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Social Media Intelligence
What is Social
Media Intelligence?
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Social Media Intelligence
“SMI (Social Media Intelligence) is the process of
monitoring conversations online and leveraging these
insights to make better business decisions.”
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EngageAnalyseListen
Social Media Intelligence / The three key actions
Listen to your
customers
Analyse what
they say
Strike up a
conversation
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Social Media
Monitoring
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Listen
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Social Listening / How does it work?
Listen Analyse Engag
e
I love your
competitor
because…
I want to
buy…
I have a
complaint!
I would
recommend
this…
Your brand
needs to
improve…I am an
Influencer
in this
area...
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This
product is
great!
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Social Listening / What is a mention?
Listen Analyse Engag
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Social Listening / How do you search?
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“Boolean means a value that can be either True or False”
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Social Listening / Boolean Operators
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((Phone) NEAR/5 (Samsung OR Blackberry))
NOT iPhone
NOT
O
R
AND
NEAR/
hashtags:
at_mention: links:
author:
Phone
Samsung Blackberry
iPhone
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Keywords
Boolean
Operators
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Analyse
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Social Analysis / What do you want to know?
Listen Analyse Engag
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A
What
…is being said
about your brand,
competitors and
markets
Who
…is talking? (i.e.
by which
consumer, or any
industry
influencers
Where
…are they
talking? (i.e. which
platforms and
channels)
How
…are they talking
about it (i.e.
languages,
content types:
video, image or
text
Why
…are they talking
about it? (i.e.
unmet needs?
Wrong social
strategy?)
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New
Business
…inform your pitch
work faster with
unique insight.
Increase engagement
from insights into your
customers
Influencer
Collaboration
…identify key
influencers and
connect for affiliate
and co-marketing
opportunities
Social
Channels
…monitor the success of
your social media
channels and understand
key metrics to help
improve your social
media presence
Content
Strategy
…what content
should you post?
Uncover what
content drives
engagement in
your market
Campaign
Measurement
…how successful were
your recent marketing
efforts? What lessons
can you learn?
Product
Development
…what do your
consumers want? Use
this information to
inform the
development of your
services
Marketing
Strategy
…answer the Who,
What, Where,
When and How of
your marketing
strategy
Competitor
Benchmarkin
g
…know your
competitions moves,
perceptions and how
you compare
Market
Analysis
…understand
your market and
track the latest
trends
Social Analysis / Uses
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Case Study / Target
A
Situation
Target named their
largest size
“Manatee Gray”
Impact
Consumer took to
Social Media
expressing their disgust
Resolution
Picked this up through
Social Listening and
rectified their mistake
before it became a PR
disaster
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Case Study / mycleveragency
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Situation
Improve the agency’s
pitch success rate
Impact
Loosing often to
competitors who have
more market
intelligence
Resolution
Win pitch by knowing
more about the client’s
customer than they do
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Case Study / LateRooms.com
A
Situation
Become Customer
Service Ninjas in a
Demanding Space
Impact
Cut through the large
amount of buzz around
the travel industry to
stand out from
competitors
Resolution
Target the right
Communities and
Affiliate Marketers to
drive Engagement and
increase Share of Voice
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Engagement
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Engagement / Why should I engage?
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How to start
with Social
Intelligence
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Introduction/ Social Media Intelligence Cycle
TOOL SELECTIONTARGETS
• What problems do we
have?
• What information do we
need?
• What departments
should be included?
• Finding a suitable Monitoring
tool
• How broad is their coverage?
• How deep can you dive into the
data?
• What metrics can they analyse?
• What additional services
(support) do they offer?
GATHERING DATA
• Creating queries for brand
/ product / topics /market
• Gathering relevant data
FILTERING
• Structuring the data
• Filters: channels, topics,
authors, countries, time,
sentiment etc.
ANALYSIS
• Analysis of the results
• Recommendations and
action plans
• Performance measurement
& optimisations
Social Media
Intelligence
Cycle
ENGAGEMENT
• Speak to your customers
• Drive new business
• Encourage repeat sales
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Models / Which one is right for me?
Listening/
Analysis/Eng
agement
All-in-one
Social Media
Monitoring
All-in-one
Social Media
Intelligence
Solution
…often Listening, Analysis
and Engagement are offered
separately.
…some tools offer Listening and
Analysis under the heading of
Social Media Monitoring. These
are known as best of breed tools
and partner with other tools that
focus on Engagement and
Publishing.
…some tools offer an all-
in-one solution covering
Listening, Analysis and
Engagement.
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Free Tools / Where do I start?
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Free Tools / Where do I start?
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Any
Questions?
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Social Media Intelligence: The Basics

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    What is Social MediaIntelligence? © 2016 Jessica Thomas 2
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    © 2016 JessicaThomas 3 Social Media Intelligence “SMI (Social Media Intelligence) is the process of monitoring conversations online and leveraging these insights to make better business decisions.”
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    4 © 2016 JessicaThomas EngageAnalyseListen Social Media Intelligence / The three key actions Listen to your customers Analyse what they say Strike up a conversation ! Social Media Monitoring
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    © 2016 JessicaThomas 5 Listen
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    6 Social Listening /How does it work? Listen Analyse Engag e I love your competitor because… I want to buy… I have a complaint! I would recommend this… Your brand needs to improve…I am an Influencer in this area... L This product is great!
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    7 Social Listening /What is a mention? Listen Analyse Engag e L © 2016 Jessica Thomas
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    8 L Social Listening /How do you search? © 2016 Jessica Thomas “Boolean means a value that can be either True or False”
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    9 Social Listening /Boolean Operators L ((Phone) NEAR/5 (Samsung OR Blackberry)) NOT iPhone NOT O R AND NEAR/ hashtags: at_mention: links: author: Phone Samsung Blackberry iPhone © 2016 Jessica Thomas Keywords Boolean Operators
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    © 2016 JessicaThomas 10 Analyse
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    11 Social Analysis /What do you want to know? Listen Analyse Engag e A What …is being said about your brand, competitors and markets Who …is talking? (i.e. by which consumer, or any industry influencers Where …are they talking? (i.e. which platforms and channels) How …are they talking about it (i.e. languages, content types: video, image or text Why …are they talking about it? (i.e. unmet needs? Wrong social strategy?) © 2016 Jessica Thomas
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    12 © 2016 JessicaThomas New Business …inform your pitch work faster with unique insight. Increase engagement from insights into your customers Influencer Collaboration …identify key influencers and connect for affiliate and co-marketing opportunities Social Channels …monitor the success of your social media channels and understand key metrics to help improve your social media presence Content Strategy …what content should you post? Uncover what content drives engagement in your market Campaign Measurement …how successful were your recent marketing efforts? What lessons can you learn? Product Development …what do your consumers want? Use this information to inform the development of your services Marketing Strategy …answer the Who, What, Where, When and How of your marketing strategy Competitor Benchmarkin g …know your competitions moves, perceptions and how you compare Market Analysis …understand your market and track the latest trends Social Analysis / Uses A
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    13 Case Study /Target A Situation Target named their largest size “Manatee Gray” Impact Consumer took to Social Media expressing their disgust Resolution Picked this up through Social Listening and rectified their mistake before it became a PR disaster
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    14 Case Study /mycleveragency A ©2016 Jessica Thomas Situation Improve the agency’s pitch success rate Impact Loosing often to competitors who have more market intelligence Resolution Win pitch by knowing more about the client’s customer than they do
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    15 Case Study /LateRooms.com A Situation Become Customer Service Ninjas in a Demanding Space Impact Cut through the large amount of buzz around the travel industry to stand out from competitors Resolution Target the right Communities and Affiliate Marketers to drive Engagement and increase Share of Voice ©2016 Jessica Thomas
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    © 2016 JessicaThomas 16 Engagement
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    17 © 2016 JessicaThomas Engagement / Why should I engage? E
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    © 2016 JessicaThomas 18 How to start with Social Intelligence
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    19 Introduction/ Social MediaIntelligence Cycle TOOL SELECTIONTARGETS • What problems do we have? • What information do we need? • What departments should be included? • Finding a suitable Monitoring tool • How broad is their coverage? • How deep can you dive into the data? • What metrics can they analyse? • What additional services (support) do they offer? GATHERING DATA • Creating queries for brand / product / topics /market • Gathering relevant data FILTERING • Structuring the data • Filters: channels, topics, authors, countries, time, sentiment etc. ANALYSIS • Analysis of the results • Recommendations and action plans • Performance measurement & optimisations Social Media Intelligence Cycle ENGAGEMENT • Speak to your customers • Drive new business • Encourage repeat sales
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    20 © 2016 JessicaThomas Models / Which one is right for me? Listening/ Analysis/Eng agement All-in-one Social Media Monitoring All-in-one Social Media Intelligence Solution …often Listening, Analysis and Engagement are offered separately. …some tools offer Listening and Analysis under the heading of Social Media Monitoring. These are known as best of breed tools and partner with other tools that focus on Engagement and Publishing. …some tools offer an all- in-one solution covering Listening, Analysis and Engagement.
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    21 © 2016 JessicaThomas Free Tools / Where do I start?
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    22 © 2016 JessicaThomas Free Tools / Where do I start?
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