This presentation details why a Social Media ROI Model is needed over the Traditional ROI Model, how to set up the model, and also introduces the concept of Engagement Value.

1. The Social Media ROI Model Presented by: Jeff Mello Founder, Evolution of Communication Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 1

2. Listen, Learn, and Engage The ultimate goal of a company is to earn a profit. Profits are earned by creating more revenue than expenses. Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 2

3. Listen, Learn, and Engage Companies don’t like to waste money so there needs to be a measurement system in place to determine their Return on Investment (ROI) Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 3

4. Listen, Learn, and Engage The Traditional Advertising ROI Model will not work as a social media measurement tool since it’s not designed to track the cause and affect of social media efforts on multiple departments within a company. Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 4

5. Listen, Learn, and Engage The Traditional Advertising ROI Model is very linear and focuses primarily on the Sales Department… ROI= Profits-Traditional Advertising Investment Traditional Advertising Investment Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 5

6. Listen, Learn, and Engage The Social Media ROI Model is a multi-dimensional measurement system to track how revenues are increased or expenses are decreased in multiple departments within a company. Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 6

7. Listen, Learn, and Engage The Social Media ROI Model Track how each department’s revenue or expenses are affected by social media ROI Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 7

8. Listen, Learn, and Engage Data Collection Collect company data from the last year to establish an average to be used for comparison once the social media strategy begins Valuable Data: Sales figures from the last year Website/Blog Traffic information Customer acquisition models (Sales Funnel) Conversion ratios Monthly expense for each department Monetary value placed on a new customer Monetary value placed on an existing customer The Traditional Media metrics currently being used Consumer sentiment Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 8

10. Customer/Product Support- Are customers turning to your company’s social media channels for support and therefore decreasing your call center volume? Opportunity for a decrease in call center expenses.

11. Marketing/PR- How are you able to get your company’s product or service message out to consumers through these social media channels? How is that message being received?

12. Corporate Communications- How does your messaging affect your corporate image amongst employees, stakeholders, influencers, and consumers? Does this image bolster your company credibility and potentially lead to increased sales, new employees, increased brand value, etc.? Perception is reality!

13. HR/Recruitment- Increased job candidates being funneled through social media has the potential to decrease job fair expenses or other expenses associated with corporate recruitment.

14. Research/Product Development- Are you listening to your consumer’s feedback about your product or service? Are you making improvements based on this information?

15. CRM- Are you engaging with your customers continuously to keep them in your sales funnel? Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 9

16. Listen, Learn, and Engage What is your Engagement Value? Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 10

17. Listen, Learn, and Engage What is your Engagement Value? Most companies spend most of their effort trying to gain new customers and neglect the ones they have. Remember the Pareto Principle better known as the 80/20 rule as applied to business…80% of your company revenue will come from 20% of your customers! Keeping the Pareto Principle in mind you can quickly see how valuable engaging with an existing customer is to your company’s profits. Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 11

18. Listen, Learn, and Engage What is your Engagement Value? Social Media does an incredible job at allowing your company to stay engaged with existing customers but what is the value of that engagement? Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 12

20. Through your social media efforts you successfully handle 50 customer support issues in one month.

21. In theory you have saved $5,000 in business by engaging with your customers and solving their issues. (Engagement Value) Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 13

22. Listen, Learn, and Engage Expect What You Inspect! Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 14

24. Establish the baseline numbers to be used for comparisons in measuring the effectiveness of your Social Media efforts

25. Create the tracking forms by department

26. Study the incoming data

27. Pinpoint the correlation between desired departmental goals and your social media efforts

28. Make sure your social media efforts are achieving the desired goals

29. Adjust social media efforts where needed

30. Report findings and necessary changes needed to original social media plan Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 15

31. Listen, Learn, and Engage For more details on Evolution of Communication please contact: Jeff Mello Founder, Evolution of Communication p: 404-579-0911 e:jeffmello@evolutionofcommunication.com w: http://evolutionofcommunication.com f: http://www.facebook.com/evolutionofcommunication t: @eoc_jeff Evolution of Communication LLC. © 2010 - Proprietary and Confidential, for use by intended client only 16