Social Media and the Customer Experience
Chad Warren
Adobe
Social media doesn’t end with the start of a
conversation.




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No visibility into how social media impacts
their business goals.

No way to connect social to the rest of the
customer experience.



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The best social media campaigns don’t start
or end on social networks.




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"We live in a 140-character society. When
we have people's attention, we want to
make sure it sticks.”

Scott Monty, Ford Motor Company




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•   10x return on investment in two months
•   More than three million visits from social media to
    Adobe.com
•   13% of Creative Cloud subscriptions and 4% of
    Creative Suite purchases driven by social media
•   Social referrals spend twice as referrals from other
    sources
•   An unknown Flash Developer in Japan tweeted
    about a discount on Creative Cloud and drove over
    $5,000 in revenue


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Social doesn’t start or end on social
networks.




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Take social wherever your customer goes
and transform the customer experience.




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Chad Warren
         @chadwarren




The Four Challenges to Measuring ROI from Social Media & How to Solve Them   10

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    Social Media andthe Customer Experience Chad Warren Adobe
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    Social media doesn’tend with the start of a conversation. 2
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    No visibility intohow social media impacts their business goals. No way to connect social to the rest of the customer experience. 3
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    The best socialmedia campaigns don’t start or end on social networks. 4
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    "We live ina 140-character society. When we have people's attention, we want to make sure it sticks.” Scott Monty, Ford Motor Company 6
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    10x return on investment in two months • More than three million visits from social media to Adobe.com • 13% of Creative Cloud subscriptions and 4% of Creative Suite purchases driven by social media • Social referrals spend twice as referrals from other sources • An unknown Flash Developer in Japan tweeted about a discount on Creative Cloud and drove over $5,000 in revenue 7
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    Social doesn’t startor end on social networks. 8
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    Take social whereveryour customer goes and transform the customer experience. 9
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    Chad Warren @chadwarren The Four Challenges to Measuring ROI from Social Media & How to Solve Them 10

Editor's Notes

  • #6 Let me give you an example.Ford launch the 2011 Ford Explorer on Facebook.They were quoted saying they launched it on Facebook to, ""But, ultimately, they expect people to go into a Ford dealership, and drive away in this new car.
  • #8 Take our own social teamFor the last three years, Maria Poveromo, who leads our social media efforts, has been building a social media programShe has built a first-class social media program with a vast community footprint, engaged fans and followers, and advocates consistently spreading our messageBut, until a couple of months ago, she couldn't prove any of it. All the results she produced were based on soft metrics: Engagement, community growth, etc… Everyone in the organization intuitively understood the results, but there was nothing to back it up. A lot changed when Maria and team agreed to use Adobe Social and the Digital Marketing Suite to launch Adobe Creative Suite 6 and Creative Cloud. Here team were able to demonstrate back to the business:A 10x ROI for the team's investment in first two months after launchMore than three million visits from social media to Adobe.com during Adobe Creative Suite® 6 and Creative Cloud™ launchAccurately attributed returns across channels, showing visitors touched by social accounted for 13% of Creative Cloud subscriptions and as much as 4% of subscriptions for other established Creative Suite productsDetermined that customers on social spend twice as much once they land on Adobe.comThey even were able to isolate a unknown Flash Developer in Japan with just over 100 followers that tweeted about a discount on Creative Cloud and drove over $5,000 in revenue.This case study will soon be published and we can send you a copyNeedless to say, Maria just received a significant promotion. The business has re-aligned a number of groups under Maria to double-down our investment in social media. Maria now reports directly to the CMO, and is working directly with the brand marketing team getting questions like, "How much return could I expect for every dollar I invest in social." For the first time, she's able to answer this question.
  • #11 Work for AdobeMost people know us for our creative solutionsHalf of the business is digital marketingI lead product marketing for our social media solutionsMeaning I’m both a marketer, and someone who creates tools for marketersI spent a long time in the agency world – all digitalSocial strategy for Best Buy, Walt Disney Company, Levis MSFT, and even some of our own strategyTwitter handle here