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2040 14th St. Suite 200

Boulder, CO 80302

t 720.259.3600

f 720.259.3600

www.collectiveintellect.com

Social & Business Intelligence - Creating

the Integrated Customer Hub

A white paper from Collecitive Intellect

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AShortHistoryStoryofSocialMediaAnalyticsInthebeginning,socialmediaconversationsweremonitoredbyindividualsusingRSS

feedsorsomecombinationofmanuallyreviewingsocialmediaplatformsformentions

oftheircompany,brandoroffering.Obviously,thisapproachisnotscalable;the

adoptionofthesetoolsandplatformshasquicklyoutstrippedbothacompanies’ability

tomanuallyderivereal-timeconsumerinsightsandtoeffectivelyengagewiththeir

socialcustomerinarelevantandtimelymanner.

Thevolumeofsocialmediaconversationshasquicklyexploded.Forexample,according

totheIDC95%ofthe1.2zettabytesofdatainthedigitaluniverseisunstructured,70%

ofwhichisuser-generatedcontent.Additionally,unstructureddataisprojectedfor

tremendousgrowth,withestimatespeggingthecompoundannualgrowthrate

(“CAGR”)at62%from2008-2012.

NurturingtheSocialSideofYourBusiness

Associalmediaactivityhasgrown,anurgentneedhasemergedtocorrelatethis

informationwithexistingconsumerinformation,anddevelopplanstointegratethis

datawithsophisticateddatamanagementsystems.Nolongerissocialthesolepurview

ofthemarketingorPRgroup,theinsightsderivedfromsocialmediaareasrelevantto

customerserviceastheyaretoengineering.Creatinga360-viewofyourconsumerwill

helpequipvariousteamswithinyourorganizationwiththesocialintelligencefor

successfullyengagingwithyoursocialcustomer.

Socialmediaadoptionwillcontinuetogrowandsowilltheneedtooptimizeyour

businesstoeffectivelytapintothisrichchannelofinformation.Optimizingyoursocial

strategytoleveragebothsocialinsightsandexistingprivatedataallowsyour

organizationtocreateoutreachefforts,newproductsorcampaignsgroundedinreal-

time,repeatable,automatedandscalableanalysis.

NearlyasExcitingastheIntroductionofthePrintingPressThisisanexcitingtime.Neveronsuchascalehasthenumberofindividualsinvolved

withproducing,communicatingandsharingcontentbeenpossible.It’salsoadisruptive

timeastraditionalindustries,likeadvertising,newsandentertainmentcompanies

competeforbothconsumerattentionandwithconsumercontent.

It’salsointroducedtheneedtobeabletomonitorandanalyzesocialmedia

conversations.Thisiswherethecustomersareandifyouaren’tparticipatingeither

fromanengagementormonitoringperspectiveyourcompanymaybemissingouton

consumerinsights,brandawarenessandothermarketresearchdetails.

Socialmediadoesn’treplacetraditionalchannelsofinformationbutitisanimportant

one,whoseinfluencewillcontinuetogrow.Associalmediabecomesanincreasingly

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criticalcomponenttoinformbusinessandoutreachstrategies,themethodologyusedto

analyzesocialmediaconversationscannolongerrelyonrudimentaryanalytics

technologyormanualreviewofsocialmediaplatforms.

OurUnbiasedBeliefintheSuperiorityofourApproachCollectiveIntellect’sproprietary,semanticsearchandanalyticstechnologyautomates

thecaptureofconsumer“considerationsandpreference”metricsandinsightsfrom

consumergeneratedcontentinamyriadofsocialmedia,structuredandunstructured

dataenvironments.ManyofourcompetitorsuseBooleanorkeywordstoanalyze

informationbutareunabletodisambiguatethemeaningoftermssuchas“Crocs”,the

shoesor“crocs”,thereptile.Othersrelyonnaturallanguageprocessing(NLP),atime-

consumingandcomplexlanguagemodelingapproachtodisambiguatecontent.CI’s

solutionaddressestheinaccuracyandbluntnessofkeywordsearchandthespeedand

costdisadvantagesofNLPtechniquesthroughtheuseofadvancestatisticallanguagemodeling.

CollectiveIntellect’ssemanticengineisbasedonLatentSemanticAnalysis(LSA)that

allowsmeaningtobederivedfromsocialmediaconversationsorprivatedata.CI’s

sophisticatedlanguagemodelingtechnologyisabletoachieveahighdegreeofaccuracy

uncoveringconsumer’strueconsiderationsandpreferencesastheyrelatetoalifestyle,

category,brand,productand/orcampaign.

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AnalyzingPrivateDataOursemantictechnologyisabletoderiveaccurateintelligencenotonlyfromsocial

mediaconversationbutalsofromacompany’sprivatedata.

ThesamesophisticatedlanguagemodelingtechnologyCIappliestosocialmediaconversationcanbeappliedtoyourorganizationprivate,internaldata.Thistypeof

analysiscanbeusedtoshowcommoncustomercomplaintsresultingincustomer

servicecalls,recurringproblemsorissuesyourengineeringteamistackling,oranew

perspectiveonproductdevelopment.

Theresultinginformationcanbefoldedintoexistingdatamanagementtoolsto:

•  Conductad-hocreporting

•  Optimizebusinessprocesses

•  Improvebusinessintelligence

Additionally,ourapproachisaimedtoseamlesslyintegratehighlypreciseanalyticsinto

existingbusinessprocessesordatamanagementsystems.

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BlendingSocialandPrivateData–AnIntegratedCustomer

DataHub

Ourgoalistohelpyourorganizationcreateaunified,360-degreeviewofyour

consumerandprospectsblendingsocialinsightswithmoretraditionaldata,includingotherprivateconversationdatafromsurveys,privatecommunities,callcenter

transcripts,transactional,behavioral,referralandwebanalytics.Usesocialmedia

analyticstoconductopen-endedanalysisorwhitespacediscoverytosurface

unexpectedconsumerinsight,emergingtrendsortovalidatemoretraditionalmarket

research.

Thisoptimizedformofsocialengagingcanscaletopromoteeithermulti-channelor

one-to-oneconversationswithmechanismsinplacetocapturesocialinsightsfrombothnewandexistingcustomerstocontinuetoinformstrategy,appendtoexistingcustomer

information,andupdatecampaignmetricsandoutcomesfordashboardtracking.

Workingwithyourexistingdatainfrastructure,ourgoalistoworkwithyoutocreatea

customintegratedCustomerDatahubthatsupports: •  Understandingthesocial,onlineandtraditionalcustomerswithinyour

audience

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•  Mappingbetweenonlineandofflineprofiledetails

•  Connectingsocialmediaengagementactivitieswithmarketingandsales

figures

•  Monitoringcustomerreactionstonewfeatures,servicesandproductsand

routingpotentialissuestotheappropriateteam

•  Sharingcustomerinsightsandissuesacrosstheorganizationandinreal-time

toinformoverallbusinessstrategy

•  Engagingwithyourcustomersonthesocialmediaplatformswheretheytalk

aboutyourcompany,products,andcampaigns.