Social Media Marketing - India Trends Study 2013 provides insights from social media-savvy organizations in India on their use of social media. Key findings include:
1. Most organizations use social media to build communities and highlight brand news. Some also use it for customer service, lead generation, and research.
2. Facebook is the most important social media platform for engagement, followed by Twitter, YouTube, and blogging. Emerging platforms like Pinterest and Foursquare are also being used.
3. Majority of organizations have conducted campaigns where social media was the leading component and have favored online fans. Most measure success through platform metrics like likes and comments.
Social Media Marketing Budgets & Marketing Strategy by Indian Companies 2013Rajesh Prabhakar
The E&Y study surveyed 48 marketing professionals from large Indian companies about their social media strategies. It found that 95.7% used social media to build communities and promote brands, while 76.1% used it for brand news. Most companies spent a small budget on social media, around 11-25 lakh rupees, compared to their total marketing budgets of hundreds of crores. Facebook was the most important platform for engagement, followed by Twitter and YouTube. Most measure the effectiveness of social media ads in achieving brand awareness and promoting contests.
Social Media Marketing – India Trends Study 2013 [Report]Social Samosa
Social Media Marketing - India Trends Study 2013 provides insights from social media-savvy organizations in India on their use of social media. Key findings include:
1. Most organizations use social media to build communities and highlight brand news. Some also use it for leads, customer service, and research.
2. Facebook is the most important social media platform for engagement, followed by Twitter, YouTube, and blogging. Emerging platforms like Pinterest and Foursquare are also being explored.
3. Majority of organizations have conducted campaigns where social media was the leading component and have favored online fans.
The document provides insights from a study on social media marketing trends among brands in India. Some key findings are:
1. Top objectives for using social media include building brand awareness, community, and customer engagement. Reputation management and thought leadership have also emerged as new objectives.
2. Facebook remains dominant but brands have introduced platforms like Google+ and LinkedIn for professional networking. Around 25% of brands launched profiles on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.
3. Most brands engage on multiple platforms at least once daily and respond to users within 1-5 hours. Budgets for social media have also increased, with 90% of brands allocating up to 15% of marketing budgets.
The document discusses
Study on impact of social media marketing in indiabikki62
This document summarizes a study on the impact of social media marketing in India. Some key findings are:
- 70% of companies in India use social media for marketing.
- Facebook is the most popular social networking platform for advertising, with 90% of respondents finding ads well-connected on Facebook.
- 85% of respondents access ads coming on their way in social networking sites.
- The study utilized a questionnaire to collect primary data from 50 social media users in India aged 16-30 on their internet usage and perceptions of advertising on social networking platforms.
The top three questions marketers want answered about social media marketing are:
1. How to measure the effect of social media marketing on their business.
2. How to integrate and manage all of their social media marketing activities.
3. The best ways to sell products and services using social media.
The majority of marketers spend 6 or more hours per week on social media marketing activities. Measuring results and integrating activities were identified as major areas marketers want to improve.
The document is a 42-page report summarizing the findings of a survey of over 3,800 marketers on their use of social media marketing. Some of the key findings include: the top questions marketers have about social media focus on measurement and targeting customers; most plan to increase their use of video/YouTube marketing; many want to learn more about Google+; the top benefits are increased exposure, traffic, and insights; and the most used social media are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, and YouTube.
The internship report summarizes Surojita Majumdar's 2-month internship at Webenza Bangalore, a digital media marketing firm, where they served on the Social Media Marketing team. Their responsibilities included client servicing, account management, social media marketing, research, ideation, competitive analysis, content creation, social media management, and data compilation. The internship helped them understand how digital media marketing works in comparison to traditional marketing, and how to use social media to meet marketing objectives and grow a business online. They learned the importance of social media being real-time and how to stay on top of trends.
Social Media Marketing Budgets & Marketing Strategy by Indian Companies 2013Rajesh Prabhakar
The E&Y study surveyed 48 marketing professionals from large Indian companies about their social media strategies. It found that 95.7% used social media to build communities and promote brands, while 76.1% used it for brand news. Most companies spent a small budget on social media, around 11-25 lakh rupees, compared to their total marketing budgets of hundreds of crores. Facebook was the most important platform for engagement, followed by Twitter and YouTube. Most measure the effectiveness of social media ads in achieving brand awareness and promoting contests.
Social Media Marketing – India Trends Study 2013 [Report]Social Samosa
Social Media Marketing - India Trends Study 2013 provides insights from social media-savvy organizations in India on their use of social media. Key findings include:
1. Most organizations use social media to build communities and highlight brand news. Some also use it for leads, customer service, and research.
2. Facebook is the most important social media platform for engagement, followed by Twitter, YouTube, and blogging. Emerging platforms like Pinterest and Foursquare are also being explored.
3. Majority of organizations have conducted campaigns where social media was the leading component and have favored online fans.
The document provides insights from a study on social media marketing trends among brands in India. Some key findings are:
1. Top objectives for using social media include building brand awareness, community, and customer engagement. Reputation management and thought leadership have also emerged as new objectives.
2. Facebook remains dominant but brands have introduced platforms like Google+ and LinkedIn for professional networking. Around 25% of brands launched profiles on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.
3. Most brands engage on multiple platforms at least once daily and respond to users within 1-5 hours. Budgets for social media have also increased, with 90% of brands allocating up to 15% of marketing budgets.
The document discusses
Study on impact of social media marketing in indiabikki62
This document summarizes a study on the impact of social media marketing in India. Some key findings are:
- 70% of companies in India use social media for marketing.
- Facebook is the most popular social networking platform for advertising, with 90% of respondents finding ads well-connected on Facebook.
- 85% of respondents access ads coming on their way in social networking sites.
- The study utilized a questionnaire to collect primary data from 50 social media users in India aged 16-30 on their internet usage and perceptions of advertising on social networking platforms.
The top three questions marketers want answered about social media marketing are:
1. How to measure the effect of social media marketing on their business.
2. How to integrate and manage all of their social media marketing activities.
3. The best ways to sell products and services using social media.
The majority of marketers spend 6 or more hours per week on social media marketing activities. Measuring results and integrating activities were identified as major areas marketers want to improve.
The document is a 42-page report summarizing the findings of a survey of over 3,800 marketers on their use of social media marketing. Some of the key findings include: the top questions marketers have about social media focus on measurement and targeting customers; most plan to increase their use of video/YouTube marketing; many want to learn more about Google+; the top benefits are increased exposure, traffic, and insights; and the most used social media are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, and YouTube.
The internship report summarizes Surojita Majumdar's 2-month internship at Webenza Bangalore, a digital media marketing firm, where they served on the Social Media Marketing team. Their responsibilities included client servicing, account management, social media marketing, research, ideation, competitive analysis, content creation, social media management, and data compilation. The internship helped them understand how digital media marketing works in comparison to traditional marketing, and how to use social media to meet marketing objectives and grow a business online. They learned the importance of social media being real-time and how to stay on top of trends.
The study is to analyse the digital marketing techniques used by the customers with respect to construction industry. The study is done in order to gain knowledge about the utility of digital marketing in construction industry and to identify how effectively it can be used. The researcher circulated the questionnaire among the general public. The most preferred digital marketing technique in construction industry is found to be social media marketing. In future marketing agents of construction industry need to develop advertisements to be posted in social media websites.
This document appears to be the beginning of a project report submitted for a Master's degree program. It includes standard elements like an undertaking statement, certificate of originality, acknowledgements and preface. The project report focuses on analyzing social media marketing strategies of Paytm in India. It provides an executive summary that highlights key findings such as the importance marketers place on social media, top areas they want to improve like measurement and integration, and trends in social media usage and budgets. The introduction gives an overview of social media marketing and tools used.
Social / Digital Media - A report on new trends in industryManeesh Garg
Social Media - Analysis of great social media campaigns of all time. Also a brief look on social media campaign run by Spice Mobile India. The presentation is also available for this report in my uploads.
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The document is a 2010 social media marketing industry report that summarizes findings from a survey of marketers. Some key findings include:
- The top questions marketers want answered relate to measuring ROI from social media, best practices, and time management.
- Most marketers are new to social media, with 65% having used it for only a few months or less.
- Over half of marketers spend 6+ hours per week on social media marketing.
- The main benefits reported are increased exposure, traffic, and new business partnerships. Benefits increase with more time spent and experience.
- The most commonly used social media tools are Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and blogs. Market
1) The document is a summer internship project report analyzing conversion rate optimization through digital marketing for Outlook magazine.
2) The objectives were to analyze how the digital platform helps Outlook's popularity, consumer response to the digital format, and preferred payment methods.
3) Research methodology included descriptive research, sampling, primary data collection from 100 readers using surveys and convenience sampling.
Customer satisfaction towards_whatsapp by Yash VardhanYash Vardhan
This document provides an overview of mobile messaging applications and their future potential for revenue generation. It discusses popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, and others. It notes that while user growth is highly valued, these apps have not been instantly lucrative. However, potential revenue models include charging for premium content, allowing brands to use the platform, gaming/in-app purchases, and developing content distribution platforms. The companies that expand beyond just messaging and develop successful content platforms will be winners in this competitive market.
To what extent are companies using Social Media within their Digital Communit...Maria Jose Serres-Rouse
This is a findings and analysis chapter of a MSc Digital Marketing degree Dissertation by Maria Jose Serres.
The purpose of the dissertation was to investigate to what extent companies are using Social Media within their digital communities.
I also had the opportunity to examine in what ways the company's culture has been affected since it adopted Social Media and to what extent Social Media is allowing companies to deliver value to their Communities, as measured by their own objectives.
Many companies adopted Social Media, but not all of them are now obtaining the results they expected at first. Mistakes are related to misunderstanding and lack of strategy.
The organisations that are succeeding have many characteristics in common that are related to the companies’ values and changes in the culture.
This document contains the findings of my research.
In case you want the details of the data obtained from experts or the discussion of the implications I created, please contact by email.
You can use the information contained in this document, please include a copyright notice and the name of the writer when you do it.
Maria Jose Serres
MSc Digital Marketing
Southampton University
2010 -2011
@mjserres
This document discusses a study on the effectiveness of social media marketing for promoting new products in technology industries. It includes a literature review on social media marketing and marketing in technology industries. The methodology section notes that the study will examine case studies of Lenovo and Fitbit on Facebook and Twitter through secondary research and statistical data analysis. The goal is to determine if social media can successfully promote new technology products.
An analysis of sustainable marketing and how is managed through social media ...luiseduardomedinazam
The research involved:
• Analysis of how sustainable companies use social media to promote engagement to consumers.
• Evaluation of how sustainable marketing practices are impacting the customer journey.
Project report on 'customer satisfaction towards whatsapp'Chirag Patel
marketing research on "WhatsApp Inc." for general understanding of the marketing research. However in particular my emphasis was on to fulfill the objective of research and to find out and to explore the analyses of primary data.
This Project Report is to measure the Satisfaction level of WhatsApp Messenger; customer satisfaction is a measure of how products and services supplied by a company meet customer expectation. Customer satisfaction is critical if a company is to register high sales profits.
WiZE Beyond Chatting Business Resourcemaharastaman
The document discusses how social media is increasingly being used as a business resource beyond just communicating with friends. It summarizes findings from a 2009 benchmark study on business use of social media. The study found that nearly 65% of respondents used social media as part of their normal work routine, such as reading blogs or using Twitter. It also examines which types of employees, companies, and industries make greater use of social media as a business information resource. Key factors studied include job level, role, company size, and industry.
Project Report on CUSTOMER SATISFACTION TOWARDS WHATSAPPAnkush Sinha Ray
The document is a project report on customer satisfaction towards WhatsApp. It discusses mobile applications and different social messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, and WeChat. It also covers the future of mobile messaging and competition between apps. The report aims to measure customer satisfaction with WhatsApp by analyzing primary data collected. It includes chapters on introducing WhatsApp, analyzing its strategy, research methodology, data analysis, findings, and recommendations.
The document summarizes the results of a survey conducted by The Wheel on social media use among community and voluntary organizations in Ireland. Key findings from the survey include:
- Most organizations have a positive attitude towards social media but nearly half struggle with implementation.
- Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn are the most commonly used platforms.
- Organizations spend 1-5 hours per week on social media but are not always active when their audiences are online.
- Few organizations have policies, track results, or allocate budgets for social media.
This document summarizes a research paper on the impact of WhatsApp usage on Indian youth. It introduces the topic and problem statement of analyzing how WhatsApp usage affects youth behavior in India. It then outlines the proposed solution of reviewing related research papers, designing a survey questionnaire, collecting and analyzing data, and writing a research paper. Key research papers on topics like social media and performance impacts are referenced. The document also summarizes sections that will analyze WhatsApp privacy and compare WhatsApp to SMS usage. It includes examples of survey questions and concludes that WhatsApp is widely used for messaging but can both positively and negatively impact areas like education, community, and physical activity.
Social media marketing - MBA Project - International MarketingAnand Waindeshkar
The document discusses social media marketing in an international environment. It begins with definitions of social media and social media marketing. It then outlines the types of social media channels and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of social media marketing through a SWOT analysis. The document also explores the past, present and future of social media, and provides a case study on Ford's social media efforts. It concludes by emphasizing that social media is a powerful tool but must be used effectively.
To Understand the Eco-System in Digital Media Marketing.Saurabh Giratkar
Title of the Dissertation Report is “To Understand the ecosystem of digital media marketing” and Objectives of the Dissertation are to understand the change in consumer buying behavior in digital era. Methodology used for achieving these objectives is a exploratory research. For achieving the objective, I have done one research using an online questionnaire. The title for the research is “Understand the consumer buying behaviour of Indian in digital era”.
Main findings of this Dissertation are given here. Indian customers are highly information seekers. They collect more information about a product before buying it. Internet penetration in India is key player for this phenomenon. Most of Indians are getting stimulus through advertisements, but they are not reaching to end phase of customers purchase journey, mainly in high involvement purchases. Brands are getting more touch point to reach their target group in this digital era. More details about findings are given this report.
The successful completion of this Dissertation indicates that the future of marketing is in the hands of digital. I conclude my research by quoting again that “Brands can’t sustain without digital presence”
Advertising in business is a form of marketing communication used to encourage, persuade, or manipulate an audience to take or continue to take some action. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behaviour with respect to a commercial offering. Advertising is defined by Richard F. Taflinger as “Advertising is the non-personal communication of information usually paid for and usually persuasive in nature about products, services or ideas by identified sponsors through the various media."
The document discusses social media as a new marketing strategy. It begins by defining social media as a platform that is easily accessible for people to freely interact and share information. It then discusses how social media can benefit organizations by fostering brand awareness and improving customer service in a relatively inexpensive way. The document also notes that social media allows companies to implement marketing campaigns and build brand recognition. It provides an overview of popular social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and analyzes their usage and growth in India. The objectives of the study are outlined, which include highlighting the advantages of social media for society and brands. A literature review and research methodology are also presented, with data on social media usage by respondents.
Community building and highlighting news are the top reasons for social media use by organisations in India. Organisations are also increasingly using social media to generate leads, customer service, and research to get customer feedback, understand customer behaviour, and competitive benchmarking.
This report explores how social media can be an effective tool to connect with your clients.
For further information on EY's advisory services visit: http://bit.ly/1fDLYMG
This paper is based on Use of social media in business. This research proposal comes under the Business Research Method subject.
I will also upload our paper presentation based on the same topic.
Feel free to contact.
The study is to analyse the digital marketing techniques used by the customers with respect to construction industry. The study is done in order to gain knowledge about the utility of digital marketing in construction industry and to identify how effectively it can be used. The researcher circulated the questionnaire among the general public. The most preferred digital marketing technique in construction industry is found to be social media marketing. In future marketing agents of construction industry need to develop advertisements to be posted in social media websites.
This document appears to be the beginning of a project report submitted for a Master's degree program. It includes standard elements like an undertaking statement, certificate of originality, acknowledgements and preface. The project report focuses on analyzing social media marketing strategies of Paytm in India. It provides an executive summary that highlights key findings such as the importance marketers place on social media, top areas they want to improve like measurement and integration, and trends in social media usage and budgets. The introduction gives an overview of social media marketing and tools used.
Social / Digital Media - A report on new trends in industryManeesh Garg
Social Media - Analysis of great social media campaigns of all time. Also a brief look on social media campaign run by Spice Mobile India. The presentation is also available for this report in my uploads.
To get a copy of this presentation, share your views about the presentation with your email id in Comments section... I keep on updating my presentations and documents. To ensure that you don't miss any update or new upload don't forget to press the "FOLLOW" and "LIKE" button
The document is a 2010 social media marketing industry report that summarizes findings from a survey of marketers. Some key findings include:
- The top questions marketers want answered relate to measuring ROI from social media, best practices, and time management.
- Most marketers are new to social media, with 65% having used it for only a few months or less.
- Over half of marketers spend 6+ hours per week on social media marketing.
- The main benefits reported are increased exposure, traffic, and new business partnerships. Benefits increase with more time spent and experience.
- The most commonly used social media tools are Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and blogs. Market
1) The document is a summer internship project report analyzing conversion rate optimization through digital marketing for Outlook magazine.
2) The objectives were to analyze how the digital platform helps Outlook's popularity, consumer response to the digital format, and preferred payment methods.
3) Research methodology included descriptive research, sampling, primary data collection from 100 readers using surveys and convenience sampling.
Customer satisfaction towards_whatsapp by Yash VardhanYash Vardhan
This document provides an overview of mobile messaging applications and their future potential for revenue generation. It discusses popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, and others. It notes that while user growth is highly valued, these apps have not been instantly lucrative. However, potential revenue models include charging for premium content, allowing brands to use the platform, gaming/in-app purchases, and developing content distribution platforms. The companies that expand beyond just messaging and develop successful content platforms will be winners in this competitive market.
To what extent are companies using Social Media within their Digital Communit...Maria Jose Serres-Rouse
This is a findings and analysis chapter of a MSc Digital Marketing degree Dissertation by Maria Jose Serres.
The purpose of the dissertation was to investigate to what extent companies are using Social Media within their digital communities.
I also had the opportunity to examine in what ways the company's culture has been affected since it adopted Social Media and to what extent Social Media is allowing companies to deliver value to their Communities, as measured by their own objectives.
Many companies adopted Social Media, but not all of them are now obtaining the results they expected at first. Mistakes are related to misunderstanding and lack of strategy.
The organisations that are succeeding have many characteristics in common that are related to the companies’ values and changes in the culture.
This document contains the findings of my research.
In case you want the details of the data obtained from experts or the discussion of the implications I created, please contact by email.
You can use the information contained in this document, please include a copyright notice and the name of the writer when you do it.
Maria Jose Serres
MSc Digital Marketing
Southampton University
2010 -2011
@mjserres
This document discusses a study on the effectiveness of social media marketing for promoting new products in technology industries. It includes a literature review on social media marketing and marketing in technology industries. The methodology section notes that the study will examine case studies of Lenovo and Fitbit on Facebook and Twitter through secondary research and statistical data analysis. The goal is to determine if social media can successfully promote new technology products.
An analysis of sustainable marketing and how is managed through social media ...luiseduardomedinazam
The research involved:
• Analysis of how sustainable companies use social media to promote engagement to consumers.
• Evaluation of how sustainable marketing practices are impacting the customer journey.
Project report on 'customer satisfaction towards whatsapp'Chirag Patel
marketing research on "WhatsApp Inc." for general understanding of the marketing research. However in particular my emphasis was on to fulfill the objective of research and to find out and to explore the analyses of primary data.
This Project Report is to measure the Satisfaction level of WhatsApp Messenger; customer satisfaction is a measure of how products and services supplied by a company meet customer expectation. Customer satisfaction is critical if a company is to register high sales profits.
WiZE Beyond Chatting Business Resourcemaharastaman
The document discusses how social media is increasingly being used as a business resource beyond just communicating with friends. It summarizes findings from a 2009 benchmark study on business use of social media. The study found that nearly 65% of respondents used social media as part of their normal work routine, such as reading blogs or using Twitter. It also examines which types of employees, companies, and industries make greater use of social media as a business information resource. Key factors studied include job level, role, company size, and industry.
Project Report on CUSTOMER SATISFACTION TOWARDS WHATSAPPAnkush Sinha Ray
The document is a project report on customer satisfaction towards WhatsApp. It discusses mobile applications and different social messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, and WeChat. It also covers the future of mobile messaging and competition between apps. The report aims to measure customer satisfaction with WhatsApp by analyzing primary data collected. It includes chapters on introducing WhatsApp, analyzing its strategy, research methodology, data analysis, findings, and recommendations.
The document summarizes the results of a survey conducted by The Wheel on social media use among community and voluntary organizations in Ireland. Key findings from the survey include:
- Most organizations have a positive attitude towards social media but nearly half struggle with implementation.
- Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn are the most commonly used platforms.
- Organizations spend 1-5 hours per week on social media but are not always active when their audiences are online.
- Few organizations have policies, track results, or allocate budgets for social media.
This document summarizes a research paper on the impact of WhatsApp usage on Indian youth. It introduces the topic and problem statement of analyzing how WhatsApp usage affects youth behavior in India. It then outlines the proposed solution of reviewing related research papers, designing a survey questionnaire, collecting and analyzing data, and writing a research paper. Key research papers on topics like social media and performance impacts are referenced. The document also summarizes sections that will analyze WhatsApp privacy and compare WhatsApp to SMS usage. It includes examples of survey questions and concludes that WhatsApp is widely used for messaging but can both positively and negatively impact areas like education, community, and physical activity.
Social media marketing - MBA Project - International MarketingAnand Waindeshkar
The document discusses social media marketing in an international environment. It begins with definitions of social media and social media marketing. It then outlines the types of social media channels and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of social media marketing through a SWOT analysis. The document also explores the past, present and future of social media, and provides a case study on Ford's social media efforts. It concludes by emphasizing that social media is a powerful tool but must be used effectively.
To Understand the Eco-System in Digital Media Marketing.Saurabh Giratkar
Title of the Dissertation Report is “To Understand the ecosystem of digital media marketing” and Objectives of the Dissertation are to understand the change in consumer buying behavior in digital era. Methodology used for achieving these objectives is a exploratory research. For achieving the objective, I have done one research using an online questionnaire. The title for the research is “Understand the consumer buying behaviour of Indian in digital era”.
Main findings of this Dissertation are given here. Indian customers are highly information seekers. They collect more information about a product before buying it. Internet penetration in India is key player for this phenomenon. Most of Indians are getting stimulus through advertisements, but they are not reaching to end phase of customers purchase journey, mainly in high involvement purchases. Brands are getting more touch point to reach their target group in this digital era. More details about findings are given this report.
The successful completion of this Dissertation indicates that the future of marketing is in the hands of digital. I conclude my research by quoting again that “Brands can’t sustain without digital presence”
Advertising in business is a form of marketing communication used to encourage, persuade, or manipulate an audience to take or continue to take some action. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behaviour with respect to a commercial offering. Advertising is defined by Richard F. Taflinger as “Advertising is the non-personal communication of information usually paid for and usually persuasive in nature about products, services or ideas by identified sponsors through the various media."
The document discusses social media as a new marketing strategy. It begins by defining social media as a platform that is easily accessible for people to freely interact and share information. It then discusses how social media can benefit organizations by fostering brand awareness and improving customer service in a relatively inexpensive way. The document also notes that social media allows companies to implement marketing campaigns and build brand recognition. It provides an overview of popular social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and analyzes their usage and growth in India. The objectives of the study are outlined, which include highlighting the advantages of social media for society and brands. A literature review and research methodology are also presented, with data on social media usage by respondents.
Community building and highlighting news are the top reasons for social media use by organisations in India. Organisations are also increasingly using social media to generate leads, customer service, and research to get customer feedback, understand customer behaviour, and competitive benchmarking.
This report explores how social media can be an effective tool to connect with your clients.
For further information on EY's advisory services visit: http://bit.ly/1fDLYMG
This paper is based on Use of social media in business. This research proposal comes under the Business Research Method subject.
I will also upload our paper presentation based on the same topic.
Feel free to contact.
Social Media Marketing and the changes it is bringing in IMCGaurav Mehrotra
The document summarizes the results of surveys conducted with companies and users regarding social media marketing. The company survey found that most use Facebook and their primary goals are brand awareness and customer engagement. Companies face challenges with content creation and measurement. Most have social media teams and post daily. The user survey found that product learning and entertainment were most effective at keeping users engaged. Product learning and collaboration were best at attracting users. [END SUMMARY]
A study on role of social media marketing in promotion of products and servicesPriyansh Kesarwani
This document summarizes a presentation on a project report about the role of social media marketing in promoting products and services. The presentation includes an introduction to the topic, the significance of studying this topic, a literature review on social media usage and trends, a profile of the company studied, the objectives and methodology of the research project, findings from data interpretation, and conclusions. The research aimed to understand customer perceptions and behavior regarding social media marketing and digital promotion of products and services.
Social media insights - What most companies & brands don't knowGeek4Green
Most companies are investing in social media but few feel they are using it effectively. While 79% of companies surveyed use or plan to use social media, only 12% feel they are using it effectively. Effective users engage with customers by monitoring trends, researching new products on social media, and using multiple social media channels. However, many companies still view social media as one-way marketing rather than a conversation. Few have formal social media strategies or measure return on investment from social media. While awareness and website traffic are common benefits, effective users see social media as a way to interact with customers.
How to conduct a social media assessmentAndrea Baker
This document provides guidance on conducting a social media assessment for an organization. It recommends conducting an organizational assessment, brand assessment, and initial planning. It asks a series of questions to consider such as the benefits of social media, target audiences, available resources, and metrics. The assessment involves understanding how social media fits with overall goals, competitors, and conversations. It also provides a checklist for various stages of developing a social media strategy and presence.
Social media marketing refers to gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites. It involves creating content to attract attention and encourage sharing within social networks. This allows corporate messages to spread from user to user in an earned rather than paid manner. While brands understand social media's impact, many still face challenges in generating consistent content, demonstrating ROI, allocating resources, and integrating social interactions into CRM. The benefits of social media marketing include creating brand awareness and establishing trust through online communities. [END SUMMARY]
Most companies have adopted social media in the past 18 months, focusing on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and blogs. While brand building is currently the primary goal of social media usage, it takes time for companies to incorporate social media effectively into their business models. Communications, advertising and marketing agencies have been the leading adopters of social media so far, but lack of management support and concerns about confidentiality are still among the top obstacles to adoption.
1) The survey found that 74% of brands have engaged in social media initiatives in the past 2 years, showing how mainstream social media has become.
2) Marketing departments lead social media programs for nearly 80% of brands, while purposes like online reputation management, lead generation, and marketing are top priorities.
3) Facebook and Twitter are the most widely used social media channels, used by 90% and 83% of brands respectively, while mobile social media platforms are gaining popularity with 26% of brands currently using them.
India Social Media Report Edition 2 by Blogworks in assoc with NM Incite (A N...India Social
India Social Media Report, Edition 2, is compiled from responses of 444 brands/ organisations and Agencies, who participated in a detailed online survey conducted in November 2010, to understand the nature and level of social media usage by businesses and brands in India. The report presents actionable insights on social media trends and spends for brands and organisations. Copies can be ordered by writing to report@blogworks.in.
IMC 611: Marketing Research and Analysis Final Project Colin Haas
This final project was to find a research piece and break it down into a presentation that included usage of notes section to give direction to the presenter. The presentation is based off a Forrester 2013 report on engaged social followers are your best customers.
During 2014, Harris Poll conducted 760+ surveys with global Enterprise organizations on behalf of Hootsuite. Research topics related to social media included: usage, benefits and challenges, strategies and implementation and usage and benefits of a management platform.
“How Marketers are using Social Media Marketing to grow their Business”Tamanna Satsangi
This study set out to understand how marketers are using social media to grow and promote their businesses and also how consumers are dealing with SMM.
3 reasons digital marketing executives should revisit thier social strategyBryan Rusche
A few months ago, I was Director of Marketing at a SaaS startup. Social wasn't a big part of my overall go to market strategy. Since joining Hootsuite, I dug into the latest trends and these are the three that really stuck out for me as things I didn't understand, but wish I had.
Let me know if you have questions or thoughts about anything here. I've kept it short and tight and hopefully scannable so you get value in just a few minutes. The sort of value that's a seed planted that gets you thinking about the right things.
The document discusses the state of social media and social business in companies. Some key points:
- Most companies now have dedicated social media teams that are growing in size and responsibilities.
- Companies see social data as important across the entire customer journey from awareness to loyalty.
- Many companies characterize themselves as intermediate in social business maturity but see it improving brand experience and marketing effectiveness.
- Integrating social data with other enterprise data remains a challenge for most companies.
This document discusses social media usage statistics and strategies for social media marketing. It notes that over 800 million people use social media globally, including many users over 30 years old. While myths exist that social media is not relevant for B2B or conversion, facts show that 41% of B2B companies using Facebook and 62% of B2C companies using Facebook have acquired new customers from it. The document provides tips for getting started with social media, including defining clear objectives, researching your brand, listening before posting, identifying influencers, creating online identities, and developing content. It also discusses measuring social media effectiveness and handling crises.
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3. Foreword
According to media reports, Indian organizations use
social media much more than the global average and
those of their counterparts in emerging economies.
While we have a number of case studies, awards and
online tools to gather insights, we wanted to explore
how social media-savvy organizations in India are using
the medium. We wanted to understand social media
objectives, tactics, departments that manage social
media, how do organizations use social media ads,
social media measurement, budget, and the agency
environment among others.
With this objective in mind, in the last quarter of 2012
and early 2013, we reached out to various organizations
in India. We received a total of 48 participations from
professionals who are responsible for managing the
digital outreaches of their respective organizations or
brands.
As we expected, the study has thrown up some good
insights. This study represents the views of several
organizations in India that have comparatively invested
more in terms of money, resources, or initiatives than
their counterparts, and we think it will help in creating
standards across the industry and in promoting the
medium among many more organizations in the country
that want to scale up on using the medium.
We have added our perspectives and secondary research
to augment the findings and provide depth and context.
We would like to thank all our participants and industry
experts who have shared their input generously.
Dinesh Mishra
Customer Practice Leader (India)
Ernst & Young LLP
4. Participating
organizations/brands
Bajaj Finserv Lending
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
BMW India Pvt. Ltd.
Café Coffee Day
Citi India
Cleartrip Pvt. Ltd.
Cocoberry
Flipkart.com
Ford India Pvt. Ltd.
Hasbro Clothing
Harley-Davidson India
Honda Cars India Ltd.
Lifestyle International (P) Ltd.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
MTV India
Network18
Pepsi India
Panasonic India
Plan India
P&G India
Rajasthan Royals
Royal Challengers Bangalore
SAP India Pvt. Ltd.
Shoppers Stop Ltd.
Tata Motors Ltd.
Wildcraft
Vadilal Industries Ltd
Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd.
Yatra.com
As part of the study, we asked our
participants a set of 40 questions
regarding the use of social media in
their organizations. Input was collected
online, on email, or through telephonic
interviews. Responses to each question
have been quantified and reflected in
the charts that appear in this report.
We also reached out to various industry
experts and bloggers to provide their
perspective on various topics around
their specialty areas, which is also
being covered in this study. Their
inputs are meant to provide depth
to the report, and not to be seen as
endorsements to survey findings.
The methodology
4 | Social Media Marketing – India Trends Study 2013
And 18 other organisations
5. Content
Key findings
1. Why social media?
2. Which social media platform?
3. How does social media fit in with other types of campaigns
4. Engaging social communities popular practices
5. Use social media ads
6. Success measurement
7. Social media budget
8. Department managing social media
9. Agency structure
10. Future of social media in organizations
Social Media Marketing – India Trends Study 2013 | 5
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How do organizations engage with their
social communities
4. Popular practices
a. Type of content: A majority of social media savvy organizations
prefer to post generic updates instead of brand updates.
b. Frequency of updates and responses: Social media-savvy
organizations posts multiple updates a day. Majority of social
media-savvy organizations respond to fan queries within 30 to
60 minutes on Twitter and within 30 minutes to a few hours on
Facebook.
c. Contests/promotions: Picture contests are the most popular
contests among social media-savvy organizations in India —
most contests are organized monthly.
d. Policies: Majority of social media-savvy organizations in India
surveyed have social media guidelines for better governance
and online monitoring programs to listen to conversations;
however, less than half have crisis manuals.
e. Tools used: Many social media-savvy organizations in India
use tools for online monitoring, response management, or
managing social media platforms.
f. Social media for research: Almost half of the social media-savvy
organizations in India have conducted research using social
media tools to get customer feedback and understand more
about customer behavior.
g. Mobile: Half of the social media-savvy organizations in India
have created mobile phone apps and one-fourth plans to
create one.
Key findings
Why social media
1. Most social media-savvy organizations in
India use the medium to build communities
95.7% of the surveyed social media-savvy organizations in India
use the medium to build communities and advocate usage while
76.1% use social media as a platform to highlight brand news.
Around 16% of organizations, which use social media for both the
above reasons also use it for customer service, lead generation,
and research indicating high social maturity and moving toward
getting business meanings out of engagements.
Which social media platform
2. Facebook most important platform for
marketers in India for engaging customers,
followed by Twitter, YouTube and blogging
Almost half of the social media-savvy organizations are already
using emerging platforms such as Pinterest, Google Plus,
and Foursquare. More than half of the social media-savvy
organizations surveyed regularly engage with bloggers or online
influencers who have authority and strong following.
How does social media fit in with other
marketing/communications campaigns
3. Social media-savvy organizations in India
have conducted campaigns where social media
is the leading component
Social media-savvy organizations in India speed up processes
or show special favor for online fans
Among the leading 87.5% said they have conducted campaigns
where social media was the leading component. More than half of
the surveyed organizations have speeded up processes or have
shown a special favour for their online fans and followers that
they wouldn’t normally do for their offline customers.
Social Media Marketing – India Trends Study 2013 provides answers to
some pertinent questions around social media marketing among social
media-savvy organizations in India:
7. Social Media Marketing – India Trends Study 2013 | 7
Which department manages social media
8. Majority of social media efforts in India are
managed by marketing teams
76.7% of social media-savvy organizations said they have their
marketing department handling social media with the rest being
handled by a cross functional team/across functions or by the PR/
communications team. Other than marketing, 34.6% said they
use social media for thought leadership and 26.9% said they use
social media for CSR. A majority (70.2%) said they have an in
house social media expert in middle management.
Agency structure
9. Majority of social media-savvy organizations
in India use standalone digital agencies as
compared to PR or ad agencies
73.8% of surveyed social media-savvy organizations have chosen
standalone digital agencies as compared to PR, ad agencies,
or freelancers. 59.1% of the organizations surveyed also said
that they are happy with their current agencies while 40.9%
responded with either a ”maybe” or a ”no.”
Future of social media
10. Social media-savvy organizations in India
are very optimistic about the future
Social media-savvy organizations are very optimistic about the
role of social media in their organizations. Though measures such
as sales and leads are not very evident for all organizations, they
have realized that it plays an important role in generating insights
and engaging with customers on a continued basis. Social media
has helped organizations to create their own communities of
fans, customers or prospects. In the future, organizations hope
to focus more on social media and are looking forward greater
adoption within their organizations.
How do organizations use social media ads
5. Majority of social media-savvy organizations
use social media ads to promote online
campaigns and brand awarenesss, and find
them beneficial
83% of the social media-savvy organizations surveyed said that
they have used social media ads, with majority of the ads being
used to promote a contest/promotion or for brand awareness.
88.6% said they find social media ads to be beneficial in achieving
those objectives.
How do you measure social media success?
6. Majority of social media-savvy organizations
in India measure social media efforts through
platform-specific parameters
81% of the social media-savvy organizations surveyed said that
they measure their social media efforts through platform-specific
parameters such as likes, people talking about this, etc. 46.7%
of the organizations surveyed said they have not measured
revenue from their social media efforts. On the positive side,
some organizations are already measuring social media efforts
through leads, sentiment, brand visibility and have seen increase
in revenue from social media efforts.
Social media budget
7. Almost half of social media-savvy
organizations spend 1%–5% of their marketing
budget on social media, most social media
budgets are below INR10 million
41.5% of social media-savvy organizations said that around
1%–5% of their marketing budget in spent on social media. Three-
fourths of the organizations surveyed have their social media
budget below INR10 million, while a little above a quarter of the
organizations surveyed have social media budgets exceeding
INR20 million.
8. 8 | Social Media Marketing – India Trends Study 2013
Most social media-savvy
organizations in India use the
medium to build communities
Way back in 2010, a Harvard Business Review study found in its
survey that the biggest benefit businesses think they derive from
using social media was increased awareness of their brands or
products.1
While this continues to be a key reason for social media
adoption even today, the top-most reason why organizations
are using social media has shifted to building communities. An
overwhelming 95.7% of social media-savvy organizations in India
that we surveyed said they use the medium to build communities
and advocates to directly or indirectly help in creating positive
word of mouth.
It is interesting to note that till two years back, organizations put
a one-way metric such as awareness as the top reason for social
media usage. Today’s shift is likely to be in part due to the almost
overwhelming Facebook phenomenon, nevertheless when the
power of social networks is realized by service providers, the
consumers stand to benefit the most.
95.7%
43.5%
58.7%
76.1%
41.3%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Build
community/
advocates
Generate
leads
Customer
service
Platform to
highlight brand
development
/news
Research
What is the objective of your social media engagement?
Tick all that is relevant.
1. Why social media
9. Social Media Marketing – India Trends Study 2013 | 9
Around 16% of the surveyed organizations said they use social
media not just for one reason but to build community, generate
leads, customer service, highlight news and research. This
indicates that some social media-savvy organizations in India
seemed to be moving toward utilizing the medium much more
than connecting with customers and prospects but leveraging
business meanings out of those engagements.
In this context, it is important to remember that while
organizations find social media a good platform to interact with
customers and build communities, for most consumers, social
media is about connecting with friends and families, accessing
news, reviews and entertainment, as well as sharing opinion and
not so much about interacting with brands.2
Organizations need
to ask themselves about the value they are providing to their fans
and followers on their channels or communities.
A key fact to remember is that building communities is not the
end goal. A community provides a platform for brands to reach
out to a number of potential customers at one go for marketing
or promotional initiatives. It helps customers bond, bolster the
brand experience stories, and create stronger word of mouth.
In the long run, it helps in creating increased customer loyalty,
better and speedier resolution of customer queries, lowering
of marketing and service costs, and flow of innovative ideas.
As organizations’ use of social media grows, they should start
looking at identifying and measuring these benefits. Some
organizations from among those we reached out to are already on
the way to doing this. From among those organizations who said
they use social media to build communities, half of them also use
it to highlight news, 39.5% also use it for customer service, 31%
for research, and 25% to generate leads.
10. 10 | Social Media Marketing – India Trends Study 2013
Facebook most important platform
for marketers in India, followed by
Twitter, YouTube and blogging
Being the most popular social media platform in India with more than
62 million users,1
Facebook is the favorite playground for social media-
savvy organizations in India to banter in everyday conversations
and organize engaging promotions and contests for fans. 89.6% of
all surveyed organizations placed Facebook as the most important
platform for engagement. Interestingly, there were more than 100
Facebook campaigns in India in 2012, which translates to more than 8
campaigns running simultaneously per month.2
Which are the platforms you used for your social media
marketing efforts?
Eg. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blog, etc. Can you rank them? 1 being
the most important/ priority area.
89.6%
4.2%
0.0%
6.3%
0.0%
0.0%
8.3%
56.3%
29.2%
2.1%
2.1%
0.0%
2.1%
22.9%
39.6%
22.9%
10.1%
4.3%
2.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
6.3%
19.1%
23.4%
0.0%
2.1%
0.0%
2.1%
14.9%
6.4%
0.0%
8.3%
4.2%
29.2%
44.7%
68.1%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Blog
Pinterest
Foursquare
1 2 3 4 5 6 N/A
2. Which social media platforms
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According to a story in The Economic Times, advertising agencies
today have started to create YouTube specific ads as against re-
purposing TV commercials.4
One of the most successful company
produced viral hit last year was a video from Finnair in which a
team of cabin crew performed a flash dance to celebrate India’s
Republic Day.5
Blogging followed YouTube as the most important platform
for organizations. Blogging particularly is important when
organizations want to share thought leadership or trends in
an area of mass interest. For instance, a fashion blog, a movie
blog or technology blog. Blogging is also popular among B2B
organizations for thought leadership purposes.
While majority of the organizations have placed least importance
on emerging platforms such as Google Plus, Pinterest and
Foursquare, many of them are already experimenting with the
platforms and many plans to start using them. Recently, Pepe
Jeans India asked fans to follow its profile and repin apparels that
they like for a chance to win them. In 2013, we will continue to
see more of this type of experiments.6
Are you using any of the following emerging platforms?
26.8% 26.5% 28.6%
46.3%
32.4%
42.9%
26.8%
41.2%
28.6%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Pinterest Foursquare Google Plus
No plans Already using Will use in the next one year
With social media marketing campaigns being Facebook heavy,
some organizations are looking at other platforms to differentiate
themselves. More than half of the organizations surveyed placed
Twitter as the second-most important channel. With a majority of
Indian sportspersons, movie actors, artists and politicians active
on Twitter and enjoying huge number of followers, the platform
has its own sphere of influence. A trending topic on Twitter for
a good reason is perhaps one of the most coveted benchmarks.
However, featuring there for the wrong reasons is a big crisis in
the making.
Which are the platforms you used for your social media
marketing efforts?
Eg. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blog, etc. Can you rank them?
1 being the most important/ priority area.
1.13
2.43
3.00
3.50
4.73
5.07
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Facebook Twitter YouTube Blog Pinterest Foursquare
(Average values)
YouTube comes third in terms of preference among the
organizations surveyed. While creating a good video is much
more difficult and resource intensive than creating a Facebook
update or a tweet, its success is equally unpredictable.
Nevertheless, brands are investing on the medium to make an
equivalent to the next “Kolaveri Di” or ”Gangnam Style”.3
12. 12 | Social Media Marketing – India Trends Study 2013
While choosing which channels are important based on where
your customers are, organizations should remember that being
social is not only about opening up a profile on a social media
site. Social media adoption should be seen as a cultural and
behavioral shift within the organization to transparently engage
with customers who are not afraid to voice their opinions and
are big influencers to their connected networks. Social media
adoption should not mean a tactical short term means to promote
the organization or brand in the most popular websites of today.
As technology is evolving at a fast pace, organizations require the
ability to constantly evolve and adopt platforms that consumers
are shifting to. Popular websites of today will be overtaken by new
websites tomorrow. Facebook overtook Orkut in the Indian market
in 2010. There are already few media stories today of Facebook
users finding the site to be not as “cool” as before.7
Do you regularly engage with bloggers/influencers?
47.9%
14.6%
37.5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Yes No Sometimes
Yes No Sometimes
Prasant Naidu
Founder of Lighthouse Insights, a popular blog on social media news.
“Social media marketing for brands is all about
Facebook and Twitter currently. Brands in India
are walking the safe path and they are hardly
trying out new networks. One of the reasons
being user adoption. Facebook being the biggest
social network in India is the tried and tested one.
Not only that the network has been around for
some time and has matured enough. Along with
running contests brands have the option of trying
out well targeted ads today. Twitter, on the other
hand, is being used as a reach mechanism and
that is being achieved by getting certain hashtags
trended.
Having said that, there are a few brands who have
tried investing on different networks like Pinterest,
Instagram, etc. Since the user adoption from
India on these networks has not been remarkable,
brands are trying to integrate and drive traffic
from the Facebook or Twitter community to
networks like Pinterest and Instagram. I believe
integrating networks over social media is the
future for Indian brands.”
13. engage with them through product reviews, tours, or contests.
Advanced organizations have involved bloggers in reputed
programmes and have created prestigious blogger specific
properties. For example, the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Award that recognizes experts who share their passion and
expertise of a Microsoft product with others, has awarded many
bloggers globally and in India.9
Not only bloggers, organizations are regularly reaching out to
popular social media users. Recently, popular YouTube users and
Twitter users have featured in the TV commercials of a brand.
Done right, blogger relations can help create a discussion around
relevant topics among influencers. Organizations are realizing the
need to respect blogger independence and adhere to guidelines
such as the WOMMA Code of Ethics.10
In the last few years, often
engaging bloggers or online influencers in an inappropriate
manner or trying to control their independence have led to
backlashes.
Indiblogger, an Indian blog directory, lists close to 30,000
blogs on its site.8
Many bloggers in India, like their counterparts
globally, enjoy good readership and has significant authority.
Some of the most popular blogging topics are technology,
auto, food, travel, movies, parenting, and marketing. Bloggers
nowadays are not limited to creating content on their blogs, but
have wide circles of friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter,
etc. thereby becoming creators of influential content on these
platforms too.
47.9% of the social media-savvy organizations surveyed said they
regularly engaged with bloggers and other online influencers,
while 37.5% said they engage with bloggers sometimes.
Bloggers are not necessarily looking for organizations to contact
them. Most of them can be just passionate individuals who like to
share their views on their area of expertise or interest. However,
as their influence grow and their views on brands and products
are seen far and wide online, organizations felt the need to
Amit Agarwal
Personal technology columnist and founder of Digital Inspiration,
a widely-read tech and how-to blog since 2004.
“Blogs are mostly seen as credible sources of
information and consumers are increasingly
referring to blogs while researching products
online. Because their opinion matters, brands,
big and small, now actively engage with bloggers
across domains at par with the mainstream
media.
That said, other than the tech category, there has
been a shift in the blogging landscape in India in
recent years. The first-generation bloggers have
either quit the space or they have turned their
attention to microblogging and social media. What
would otherwise have been a 500-word opinion
piece now gets squeezed into 140 characters
but it still enjoys a similar level of influence and
reach.”
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Social media-savvy organizations
in India have planned campaigns
where social media is the leading
component
Social media-savvy organizations in India
speeds up processes or show special favor for
online fans
Social media-savvy organizations in India are already integrating
social components into their traditional marketing and
communications campaigns. 83% of the surveyed organizations
said they include information about their social media campaigns
in their print and TV advertising campaigns. Also, 87.5% of the
surveyed organizations have run campaigns using only social
media or where social media has been the leading component.
Do you include information about your social media
campaigns in your print/TV advertising campaigns?
83.3%
16.7%
Yes No
3. How does social media fit in with
other types of campaigns
15. Social Media Marketing – India Trends Study 2013 | 15
Have you organised any exclusive deals/promotions
for online fans online?
Yes No Maybe we will organise in the future
64.6%
14.6%
20.8%
Have you speeded up processes, or shown a special
favour to any of your online fans, followers that you would
normally not do for your customers who are not online?
Yes No
58.3%
41.7%
It is important to mention that while there is integration, the
quality of integration is what matters the most. It is up to
organizations to decide social media’s level of involvement.
Adding a link to social channels on TV or print ads can also be
called integration.
Sometimes, social media is an after-thought and used as a
medium to further spread the advertising message. To illustrate
this, if an organization runs a TV advertising campaign on the
camera features of its latest mobile phone, a typical social media
support could be a contest on the Facebook fan page asking fans
to upload their best pictures. However, this type of integration is
shallow. Removing the social media component does not affect
the campaign at all, except for minimizing the online buzz.
Smart social media marketing professionals in organizations
look at integrating social media as a part of the campaign DNA.
The social media team participates in the ideation stage. The
engagement structure is woven with social being a part of the
campaign process and the social media component cannot be
removed.
Have you run a campaign using only social media or has
social media been the leading component in any campaign?
Yes No
87.5%
12.5%
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As social media becomes a key component, the need to placate
online fans becomes a natural extension. Deals and exclusive
promotions only for online fans are increasingly being organized.
64.6% of the surveyed organizations said they have organized
exclusive deals for online fans and 20.8% said they are likely
to organize in the future. More than half of the surveyed
organizations said they have speeded up processes or have shown
a special favor for their online fans and followers that they will
not normally do for their offline customers. As more customers
realize the benefits of going online rather than approaching a
traditional customer service channel such as the phone, the
demand for more focus on customer service in the social media
space will grow.
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What is the percentage of topics related to your brand
that you post on your Facebook page vis-à-vis totally
unrelated topics?
14.6%
18.8%
39.6%
27.1%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
10-25%
25% -50%
50% -75%
More than 75%
Among the generic updates, topics related to the values of the
brand are preferred more than totally unrelated topics. 66.7% of
the surveyed brands said that topics related to the brand values
form more than half of the posts on their Facebook pages.
This shows that while social media-savvy organizations are willing
to post generic updates to fans, these generic updates are more
or less related to the values of the brands. Types of updates that
social media-savvy organizations find the most engaging include
interesting pictures, videos, factoids, quiz, and industry news.
Pictures are the most engaging type of content with one report
saying that pictures represent 89% of a brand’s most engaging
posts on Facebook.1
Not surprisingly, the top-three most engaging Facebook posts
in India in January 2013 are all pictures updates.2
Two of the
updates were Republic Day wishes from Vodafone featuring
their brand mascot “Zoozoos” and from Cadbury Celebrations
featuring a cake. The third one from Tata Docomo featured their
brand ambassador, Ranbir Kapoor, from his latest film, Barfi.
The first and second are generic updates related to the brand.
The third one is a totally unrelated generic update, though the
brand (chocolate) and the item in picture (cake) are in the same
category (food).
More social media-savvy
organizations prefer to post
generic updates instead of brand
updates
Rather than using brand posts (e.g., brand news, product
descriptions, or updates promoting the brand directly), almost
half of the organizations surveyed prefer posting generic updates.
Generic updates are updates related to the values of the brand
(e.g., a car manufacturer talking about driving safety, road tips)
and totally unrelated updates (e.g., cricket match highlights,
festival greetings, an unrelated news but of mass interest). 43.8%
of the surveyed organizations said that brand posts form less
than 30% of their overall content calendar while 35.4% said they
use brand posts more than generic updates.
While brand posts attract customers, loyalists and advocates —
generic posts help in attracting a wide audience set and even
those customers who might be using a competitor’s product. For
example, a consumer products company posting generic tips and
how-to’s are likely to attract people who would want to come and
benefit from reading those tips.
On your content calendar, what is the percentage of
your brand posts vis-à-vis generic updates
(topics related to your brand plus unrelated topics)?
43.8%
20.8%
35.4%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Less than 30% Around 50% More than 50%
4.Engaging social communities -
popular practices
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More than half of the social media-savvy organizations in India,
who participated in the survey, post two to three updates on their
Facebook pages in a day. 25% of organizations surveyed said that
they post one update per day on their Facebook pages.
What is the frequency of updates you have on your
Twitter profile?
17.8%
1 post every
1-2 days
1 post a day 2-3 posts
a day
More than
3 posts a day
20.0%
28.9%
33.3%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Social media-savvy organizations
posts multiple updates a day
While frequent updates can be a sign of being active, it can also
be of inconvenience to your fans. There is always a struggle
between quality and quantity. More posts do not always mean
increased engagement.
What is the frequency of updates you have on
your Facebook page?
2-3 posts a day 1 post a day
1 post every 1-2 days More than 3 posts a day
6.3%
25.0%
56.3%
12.5%
Sriram Ravi
Head Digital Marketing, Hasbro Clothing
Our social media channels are information hubs on men’s fashion and grooming not just brand
communication pages. Social media is about giving back to the consumers. We try to put content that
is relevant, useful and worthy of social sharing.
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On Twitter, 33.3% of surveyed organizations said that they post
more than 3 tweets a day while 28.9% said they tweet two to
three times a day. For organizations using Twitter for customer
service, the number of tweets (or replies) is likely to be much
higher.
On the speed of response, one-fourth of the surveyed
organizations respond to fan queries on Facebook, on an average,
within half an hour of the query being posted, which indicates a
robust monitoring and response structure being put into place.
On the flipside, more than one-fourth of social media-savvy
organizations surveyed still take more than six hours on an
average to respond to a fan query on Facebook.
What is your average response time with which you attempt to
reply to a fan query on Facebook?
0.0%
2.1%
4.2%
2.1%
16.7%
14.6%
18.8%
16.7%
12.5%
12.5%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20%
1-2 mins
3-5 mins
6-10 mins
11-20 mins
21-30 mins
31-60 mins
1-2 hours
3-5 hours
6-12 hours
13- 24 hours
On Twitter, 28% of the organizations surveyed respond within
half an hour to fans and followers. However, 14% of the surveyed
organizations also take 13–24 hours to respond to fans.
According to Lighthouse Insights study, in
the period from 1 January –31 May 2012,
out of Airtel’s 34,991 tweets, 33,928 were
replies. For Vodafone, out of 1,015 tweets,
1,013 were replies.3
Out of Airtel’s 22,893 replies, 19,593 replies
were executed in less than 15 minutes.
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What is your average response time with which you attempt to
reply to a fan query on Twitter?
0.0%
14.0%
9.3%
4.7%
0.0%
34.9%
7.0%
9.3%
7.0%
14.0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
1-2 mins
3-5 mins
6-10 mins
11-20 mins
21-30 mins
31-60 mins
1-2 hours
3-5 hours
6-12 hours
13- 24 hours
While speed of response plays a crucial role in keeping the
interest of fans, smart social media professionals realize that it
cannot take precedence over quality of response. Acknowledging
a query quickly and taking time to figure out the issue and
responding with an informed view later is also a preferred
method. Consistency is also key. This is not a medium where you
can come alive only while running campaigns. You have to be
active throughout.
Smart social media professionals understand the type of queries
and type of fans posting those queries and know how to respond
appropriately. Responding to a “discount/coupon seeker” or a
“‘I hate your product evangelizer” will be completely different
to a “legitimate question seeker” or a “’I hate your product’
evangelizer”.4
Creating a bucket list of questions and answers
helps in responding to a large majority of queries fast.
Putting up generic updates, considerable number of
pictures, responding fast to fans — are these enough to
build a good community?
We asked the founder of popular auto forum Team-BHP,
Rush Parekh, on why Team-BHP has been able to remain
so successful over the years in creating a close knit
community. According to him, the reason that Team-
BHP (and other focused communities) has an active
member base is because of the following reasons:
• Not only there are like-minded people onboard, but
they are also experts in their domains.
• No ”corporate” environment onboard — it is very
personal and friendly. They have worked very hard to
get to a level of camaraderie.
• They say it like it is. They call a spade a spade.
• Their articles, topics and discussions are more
focused. Basically, specialist vs. generalist.
On how brands can improve their interaction quality on
their communities, Rush offered some pointers:
• Minimizing the PR tone/corporate speak when
communicating with an individual.
• Talk specifics. If every interaction will be answered
with “please lodge your query/complaint on this
contact us form” or ”we don’t comment on rumours”,
well, what value that interaction has?
• Have an individual to handle the interaction. Example
“Loken Mehra” could be interacting as a company
rep, instead of a main account called “XYZ Company
India”. It’s just a lot more personal.
• Keep the communication grounded. Overtly sweet,
exaggerated messages are boring in this age of
information overload.
• At the end of the day though, for business and
legal reasons, brands are limited by what they can
communicate on an open platform.
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Picture contests are the most pop-
ular contests among social media-
savvy organizations in India, most
contests organized every month
Social media-savvy organizations conduct various contests
and promotional programs in their social communities to keep
excitement level high among fans and followers. While we have
seen a number of Facebook contests last year, increasingly we are
seeing a number of Twitter-led contests.
On Facebook and Twitter, how often do you think is necessary
to have contests/giveaways, promotions for fans, besides the
regular day to day interaction?
15.0%
10.0%
42.5%
32.5%
0.0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Every week
Every fortnight
Every month
Once in a
quarter
Once in six
months
Almost half of the organizations surveyed said that they think
organizing a contest on Twitter and Facebook once a month is
necessary while 32.5% said once a quarter should be fine. To
put this in perspective, around 20 organizations from this study
are likely to come out with a contest every month. Add to it the
contests that might come from say 100 more brands from India
on Facebook. Additionally, 15% of organizations in this study
said that they prefer organizing contests once a week and 10%
said once a fortnight. Social media users in India have never had
brands placating for their attention like this ever. They have a
plethora of choices to participate in brand campaigns. For brands
and organizations , the challenge in creating an engagement that
will stand out among the lot has never been as pertinent today
than ever.
What is the type of contest you have found to be the most
successful on your social media platform?
25.0%
57.5%
2.5%
15.0%
Picture contest Quiz Game Video contest
People love sharing pictures on Facebook. Brands love sharing
pictures on Facebook and the site today has the biggest collection
of pictures than any other photo sharing site in the world. It is no
surprise that more than half of the organizations surveyed said
that they find picture contests to be the most successful contest
on their social communities. Other types of contests that are
popular are quizzes and games.
While some organizations have conducted video contests, it is
not one of the most popular engagement medium. Perhaps the
reason is that in India, majority of the YouTube videos sought
are premium content, TV show and movies rather than user-
generated content.5
Also in video contests, there more effort is
required for participants than in picture contests or quizzes.
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Last year, some fan pages in India of prominent
brands were suspended by Facebook over
violation of guidelines. While the wall itself seems
to be the easiest place to run a contest, smart
organizations today do realize that it violates
Facebook promotion guidelines and the need
to adhere to guidelines set up by platforms is
important. Facebook and Twitter both provide
their guidelines on running promotions and
campaigns on the platforms.6
Below
Rs. 1000
Between
Rs. 1000
– 5000
Between
Rs. 6000
– 10000
Between
Rs. 10,000
– Rs. 50,000
More than
Rs.50,000
What has been the average value of the prize you have offered
ever for your online contests? This is the prize that one
individual winner get, and not the overall amount.
34.1%
36.4%
2.3%
22.7%
4.5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
More than half of the organizations surveyed put the average
value of their prizes to individual winners below INR5,000. 36.4%
of organizations put the average value of their prizes between
INR 1,000–5,000 and 34.1% put the value of their prizes below
INR1,000.
Almost a quarter of organizations surveyed put the average value
of their prizes between INR10,000–50,000. It is interesting to
note that some organizations are investing considerable amounts
in contests and have put the average value of prizes above
INR50,000. High prize money makes contests more attractive
and is likely to bring in more participation.
With so many free goods to be won, there are interesting side
effects. Brands are becoming more aware of the new crop of
contest participants among their communities. A number of
active online users are taking active interest in participation in
brand campaigns, almost in a planned and professional manner,
for the prizes, without any interest in the brand at all. If one
of these users participates in 10 contests in a month and wins
consolation prizes in one or two of them, the prize money is
still attractive enough. The need to identify and engage with
true fans vis-à-vis contest mongers is proving to be another key
challenge for brands and organizations. Contests that involve an
experience vis-à-vis a simple quiz or a picture contest tend to get
more passionate fans, but it also decrease the overall number of
participation.
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There are organizations that sometimes take the unconventional route and create unusual and highly
engaging content for fans. One example is Flipkart’s ongoing “Six Degree of Separation” contest
where fans are shown three to four seemingly unrelated pictures and are asked to find one common
thread between them. This is what Ravi Vora, Sr. VP - Marketing, Flipkart, had to say about the
initiative:
“Flipkart’s social media identity has always been
one that has tried to go beyond the corporate
façade. Our Facebook/Twitter avatar is that of
a friend who hangs out with you, someone you
can swap jokes and have intelligent conversations
with.
As a result, we have always consciously stayed
away from focusing on content purely for the
sake of basic metrics such as retweets, likes
and shares. We rarely ever ask for our fans and
followers to endorse us on social media. We
believe in building that virality through smart,
witty and clutter-breaking content – so we don’t
just talk about our products but also look at
fun, engaging properties that add to the brand
personality.
An example of this is our Six Degrees of
Connection contest on Facebook and Twitter.
While the contest is reasonably simple in this
Google-age, we try and up the ante to ensure
that our fans have to put their thinking caps on.
It is our most in-demand property and we have
had people asking about it if we delay posting the
clues/results in the expected time.”
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Majority of social media-savvy
organizations in India have social
media guidelines and monitoring
program, but less than half have
crisis manuals
While engagement is crucial for any social media team,
possessing a sound base of guidelines protects an organization
from various legal and social risks. Similarly online monitoring
programs allow organizations to listen to customer conversations
and determine an appropriate way of responding with them. An
engagement strategy not based on a sound monitoring program
is akin to trying to mingle at a party without knowing what that
party is about or who have come to that party. Crisis manuals
help organizations to turnaround swiftly when a crisis breaks out.
We asked social media-savvy organizations in India if they have
these basics in place. It is good to know that 87.8% of social
media-savvy organizations have social media guidelines, and 78%
have an online monitoring program in place.
However, only 39% have a crisis manual ready with them. It is
important to create sample scenarios of various crisis scenarios
that can happen and know how to deal with them. Some examples
of crisis for a consumer food product can be a consumer finding
an unwanted particle inside the food packet, a consumer falling
sick after consuming the product, rumors around the ingredients
of the food product and possibly their health impacts, etc. It
can be a car catching fire in the case of an automobile company
or a consumer experiencing a skin burn in case of a cosmetic
company.
In addition to your Facebook, Twitter engagements,
do you have the following? Please tick all relevant.
87.8%
39.0%
78.0%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Social media guidelines Crisis manual Online monitoring
programme
Several companies that were caught on the wrong foot for not
being prepared for quick, thoughtful and decisive action regarding
social media, suffered material and long-lasting corporate injuries
to their market share, customer confidence levels, stock prices
and overall market reputation.7
Other companies around the
world are moving fast to protect their corporate brand at a critical
time when brands have become fragile and vulnerable to millions
of newly empowered consumers coming online every day.
Organizations with an integrated, holistic strategy and solid
governance are better prepared to not only survive rampant
change, but flourish in it. Effective strategy and accompanying
governance helps to protect the brand and strengthen it.
Companies armed with the understanding of where social media
fits into larger corporate objectives will do better than those
that are not. Organizations that effectively build and manage
social media strategies and governance frameworks will have a
competitive advantage over companies that do not.
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Analysis and
monitoring
• Are all social media sites relevant to all major aspects of my business monitored?
• Is there a risk analysis regarding incidents on social media channels? Is there an incident response
process focused not only on customer feedback and interaction, but also on IT-related security and
privacy-related issues?
Assessment • Is the social media strategy inclusive, bringing in all impacted corporate departments and functions,
such as marketing, legal, HR, IT, operations and logistics?
• Are risks related to the use of social media platforms clearly identified? Does my view of the landscape
include unique sector-specific perspectives?
Strategy and
compliance
• Does my organisation have a social media strategy?
• Are my social media policies compliant with any relevant national, international or industry-specific
rules and regulations?
Governance • What governance systems with measurable criteria (KPIs) do I have in place?
• Have policies and guidelines been defined?
• Are there mechanisms in place to leverage the customer insights and lessons learned from social
media monitoring?
Awareness • Are the employees aware of the policies and guidelines? Have they been trained?
Questions to ask
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1 - Initial 2 - Repeatable 3 - Defined 4 - Managed 5 - Optimized
Social Media
Assessment
SWOTAnalysis
Social Media
Strategy
Vision, Goals, KPIs
Social Media
Governance
Framework
Policies, Guidelines
Social Media
Awareness
Trainings
Social Media
Monitoring
Controls, Tools
Social Media
Assessment
SWOT Analysis
Social Media
Strategy
Vision, Goals, KPIs
Social Media
Assessment
SWOTAnalysis
Social Media
Strategy
Vision, Goals, KPIs
Social Media
Assessment
SWOTAnalysis
Social Media
Governance
Framework
Policies, Guidelines
Social Media
Strategy
Vision, Goals, KPIs
Social Media
Assessment
SWOTAnalysis
Social Media
Governance
Framework
Policies, Guidelines
Social Media
Awareness
Trainings
Social Media
Strategy
Vision, Goals, KPIs
Social Media
Assessment
SWOTAnalysis
Social Media
Governance
Framework
Policies, Guidelines
Social Media
Awareness
Trainings
Social Media
Monitoring
Controls, Tools
0 - None
Ernst & Young Social Media Governance Maturity Model
Social Media
Excellence
Knowing how the social media governance situation looks like within your organisation comes with
many benefits such as:
• Recognising strategic opportunities
• Enhanced competitive advantage
• Efficient recruitment
• Cost reduction
• Generate revenue
• Valued relationships
• Control strategic, operational, reputational, legal, and confidentiality risks
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Many social media-savvy
organizations in India use tools
for online monitoring, response
management, or managing social
media platforms
There are many monitoring, channel management, and analytics
tools in the market today and using them can be beneficial in
speeding up processes, getting better insights, or in freeing up
resources.
We asked social media-savvy organizations if they use any one
of such tools, and 52.6% of the organizations said they use tools
for online monitoring and response management. Another 47.4%
of the organizations said they use tools for managing their social
media platforms. Few of them said they used both, while few
others said they also use analytics tools.
Do you use online tools to streamline your social media efforts?
52.6%
47.4%
0% 20% 40% 60%
For online
monitoring
and response
For managing
social media
platforms like
Facebook and
Twitter pages
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Revlon conducted a series of poll on their
Facebook page recently for two weeks to
learn more about customer’s knowledge
about make up foundation. Out of 75,000
Indian women who participated, 80% said
they use their fingers to apply foundation,
40% spend less than 15 minutes applying
their makeup, and 80% touch up their
makeup only once a day.8
Almost half of the social media-
savvy organizations in India
have conducted research to get
customer feedback and understand
more about customer behavior
Organizations have been conducting research to understand their
performance in the market. They have also ventured into taking
social media research initiatives for several reasons.
40.6% of social media-savvy organizations surveyed have
conducted research to get customer feedback and another 34.4%
to understand more about their customer behavior. 25% of the
organizations surveyed have conducted research for competitive
benchmarking.
To understand
customer behavior
Competitive
benchmarking
To get
customer
feedback
Have you conducted any social media research for
your organisation? Can you share what kind of
research have you conducted?
34.4%
25.0%
40.6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
As socially matured organizations move toward finding tangible
results from their social media initiatives, they will try to seek
more facts and insights that can help them assess possibilities
of the medium. For instance, understanding online behavior of
customers by interacting with them in person can throw up many
interesting insights and organizations can tweak their social
media initiatives based on what their consumers actually want
or what digital channels and behavior they go through before
making a purchase.
Similarly analyzing consumers’ online conversations and seeking
their relevance to various departments such as HR, Finance,
Compliance, Legal, R&D, and supply chain, organizations can
better equip themselves and facilitate increased adoption of social
media.
However, organizations also need to consider the pros and cons
of doing research online. While social media can provide real-
time and organic feedback, there can be ethical questions on
conducting research without explicit consent from the customers.
Being observers, it is often difficult to go back to the customers to
ask further questions.
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Have you created any mobile app?
50.0%
21.7%
28.3%
Yes No No, but plan to
Half of the social media-savvy
organizations in India have created
mobile phone apps
Social media, along with heavy digitization, has invigorated
the usage of mobile apps. Smartphone users in India use their
phones to browse the internet, access social networking sites,
play games, etc. About one-third of the Facebook users in India
access the site using their mobile devices.9
Facebook recently tied
up with mobile operators in India to offer free or discounted data
access.10
To capture the attention of the smartphone users, social
media-savvy organizations are extending their engagement on to
mobile. Half of our surveyed organizations have created mobile
phone apps, while more than a quarter plans to create one.
Vinay Bhatia
Senior Vice-President, Marketing & Loyalty, Shoppers Stop Ltd.
“We have used Quick Response (QR) and
Augmented Reality (AR) codes to digitally enliven
all marketing communications. Augmented
Reality in India is still nascent and Shoppers Stop
is the first Indian large-format retailer to have
created an augmented reality set-up for its End of
Season Sale campaign. The First Citizen mobile
app, which is available on Android, iphone and BB
allows users to swipe their card without actually
having the card, and our GiftBot app provides
gifting ideas based on certain criteria such as M/F,
budget, age, etc.”
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Have you used Facebook advertising/sponsored tweets, etc.?
Yes No
83.0%
17.0%
If yes, what was the objective?
18.4%
42.1%
5.3%
34.2%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Product
leads/sale
Promoting an online
campaign/contest
Promoting an offline
campaign/promotion
Brand
awareness
Majority of social media-savvy
organizations use social media ads
for promoting online campaigns
and brand awareness, and find
them beneficial
Early last year, General Motors created quite a stir when it
announced that it is pulling off its Facebook ad budget of US$10
million a year.1
Many organizations and experts debated for and
against using social media ads.
In India, we have seen the ads of e-commerce companies on
Facebook2
displaying a branded shoe with a discount or a sale.
According to case studies from Facebook, Kaya Skin Clinic
attributes 20% and Myntra.com attributes 25% of their sales to
Facebook. Yatra.com generated INR1.5 million per month from
Facebook.3
While this was the case, we were curious to know how social
media-savvy organizations in India feel about social media
advertising.
From the study, it is clear that majority of organizations surveyed
(83%) have used social media ads.
5. Use social media ads
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The reasons for using social media ads are various. Three-quarter
of the organizations surveyed said they have used ads to promote
an online campaign or for brand awareness. When organizations
look at Facebook, they seem to equate the platform with fan
engagement and perhaps this is the reason behind putting in
money to boost up their engagements. Even on Twitter, most of
the promoted tweets or accounts that we see today are either to
promote an ongoing contest or to promote a profile and increase
followers.
While promoting campaigns seems to be the major reason for
using social media ads, 18.4% of the organizations surveyed
said they use ads for product leads or sales. We can see more
organizations experimenting with Facebook apps for referral
sales and integrating payment systems on their product apps on
Facebook. When this happens, there will be more sales related to
spending on the platform.
There are interesting social commerce developments, e.g.,
Facebook Gifts and Facebook Want buttons. We are yet to see
how many Indian brands sign up for Facebook Gifts and utilize this
opportunity. All of these will lead to more sales-related spending
on Facebook, if not ads. More so, users coming to a site such as
Facebook Gifts are more likely to have a purchase inclination, and
therefore, sales related ads might be more acceptable here than
those on the main Facebook page where people come to share
and discuss stories and experiences. Similarly, a user with a list of
”want” items is likely to explore more products similar to his/her
”wants.”
Few of the organizations surveyed said they have used ads
to increase their fan base or for all the above reasons. There
will always be a section of organizations in India that will use
Facebook ads for many more reasons besides marketing or sales.
Nevertheless, either for sales or engagement the reason might
be, there is a positive hope as a majority of the organizations
surveyed (88.6%) said they find social media ads to be beneficial.
Are you finding social media advertising to be beneficial?
88.6%
4.5%
6.8%
Yes No Maybe
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Most social media efforts are
measured through platform-
specific parameters
Return on investment (ROI) on social media spend has been a
million dollar question with numerous discussions and books
having been written around the topic.
In India, among the social media-savvy organizations surveyed,
platform-specific parameters continue to be the leading metrics
while business-specific measurements from social media activities
are yet to be tapped. 81% of the social media-savvy organizations
said they measure their social media efforts through platform-
specific parameters including ”likes” and ”People Talking About
This.” Almost half of the organizations surveyed said they have
not measured revenue from their social media efforts, while
31.1% said maybe there is an increase in revenue from their
social efforts.
As organizations mature in social media usage, there will be
more experimentation and inclination to learn more about ROI.
Interestingly, a small percentage of organizations are already
starting to measure social media efforts in terms of leads/sales,
change in sentiment, and brand visibility. 19.9% of organizations
today have already seen increase in revenue from social
media efforts.
6. Success measurement
Deeptie Sethi
Head of Corporate Communications, Ford India Private Limited
“In October 2010, just six months after Ford Figo
launch, we organised a pan India drive called
‘Discover Smart Drive’ for young couples that
represented our TG, in a special Ford Figo with
objective of expanding our Figo footprint in Tier 2
towns, rekindle the excitement among consumers
and community fans, and reinforce Figo’s ‘smart’
association.
While it was a complete 360 degree integrated
campaign involving on ground events, advertising,
and PR; social played a lead role in creating buzz
and participation before the kickoff and during the
drive. We leveraged our social channels big time
and engaged with online influencers.
Apart from many impressive wins like increasing
our fan base and creating hundreds of positive
media stories and fan conversations reinforcing
‘smart’ with Figo, a big business benefit we
achieved was that the monthly average of 35,000
enquiries of Ford Figo jumped to 60,000 and our
sales peaked in that month”.
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How do you measure your success/ ROI on social media?
Platform specific parameters
viz. Likes, People Talking about this,
Comments, Impressions, views, etc.
Leads/Sales goals
Change in sentiment
Brand visibility
81.0%
7.1%
4.8%
7.1%
Are you able to see increase in revenue from
your social media engagements?
46.7%
2.2%
31.1%
11.1%
4.4%
0.0%
4.4%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Haven’t
measured
No
Maybe
1%-10%
11%-25%
26%-50%
Above 50%
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Almost half of the social
media-savvy organizations spend
1%-5% of their marketing budget
on social media
Most social media budgets are below INR10
million
In 2009, PepsiCo in the US skipped the sponsorship of the Super
Bowl for the first time in 23 years and spent US$20 million in a
large social media-led campaign called the Pepsi Refresh Project.
The campaign was about inviting people to share and vote on
ideas that will help make the world a better place. The campaign
garnered 1 billion media impressions in the first 3 months and
more importantly, it created a movement for social good.1
6-10% 11-15% 16-20% 20-30% More
than 30%
How much percentage of your marketing budget do you spend
on your social media initiatives?
1-5%
41.5%
36.6%
14.6%
0.0%
7.3%
0.0%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
In India, traditional media continues to be where the big spending
is. Especially for big spenders, TV spots and print media spreads
continue to be the focus. Social media campaigns are sometimes
just an afterthought to support the ad campaign. However, with
increasing social media success story emerges and ROI gets
clearer, we will see more appetite among large organizations to
take on large social media initiatives and spend.
Almost half of the social-media savvy organizations said that
around 1%–5% of their marketing budget is spent on social media.
36.5% of organizations said 6%–10% of their marketing budget
is spent on social media. 7.3% of organizations surveyed said
around 20%–30% of their marketing budget is spent on social
media.
Below
INR1 million
INR1.1 -
2.5 million
INR2.6 -
5 million
INR5.1 -
9.9 million
INR10 -
20 million
Above
INR20 million
What is your social media budget in a year?
20.0%
28.6%
14.3%
8.6%
11.4%
17.1%
0%
10%
20%
30%
7. Social media budget
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Compare the less than INR10 million social
media budget of top social media savvy
organizations today with the INR1070 million
advertising budget of Godrej Consumer
Products in December 2012 quarter or the
INR990 million advertising budget of Colgate
Palmolive in 2012.2
The annual social media budget has a mixed response with
28.6% of organizations placing it at INR1.1–2.5 million,
20% below INR1 million, and 17% above INR20 million.
It is interesting to note that almost three quarter of the
organizations surveyed have their social media budget
below INR10 million, while a little above a quarter of the
organizations surveyed have social media budgets exceeding
INR20 million.
However, the silver lining is that many marketers believe that
there would be an increase in social media spends in 2013.3
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While the big budgets of marketing departments are doing well
for the growth of social media, it can also predominantly equate
social media efforts with reaching out to prospects or for sales.
Organizations need to evaluate if social media rests within
marketing, are departments such as Customer Service, Sales, and
R&D missing an opportunity?
Organizations, as they grow in the social maturity ladder, will find
more acceptances of social media in more departments other
than marketing. Some of the advanced organizations in India
already have cross functional teams using social media. Some
Customer Service departments are already using social media
to listen to conversations and engage with customers on their
queries. Smart PR/communications departments have already
adopted social media as a means to reach out to their public
directly and not limit themselves to media relations. There are
discussions around social chain management, and crowdsourcing
for R&D purposes.
A majority of the social media-savvy organizations (70.2%)
said they have an in-house social media expert in the middle
management. This spells well for improved adoption of social
media in organizations and for the industry as a whole. Earlier
there were stories about social media roles being delegated
to trainees, but having a senior professional specializing
in social media in the organization will have an influence
on communication planning. Social media capabilities and
specializations will also lead to more insights and innovation.
Majority of social media efforts in
India are managed by marketing
Which department handles social media among the social-media
savvy organizations in India? Is there an expert in-house or is the
social media function delegated to an intern as we have often read
about? These questions were critical to the growth of social media
marketing in India.
We found that currently among the social-media savvy
organizations in India, marketing departments manage most of
social media efforts. 76.7% of the social-media savvy organizations
said they have their marketing department handling social media
with the rest being handled by a cross functional team/across
functions or by the PR/communications team.
Which department manages social media in your
organisation?
Marketing
PR/communications
Customer Care
HR
Senior leadership
Sales
Cross functional team Across functions but coordinated
Across functions uncoordinated
76.7%
4.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2.3%
0.0%
7.0%
7.0%
2.3%
8. Department managing
social media
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Do you have an in-house digital expert?
70.2%
19.1%
10.6%
Yes No No, but plan to hire
Sridhar Iyer
Head, Digital Banking, Citibank India
Social media is increasingly becoming a
key component in the digital marketing and
communication mix for Financial Services.
As a channel for multidimensional and real-
time communication, FS organizations will
use social media to engage consumers and
obtain valuable insights. However, given the
transparency of social media and the sensitive
nature of financial transactions, organizations
must take necessary precautions while growing
this medium.
If yes, what is his/her level at your organisation?
Middle management Junior executive (Executive, Associate)
Senior management (VP, Director, etc.)
0.0%
78.4%
21.6%
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Do you use social media for any other reason in
addition to connecting to your customers?
Thought leadership CSR Internal communications
Recruitment
26.9%
19.2%
19.2%
34.6%
Social media is being increasingly used for thought leadership
and internal communications, recruitment, and CSR in addition
to marketing. 34.6% of the social media-savvy organizations
said they use social media for thought leadership and 26.9% said
they use social media for CSR. Increasingly the HR department
is leveraging social media for internal communications. Close
groups on Facebook, or company-specific networking sites are
gaining prominence today. Professional networking sites such as
LinkedIn are increasingly being leveraged for recruitment.
Point to ponder:
As social media gets more and more adopted in
different departments of an organization, does it
make sense for the social media expert to sit in
one particular department, or should the social
media expert be an independent department
altogether such as the IT department, not silo
but integrating social in every department?
Gautam Ghosh
Social Business and HR Consultant
“While most companies are using social networks
to recruit – but we’re still in the very beginnings
of how this can be used by companies. Social
is not just about media, it is changing the way
that people connect and share together. As this
dynamic changes in people’s other aspect of lives
– family, politics, commerce – it will also impact
their work also. The old management paradigm
of command and control is an anachronism of the
industrial age. Today and tomorrow’s knowledge
workers want to connect with internal experts,
collaborate wherever and whenever. Companies
that understand these are implementing internal
social networks to facilitate such discovery.
Knowledge that would have been locked up
inside people’s heads are now being shared in
conversations for others to read and comment
also. But that’s not all. Companies are also
realizing that training and empowering their
employees to connect with customers socially
is in their own interests. Employees are seen
as credible and trusted people by customers
and prospective customers. More and more
companies are moving from the ‘don’t do this’
social media approach to ‘here’s how you use
social media’ for their business.”
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9.Agency structure
Majority of social media-savvy
organizations in India use
standalone digital agencies as
compared to PR/ad agencies
Among the surveyed social-media savvy organizations 73.8%
have chosen standalone digital agencies as compared to PR, ad
agencies, or freelancers. The reason behind this can be due to
the specialized skills, development capabilities, and wide array of
services under one roof that comes along with digital agencies.
That said, PR and ad agencies also handle social media
initiatives of some of the big organizations in the country. Some
organizations find better synergy by giving their communication
mandates to one organization instead of multiple ones.
Big organizations often work with multiple agencies for their
digital work depending on expertise and specialization (mobile,
website, SEO, app development, social media engagement,
blogger outreach, etc.) and often work with different agencies for
different campaigns.
What is the type of agency you currently have?
Standalone digital agency Ad agency PR agency Recruitment
2.4%
19.0%
73.8%
4.8%
What is one thing you expect from your
digital consultant that is lacking now?
• “Understanding of business and aligning
social media to business.”
• “Innovation, speed, and quality”
• “Social media agencies are currently
transactional in nature. They need to
mature and provide advisory services
specific to each sector.”
• “Thought leadership”
(Responses from survey respondents)
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59.1% of the organizations surveyed also said that they are happy
with their current agencies while 40.9% responded with either a
“maybe” or a ”no.” Organizations expect their agencies to provide
more insights, be more creative, and provide faster execution.
Are you happy with your current digital agency?
Yes No Maybe
59.1%
13.6%
27.3%
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There is a lot of young and creative talent among
the digital agencies environment today, who
come out with impressive ideas and campaigns
that we see today. Digital agencies should focus
on the career growth of these young digital
professionals; provide them a vision of where
they can reach up to and training programs to
compliment their knowledge in technical skills,
soft skills, and better understanding of business
and management functions. For example,
a digital campaign manager might benefit
from a better understanding of cyber laws, IT
processes, or even design and development
skills. A professional equipped with the
knowledge of Customer Service and supply chain
management will be better able to integrate
social media elements into those functions.
Secondly, digital agencies can benefit from better
institutionalization of best practices and creating
industry standards.
While the future looks bright in the digital
marketplace and leading agencies have already
started investing in thought leadership and
adhere to ethical ways of leveraging social, there
are others who look at digital from a “likes” or
”fans acquisition” standpoint.
There is also an eruption of digital shops across
the country today, because of the demand of
organizations with limited budgets that are
looking out for small outfits to manage Facebook
or Twitter profiles. As social savvy organizations
continue to mature and invest more in quality
and value, the agency environment in India will
get streamlined and we can see some of the
agencies closing down, mergers and acquisitions
happening, and few good names to emerge
finally.
There are some PR and ad agencies that have
established digital practices in their organizations
well and to create market thought leadership.
They have long recognized the need to integrate
social media in communications programs.
Smart PR and ad professionals today also do
not see online fan and influencer engagement
as a separate specialization but rather as part
of their core work function. As more PR and ad
agencies begin to integrate social components
in their campaigns with delivery capability, and
more global agencies establishing their offices in
India introduce global social media capabilities,
they are bound to give more competition to the
traditional digital agencies.
Creating investments in three key areas could be
key to increased client recognition of their digital
strength:
1. Thought leadership: Barring a few that have
established themselves well, many PR and
advertising firms can invest more in thought
leadership. Social media is an area where
insights and innovative thinking are required
not only to establish oneself in the market, but
for the growth of the overall industry.
2. Resources and tools: By early 2008, key
agencies had already started to hire digital
experts and partnered with digital firms to
start digital practices in their organizations.
However, the need of the hour today is to
increase in-house specialists and invest in
development, design, and content capabilities.
3. Not positioning social as a complimentary
service: Often PR and ad agencies look at
social media as complimentary services to
their traditional PR and ad campaigns. The
need to look at social media holistically and
engage with other business divisions has
become important when organizations are
looking to adopt social media across functions.
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Social media-savvy organizations
in India are very optimistic about
the role of social media in future
Social media-savvy organizations are very optimistic about the
role of social media in their organizations. Though measurements
around sales and leads are not very evident for majority of
organizations today, they realize social media plays an important
role in generating insights and building communities.
In future, the growth of social media within organizations will be
marked by both an increase in scale and sophistication. Over the
last few years, organizations have experimented with various
social media activities, platforms, and tools. The knowledge
gained will help bring sophistication in the engagement programs
that we will see in the near future and
they will have much larger scale. So currently if a Trending Topic
on Twitter was the maximum bang an average program can
achieve, tomorrow, it will be the talk of the town or creating a
movement that organizations will seek to achieve through their
social media efforts.
Increase in scale
• More functions across departments will see usage of
social media. Not only customer-facing departments, but
departments such as legal, R&D, and supply chain will start
experimenting with social media.
• Organizations will tag along the growth of emerging
platforms and try to leverage the users that these new
platforms will attract.
• Budgets on social media marketing will increase as a result of
increased sophistication in marketing programs and adoption
in other departments.
Increase in sophistication
• As organizations target ROI from social media, they will
try to seek more clarity and demand more than likes and
comments. In such an environment, they will invest more
in research and insights to seek more answers to be able to
define measurable outcomes.
• The increasing need to deliver value and ROI will demand
more insights and innovation and there will be more
specializations.
• Social media initiatives will become more integrated with
marketing programs, Customer Service efforts, or with
internal communications programs and running social media
programs in silo will be experiments of the past.
10. Future of social media
in organisations
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Dina Mehta
Researcher, ethnographer, & social media observer
“One imminent development is the growth of
the mobile internet. Particularly for purposes
of communication and sociality - both needs
are increasingly being met by social networks
accessed on the mobile. Byte-sized pre-paid cards
and connections will spur this on, and content
will flow in and out. This will bring in many new
users not just from large connected metro cities,
but from smaller towns and rural areas too.
We are all researchers today. The tools are in our
pockets. Companies will need to begin thinking
of customers or TG as their researchers rather
than just being respondents or subjects, users or
customers. More experienced users will look for
more meaningful engagements and opportunities
to co-create value with companies.
Another aspect that will drive people to adopt
social media driving usage is that top-level
management is finally beginning to see the
business value of social media in three areas -
productivity, marketing, HR. Social media skills
will be a part of your resume now.”
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In 2011, Ernst & Young conducted a quantitative and qualitative
research on 36 UK and international flagship brands with the
aim to address these questions.1
Through the research, we have
identified five key characteristics of ”socially adaptable” and
successful brands, which we believe all organizations can adapt
and learn:
• Facilitate open dialog
• Engage proactively
• Connect beyond product
• Deliver integrated experiences
• Collaborate and co-develop
Companies need to make organizational changes in order to
fully embrace the ”new game” of social media. The three critical
areas companies need to focus on to support a coherent and
sustainable social media strategy are:
• Spotting the ”golden nuggets” of data and generating value
from them coordinating social and traditional channels
• Coordinating social and traditional channels
• Empowering employees to engage with communities
Five key characteristics of ”socially
adaptable” and successful brands
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1. Forward this study to various people within your organization
and discuss how social media is relevant to various
departments within your organization and how they can
effectively utilize the medium if they are not doing so
already.
2. Compare your organization’s use of social media with
that of social media-savvy organizations discussed in this
study. Check the level of social media maturity within your
organization.
3. Discuss what needs to change or worked upon within your
organization — whether it is about developing a social
media ROI model, creating a more robust monitoring and
analytics system or a social media governance policy,
familiarizing your key employees on usage of social media,
or understanding your customer’s behavior more to better
engage with them and deriving more benefits from your
social media efforts.
How to get the best
out of this study
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Insights
• How do we know what we are doing is the best for our fans
and customers? Are they in sync with their expectations?
How do we benchmark this against competition?
• What are the best practices or global standards that we
should be aware of and can learn from?
Strategy
• How do we familiarize the various departments in our
organization with digital and how do we make digital relevant
for them?
• We have established our social media communities and have
done great campaigns for fans online. Now what is the next
stage that we should take our organization to?
• We have leaped into digital, but do we have the guidelines
in place for our teams and employees? How do we identify
digital risks and steps to mitigate them? What is our social
media governance maturity level?
• How do we identify the digital service providers and how
do we bring all of them together to create a comprehensive
digital strategy for us?
Analytics
• What is the state of digitization in our organization? How
do we assess the digital maturity across dimensions such as
customers, suppliers and partners, investors, employees and
leadership?
• How do we develop a practical ROI model for our
organization from our digital efforts beyond platform-specific
parameters?
Ernst & Young
Services that are
appropriate to your
maturity and needs
Agnostic advice
that is not tied to a
particular outcome
Cross-functional
thinking, skills and
project teams
Ernst & Young works with forward thinking social media professionals and organizational
leaders to answer key questions to accelerate the social transformation process within
their organizations.
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The power of social media
As consumers and their customers become more empowered to
discuss online, if managed correctly, social media can become
an essential source of strategic information for key areas such
as corporate risk, regulatory compliance, HR, marketing, R&D,
trade distribution and availability, crisis management and quality
control.
The challenge of social media
Getting digital operations and governance right is therefore
crucial. But the challenge does not end with the correct
technology in place — it is about effectively using the data it
gives you. Without the tools to collect it, companies are unable
to use the wealth of consumer and customer insight they have
at their disposal. And even if they do, they often do not have the
capacity, the skills or the processes to shift through it and see
what it means.
Ernst & Young social
media analytics services
Social media tools
Most social media monitoring tools make the flawed assumption
that users speak in perfect American English. They rely on SMM
tools, translation engines, natural language processing tools
and human intervention to try and cut out the ”noise.” Accuracy
is notoriously low (25%–40%) and many only output positive/
negative/neutral sentiment, ignoring the opinions and root
causes. Users are skeptical about accuracy levels, and therefore,
actionable insights become highly unlikely.
Ernst & Young social media analytics services
Ernst & Young has developed the capability to support our clients
to listen, filter, and analyze’ and interpret and report social media.
We have the capability to listen to any online publically available
conversation in any language, across any stakeholder and any
topic and generate a report in three days with 97% accuracy that
can give you insights and can augment your offering or protect
your business from the boardroom to in-market functions. We are
able to immediately listen to more than 30 different languages
through our Social Media Analytics hub based out of Zurich,
Switzerland and have access to a network of 150,000 plus
professionals who are able to provide local business context to the
issues being explored.
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Dinesh Mishra
dinesh.mishra@in.ey.com
Dinesh has 17 years of experience in corporate
development, product and customer strategy, operating
from India, Singapore and the UK.
He has developed and designed digital strategies for
clients, developed digital as a channel to market and
additional revenue streams, worked on the creation
of early digital market places, and designed complete
customer experiences for online retailing businesses.
Dinesh leads the Customer Practice for Ernst & Young India.
Palin Ningthoujam
palin.ningthoujam@in.ey.com
Palin has been actively blogging and experimenting with
online technologies since 2006. He founded the erstwhile
popular blog, India PR Blog (now merged with Advocable.
com), reviewed online tools for top social media blog
Mashable, and contributed offbeats to blogs such as
Desicritics and youth magazines.
He has led award-winning digital marketing campaigns and
helped clients become top social media brands in India. He
has more than a decade of experience in corporate reputation management and
digital marketing and was the prime mover in successfully setting up the digital
practices in his last two organizations. He has conducted training sessions for
young digital champions.
Palin leads the digital advisory stream at Ernst & Young India within the
Customer Practice.
Contact us
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Why social media
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Which social media platform
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Popular practices
1. “On Facebook, Photos Represent 89% of Brands’
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End notes
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How do organizations use social
media ads
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Social media budget
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Five key characteristics of
”socially adaptable” and
successful brands
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Team behind the report
Palin Ningthoujam
Palin.ningthoujam@in.ey.com
Aseem Madan
Aseem.madan@in.ey.com
Aditi Joshi
Aditi.joshi@in.ey.com
Ramprasad V
Ramprasad.v@in.ey.com
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