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Twitter Approach. Social Media Enterprise Marketing. Where we are today with Twitter. We have 4 live channels: We’ve been in our “test & learn” phase and thus far learnings include: We can successfully shift sentiment Our innovation drives positive PR We surprise and delight customers
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Twitter Approach Social Media Enterprise Marketing
Where we are today with Twitter • We have 4 live channels: • We’ve been in our “test & learn” phase and thus far learnings include: • We can successfully shift sentiment • Our innovation drives positive PR • We surprise and delight customers • We’ve been building the infrastructure • Testing common platform tools (eg, CoTweet, Spredfast) • Developing standard approaches • We’re leveraging existing infrastructure. For example, adding new LOBs to current channels whenever possible e.g. extending service to include Debit on @Ask_WellsFargo • We are listening. We can learn a lot about customer preferences listening to our followers and building a profile for further engagement; as well as look for PR fires and measure. • We are working to integrate and cross pollinate content where appropriate. Integration leads to increased engagement; efforts include: • Across Twitter channels • Across platforms (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Blogs) • Across media that is owned, earned and paid (including Twitter’s paid products, Facebook Ads and other 3rd party placements) • Across media types (traditional, new media)
Our efforts on Twitter need to focus on the intersection of customer needs, Twitter’s strengths and our goals Customer Needs Focus on customers with unmet needs who are active on Twitter e.g. • Customer service • Financial education • Investment guidance or research Twitter Leverage strengths of Twitter’s platform e.g. Wells Fargo’s Goals • Build Brand Health • Manage Risk • Drive Business Results • Focus on the customer • Reach influencers, press, Hispanics, African Americans • Distribute and access real-time information
To understand the opportunities, we need to understand Twitter’s strengths Some of the best uses of Twitter: • Curating valuable, helpful content from around the Web to create goodwill • Facilitating conversations • Building relationships, networking, and collaborating • Directing traffic and disseminating content • Researching what people really think and better understanding consumer needs • Reaching specific segments e.g. influencers, media, content creators, press, African-Americans, Hispanics, well-educated, higher-income, early-adopters, urbanites and mobile enthusiasts • Reinforcing our brand and showing a different side of it • Extending audience • Improving search engine optimization • Generating ideas for innovation and improvements
And we need to focus on our business goals • Build Brand Health • Increase differentiation/relevance of Wells Fargo (live “helpful, friendly conversation” brand promise on Twitter and amplify WFCs influence) • Expand perception of WFC as innovative thought-leader, an authority in all matters related to financial services, customer-focused • Build relationships with key influencers (journalists, bloggers, etc) • Manage Risk • Find, track and analyze brand threats and opportunities • Establish “outposts” that enable WFC to respond quickly when issues arise • Create common infrastructure and approach to ensure consistent operations, easier auditing, and “One Wells Fargo” customer experience • Drive Business Results • Increase engagement with consumers including deepening relationships and loyalty, improving sentiment and identifying and amplifying promoters to drive referrals/recommendations • Drive traffic to our owned media (wellsfargo.com) by leveraging Twitter’s niche as a traffic driver • Focus on the customer • Provide a seamless, integrated experience with existing communications platforms • Reach customers where/when they need us • Provide a “One Wells Fargo”, integrated, seamless experience
Any new proposed Twitter channels must answer the following questions • Research: Have you started by listening to identify needs, relevancy, sentiment and influencers? What have you learned? Are you or someone from your LOB a member of the Social Media Community of Practice? • Testing: Have you tested and learned on existing properties? • Audience: Is your target audience active on Twitter? When? With Whom? Why? How often? What time(s) of day, day(s) of the week or month? What is the catalyst for their activity? What drives or influences their engagement? What other groups in Wells Fargo are targeting the same audience? How can you work together to better meet customers’ needs and create something relevant and valuable for the audience? • Value Proposition: What problem are you solving that isn’t already addressed on Twitter or elsewhere? What is your value proposition? How will you differentiate your offering from what is already available? How will you engage with your target audience and how will you personalize those interactions? • Differentiation: How is the proposed new content different from existing Wells Fargo social media properties? How will this differentiation be communicated clearly to the customer? • Content: What is your content strategy? How will the content and focus stay customer centric and focused on fulfilling customer needs? What iterative processes are in place to ensure continuous improvement? • Integration: How can your proposed new content be integrated into or leveraged in other platforms or content? How will the proposed new content align with our brand and maintain One Wells Fargo view? • Resources: Are the resources available to support this channel going forward? Twitter requires multiple postings, responses and ongoing engagement throughout the day and often after hours. • Management: How will the new channel be managed and supported? How will it enhance and support two-way ongoing communication?
All new proposed channels will be evaluated via this prioritization matrix Consumer Impact Resources Required (Cost) Requests for new channels will be considered on case by case basis
Process for requesting a new channel • Membership in the Social Media Community of Practice • Begin by listening and leveraging existing channels whenever possible • Review Twitter’s strengths, our goals and unmet customer needs to ensure proposal fits within these parameters • Work with EM Social Media team to • Clarify business goals and size the opportunity • Review alternatives including other platforms and/or ways to integrate and leverage existing properties to meet business goals • Review best practices, risks, required resources, roles and responsibilities • Develop content plan • Submit for approval with content plan • Once approved, follow Twitter Platform Standards and Guidelines for implementation Requests for new channels will be considered on case by case basis, and as the CoP Strategy Workstream makes recommendations. Process takes 3-12 months.
Go forward guidelines • Keep aligned with CoP Strategy Workstream roadmap • Continuously monitor to ensure alignment of our experience, competitive advantages, and business goals with customer’s needs and Twitter’s strengths to determine market opportunities • Expand partnerships • Finalize partnership model for assigning risk/responsibility, as well as shared accountability • Build stronger content partnerships with Diverse Segments, Student/Youth Marketing, Mobile • Obtain service personnel to expand @Ask_WellsFargo success to additional products/needs • Focus on youth/college educated, added @WellsFargo_Jobs for HR • Clearly define channels. To avoid customer confusion (if we are to expand the number of Twitter channels), ensure each channel is distinct and targets unique audience and needs (analogous to sections of a newspaper). • @WellsFargo = general Wells Fargo information targeting wide audience: shareholders, customers, and media • @ask and @Wachovia = service • @WellsFargo_Jobs = recruiting *Proposed name for Spanish Language Twitter Channel
New research shows number of Twitter users is still relatively small but growing quickly Of the American adults who use the internet, 13% are Twitter users. But some groups are notable for their relatively high levels of Twitter use: • College educated are twice as likely to use the service vs. high school graduates. • African-Americansand Latinos: – Hispanic internet users are more than twice as likely to use Twitter as are white internet users, and Black, non-Hispanics are almost three times as likely to use Twitter. • Urbanites: Urban residents are still twice as likely to use Twitter as rural dwellers. • Young adults: Internet users under 49 are twice as likely to use Twitter as those age 50 and over. And users ages 30-49 have doubled in six months since November 2010. • Men are 27% more likely than women to use the service. • Tech enthusiasts, influencers and media professionals (e.g. press and bloggers) continue to be well known for their heavy Twitter usage. • Mobile users: 95% of Twitter users own a mobile phone and 54% access Twitter via cell phone. Source: The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, April 2011
Given the small number of users, why should we care about Twitter? • At 92%, awareness of Twitter is almost universal • Regular Twitter users more likely to be ‘status updaters’ across all social networking services • Financial services brands are being discussed on Twitter • Twitter users appear to be growing more engaged. Percent who post status updates rose from 47% in 2010 to 70% in 2011 • Among financial services companies, Twitter is the most widely used social network; two-thirds of 85 companies across the banking, credit cards, brokerage and asset management sectors tracked by Corporate Insight had a presence on Twitter. • Twitter users index as early adopters, well-educated and higher income - consumers on Twitter earn more than $85,000 on average, 9% higher than the average income of US online adults overall • It’s an efficient broadcast platform that enables Wells Fargo to distribute information consumers want and to establish WF as trusted source of valuable information Sources: Edison Research: Twitter usage in America 2010 http://www.edisonresearch.com/twitter_usage_2010.php Edison Research: The Social Habit 2011 http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/2011/05/the_social_habit_2011.php Forrester Research: How eBusiness Executives At Financial Services Firms Are Successfully Using Twitter Corporate Insight: Social Media: Trends and Tactics in the Financial Services Industry http://info.corporateinsight.com/Portals/55706/docs/executivesummary-socialmedia.pdf
Twitter plays an active role in purchasing decisions • 79% of Twitter users are more likely to recommend brands they follow • 67% of US Twitter users are more likely to buy brands they follow • Twitter users are far more likely to follow brands/companies than social networkers in general • Regular Twitter users report using the service not only to seek opinions about companies, products and services but to provide these opinions as well • 42% learn about products and services via Twitter • 41% provide opinions about products/services Sources: Edison Research: Twitter usage in America 2010 http://www.edisonresearch.com/twitter_usage_2010.php Edison Research: The Social Habit 2011 http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/2011/05/the_social_habit_2011.php
Twitter is the hub for content creators and therefore more likely to impact our brand than any other social network Of the users who are active on Twitter daily: • 72% publish blog posts at least once a month • 70% comment on others’ blog posts • 61% write at least one product review a month • 61% comment on news sites • 56% write articles for third-party sites • 53% post videos online • 50% make contributions to wiki sites • 48% share deals found through coupon forums Source: http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2011/08/18/twitter-users-are-more-likely-to-impact-your-brand-than-any-other-social-network/
The heaviest Twitter users are focused on disseminating content “the heaviest users are focused on disseminating content... when asked what they want from brands, consumers ask for knowledge and, among younger adults, entertainment. Brands have an opportunity to use the transmission-oriented social media landscape to disseminate valuable content to followers—who in turn are hungry for interesting and entertaining content to transmit.” eMarketer 8/16/2011
Topics for new channels need to be thoughtfully selected • Less than 1% of questions asked on Twitter focus on Finance & Insurance. Therefore, we recommend new channels target either topics with proven active followers (e.g. investors seeking real time news) or a specific audience with unmet needs. An advantage of focusing on a specific audience and their unmet needs is that it provides an opportunity to offer something of value and a license to distribute a wide variety of content that the audience would find useful. For example, a Student focused channel could include the following content: • Financial Education e.g. how to pay for college, budgeting tips, value of a credit score • Tips for college planning and prep (financial and otherwise) • Time management or study tips for students • Career planning information • Curation of relevant tweets, blog posts, news articles that students would find beneficial Source: http://mashable.com/2011/06/01/twitter-qa/