmap 28 Now – 6 months 6-12 months 12-18 months 18-24 months 24-30 months 30-36 months Category Create greater loyalty to drive sales Advocate Initiative Support Initiative Advocate Initiative Advocate Initiative Advocate Initiative Increase share in SMB market Learn Initiative Dialog Initiative Dialog Initiative Advocate Initiative Create four new products Innovate Initiative Innovate Initiative Learn Initiative Reduce customer service costs Learn Initiative Dialog Initiative Support Initiative Support Initiative Support Initiative Initiative
Most companies organize as Hub & Spoke, but are moving toward Multiple Hub & Spoke 9.4% 29.1% 35.4% 23.6% 2.4%
30 Create Discipline In Engagement Source: “H&R Block’s Response Process” David Armano, Edelman 2010
Social Media Training is About Developing Judgment -- and the Confidence to Use It What you should do What you shouldn’t do Judgment is needed in between
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#1 Align Executives With Clear Business Goals
#2 Ask the Right Questions About Value 34 “We tend to overvalue the things we can measure, and undervalue the things we cannot.” - John Hayes, CMO of American Express © 2011 Altimeter Group
35 #3 Create a Culture of Sharing
36 #4 Master the Art of Failure No relationships are perfect Google’s mantra: “Fail fast, fail smart” © 2011 Altimeter Group
#5 Determine Your Personal Social Strategy
Warrior engages colleagues and friends through both work…
39 …and personal passions
Social is About RELATIONSHIPS Not Technology