This document discusses the opportunities and risks of corporate social media use. It provides an overview of popular social media platforms and data on their usage rates in Germany. While social media allows companies to engage customers at low cost, it also poses reputational risks if not monitored properly. The document outlines best practices for social media monitoring, including defining relevant channels, metrics, tools, and using both automated analysis and human intelligence.
Corporate image and Social Media: Opportunities and risks
1. Corporate Image and Social
Media
Opportunities and Risks
15.10.2011 Prof. Dr. Martin Michelson
2. „It takes 20 years to build a reputation
and five minutes to ruin it.
If you think about that,
you'll do things differently “
(Warren Buffet)
3. Social Media Terms and Applications
Social Media Terms and Applications
Social Networks / Communities
Discussion Forums, Professional Forums
Weblogs
Microblogs
Wikis
Video Portals / Photo Portals
Review Sites
Social Bookmarks
Source: ethority.de
4. Social Media Use
Social Media Use
German Online Users: Occasional Use
(from 14 years, percent)
80
70
60
Wikipedia
Videoportals
50
Private Networks
Photoportals
40 Business Networks
Weblogs
30 Social Bookmarks
Virtual Games
Twitter
20
10
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Source: ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie 2011
5. Social Media Use
Social Media Use
German Online Users: Regular Use
(from 14 years, percent)
40
35
30
Wikipedia
Videoportals
25
Private Networks
Photoportals
20 Business Networks
Weblogs
Social Bookmarks
15
Virtual Games
Twitter
10
5
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Source: ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie 2011
6. Reasons for companies to use Social Media
Reasons for companies to use Social Media
Targetgroup related adressing of many people
Information gathering on customers and
potential customers
Interaction with customers
From: http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/
Image care, credibility
Supplementing traditional Marketing- and
communication strategies
Increasing the number of visitors on the own website
Discovering of new business opportunities and markets
Realizing chances and risks
…at relatively low costs
7. Observing or participation
Observing or participation
Passive participation: How do others speak about us?
Activ participation: How to communicate with
interest groups?
How to react on criticism?
Is it senseful to conduct own communities,
blogs or portals?
Only or additionally?
Which media and channels are relevant?
What is communicated in the different social media?
8. Content levels of Social Media Monitoring
Content levels of Social Media Monitoring
Market Analysis, Trend observing
Observing competitors
Reputation management
(Media-) analysis
Issue management
Risk monitoring
9. Formal levels of Social Media Monitoring
Formal levels of Social Media Monitoring
Media: Which relevance?
Actors: Who says what obtaining which effect?
Content: What is communicated and how?
10. Which channels are of (potential) relevance?
Which channels are of (potential) relevance?
Examples
Facebook
Google +
Twitter
Wikipedia
Youtube
Ciao, Doyou, Idealo, Amazon (reviews)
Technorati
11. Process of Social Media Monitoring
Process of Social Media Monitoring
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12. Name of user Example: Identification of opinion leaders
Example: Identification of opinion leaders
Number of postings
Source: infospeed, w2monitor
13. Monitoring Tools
Monitoring Tools
General search engines
Source: Toprankblog.com
Special search engines
(google alerts, technorati etc.)
Systematic and continuing monitoring
Criteria: Frequency of keywords, rating of dialog partners, number of
answers, grade of linking of content
Content recognition and analysis of audiovisual data still in development
stage
Human Intelligence and interpretation ability remains
indispensable
14. Social Media and „Crowd Intelligence“
Social Media and „Crowd Intelligence“
Use external idees for innovative products or services
Use external contribution for developments and improvements
Discovering of experts
Recruiting experts