In today's fast paced world, brands have to integrate their customer and fan communities fully into their business.
Here are 5 tips to grow your Brand Community on Social Media, taken from my experience at Nespresso.
Deck presented @MixxRussia @IAB, December 2014.
28. #4
ENGAGE WITH
RELEVANT CONTENT
Content is king
(entertain, educate, inspire)
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#4
ENGAGE WITH
RELEVANT CONTENT
Create stories that are to be expressed
through every possible connection.
30. #4
ENGAGE WITH
RELEVANT CONTENT
Elements of content that move freely
amongst themselves but do not become
separate stories.
Our stories must remain connected.
We are in the digital era, it is a major revolution led by technological advances in Communication Systems
More changes in the 10 past years than before
Some say it is the third industrial revolution
40% of the world is connected
75 million of people connected in russia
We are already witnessing major shifts that are going to happen more and more
And that a new era is beginning more collaborative, communitarian
We have become augmented human beings
The costs have lowered a lot.
We are witnessing it
Politics - Transparency
Economics - Crisis
We have the technology
But we also have the will
Education – It becomes in to drop out of school, online material, educational streams of information
Non-profit organizations like the Internet archive, Wikipedia, Mozilla, The Social Media Research foundation
Bitcoin
Same place, 8 years later
Taken at the Vatican
Changes it in many different ways. It changes our behaviour.
Google is a 16 year old boy
Facebook is a 10 year
The web is now ubiquitous, it’s in our living room, at work , in our bed, always at reach.
And even though it seems people use it to share stupid jokes and argue with strangers there’s actually a lot more to it.
Not only a new generation but we are ourselves connected. Baby boomers and seniors are as well in it.
Sustainability – they are witness of the state of the planet.
Environment, elder people are accountable of what’s left of the planet
Transparency (Printemps arabe) – Facilitated by social media
No more bullshit, hard to fool them
Availability (Not Ownership) -
Community – the value a lot more Relationships
Watch the success of AirBnb for example. A communitarian tool that helps people rent their rooms to other people.
Slick design
No interstitial ads. NO ADS.
AirBnB relies on TRUST and RELATIONSHIPS. (Through recommendations)
Outstanding success!
Has served over 10 Millions Guests, the community loves it!
AirBnb is sponsoring the NYC marathon!
Airbnb to help provide emergency accommodation in Victoria under deal with Government after Hurricane Sandy
REVEAL AFTER
A start-up company helping governments? Wait what? Shouldn’t it be the other way round?
Aren’t governments and local laws supposed to shelter start-ups?
Which basically means that the system isn’t adapted anymore to this new way.
The system isn’t serving anymore its own citizen.
REVEAL –
It used to be only corrupted, now it is disrupted
in the future, some types of consumer goods like Nespresso, could be moving through retail only because there is a community supporting it.
Impossible you’d say, can you imagine building a whole consumer good company out of people? Who would manage the operations? The supply chain?
This means that the business employees literally merged with the customers.
Cru Kaffee example: Kickstarter campaign backed up by 111 people, website, retail distribution
Cru Kaffee example: Kickstarter campaign backed up by 111 people, website, retail distribution
As we are shifting from
customers -> communitiesbroadcasting -> engaging
Marketing will always follow consumer’s behaviour
So we are not the fastest company out there, or the most agile one. Far from that.
But I can give you some hints from what I learned and a view on how we accelerate in Digital at Nespresso.
Take a step back, and ask yourself who you are
Nike is sport
Coca-cola is happiness
Nespresso is… Premium, witty, innovative, expertise, sustainability, service oriented
The relationship and sustainability efforts are really part of the DNA of the brand
All this will affect the way you approach different topics, like your content, the way you distribute it online, the authenticity of your collaborations you will have.
For example: Top-tier media display campaigns, capping to 1 in retargeting campaigns
Define your social personnality profile
It is the voice of the brand in social media and it informs the content, the composition and tone of everything that is posted through the brand channel
What are the defining characteristics of the brand personality?
How can we add value to our communities?
What kind of content and subject matter should we be posting?
What do I talk about? High-end lifestyle, food, aesthetic beauty, adult life stages
What I don’t talk about? Religion, Politics
What balance of content should we maintain?
What should this communication look and sound like?
From research into the brand, category, culture and consumer we find the social positioning at the intersection of what the brand stands for, and what the consumer is looking for online
In the digital world opportunities to express yourself are countless
In the digital world opportunities to express yourself are countless
Google just bought Atlas from Boston Dynamics
A data company acquiring robotics – oh boy oh boy
There are many quick lightweight solution to push your messages.
Be more flexible than ever, don’t reinvent the wheel. Fail Forward.
From marketing experiences to marketing operations we use:
Sprinklr, Netbase, doubleclick, optimizely, Klout
requires you have handles in social sites and creative technologists
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Google+
Marketing uses technology and is limited by it (platforms)
So you need to know them
Their features, the behaviour, the content, the demographics
What are the rules? The trends?
Marketing uses those platforms but is also limited by them
For example Facebook’s algorithm is quite harsh on pages, making it almost impossible to have an organic reach
Brand partnership with:
Facebook (Garage Publishing Workshop)
Pinterest
YouTube
-> YouTube:
We have a Brand Partnership Program includes workshops, follow-up meetings and reports, avant premiere testing of some features
It is interesting, gives us a better understanding on how to leverage the platform
The hub hygiene hero content framework
Helped us in finding collaboration
There are XX people connected to the Internet.
in Russia. Enough to support and have interest in your activities.
Steve is a hip Fashion & Lifestyle YouTuber / Blogger. He loves
design, travelling, experiencing new things and especially coffee!
Subscribers: 75K +
Channel Views: 1M+
It is something hard from a global level, but some markets have taken initiative, here with Niki who seems to be the most famous cat in Russia
Tribes have never been as connected as nowadays as Seth Gibbons says it.
You can easily reach out to them and invite them to take part to your actions, if it is of interest for them.
Target them precisely
Video iconosquare / Milk Expertise
Iconosquare: tool for instagamers, big community
Contest feature
Milk Expertise Campaign
Results
Content is king (entertainment, education, inspiration)
Definition The creation of stories that are to be expressed through every possible connection
Substance of conversation and brand engagement
It has to be engaging
Liquid, meaning elements of content that move freely amongst themselves but do not become separate stories. Our stories must remain connected.
At Nespresso:
Different models: Fans, creative industry agencies, reaching out to talents in gastronomoy or KOL in sustainability
The principle is the same:
bringing extraordinary coffee experiences or moments your daily routine.
Behind the scene footage for our Club Members on Facebook
Pinterest we have an “inspired living” board very interior with then visuals about fiiting in your machine
Instagram we try to have less beauty shots and more storytelling through in real life scenes
Some storytelling example:
GC8 was also a way to push sustainability content
George is deeply engaged with our Brand, not only is he that bright, successful and sexy embassador that we all know, but is as well very involved by being part of the NSAB.
This content followed the GC campaign and served to people who were interested in our sustainability activities.
Education from our side is Expertise
Here is a video pushed on social media
The video was shot during a PR event where experts were giving masterclasses.
Without makeup, very mobile, very flexible approach. They are the best people to transmit their expertise, and passion for the work.
It is shareable aso
Another type of content – America’s cup, different content for a different target
Inspiration, added value
When engaging, are you able to move at the speed of conversation?
the moment is very important Image: Tweetdeck
Moments:
As the original creative newsroom for hire, we help brands live in the moment. Our dedicated creative and production operation develops original, made-for social content that drives relevance and starts conversations in an always-on, feed-driven world.
Conversation ambushing
This way you are building true and long lasting relationship
Remix culture
SHARE MOMENTS VIA INSTAGRAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
BLOGGERS ACTIVATION
BE PART OF THE ART OBJECT IN THE ATRIUM MALL DURING THE EVENT WEEKEND
Invite them at the door
Create hackathons
Give them opportunites
Lots of hackers, makers, entrepreuners willing to build things together
Expect the unexpected
Improvements are goin to happen at a much faster pace
Différentes étapes
There you have it, the internet.
Remember, in 9 years you’ll be 9 years older. 21 year olds will be 30 year olds.That’s already quite some change.
More than a technology the web is a network of belief
Young people aspire today to things that are really beneficial to a lot of people
Their hero should be people like jimy Wales
There are great opportunities to do that
Brands will still exist and have an added value, only if they are supported by a community
More examples of that will come in the next 9 years,
Less people hustling about wealth or celebrity, rather asking themselves how they can radically benefit most of lives.