chamber lunch time learning presentation
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This is a presentation that Bill Hatling put on at the St. Cloud Chamber's "Lunch Time Learning" March 3, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
BRAND VULNERABILITY TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW WE
MANAGE IT.
THE FLINT GROUP
• HatlingFlint (St. Cloud)• WestmorelandFlint (Duluth)• Flint Interactive (Duluth)• Flint Communications (Fargo)• SimmonsFlint (Grand Forks)• AadlandFlint (Anchorage)
• AdFarm (Agribusiness Marketing: Calgary, Alberta; Guelph, Ontario; Kansas City; Fargo)• Media Productions (A/V + Events: Fargo)• Praxis Strategy Group (Economic Development: Grand Forks)
New Consumption ModelsWORKVirtual OfficeWiFiConnected Anywhere
OOH / RETAILDigital Billboards
RFID
HDTVBlu-RayDVRGamingIPTV
Virtual WorldsSocial SoftwareOnline VideoPodcastingUser-Generated Content
RFIDBloggingOffice WikisRSS
WiFi/connectivityPersonalization
Interactive Kiosks
MOBILE / AUTO3G/4G Mobile DevicesGPSMobile VideoWiFiText Messaging
HOME
THE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE IS EVOLVING
YOUR COMPANYWEBSITE
Tagging
Wikis
Ratings & Reviews
Social Search Engines
Social News/Bookmarking
BLOGS/Vlogs
StandardBanners
Rich Media
Integrated Placement Targeted
Streaming Video
Streaming Audio
Podcasts
Pre-Roll
Online Video
SMS Campaign
Mobile Content
Downloadable Apps
Ringtones/Wallpaper WAP Ads
Search Engine Optimization
Kiosks
Branded Utilities/Widgets
RSS
WEBSITES
ONLINE MEDIA
SOCIAL
MOBILE
AV
Microsites
Online Training Systems
Search Engine Marketing
DATABASE DEVLOPMENT
Flash-Rich Applications
YOUR COMPANYWEBSITE
YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE USING THIS STUFF!
Community Search
• Citysearch.com
• Nextstop.com
• Yelp.com
• Merchantcircle.com
• Urbanspoon.com
• MORE!!
Why should you care?
• These are your consumers and this is where they are spending their time.
• You need to talk to them (and listen) where they are, not where you want them to be.
• It’s cool• It’s the “new” thing• It’s the “future”• We “need to be in it”
Digital is not important because:
It is important because…
It’s how we are consuming media.
Source: Ball State University Center for Media Design
Source: Arbitron/Edison Media Research and comScore
These emerging behaviors pose a new challenge to today’s marketer.• Marketers don’t understand channels where
they have to talk and listen at the same time.• Marketers idea of 2-way communication is
an 800 number or a web address, then wait to take orders!
What do you do in the new social media world?
What is social media?
• The technologies and practices that people use to share content, opinions, insights, experiences, perspectives, and media itself.
What social media is not.• A fad, a passing phase, trendy.
Humans are social creatures.• Don’t be surprised by adoption.
• Technology has allowed us to act on our social instincts.
• It is NOT going away anytime soon!
Social News/ Bookmarking
Social Media
Chat Rooms
Message Boards
Blogs/Video Blogs
Widgets
Social Networks
Content Sharing
Social Search Engines
Podcast/Vcast
Ratings &Reviews
Social media is for the young….
Club Penguin (4 million 8-14 year old visitors/month) kept a child, who was in the hospital for five months, connected with his then-distant friends.
And the old….YouTube broadcaster, 79-year-old Peter Oakley known as Geriatric1927, made his debut in August 2006 with a video series called ‘Telling It All’.
His videos have been seen over five million times
Now What?
How to get involved.
The Four Step Process
• Research and Learn
• Develop a Strategy
• Let Go (and embrace the change)
• Participate
Research and Learn.
Free Listening Tools.
Free Listening Tools.
Free Listening Tools.
• Blogsearch.google.com
• Tweetbeep.com
• Google.com/alerts
• Boardreader.com
• Backtype.com
Advanced Listening.
Comments on YOUR site
• Do you have a public comments or feedback section on your site?
• You do now!
• Google.com/sidewiki
• Brand vulnerability on a new scale
Continually Monitor Social Media
• Know what is being said all the time
• DAILY (or more often), not monthly
• Identify potential issues quickly
• Address these issues with the consumer
• Identify the top online influencers and reach out to them
Develop a strategy.
What is a social media strategy?
• Reflective of your corporate purpose
• Integrates with all customer touch points
• Establishes protocols to follow
• Identifies points of measurement
• Allocates appropriate resources
• Defines appropriate timelines
As practical and important as your business or marketing strategy planning!
• Similar processes to planning.
• So why separate?– The significant cross-over among functions
require a different perspective.
What is a social media strategy?
Social media strategy planning• What’s the point?
• What is your relationship with the audience?
• How does the audience use social media?
Social media strategy planning• What is your differentiation?
• How will you be human?
• Metrics to measure success?
Embrace change and PARTICIPATE.
IN SUMMARY
The New Media Strategy
• Monitoring is not a monthly thing, it has to be done daily (if not more often)
• Strategy first, tactics second• Know how you are going to address different types of
conversations before they happen, and who is going to address them
• Social media is not free, it takes time to monitor and engage. Before you jump in, make sure you are ready for the commitment.
Interesting case study:• convinceandconvert.com (search for us speedskating) • http://www.youtube.com/usspeedskating• http://www.facebook.com/USSpeedskating• http://twitter.com/USSpeedskating• www.Colbertnation.com
• www.techrigy.com (social media monitoring tool)