why brands should focus on working with brand ambassadors in stead of investing thousands of euros...

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

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“ Marketing used to be simple! One message,

drinking and smoking heavily… "Ambassador marketing, Smarketing, influencers, brand ambassadorship, Word-of-

mouth, WOM, credibility, sales, growth hacking, brand ambassadors, marketing, B2B,

B2C, referrals

Tsunami of INFORMATION

76% of people don’t believe advertisements to be true

Yankelowich

Only 14% of respondents could remember the last ad they say and identify what was being promoted

arstechnica.com

BLOCKED !

TRUST

0%Looking for a solution

100%I buy from your brand

I did lots of research before I contacted a sales rep from your brand.57%

70%

Earned mediaRecommendations from people I know

Consumer opinions posted online

83%

66%

Owned mediaContent Marketing

Search Engine Ads

54%

38%

Social Media Ads34%

SOURCE

Nielsen Global Trust in Advertising Survey

September 2015

The average buyer is 57% to 70% through the purchase decision before engaging with a supplier sales rep.

4.7% OF YOUR CUSTOMERS GENERATE 100% OF WOMM

BRAND LOYALTY

SIZE

OF

MAR

KET

New customers

Existing customers

Little Brand Affinity

Brand ambassadors

Most brands focus here!

You should focus here!

SOURCE

MackCollier.com

TONS OF DATA

LOYALTY

ADVOCACY

VS

Rewarding consumers who LIKE your brand for

their TRANSACTIONS.

Rewarding consumers who LOVE your brand for SOCIAL ACTIONS.

How brands talk …

How brands should talk …

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

“ Brands are no longer talking at consumers,they are talking with them. “

My Hidden Treasure Social Amplification Case

1200 8000+

user-generated but inspiring social “ads”

number of total social shares

media budget of campaign

€0

“ The number one priority

according to CMOs

is enhancing customer

loyalty/advocacy. “ ( IBM )

“ If you haven't put structure and process around

ambassador marketing, start now. “

Richard FoutsGartner

83% of consumers are willing to refer after a positive experience

— yet only 29% actually do

Texas Tec

THE IDEAL PROCESS according to us

0102

0304

IDENTIFYambassadors BUILD

relationships

ACTIVATEyour ambassadors

ANALYSEthe numbers

01

IDENTIFYambassadors

How likely is it that you would recommendBONGO to a friend or colleague ?

Net Promoter Score (NPS) % Promotors - % Detractors

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Detractors Passives Promoters

01

IDENTIFYambassadors

How likely is it that you would recommendBONGO to a friend or colleague ?

Make them comfortable with the program. Remember, they just said “Goodbye” to their

single life!

From dating to getting married

You started “dating” your ambassadors, but you can’t

expect them to say “Yes” when you ask them to marry you

from day one.

03

ACTIVATE your ambassadors

Write your most personal BONGO story.

Incentives: cash is not king, it’s about relationships

03

ACTIVATE your ambassadors

PUBLISH RATEwith incentive 22.7%

without incentive 22.9%

1 / 4Creates Stories

“ Comparison websitesare the new SEO juice. “

SEOjuice

4%Event

LINK WITH OFFLINE

16%Contest

participation

11% Succes shouts

03

ACTIVATE your ambassadors

“ Komaaaaaan Catherine!!! De kick van je leven! Believe me!!! De vrije val is bangelijk,

maar de hemelse rust daarna... ZA-LIG!! Succes! You can do it!! X. “ ( Sabine Dullars )

03

ACTIVATE your ambassadors

BRANDAMBASSADORS

Our customers can track their ambassadors and all social challenges they participate in.

Allowing them to learn from the numbers, rinse and repeat.

04

ANALYSEthe numbers

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CONCLUSION

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AMBASSIFY Pieter Moens Head of Sales +32 477 75 89 79

pieter@ambassify.com

@pirreke @ambassify www.linkedin.com/in/pietermoens