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The Insidious Plot
to Socialize the
Enterprise
John Bell
Global Managing Director
Social@Ogilvy
Social Media Adoption
      Path


       Nervous       Listening   Experimenting   Connecting        Fully
       Ambivalence               Unconnected     Leadership        integrated
                                 experiments     applies                        Value
100                              spring up       governance and
                                 everywhere      enlightened
                                 across the      social brand
                                 business        management
                                                 to extract more
                                                 value




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       Phase 0       Phase 1     Phase 2         Phase 3           Phase 4




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The Insidious Plot?
More like Inevitable Shift
Business
Discipline Social
           Behaviors
Social Business
    Strategy


    Business Value                     Examples

    Create customer value              • Deliver services and products via preferred social channels
                                       • Add content or utility to increase customer value
                                       • Increase individual and network value of customers (i.e socialCRM)


    Build brand reputation and value   • Manage risk via ongoing dialogue with stakeholders, influencers and
                                         customers
                                       • Co-create with customers and stakeholders to deepen “investment”


    Expand operations and innovation   • Increase efficiency of marcom programs
    excellence                         • Crowd-source solutions with customers and stakeholders
                                       • Deliver service solutions more efficiently


    Strengthen workforce and culture   • Increase internal collaboration on business problems/systems
                                       • Feature employees in external communications and customer touchpoints




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Creating Customer
Value


Deutsche Bahn launches
a new train ticket only for
young people, selling
over 145,000 of them via
Facebook.




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Build brand reputation
and value


Time Warner Cable solves
customer problems via
Twitter to walk-the-walk
of customers-first.




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Expand operation and
innovation excellence


All Clad listens to cooks‟
reaction to products and
implements changes like
the new handle design.




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Strengthen workforce
and culture


 Ford taps into employees,
 retirees and more as
 „badge-carrying‟ brand
 advocates.




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Social business
behaviors


Builds Integrated customer relationships

Fosters horizontal collaboration

Makes clear commitments to innovation

Becomes adaptive and agile

Masters an endless flow of data




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How fast are social
media behaviors
changing?
Growth markets outpace the US in
social network usage…


Managed social network profile in past month



 79.8%              74.9%            72.3%     70.4%    54%     49.3%




 Indonesia          Philippines      Turkey    Brazil   China   US




Global Web Index 6 – November 2011



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These global markets will define the next
phase of social media use


Social network usage growth from 2009 to 2010


27%                           18%               13%      5%




China                         Mexico            Russia   US




Global Web Index 6 – November 2011
And mobile lets us tap into the
opinions of our 130 friends anywhere

In the BRIC countries accessing
your social networks via mobile is
up 158% over the past 2 years
These opinions drive purchase


For opinions on products to buy,
Millennials are more than 3x as
likely than Boomers to turn to social
channels
BazaarVoice Study 2011
Not just in B2C but B2B

Senior decision makers

90%                                                                                                60%   Managed social
80%                                                                                                      network profile
70%
60%                                                                                                      Uploaded
                                                                                                         photo online
50%
40%
                                                                                                         Watched a
30%                                                                                                      video clip
20%
10%
  0%
           GWI.1
        July 2009         GWI.2
                        Nov 2009          GWI.3
                                       July 2010         GWI.4
                                                       Nov 2010           GWI.5
                                                                       July 2011         GWI.6
                                                                                       Nov 2011



Which of the following have you done online in the past month?
(% of decision makers and senior-decision makers globally, GWI.1 – GWI.6, July 2009 to Nov 2011)


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How customers buy,
vote and act is
changing…globally
Each of us has our
own “Personal
Message Shield”




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What employees
expect is changing
Employees expect
social culture
                             Collaboration
                                              Access to
                                             Leadership




               Platform freedom
                                                      Blended
                                                    Relationships




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How are our
business leaders
responding?
How have we
socialized our own
enterprise?
60+ years of delivering
remarkable experiences
Unlockingleaders
Business the Value is
Hard… in the potential
believe
of social media


                           And while 69% of
                           executives report
 56% Inc 500 - Social      measurable business
 Media very important to   benefits from Social
 business                  Media…

                                                  Just 20% of businesses
                                                  received 80% of the
                                                  benefits from Social Media



McKinsey Study 2009




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It Requires Change



Moving marketing and communications to an owned, earned, paid
model…
Increasing collaboration between marketing, communications, legal, HR
and customer service…
Putting a value on customer and stakeholder advocacy, not just sales…


Preparing employees as ambassadors, not just, as a workforce…


Integrating Social Media across the business




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Fully integrated       A global shift calls for   Social Business
solutions for a new    the largest network of     Solutions can drive
customer/stakeholder   Social Media strategists   customer and internal
journey                                           value across the
                                                  enterprise




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The 7 Solutions that
Deliver Business Value




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We deliver remarkable
experiences and
relationships that inspire
advocacy, action and
business results
How has social
media changed
leadership?
How have you
socialized your
own enterprise?
Connect with me




John Bell
Global Managing Director | Social@Ogilvy


john.bell@ogilvy.com
Social for Brands site:
Social.ogilvy.com


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