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The most important question: What do you want your consumers to tell about you? Using technology to create stuff worth sharing.© InSites Consulting Polle de Maagt for Vrijetijdshuis Brabant Conversation readiness 1

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Hello. I am Polle de Maagt.I create impact throughconversations at a pretty coolcompany called InSites Consulting.We work mostly because we’recommitted to take researchforward, but brands likeBen&Jerry’s, Telenet, Danone andPhilips agreed to pay us for it.

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Managing expectations …I only have 25 minutes. Don’t expect me to do magic. Formagic (or more on conversation management and stuffworth sharing), send me an email at polle@insites.eu.

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The power of social media.Social media (and internet in general)have been amazing.We have some of the coolest things everbe built on top of this technology.

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KLM commits random acts of kindnessKLM surprised random passengers in their effort to discover how happinessspreads. More at http://polle.me/gJhpSI

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Kay Mook earned the Antwerp Zoo 300K extra visitors“What if every Belgian felt a bit pregnant too” was the start of a campaign thatalmost made her product of the year 2009. More at http://polle.me/ccjSNL

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Ben&Jerry’s crowdsources their new icecream flavors.Via an online platform with brand fans. More at http://polle.me/ISC-BJPhoto by jason.dsilva

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To summarize,it has never been easier to1. to connect with other consumers2. to fan or hate brands or organizations3. to find everything about anything

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This is a radical change and asksfor radical changes in the waybrands and organizationscommunicate.But don’t be misled by the technologywitchcraft here.

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1) 90% of conversations is done offline.Even these guys, the Belgian club of Young Online advertising Planners have aregular offline meetup. More at http://polle.me/i291Xz

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2) Social media is just a part of the consumer journey.Traditional advertising still works, past experience is really important and realinteractions are the dealmakers/dealbreakers.

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3) Stories travel through different (social media) channels.Nike launched a local store in Amsterdam, but capitalized on it via Facebook andTwitter. Even better, users started using Hyves to spread the word.

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4) Part of conversations is owned, rest is paid or earned.Strangers, customers and fans. Paid, owned and earned. Only part of theinteractions are taking place on your own website.

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100.000+5) There will always be new technologies, stories stick.Brabant is just full of stories. Don’t get distracted by technologies, focus on thestories and make them easy to spread.

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So, for your brand ororganization to make use of this,consider these 10 easy tips.

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1) Start with observing and listening.There are simple tools to observe what consumers are doing. Viasearch.twitter.com or more advanced tools. But what about customer emails?

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2) What do you want your consumers to tell about you?Is it about how cool your advertising was? Do you want them to talk aboutdeals? Or is it about something else?

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3) Helping people helps.Exceeding customer expectations builds loyalty (81% repeats, 63% recommends)and falling below customer expectations erodes loyalty (5%/71%).

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4) Act remarkable, don’t talk remarkable.Every company has it’s stories and ambassadors, like Nike’s Ekins. This is beyondadvertising. More at http://polle.me/gSMxcX

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5) Think customer retention, not customer acquisition.It is really expensive to attract new customers. Keep your current customers andtry to help them spread the word. Think in life time conversation value.

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6) Give your ambassadors the tools to promote you.Ambassadors just want to tell other, so help them! Choqoa support fans by givingthem chocolate bars and highlighting them in their newsletter.

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7) Create stuff worth sharing.KLM created dozens of stories worth sharing with their KLM Surprise campaign.

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8) Facilitate sharing.Make it easy to subscribe of share your content via twitter, Facebook or othersocial buttons. Example: http://polle.me/ij19j4

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9) Have a plan. For reach and impact.Schedule, integrate and build upon efforts.

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10) Measure.Measure views, clicks, but even more important: your return on investment.Extremely simple, but effective: the Net Promoter Score.

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You can forget most of the sillythings I said today.But please, remember these 3 things.

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1) Internet and social media technology helped created a huge conversation network, where consumers out-converse brands online and offline. Learn to let go.

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2) For a brand to engage in this conversation network, you have to act remarkable, create stuff worth sharing. Don’t plan only for life time money value, but for life time conversation value.

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3) To leverage the power of conversations, you have to observe, facilitate and join the conversation. Start monitoring, start with pilots and learn while doing.

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Read the manual.Seriously.Read it.

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I hope I was worth sharing.Send me an email atpolle@insites.eu so I can help youremind of the 48 hours.Find the presentation athttp://polle.me/BRBNT