How Tesco used
branded community to
connect to customers
Case Study
Dinko Svetopetric, MRevolution
May 2014
Agenda
1. Context
2. The story of Tesco insight community
3. What was achieved?
4. Conclusion, Q &A
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
Intro – who we are?
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
Founded 1919 in London, UK. One of leading global grocery
retailers. 12 countries in Europe and Asia.
Tesco in Poland
• since 1996
• 450 retail outlets
• >5m consumers weekly
• multi-format (gas stations,
small shops, hypermarkets)
• e-shopping
• financial services
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
• Online shop &
delivery in
major cities
• ClubCard
loyalty
programme
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
Meet Tesco brand heroes
• Household name
with Polish
consumers
• Used across Tesco
comms
• Own lingo
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet
About us
MRevolution is a tech based
insight specialist focused on
New Europe markets.
Based in Warsaw, Poland
Vision Critical certified partner
for Central and Eastern Europe
Buzz Central partner in CEE
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
Why Poland? Why now?
Crisis. What crisis?
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
Access Panel
• Quant focus
• Big (20.000 – 500.000)
• Idea Testing
• Tracking
• validation
• External sources
MROC / Community
• Qual Focus
• small (50 - 500)
• Innovation
• Co-creation
• Idea Generating
• Listening
Positioning Tesco insight community as a long-term branded custom panel
Insight Community
• Quant & Qual
• Small MROC groups on
demand
• Thousands of Members
• Testing, validating, monitoring
• Idea Testing, Innovation &
Design Testing, Tracking,
active dialogue
Positioning Tesco Community
Your
Customers
Why we chose the community?
Highly Engaging
Participation
and Engagement
Management
Deep
Customer
Profiles
Progressive profiling to learn
more and more
about your customers
over time. Add
meaningful data from
existing business
systems to complete
customer segment profiles.
Better Insight for Better Business Decisions
Longitudinal relationship driven insight that builds on itself over time
How Do We Do It?
Collective Consumer Wisdom through
Insight Communities:
Creating Tesco longitudinal customer database -
enable continuous conversation, learning &
insight
Behavioral
data
Ad-hoc
Shopper
data
A break from the past
The Community Way
Projects
silos by
department
Closed
model
Insight Better engagement into faster and
better insight, to more engagement,
which enables more informed
business decisions
The Old Way
INSIGHT
COMMUNITY
Benefits of Insight Community
approach
Longitudinal
customer
opinions
Increased
insight
efficiency
Speed
fast data in,
faster data out
Engaging
customer
experiences
Deeper
customer
profiles
Faster & Smarter
Business Decisions
Vision Critical
Technology Platform
Support
Recruitment
Community Mgmt
Project Mgmt
Research
Support
Research
Community Mgmt
Project Mgmt
Internal stakeholder mgmt
ClubCard
Roles & Responsibilities
Brand heroes got research jobs
Tesco KET community was born
Branded
PRIVATE
Member login
Community invite
Additional info
‚Tesco Experts Club’.
Exclusive. Invite only.
Challenges...
• Legal – individual
data protection laws
• Recruitment – size
matters
• Insight needs –
integrate research
with hard data
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
...and solutions
Legal...
• Hosting in the EU
• Privacy & GIODO
Recruitment...
• Use existing data sources
• Leverage current online
assets
Insight needs...
• Integrate with loyalty
database
Creating value for the customer
• Data collection challenges
– Quick-Polls
– Fun surveys
– Co-creation
– Discussion platform
• Analysing data
– Merge of loyalty & MR
– Tracking reports
• Sharing Reports
– Community-Dashboards
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
Member engagement
• Plan ahead
• Personalize
• Celebrate engagement
• Provide feedback
• Exclusive content
• Own lingo
Member engagement
Personalized portal
Creat exclusive content
& mix with existing
Keep the conversation
going
Update and re-fresh
the portal frequently
Make it easy for members
to share and co-create
Member engagement
Newsletter
Share study results
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
Member engagement
Member of the month Use multi-media to talk
to members
Engagement: visual questions
...and mobile
What do the members say?
Members love it!
• Very high response rates: >50% av.
competion rate
• High member satisfaction: 1% drop-
out rate
Some testimonials:
‚I am glad that Klub Ekspertów Tesco
was launched. Everyone now can express
their opinion and suggest things, in
order to make shopping atTesco nicer
and better.’
‚I love the idea of adding dialogues to
Tesco characters by us. This is creative.’
‚This was a great idea, and I will gladly
take part in future activities.’
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
What is new?
• Integration of MR (qual, quant), co-
creation and hard data
• Insight function helping to build
the brand
• Gamification - involving shoppers
in your category challenge
• Customer journey: learn over time
• Engage: make customer feel special
• Instant access to your customers
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
Conclusions
• Consumers love it. Response
rates superior to other methods.
• Win for Tesco: by being brave and
using new approach Tesco has
improved its insight function and
found a new way to communicate
with its customers
• Adding value to suppliers of Tesco
• 360 customer view: Direct
connection between behavioral
and attitudinal data
Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study,May 2014
Thank you!
@DinkoSvet

How Tesco used branded community to connect to customers, Case Study, Dinko Svetopetric, MRevolution

  • 1.
    How Tesco used brandedcommunity to connect to customers Case Study Dinko Svetopetric, MRevolution May 2014
  • 2.
    Agenda 1. Context 2. Thestory of Tesco insight community 3. What was achieved? 4. Conclusion, Q &A Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
  • 3.
    Intro – whowe are? Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
  • 4.
    Founded 1919 inLondon, UK. One of leading global grocery retailers. 12 countries in Europe and Asia. Tesco in Poland • since 1996 • 450 retail outlets • >5m consumers weekly • multi-format (gas stations, small shops, hypermarkets) • e-shopping • financial services Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
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    • Online shop& delivery in major cities • ClubCard loyalty programme Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
  • 6.
    Meet Tesco brandheroes • Household name with Polish consumers • Used across Tesco comms • Own lingo Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet
  • 7.
    About us MRevolution isa tech based insight specialist focused on New Europe markets. Based in Warsaw, Poland Vision Critical certified partner for Central and Eastern Europe Buzz Central partner in CEE Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
  • 8.
    Why Poland? Whynow? Crisis. What crisis? Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
  • 9.
    Access Panel • Quantfocus • Big (20.000 – 500.000) • Idea Testing • Tracking • validation • External sources MROC / Community • Qual Focus • small (50 - 500) • Innovation • Co-creation • Idea Generating • Listening Positioning Tesco insight community as a long-term branded custom panel Insight Community • Quant & Qual • Small MROC groups on demand • Thousands of Members • Testing, validating, monitoring • Idea Testing, Innovation & Design Testing, Tracking, active dialogue Positioning Tesco Community
  • 10.
    Your Customers Why we chosethe community? Highly Engaging Participation and Engagement Management Deep Customer Profiles Progressive profiling to learn more and more about your customers over time. Add meaningful data from existing business systems to complete customer segment profiles. Better Insight for Better Business Decisions Longitudinal relationship driven insight that builds on itself over time
  • 11.
    How Do WeDo It? Collective Consumer Wisdom through Insight Communities: Creating Tesco longitudinal customer database - enable continuous conversation, learning & insight
  • 12.
    Behavioral data Ad-hoc Shopper data A break fromthe past The Community Way Projects silos by department Closed model Insight Better engagement into faster and better insight, to more engagement, which enables more informed business decisions The Old Way INSIGHT COMMUNITY
  • 13.
    Benefits of InsightCommunity approach Longitudinal customer opinions Increased insight efficiency Speed fast data in, faster data out Engaging customer experiences Deeper customer profiles Faster & Smarter Business Decisions
  • 14.
    Vision Critical Technology Platform Support Recruitment CommunityMgmt Project Mgmt Research Support Research Community Mgmt Project Mgmt Internal stakeholder mgmt ClubCard Roles & Responsibilities
  • 15.
    Brand heroes gotresearch jobs
  • 16.
  • 17.
    Branded PRIVATE Member login Community invite Additionalinfo ‚Tesco Experts Club’. Exclusive. Invite only.
  • 18.
    Challenges... • Legal –individual data protection laws • Recruitment – size matters • Insight needs – integrate research with hard data Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
  • 19.
    ...and solutions Legal... • Hostingin the EU • Privacy & GIODO Recruitment... • Use existing data sources • Leverage current online assets Insight needs... • Integrate with loyalty database
  • 20.
    Creating value forthe customer • Data collection challenges – Quick-Polls – Fun surveys – Co-creation – Discussion platform • Analysing data – Merge of loyalty & MR – Tracking reports • Sharing Reports – Community-Dashboards Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
  • 21.
    Member engagement • Planahead • Personalize • Celebrate engagement • Provide feedback • Exclusive content • Own lingo
  • 22.
    Member engagement Personalized portal Createxclusive content & mix with existing Keep the conversation going Update and re-fresh the portal frequently Make it easy for members to share and co-create
  • 23.
    Member engagement Newsletter Share studyresults Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
  • 24.
    Member engagement Member ofthe month Use multi-media to talk to members
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    What do themembers say?
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    Members love it! •Very high response rates: >50% av. competion rate • High member satisfaction: 1% drop- out rate Some testimonials: ‚I am glad that Klub Ekspertów Tesco was launched. Everyone now can express their opinion and suggest things, in order to make shopping atTesco nicer and better.’ ‚I love the idea of adding dialogues to Tesco characters by us. This is creative.’ ‚This was a great idea, and I will gladly take part in future activities.’ Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
  • 29.
    What is new? •Integration of MR (qual, quant), co- creation and hard data • Insight function helping to build the brand • Gamification - involving shoppers in your category challenge • Customer journey: learn over time • Engage: make customer feel special • Instant access to your customers Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study, May 2014
  • 30.
    Conclusions • Consumers loveit. Response rates superior to other methods. • Win for Tesco: by being brave and using new approach Tesco has improved its insight function and found a new way to communicate with its customers • Adding value to suppliers of Tesco • 360 customer view: Direct connection between behavioral and attitudinal data Dinko Svetopetric @DinkoSvet Tesco Case Study,May 2014
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