The document outlines 20 principles for leading change through social media by laying the groundwork for social success, knowing customers through social insights, connecting and sharing with colleagues through internal social networks, building deeper customer relationships, and listening and learning from public social networks. It provides an overview of each principle across 5 chapters and emphasizes empowering employees, customers, and communities through social engagement.
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Very similar to Lessius several days ago, with a lot of practical examples, I try to gently convince the students to create stuff worth sharing. To be maniacal in managing expectations. To create acts, not ads. To not only contact consumers when they have to pay an invoice, but to gradually engage them via campaigns AND programs. And that to do this, you have to change companies from the inside. Not by brute force, but by smart projects.
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So, here’s to the new class of marketeers at Lessius Mechelen that is prepared to build brands worth sharing and talking about.
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I try to change companies to be less about ads and more about acts. Through inspiration. Through strategy. Through coaching. And mainly blood, sweat and tears. Because in these times, brands aren't defined by what they say, but what they do. Not convinced? Let my acts speak for themselves.
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The noble art of building brands worth sharing for EURIBPolle de Maagt
The EURIB, the European Institute for Brand management, which was founded by Riezebos and where marketeers are educated in brand, design & reputation management. An impressive line up of guest lecturers (Jeroen de Bakker, Jim Stolze, Renee Peeters, Ingmar de Lange, amongst others) trains the marketeers in branding, digital, positioning and reputation management. A line up that makes me wish I could be a student there.
Very similar to Lessius several days ago, with a lot of practical examples, I try to gently convince the students to create stuff worth sharing. To be maniacal in managing expectations. To create acts, not ads. To not only contact consumers when they have to pay an invoice, but to gradually engage them via campaigns AND programs. And that to do this, you have to change companies from the inside. Not by brute force, but by smart projects.
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Acts not ads. I guess trying to change marketeers to do less advertising and more acts from time to time means you have to preach to new marketeers. Well, preaching might not be the right word but nudging or gently convincing to be more about acts pretty much sums it up.
Gently convincing to create stuff worth sharing. To be maniacal in managing expectations. To create acts, not ads. To not only contact consumers when they have to pay an invoice, but to gradually engage them via campaigns AND programs. And that to do this, you have to change companies from the inside. Not by brute force, but by smart projects.
So, here’s to the new class of marketeers at Lessius Mechelen that is prepared to build brands worth sharing and talking about.
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I try to change companies to be less about ads and more about acts. Through inspiration. Through strategy. Through coaching. And mainly blood, sweat and tears. Because in these times, brands aren't defined by what they say, but what they do. Not convinced? Let my acts speak for themselves.
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Nothing changed and everything changed.
The more direct contact brands have with consumers,
the more they need a coherent core identity.
One that translates both into tweets and invoices
in campaigns, and more important, a permanent dialogue.
Because people’s expectations have shifted.
Towards new client service normals.
From ads to acts.
Changing companies towards more consumer centricity isn’t easy.
That requires proving you’re on the right track every single day.
Showing progress.
Building upon your companies’ unused potential.
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Nothing changed and everything changed.
The more direct contact brands have with consumers,
the more they need a coherent core identity.
One that translates both into tweets and invoices
in campaigns, and more important, a permanent dialogue.
Because people’s expectations have shifted.
Towards new client service normals.
From ads to acts.
Changing companies towards more consumer centricity isn’t easy.
That requires proving you’re on the right track every single day.
Showing progress.
Building upon your companies’ unused potential.
In this technology-focused issue of Electronic Retailer magazine, I am featured in a story discussing ITV, along with leaders at Discovery Communications and Comcast who are also pioneering ITV as a new form of advertising available to enhance engagement with TV Viewers.
Why should our company launch our global thought leadership program at SXSW? 500 + solo presentations and panels give non-famous, passionate people a chance to engage people and increase their own personal profile as well as the profile of our global network.
You won’t find another conference with the quality of innovative, creative big thinkers. 16,000 attendees last year. The best networking event for insanely curious, entrepreneurial thinkers. Plus great barbecue and Tex-Mex. What more do you need?
Co-written with influencer Brian Solis, this eBook helps execs get their business on the path to becoming a social enterprise by following 20 short, but impactful principles.
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Becoming a Social Enterprise - Here's How
1.
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
20 Principles FOR leading CHANGE
CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Lay the Know Your Connect and Build Deeper Relation- Listen and Learn
Groundwork for Customers Like Share With ships by Engaging From Public Social
Social Success Never Before Colleagues Instantly Customers in New Ways Networks
1 Define the Vision 5 Make Your Customer King 7 Empower Your Employees 12 Treat Your Prospects 16 Create a Social
With Social Tools Like Trusted Partners Listening Center
2 Set Clear Social Goals 6 Get One View of Your
Customers 8 Tear Down Departmental 13 Create Fans for Life 17 Establish Rules of
3 Create Purpose Silos Instantly Engagement
14 Crowd-Source Innovation
4 Establish a Social Taskforce 9 Turn Weak Ties Into Strong From Your Community 18 Attract Fans With
Connections New Social Experiences
15 Market at the Speed
10 Build a Results-Driven of Social 19 Amplify Your Evangelists
Workplace 20 Bring Your Products Into
11 Make Social Part of Every the Conversation
Business Process
3. Introduction
Let’s face it: Part of you—or maybe all of you—
wonders how important and lasting this social
phenomenon will ultimately end up being. Is it
worth dedicating some of your organization’s
valuable time and resources to this?
The answer is yes.
Now is the time to get serious about social and
put your business fully on the path to becoming
a Social Enterprise. This book will show you how
to get there through a series of short—but
impactful—principles. Read it, start thinking, and
then do something social: Share it with someone in
your company who can help make it happen.
4. CHAPTER ONE
Lay the Groundwork
for Social Success
Convey clear benefits to your business, customers, and employees
5. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
By now it should be clear that social is not a fad. Every- technologies, trends, and objectives that are
thing from how we process and consume information a match for your larger business goals. Only
to how we engage with customers, prospects, partners, then will you be ready to operationalize your
employees—and everyone—has changed forever. organization for new social opportunities.
Today, one in every five minutes online is spent on
Facebook, 250 million tweets go out every day, and You-
Tube has morphed from a hub for crazy cat and baby
videos into a bona fide entertainment destination and
the third most-popular website in the world (after Google
and Facebook), according to Alexa.
Almost overnight, brands have moved from 1-to-1 cus-
tomer conversations to 1-to-1-millions. Your communities
have a voice, and thanks to social networks, it’s a louder
and more powerful one than any other time in history. “The biggest game-
These networks are so influential because they’re pow- changer over the next
ered by people and designed for their benefit. People five years in business
like your customers and prospects are at the center of productivitycreating the
Burberry is
will be how
ultimate social enterprise.
this customer-led revolution —and that’s what makes companies use social
social a game changer for business. media.”
“You have to be totally con-
No one knows your unique business better than you. Enrique Salem
That’s why you can’t exactly copy someone else’s Social
nected with everyone who
CEO, Symantec
Enterprise blueprint and apply it to your own company. touches your brand.”
Your specific social strategy must account for the Angela Ahrendts, CEO, Burberry
6. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Everything begins with conveying what Expectations of engagement, listening, and
social media means to your business, learning are inherent. It’s not just about
1 your customers, and your employees—
and how everyone will benefit.
getting closer to customers and employ-
ees; it’s about empowering them, learning
from them, and leading them.
Before we take any steps forward, let’s step
Define back and think about the possibilities. How
can social media improve customer and
Your vision should inspire your internal
audience, certainly. But it should also
the Vision employee relationships? What do these re-
lationships look like over the course of one,
be inspirational to people outside your
organization. Challenge yourself to write
two, or even three years? These types of something that makes your communities
forward-thinking questions set the founda- think, “That’s a company I want to do
tion for the vision. business with.”
In defining your vision, remember that
social channels are designed for two-way
conversations; they’re not just another
marketing channel for broadcasting
your message.
Either business gets
social or it gets
left behind
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: Gartner, Business Gets Social)
7. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Once you’ve articulated your vision, it’s At every step, be sure that your mission
time to define your mission and give (and your vision) aligns with business
2 more details on how your organization
will invest in social technologies, modify
priorities and objectives. Set milestones
and checkpoints to ensure that your
relevant processes as necessary, and em- Social Enterprise transformation is on
power champions to lead the social trans- course. Document expectations and set
Set Clear formation at every level. clear goals that support your overall
corporate goals.
Social Goals It’s no simple task, of course. The explo-
sion of social media sites and technologies
means the possibilities are virtually end-
less. Consider starting small with a few key
social channels, then making modifications
and additions as you spread your social 70% of enterprises
wings. Don’t lose sight of the fact that tech- achieve business
nology is not the end game and social
media—in and of itself—is not a strategy.
objectives with social
media yet only 43%
have a formal social
roadmap to address
their goals
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: Altimeter Group)
8. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Social media is a very personal and emo- You can’t do this alone. Now that you
tional landscape. As such, your Social have a vision, mission, and purpose
3 Enterprise strategy requires a purpose to
motivate your team and customers to join
documented, it’s time to pull together a
trusted group of change agents. These
you in this important journey. Think about it stakeholders will each represent key
this way: If your vision is ‘what’ you’re striv- functions and LoBs to ensure that social
Create ing for and your mission is ‘how’ you’re
getting there, your purpose is ‘why’ you’re
transformation is thoughtful and opera-
tionalized. Together, change and market
Purpose doing it at all. leadership is imminent.
With a clear vision, established goals, and
the best intentions of improving relation-
ships and experiences through social
media, the next step is to give your col-
leagues a reason to believe. Why should
they enlist in this mission? Why should they
believe in your vision for transformation?
And perhaps most importantly, how every-
one will win in the process.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
9. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Now it’s time to start pulling together the Think of your taskforce as a central-
people who will make your Social Enter- ized resource for defining social media
4 prise transformation happen. Your Social
Taskforce should include people from
policy and establishing governance, best
practices, and policies that supports cross-
across your organization that are savvy functional teams and business units. Most
about social media and knowledgeable importantly, they’ll ensure your social me-
Establish about your business and its goals. It should
include stakeholders from all relevant lines
dia strategy ties back to key business ob-
jectives.
a Social of business and functions, including HR, le-
gal, marketing, sales, and customer service.
Taskforce
73% of companies
with shared social
media have clear
leadership, com-
pared to 31% of
those without
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: Altimeter Group)
10. CHAPTER TWO
Know Your Customers
Like Never Before
Gain social insights to understand what really matters
11. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
If a conversation takes place online and you’re not there
to hear it, did it happen? The answer is YES. In a social
world, what you don’t know can—and probably will—
hurt you. At the same time, knowing what people are
saying and how they’re interacting in social networks
can really help you.
Social media isn’t a nuisance—it’s one of the greatest
gifts your business could ask for. The conversations
that take place in social networks will give you new-
found awareness of what people are saying about your “You have to be totally
brand and your competitors. Social media makes that connected with every-
powerful “word of mouth” that is so valuable and yet so one who touches your
elusive not only discoverable but measurable. You can brand.”
learn more than ever about your customers based on Angela Ahrendts
what they ‘like’ on Facebook, the thoughts they share on CEO, Burberry
Twitter, and who they’re connected to on LinkedIn. These
insights can be translated into more meaningful conver- Burberry is creating the
sations between your customers and employees, more- ultimate social enterprise.
effective marketing strategies, and ultimately,
better products and services. “You have to be totally con-
nected with everyone who
touches your brand.”
Angela Ahrendts, CEO, Burberry
12. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Today’s customer has more power than Several longstanding companies have
ever. It’s time to recognize and embrace been brought to their knees due to a single
5 the fact that customers are now in the driv-
er’s seat, thanks to social technology.
unhappy—and socially influential—cus-
tomer. Protect your business by placing
your customers at the heart of everything
Everyone knows that referrals from friends
you do.Your customers will thank you with
Make Your
Make Your are far more valuable than messages from
a company. The problem for business was
their repeat business and referrals.
Customer
Customer always that generating referrals was an
inexact science. Then along came social
King
King media. The viral velocity of social networks
have made referrals a way of life for con-
sumers—do everything you can to encour-
age your customers to vote with their influ-
ence.
97% of customers
While social media can spread powerful identify as “somewhat
endorsements at unprecedented speeds,
mistakes can also be broadcast at the influenced” to “very
speed of social. Customers now air their influenced” by other
complaints to thousands or even millions of
people online in an instant; these negative
customers’ comments
posts last forever and can pop up 24 hours about companies
a day, 7 days a week.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: Clickfox “Social Media: An Emerging Customer Service Channel”)
13. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
You probably already have basic contact You’ll get a complete view into your cus-
info for your customers and prospects in a tomers so you can engage with them in
6 database. And many of you actively man-
age how these relationships track to the
more meaningful ways, correct unforeseen
mistakes, enhance their perception of your
sales funnel. But yesterday’s sales process- brand, and gather intelligence to improve
es fail to take into account the new social your products and services.
Get One
Make Your touch points that are so important to build
connections with today’s customers.
View of Your
Customer To get a socially relevant customer view,
Customer
King you must consolidate, track, and manage
social customer data in one place. Con-
nect the social Web to your customer data-
Percentage of
base to establish a holistic profile of your
customers. enterprises using
social information to
support business
critical decisions:
Do everything you can to encourage your
customers to vote with their influence. 28% in 2010
85% in 2020
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: IDC, ICT Market Outlook: What’s Next?)
14. CHAPTER THREE
Connect and Share
With Colleagues Instantly
Flatten your organization, uncover expertise, and improve productivity
15. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Imagine a work environment where ideas and exper-
tise transcend hierarchy and flow across geographies.
Where your employees at every level are passionate
and engaged and feel like their voices are heard.
Where it’s easy for them to get answers, find experts,
and share information with each other. In the Social
Enterprise, that’s happening now.
Employee social networks break down barriers,
elevate good ideas, keep processes moving, and
help everyone—from sales to service to the back
“As business moves
office—work more collaboratively and productively. into the 21st century,
you need social
Businesses that use social technologies internally collaboration tools.”
cultivate a deeper level of employee engagement,
Eric Johnson
distinguish themselves as leaders, and create work
VP of Sales Force
experiences that attract and retain the best employees. Effectiveness,
NBCUniversal
Burberry is creating the
ultimate social enterprise.
“You have to be totally con-
nected with everyone who
touches your brand.”
Angela Ahrendts, CEO, Burberry
16. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Social networks empower the individual Embrace the fact that your employees have
like no other technology before. On pub- aspirations and ambition. They want to be-
7 lic social networks, people are building
personal brands and creating massive
lieve in your vision. Help them. Guide them.
Empower them. Make social
amounts of influence. Now the same thing engagement—internal, external, or
is happening among employees inside of both—a criteria to become a top per-
Empower
Make Your companies via enterprise social networks. former. When employees engage with
influencers and the general community
Your
Customer Many companies make engaging custom-
ers a top priority, but fail to engage their
online, your story, and your vision can con-
nect people both within and outside the
Employees
King own employees and turn them into brand
representatives. In this social economy,
organization.
With blocking employees from social networks
is doing them—and your customers—a
Social Tools huge disservice.
51% of employees
using social soft-
ware say they are
more productive
during the workday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: Forrester, The Enterprise 2.0 User Profile) 10.31.11)
17. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
In many organizations, social media oper- product development teams can collabo-
ates solely within the silo of the marketing rate in an employee social network and
8 department. But becoming a Social Enter-
prise means breaking down barriers. Cus-
solve customer issues quickly or to identify
up-sell opportunities. Or, your marketing
tomers don’t care about your departmental team can use social tools to quickly
silos. They see a single company, and they respond to materials requests from the
Tear Down
Make Your expect every department to act like they’re
connected. It’s critical that your Social Enter-
sales team.
Departmental
Customer prise provide routes and resolution for all
facets of your business.
Silos Instantly
King Everyone in your organization is responsi-
ble for collaboration, because true collab-
oration requires all employees to share,
communicate, and be open. For example,
employees in your sales, service, and
66% of employees
say social networking
increases sharing
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: Altimeter Group)
18. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Because you all work at the same com- Or imagine a salesperson who posts to
pany, all your employees are tied loosely the enterprise social network asking how
9 together by default. But an enterprise social
network can make those weak ties be-
to pitch a certain product to address a cus-
tomer’s business problem. The next thing
come stronger connections where mutual she knows, her colleagues are jumping in
interests and context around customer with advice and ideas, and the sales rep
Turn Weak
Make Your needs or business problems become im-
mediately apparent.
suddenly gets swept into an opportunity to
sell multiple new products.
Ties Into
Customer The power of an enterprise social network These serendipitous moments don’t hap-
Strong
King is that an employee looking to get an an-
swer from one colleague will often get a
pen when you’re sitting at your desk or
sending emails only to certain people you
Connections faster reply from another colleague—who
they may not even know—who saw the so-
know well. They happen when your em-
ployees are completely connected and can
cial interaction in passing. A simple ques- uncover each other’s expertise and insights
tion about whether someone knows the in a matter of minutes. Suddenly, the ex-
CIO of a company you’re selling to might pertise of your entire company is lined
instead lead to the discovery that the com- up to service your customers at a mo-
pany’s CEO is the brother of an employee. ment’s notice.
The Web and social technologies enable access
to nearly unlimited ideas and practices.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: Predicts 2011: Executive Focus on Revenue Growth Puts Added Pressure on CIOs)
19. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
As with customers, employee expectations Motivate and improve employee perfor-
have changed thanks to social technolo- mance by establishing social goals, pro-
10 gies. For everything from managing perfor-
mance to growing careers, the workplace
viding continuous feedback, and giving
meaningful recognition. Replace traditional
is dramatically different today than it was performance reviews with an easier, more
five years ago. collaborative, and social review process.
Build aYour
Make At the heart of every organization is its cul-
This way, your employees always know
where they stand and are publically
Results-Driven
Customer ture. To be an effective and transparent
Social Enterprise, you must foster an
accountable for achieving their goals.
Workplace
King employee-centric culture. This means
working with your HR department to
ensure every employee feels that they’re
contributing to the company’s success, and
everyone feels like part of something
bigger than just their individual role.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
20. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Hiring one social media expert into your Customer service agents can collaborate
marketing organization is not enough to to resolve customer issues faster. HR can
11 transform your company into a Social En-
terprise. Social needs to be an integrated
leverage employees and their respective
peer networks to recruit top talent. Product
strategy for every department and every development can crowd-source new prod-
business process and function across your uct ideas or prioritize innovation currently
Make Social
Make Your organization. When social becomes part of
your corporate DNA, everyone from mar-
in the pipeline. By building social into every
business process, you’ll build a more effec-
Part of Every
Customer keting and HR to finance and customer
service will be more effective at communi-
tive and productive workforce and create a
more relevant business.
Business
King cating, collaborating, problem solving, and
Process
serving customers and stakeholders.
Social technologies can help everyone do
a better job. Marketers can launch cam- 20% of enterprises
paigns that colleagues from across the
company and the globe can help shape.
that use social media
beyond marketing
will lead their
industries in revenue
growth by 2015
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21. CHAPTER FOUR
Build Deeper Relationships by
Engaging Customers in New Ways
Collaborate in real time with customers, prospects, and partners
22. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Customer expectations have changed. Customers no
longer need to come to you to learn about your products
and services. They’re joining conversations online and
getting a more unbiased perspective on social channels.
They prefer engaging with you alongside their colleagues
and other customers like them. This new level of open-
ness and transparency has fundamentally changed the
Make Your conversation between companies and customers.
Customer
The most successful businesses today are embracing
this shift to distinguish themselves as thought leaders “When users communi-
King in their industries, earning the trust of their custom-
ers ahead of their competition. They’re joining existing
cate with their devices
via the social networks
communities—or creating their own—where custom- they already use, pro-
ers, partners, and even products can all join the same ductivity skyrockets.”
conversations and share ideas. These businesses care
Vala Afshar
about the needs of their customers and are responding
Chief Customer Officer,
faster and with more transparency thanks to social tech-
Enterasys Networks
nology. Faster responses, deeper engagement and
stronger trust: That’s what’s fueling the growth of today’s
leading companies.
As a leader, you set the charter for the customer experi-
ence. You have the ability to build the bridges that con-
nect your brand and products to your social customers
and deliver remarkable experiences that meet and ex-
ceed their expectations.
23. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Social collaboration tools inside your com- Companies today can now create cus-
pany make it easier for sales reps to close tomer social networks to collaborate with
12 deals because they’re now connected to
everyone and everything they need. The
customers and partners throughout the
sales cycle. These communities can be
engineer. The new marketing deck. The created instantly and act essentially as
competitive expert. The latest discount private deal rooms that create a new level
Treat Your
Make Your matrix. The executive with platinum con-
nections. This level of connectivity within a
of transparency and trust—where informa-
tion flows quickly and customers feel like
Prospects
Customer Social Enterprise is the new sales reality. trusted partners. It’s all about changing the
attitude and getting to “yes” more quickly.
Like Trusted
King But how does this benefit the relationship
with the customer or prospect? After all,
Partners that’s what selling is all about.
56% of buyers
feel connected to
brands that
engage socially
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: Cone Inc.)
24. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Millions of conversations are happening To win fans in the social era, you’ll need to
online right now, among millions of people. make sure your agents are everywhere
13 Some of them are about your company
and your products. As the conversations
your customers are. When a technical
question comes in about a product, make
about your brand increase, how do you sure it gets to your product or support
scale? Hiring more people to monitor team. Social is built for speed, so if you’re
Create Your
Make Twitter is not the answer. You’ll be over-
whelmed quickly unless you automate your
not bringing the right people into the con-
versation quickly, your customers will start
Fans
Customer listening and route the right conversations
to the right agents within your organization
talking to someone else.
for Life
King for follow-up.
62% of consumers
handle service
issues with
social media
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: ClickFox, “Social Media: An Emerging Customer Service Channel” Report)
25. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Much to the chagrin of PR departments Remember, a community is not just some-
everywhere, customers feel free to use thing where people belong; a community
14 their social voices when they need help,
when they have a problem, or when
is defined by the things that make belong-
ing matter. Develop programs to focus
they’ve had a negative experience. Why community activity on collaborative mis-
not channel those voices to help your busi- sions to accomplish great things. Working
Crowd-Source
Make Your ness create better products and services? together to do something great is a great
way to foster affinity and loyalty.
Innovation
Customer Here’s how to get there: Invest in your
communities by turning customers and
From Your
King partners into stakeholders.
Community
Percentage of
enterprises getting
new product ideas via
social media:
30% in 2010
75% in 2020
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: IDC, ICT Market Outlook: What’s Next?)
26. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
In a social world, context and immediacy
are prerequisites for the most success-
15 ful types of online customer interactions.
Captivating your customer’s attention at the
right time and in the right place can trigger
the types of interactions and activity that
MarketYour
Make at boost your brand and generate sales.
the Speed
Customer To make it happen, you need to instantly
decipher social activity and then present
of Social
King contextually relevant web content that
pulls in social data. Your customers are
engaging with your company on Twitter
and Facebook, and you need to be there
too, generating customized web experi-
ences on the fly.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
27. CHAPTER FIVE
Listen and Learn From
Public Social Networks
Get insights to shape unique experiences for your communities
28. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
A funny thing happened as people started using social
networks like Facebook and Twitter. They not only be-
came incredibly connected, they also built their own are-
nas where they take center stage and their friends and
followers fill the seats.
Everyone now has a voice. They have a stage and a
Make Your
connected audience to share what they like and also
what they don’t like. Remember, people on social net-
Customer
works are at the center of their own social universe, and
they don’t have to connect to your business. Establishing
“One of the founding
principles of Dell is
King and losing connections are as easy as a ‘click.’
It’s time to get their attention and earn their support.
listening and learning
from our customers,
But you won’t capture their mindshare if you treat social
taking that feedback,
media like traditional broadcast channels that only offer
and improving.”
one-way communication. It all starts by listening to what
people are saying about your brand and understanding Michael Dell
CEO, Dell
where your customers, partners, competitors, and pros-
pects are spending their time.
Let your desire to put people at the center of your busi- Social networks reach
ness be the driving force behind your listening. Stay on
top of social conversations to help customers at the point
82% of the online
of need, thank advocates, win over detractors, and capi- population worldwide
talize on new growth opportunities for your business.
(Source: “It’s a Social World” by comScore)
29. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Social media opens windows into the A listening center will help you glean
worlds of your customers. Set up a “com- insights into what customers, influenc-
16 mand center” or central area for viewing,
monitoring, and reporting on all your com-
ers, press, and the community are say-
ing about your brand. You can also track
pany’s social mentions in real time across what’s being said about your competition.
the social media sites where people are Listening is the first step. From there you
Create Your
Make a talking about you. This is the central ner-
vous system of the Social Enterprise.
can learn, adapt, and engage your cus-
tomers to affect change.
Social
Customer Picture a room with multiple screens dis-
playing social feeds. Staffers are watching,
Listening
King learning, replying, and distributing infor-
Center
mation and questions to the right people
throughout your organization. Your moni-
toring staff knows what’s happening as
it happens and brings in other parts of
the organization when and where
they’re needed.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
30. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Each social network community boasts Follow up is key. Give a little detail about
its own unique culture. A “one size fits all” what you’re doing to fix it and when you
17 approach can fall flat or cause an uninten-
tional uprising. Front line employees who
expect resolution. While only one person
may be waiting for your direct reply, thou-
engage with customers on social channels sands more could be watching. The trans-
need road signs and guardrails to operate. parency and openness of social network-
Establish
Make Your They also need training and direction on
how to best represent the brand through
ing sites makes doing the right thing more
important than ever.
Rules of
Customer their actions and words in social media.
What’s clear is that social customers not
Engagement
King Establishing rules of engagement in a
broader social media policy creates conti-
only expect and appreciate engagement,
but they also feel better as a result. In fact,
nuity and consistency in your messaging after having a dialogue with you that the
across social channels. Formally training customer feels good about, this same for-
your internal staff on those rules ensures merly disgruntled person will return to the
fewer social missteps. same channels where they vented frustra-
tion to sing your praises. So, don’t delay
A few simple guidelines include: thanking
in responding to your customers. Let them
people who mention your brand, engaging
know their voices matter—and that you’re
quickly, and being honest. Be sure to cover
listening. Now.
what to do when things are going wrong.
When there’s a problem, acknowledge it 92% of companies allow
quickly say you’re working on it.
professional use of
social media
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: Altimeter Group, Pivot Study)
31. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
The social Web is fundamentally changing Imagine delivering tailored products, mo-
the interactions between companies and bile apps, and Web experiences to your
18 their communities. One of the biggest op-
portunities your business faces today is the
customers. They’ll appreciate seeing only
relevant information and offers, and you’ll
ability to design remarkable experiences experience greater customer satisfaction
through the marriage of social apps and and more sales.
Attract Your
Make New social data.
Fans With
Customer Now you can personalize your story for the
people you’re trying to reach, inspired by
New Social
King their behavior in social networks—what
they post, what they do, what they “like.”
Experiences
53% of active adult
social networkers
follow a brand, while
32% follow a celebrity
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (Source: Nielsen)
32. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
As social customers build their personal
networks over time, some of them evolve
19 from just another member of the crowd
into a person of influence with a large and
attentive audience.
Amplify Your
Make Your Now’s the time to mobilize your influen-
tial customers by using listening tools to
Evangelists
Customer identify champions and measure their
social reach. Let them know how impor-
King tant they are to your business. Find out
what about your company and products
excites them, and design official advocacy
programs that harness their influence and
passion. Before you know it, you’ll have an
90% of online
army of people who aren’t even on your consumers trust
payroll singing your praises, answering
known users,
questions guiding purchasing decisions,
and defending you against online critics. 70% trust
unknown users,
8% trust celebrities
(Source: Erik Qualman, Socialnomics)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
33. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE
Your social community can extend beyond Imagine your car tweeting, “It’s almost time
your customers, prospects, and employ- for an oil change.” Imagine next seeing an
20 ees—now your products can be social,
too. A product social network brings your
ad on Facebook that your favorite service
station has an oil change appointment
product into social conversations, allow- open at 10:00 on Saturday morning.
ing your customers to not only ‘like’ your
Bring Your
Make Your product, but to become friends with it.
Customer
Products
Each day hundreds of millions of people
use social networks to stay on top of the
King
Into the latest news from families, friends, and
businesses. Why shouldn’t your products
Conversation share status updates with your custom-
ers—just like people do? They can tell your
customers when everything’s fine, or tweet
when something needs their attention.
Intelligent communicating devices on the
network will outnumber “traditional"
computing devices by almost 2 to 1
(Source: IDC)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
34. Start Your Social Transformation Now
As a leader in your organization, it’s time to The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a
start socializing the idea and assigning people single step. Use this book as your guide to
to make it happen. take the first one. Before you know it, your
Social Enterprise transformation will begin,
Only you can help chart a course for the future.
and soon you’ll be well on the road to
Social has created a tremendous opportunity
deeper relationships with customers and
for your company to outpace your competition.
employees—and greater relevance with
If your organization looks to you for direction
social and traditional customers alike.
and inspiration, then it’s up to you to lead the
charge in developing a more human, adapt-
able, and scalable Social Enterprise.
It doesn’t mean starting over. You don’t need
to reinvent the wheel to become a Social Enter-
prise. This is a time to evaluate and modernize
existing practices and to refocus on the expec-
tations of your social customers.