Project for Social Media Management Class- Social Media Strategy for Taco Bell PUR3622; data and statistics provided are not correct but are rather there to exemplify how to create a social media strategy guide

1. SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY 2017
KYNDALL OAKLEY
PUR 3622/ RTV4930
2/19/2017
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2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
4 SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIT
8 SOCIAL MEDIA OBJECTIVES
10 ONLINE BRAND PERSONA AND VOICE
11 STRATEGIES AND TOOLS
13 TIMING AND KEY DATES
14 SOCIAL MEDIA ROLES AND RESPONSIBLITIES
15 SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
16 CRITICAL RESPONSE PLAN
18 MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING RESULTS
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3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
u The main social media priority for Taco Bell in 2017 will be to increase followers and
expand follower demographic beyond primarily young audiences/ millennials.
u Taco Bell will continue to focus on maintaining and building a community with
millennial customers, but will now also aim to target the faster growing demographic
of older social media users to expand customer base.
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TOOLS AND TACTICS:
• Use existing social media accounts to continue great content output and maintain loyal
customers.
• Increase presence on newer platforms such as Snapchat through posting more consistently.
• Increase older followers by creating more relatable, share-worthy content for their age
group.

4. SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIT
u SOCIAL MEDIA ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT SUMMARY: Twitter is currently the most successful social platform for Taco Bell in
terms of audience engagement. Facebook has the most followers out of all social media platforms.
Pinterest is the least successful in terms of followers and engagement rate. There has been some
success with sponsored Snapchat filters in the past but the actual Snapchat account is not
extremely active.
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5. SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIT
u WEBSITE TRAFFIC SOURCES ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT SUMMARY: This data is calculated on a monthly basis. Twitter and Facebook
have the most unique visitors from all social media categories. Unique visits and percentage
of overall traffic cannot be calculated for Instagram and Snapchat but it is safe to assume
that there is some social interaction on both platforms. Pinterest has a very low conversion
rate and percentage of overall traffic.
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6. SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIT
u AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT SUMMARY: The majority of respondents were age 30 or below, the most being ages
13-18. The gender distribution is differentiated by 14%, the majority being male. Concerning social
networks, most users prefer Twitter. The second highest primary social network was Snapchat, likely
because of the high amount of 13-18 year old respondents. Moving forward, snapchat should
become more of a focus and the fate of the Taco Bell Pinterest account should be considered, as
it was not a primary or social networking account for any of the respondents. Customers primary
need was fast and convenient meals, while their secondary need was Tex-Mex inspired causal
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7. SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIT
u COMPETITOR ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT SUMMARY: Competitors such as McDonald’s have a larger following and have built
up consistent communities. Competitors post diverse content as far as medium goes (video/
pictures). Where the competitors fail is creating fun, interesting content and that is where we should
continue to focus.
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8. SOCIAL MEDIA OBJECTIVES
OVERALL BUSINESS GOALS:
u Maintain loyal customers
u Continue to increase social media
presence
u Increase older customers (primarily ages
31-44)
SOCIAL MEDIA OBJECTIVES TO SUPPORT:
v Continue to post on favorite social networks, but create greater
consistency with daily posts on both Twitter and Facebook and
higher engagement rates (at least 30% engagement rate for
Twitter and Facebook, respectively, in 10 months)
v Begin to post more consistently and more interesting content on
Snapchat and Instagram (increase daily posts for Snapchat and
Instagram by at least 1 daily within 5 months)
v Create content that will be more relatable for older audiences
(increase followers across Twitter and Facebook ages 31-44 by at
least 30% in 12 months)
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9. SOCIAL MEDIA OBJECTIVES
u QUANTITATIVE
u Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat (views),
Instagram follower counts
u Number of posts per day across
platforms
u QUALITATIVE
u Sentiment analysis by analysis of
customer social media posts
u Question relatability of content (ages
31-44)
u Taco Bell has fast, fun food
u Tex-Mex on-the-go
u Reliable, delicious food for the whole family
KPIS: KEY SUPPORTING MESSAGES:
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10. ONLINE BRAND PERSONAL AND VOICE
u ADJECTIVES THAT DESCIRBE OUR BRAND
* F U N * * F U N N Y * * C R E A T I V E * * F A S T * * F R I E N D L Y * * B O L D *
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11. STRATEGIES AND TOOLS
u PAID:
u Boost popular Facebook posts every Tuesday (taco Tuesday).
u Paid promotional snapchat lenses
u OWNED:
u Increase activity on brand snapchat account (more story posting/
interaction with snapchat customers)
u Create Facebook posts targeted towards older customers (31-44)
with new, sharable content
u EARNED:
u Create social media Tuesday promotion across platforms for
reduced taco prices
u Create relationship with influencers to promote brand across all
platforms (in particular Snapchat and Instagram)
TOOLS:
APPROVED: REJECTED:
Hootsuite N/A
Buffer
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12. STRATEGIES AND TOOLS
u EXISTING SUBSCRIPTIONS/ LICENSES
u Verified accounts
Facebook:
Snapchat:
Twitter:
Instagram:
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13. TIMING AND KEY DATES
u KEY DATES
u Cinco de Mayo (May 5th)
u Valentine’s Day (who doesn’t love
tacos)
u National Taco Day (October 4th)
u INTERNAL EVENTS
u March 21st- Taco Bell Birthday
u April 1-20th- Taco Fundraiser
LEAD TIMES
12 P.M.- 2 P.M. (lunch rush)
4:30 P.M. -7 P.M. (dinner)
12 A.M.-3 A.M. (late crowd)
REPORTING DATES
The goals expressed in this document
should ideally all be finished within one
year. Reporting time to track progress
will occur once every four months to
stay up to date with current information
and reports.
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14. SOCIAL MEDIA ROLES AND RESPONSIBLITIES
u SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR:
u Oversees all social media accounts and published posts, has final approval over
all campaign strategy and implementation of new rules.
u SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER:
u Oversees day-to-day social media services, handles crisis control, develops
campaign strategies
u SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR:
u Helps to create and schedule content on a daily basis
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15. SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
It is important to follow this social media policy to avoid any inappropriate or off-brand social media
interactions. Two-way communication allowed through social media is an important part of our business
and we take it very seriously. This policy always come first and any failure to follow these guidelines could
jeopardize the reputation of our company and more importantly, our treasured relationship with our
customers.
• Hateful/ inappropriate language will not be tolerated
• We love to use humor in our posts BUT it must be
humor that is widely relatable and not at all offensive
• If a customer service need arises, attempt to help the
customer or direct them to where they could get
appropriate support
• Be polite to all, including competition
• Never post illegal material
• Remember you are posting from a professional
account, not your personal account. Always
keep the brand in mind
• If you are unsure, do not hesitate to ask for help
or clarification with your posts
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16. CRITICAL RESPONSE PLAN
u SCENARIO ONE:
u Rumor of poor health standards or similar (false)
u MAKE SURE TO CONFIRM THAT RUMOR IS FALSE WITH HR
u TAKE INTO BRIEF ACCOUNT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
ABOUT THE BRAND AND RUMORS
u SEND OUT PRE-APPROVED MESSAGE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK
u RESPOND TO ANY CUSTOMER QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA CONCERNING THE
RUMOR
PRE-APPROVED RESPONSE: (optimized for Facebook and Twitter)
“We take our health standards (or insert other issue if necessary) very seriously. If you're
going to #LiveMás you need to put your health first. Happy to report no health standard
issues at Taco Bell.”
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17. CRITICAL RESPONSE PLAN
u SCENARIO TWO:
u Inappropriate post to Facebook
u RECORD TIME POSTED AND EXACT MATERIAL OF POST
u DELETE POST ASAP
u CONTACT SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR AND ALERT OF POST
u SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR WILL COME UP WITH AN OFFICIAL APOLOGY POST
u IN THE MEAN TIME, RESPOND TO ANY CUSTOMERS WHO REACHED OUT DIRECTLY
WITH BELOW PRE-APPROVED MESSAGE
PRE-APPROVED MESSAGE:
"Our sincerest apologies! That post was not approved and we're working our hardest to fix
that problem.”
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18. MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING RESULTS
u SOCIAL NETWORK DATA
u WEBSITE TRAFFIC DATA
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19. MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING RESULTS
u RESULTS ASSESSMENT: Follower count is up in all social media platforms. Increases in weekly
activity and more content posted resulted in higher engagement rates and follower counts.
u SENTIMENT ANALYSIS: An analysis was conducted of customer tweets, Facebook posts,
received Snapchats, and Instagram posts.
u Customer sentiment was overwhelmingly positive, and there was a particularly high rate of enjoyment from
our humorous posts. Positive sentiment mostly came from loyal customers, which is good but something
that we would like to also receive extensively from new and first-time customers.
u Negative sentiment was mainly focused on customers receiving a wrong order, which is something that
individual branches will need to work on.
u PROPOSED ACTIONS:
u Discontinue Pinterest account because of lack of audience and failure to grow; failure to
see any future benefits
u Continue to put out higher levels of content daily to foster more engagement and higher
follower counts
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