Online Social Shopping Motivation: A Preliminary Study
SXSW submission slides
1. The rise of the
social CEO
Example slides
for context
2. The way people consume information has changed
Decline of the
traditional daily
news cycle
Dominance of
search engines
Timelines (and
algorithms), not
homepages
Personal
referrals key
3. This change in consumption has affected B2B audiences
61% of executives primarily use mobile devices to consume news
60% of executives read an email newsletter as one their first three daily news sources
43% access the mobile web through a browser and/or social app
24%
browser
23%
Twitter
19%
Facebook
12%
LinkedIn
4. Media consumption is visual
LinkedIn updates with an image lead to 98%
more comments
80% of ALL internet traffic will be video
this year
5. Visual increasingly means video
LinkedIn now
supports native
video for
individuals
Easier than ever
to produce
Algorithms
prioritise video
Everyone is a
broadcaster
now
6. Identify what works for your CEO
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: Focusing on themes and topics that
are relevant to your company
MAINTAINING A DRUMBEAT: Updating on what you are doing, who you are
meeting, what events you are attending
PERSONAL INTERESTS: Talk about your passion points
8. “Permanent changes in human communication
are making trust building and online advocacy
critical priorities for brands […] People trust
information and corporate channels less, while
trusting employees more. The way that brands
connect with customers must change.”
Web of Trust: The Case for the Social Workforce
Chris Boudreaux and Susan F. Emerick
9. It should not be time consuming to get involved
“Mr Cook shows you can be
number one and spend about five
minutes a week doing it.”
11. Define your scope and understand who you want to reach
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Networking
Building
relationships Sourcing
news
Enhancing
your thought
leadership
reputation
Joining
expert
conversations
Advocating
Unum
13. Adopt some simple habits
Build into
your daily
routine
Let your
personality
come
through
Keep a note
of articles
you find
interesting
Invest 30
mins on a
Monday
Make use of
things that
you’re
already
doing
14. “Try explaining to
a judge the
difference
between Tetris
and Bioshock
when he can’t
open his email”
…there is a big appetite for social among executives like yourselves, and the people you need to be speaking with.
These stats are based on a survey by online news outlet Quartz, who interviewed 940 executives from around the world
Execs are primarily using their mobile to find news
Email newsletters are not dead
Most relevant for today, a high proportion of them are using social to access news – particularly Twitter, LinkedIn and, perhaps surprisingly, Facebook
The audience that you’re looking to reach, they’re on social, they’re on their mobiles
Source:
http://www.brandchannel.com/2015/07/21/ceos-consume-content-072115/
In terms of reaching those executives using social, it’s not enough just to use words anymore. Social in 2018 is visual: updates posted on LinkedIn or Twitter need to have an image to cut through.
We want you to start thinking visual first, text second.
Already, we know some of you have been encouraged to use Periscope at live events, this is great, and a strong example of how agile content is a strong route to telling a story around what you’re doing, and your expertise.
Dynamic content (images, videos) is a necessary part of any social activity; it grabs people’s attention, and it means your posts are more likely to generate interactions
This uncertainty and this scepticism around technology added up to an all pervasive theme, which is – who can we trust?
We know that trust in traditional institutions and authority figures is in decline
44% of people in the US feel personally at risk of financial hardship (even those on relatively high salaries)
41% of young adults think that their job could be done by AI in the future
Every tech innovation is trumped as the next big thing; as a brand or a company which one should I put my budget into?
That may sound complicated, or time consuming – but it doesn’t have to be. We know you’re all extremely busy people, so we’re not here to suggest you dedicate huge amounts of time to social.
You can get a lot of return from a minimal amount of investment; Tim Cook only tweets when he has something to say. He’s not prolific, but he has a big impact.
Satya from Microsoft mixes up simple, quick RTs with sharing of Microsoft news and links to his LinkedIn content; we’d imagine that his 3-4 posts on an average week take him a maximum of 30 minutes, but the impact is big. As you’ll have seen when he posted about the Accenture collaboration.
Source:
https://next.ft.com/content/a1673100-2720-11e6-8ba3-cdd781d02d89
Try to cut out any irrelevant noise. Instead, pick people / organisations / media that can be relied upon to give you content that’s interesting - both from a personal or a business point of view.
We’ve added ‘Your own opinions’ as a note to say we don’t just want robotic RTs / re-shares - tell your followers WHY they should be interested or WHY you care about a particular topic or angle
Don’t be afraid to start small, choose a platform and look at the feeds you find interesting and useful. Then think about how you could align to that, or borrow some of the principles of what makes it so good.
A lot of talk at SXSW about how Government and policy is not keeping pace with technology
Particularly with a new administration
Congresswoman Suzan Delbene, US House Of Representatives: “The new Attorney General has a different point of view about encryption”
Jeff Sessions: “Encryption serves many valuable and important purposes. It is also critical, however, that national security and criminal investigators be able to overcome encryption, under lawful authority, when necessary to the furtherance of national-security and criminal investigations.”
Terah Lyons, Whitehouse Office of Science and Technology:
Creating a friendly policy environment // Govt invests 1/8th of what industry invests in AI // often very short term thinking
Not appointed a director for the Office of Science and Technology Policy, given that they haven’t appointed a chief technology officer for the United States