1. HOW TO SPOT SOCIAL
BUYING SIGNALS?
Turn Social Media into Revenue
@sendible

2. The Plan
• Introduction to Sendible
• The last 15 years…
• What are buying signals?
• Types of buying signals
• Statistics of social media usage
• Getting you started in your search for your buying signals
• Best practices for responding
• Leveraging your own fans & followers
• Monitoring on reviews sites
• Track your progress

3. Who are we?
• Sendible.com – Social Media Management Tool for Businesses

4. In less than 15 Years…

5. We Live In Public

6. A Buying Signal is a signal from a
potential customer that shows an
intent to buy a product or service

7. Common Buying Signals
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8. Today’s Buying Signal

9. Common Buying Process
Need
Recognition
Information
Search
Evaluate
Alternatives
Purchase
Decision
Post
Purchase
Evaluation

10. Lets see the stats…

11. Demographic Shift
75% aged 18 to 49 on social
95% aged 12 to 17 active online
* 2012 Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project

12. The Impact of Online
80%
of customers do online research
before buying in-store
* PricewaterhouseCoopers 2012

13. The Impact of Social
64%
of Social Media users said that social had
influence on buying decisions
* Edison Research, June 2012

14. The Impact of Social
64%
of Social Media users said that social had
influence on buying decisions
* Edison Research, June 2012

16. Dissecting the Buying Signal

17. When in the Buy Cycle?
• Positive Event Driven (Pre-Buy)
• Wedding, Pregnancy, Graduation, Trade Shows, Major Events

18. When in the Buy Cycle?
• Negative Event Driven (Pre-Buy)
• Theft, Loss

19. When in the Buy Cycle?
• Early in the Cycle
• Desire, Seeking Solution

20. When in the Buy Cycle?
• Research Phase
• Fact Check, Advice, Brainstorming, Recommend

21. When in the Buy Cycle?
• Active
• Shopping , Referral

22. Ready to start?

23. Where to begin?
• Find your keywords
• Try a few “signal words”
• “Does anyone…”
• “I am looking for…”
• “Any recommendations”
http://twitter.com/search

24. Brand
• Easy to spot buying signals
• Brand opinions
• Consumer insight
• Discover brand advocates

25. Product & Services
• Easy to spot buying
signals
• Consumer insight
• Discover brand
advocates

26. Industry
• Monitor Competition
• Brand favourability
• Trigger words
• “Does anyone…”
• “I am looking for…”
• “Any
recommendations”

27. How to Configure in Sendible?

29. Best Practices for Responding

30. Best Practices for Responding
• Get to know the Twitterer
you’re talking to… before
you start the conversation.

31. Best Practices for Responding
• To promote or help? Go with the soft touch

32. Best Practices for Responding
• Incentivize!
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33. Monitoring your competition
Competitor

34. Leveraging your own Fans and Followers

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36. Google +

37. Review sites

38. Review sites

39. Review sites
• Include all your reviews, even your negative ones
• Don’t add your own phony reviews.
• Ask for reviews & Consider offering incentives for leaving
reviews
• Respond to negative comments in a timely manner,
publicly

40. Track your progress

41. Free Social Media Audit
Register:
http://bit.ly/SendibleAudit
Any Questions?