Just the Facts: From Social to Funnel:
Connecting Social Buyers to the Customer
Creation Process

George Sadler, Director, Social Media Insights
IDC CMO Advisory Board, Best Practices in Channel Marketing, Social
Media Monitoring & Metrics, San Jose, CA, February 28, 2012
Marketing:

Powerful, Loud,
Reach &
Awareness




2
Web Marketing = Traffic and Clicks




 3
CRM for Tracking & Maybe Some Insights
Traditional CRM and Case Management Systems



                     Physical
                     persona
                                              • B2C
    •   Name
    •   Home address                          • B2B
    •   Employer
    •   Job role (ITDM?)
    •   Work address
    •   Email
    •   Ecommerce: Dell account
    •   Support Documentation
                                                            CRM



4                                                     Global Marketing
More Than Traffic/Clicks: People Sharing




5
    Source: Shanghai Web designers via Neville Hobson
Value of
Customer
Conversations
Real time, unaided,
personalized experiences
                                         Where to find you
But not organized by                Share with others how & why
business functions or               you have great products/services
segments


6
    Graphic thanks to @Gapingvoid
                                                     Global Marketing
Listening is a full-time commitment




       Application of Analytics + Modeling:
Making for Meaningful, Measurable Business Actions
7   Confidential                       Global Marketing
Social Media commentary contains valuable and
actionable information
• Identified 27 new product search • Product use issues identified and
  terms based on how customers talk  addressed in social media earlier
  about products                     than other feedback channels
   – Increased SEM campaign
     impressions by 27%




                                   • Preliminary analysis of customer
                                     sentiment trends have shown
                                     potential correlation with NPS
8   Confidential                                        Global Marketing
This is a New
    Road,

    The Infrastructure
    is evolving

    Experiment and
    Fail Fast…LEARN




9                        Global Marketing
The Journey of Social Business Metrics

             Experiment & Pilot

                 Application

                  Build Out


           Operationalize & Scaling



                                      Global Marketing
Challenge: Social CRM is Currently not a
reality, but critical to unlocking key insights
Technology and connection of these dots from social profiles and data to traditional
CRM systems



                                              Physical          • B2C

                                              persona           • B2B

                                 •   Name
                                 •   Home address
                                 •   Employer
                                 •   Job role (ITDM?)
                                 •   Work address
                                 •   Email                                    CRM
                                 •   Dell.com account
           Social persona        •   Support case info

           + Commentary
11                                                                      Global Marketing
Improving Social
Data’s Usability &
Application

+ Merging with
traditional
marketing data

                     Delivering uniform and actionable data:
                         More value to business functions
12                                              Global Marketing
Sizzle? or The Hard Work of Getting it Done for
Better Business




 13                                  Global Marketing
Thank You

Just the Facts: From Social to Funnel: Connecting Social Buyers to the Customer Creation Process

  • 1.
    Just the Facts:From Social to Funnel: Connecting Social Buyers to the Customer Creation Process George Sadler, Director, Social Media Insights IDC CMO Advisory Board, Best Practices in Channel Marketing, Social Media Monitoring & Metrics, San Jose, CA, February 28, 2012
  • 2.
  • 3.
    Web Marketing =Traffic and Clicks 3
  • 4.
    CRM for Tracking& Maybe Some Insights Traditional CRM and Case Management Systems Physical persona • B2C • Name • Home address • B2B • Employer • Job role (ITDM?) • Work address • Email • Ecommerce: Dell account • Support Documentation CRM 4 Global Marketing
  • 5.
    More Than Traffic/Clicks:People Sharing 5 Source: Shanghai Web designers via Neville Hobson
  • 6.
    Value of Customer Conversations Real time,unaided, personalized experiences Where to find you But not organized by Share with others how & why business functions or you have great products/services segments 6 Graphic thanks to @Gapingvoid Global Marketing
  • 7.
    Listening is afull-time commitment Application of Analytics + Modeling: Making for Meaningful, Measurable Business Actions 7 Confidential Global Marketing
  • 8.
    Social Media commentarycontains valuable and actionable information • Identified 27 new product search • Product use issues identified and terms based on how customers talk addressed in social media earlier about products than other feedback channels – Increased SEM campaign impressions by 27% • Preliminary analysis of customer sentiment trends have shown potential correlation with NPS 8 Confidential Global Marketing
  • 9.
    This is aNew Road, The Infrastructure is evolving Experiment and Fail Fast…LEARN 9 Global Marketing
  • 10.
    The Journey ofSocial Business Metrics Experiment & Pilot Application Build Out Operationalize & Scaling Global Marketing
  • 11.
    Challenge: Social CRMis Currently not a reality, but critical to unlocking key insights Technology and connection of these dots from social profiles and data to traditional CRM systems Physical • B2C persona • B2B • Name • Home address • Employer • Job role (ITDM?) • Work address • Email CRM • Dell.com account Social persona • Support case info + Commentary 11 Global Marketing
  • 12.
    Improving Social Data’s Usability& Application + Merging with traditional marketing data Delivering uniform and actionable data: More value to business functions 12 Global Marketing
  • 13.
    Sizzle? or TheHard Work of Getting it Done for Better Business 13 Global Marketing
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