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Presentation by Charlene Li at the Stanford Breakfast Briefing Series, Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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Creating Winning Social Media Strategies Charlene Li Altimeter Group September 9, 2009 For a copy of slides, send an email to info@altimetergroup.com
Meet Dave Carroll Source: davecarrollmusic.com
Welcome to the Groundswell When people get what they need from each other A power shift, catalyzed by social technologies 5
Technologies can be confusing Source: Wordle.net
Focus on relationships, not technologies What kind of relationship do you want? Transactional Occasional Impersonal Short-term Passionate Constant Intimate Loyal
Goals define your strategy Dialog Learn Help Innovate
Always start with Learn Dialog Learn Help Innovate
Dialog with your community Dialog Learn Help Innovate
The Engagement Pyramid Curators Producers Commenters Sharers Watchers
At Southwest, a planner talks Post received 98 comments over 10 days In the future, everyone is a marketer
Help your members support each other Dialog Learn Help Innovate
Goals define your strategy Dialog Learn Help Innovate
Getting started What’s stopping you? “We don’t have the time, money, or people.” “People will abuse it.” “Our boards/volunteers are short-term focused.” “IT/Legal won’t let us.” “I’m afraid of losing control.”
#1 Start small, start now Audience Goal Revolutionary
Deal with different mindsets Fearful Skeptic Cautious Tester Realist Optimist Transparent Evangelist Find the “moments of truth” and “moments of crisis” for each mindset
Wal-mart failed many, many times before they figured it out
#2 Measure the right things Your goals determine your metrics Use the same metrics as your strategic goals
Example “micro” metrics Goal Metric Value Learn # of customer feedback Impact of faster, better insights Dialog # of comments # of referrals Greater loyalty Faster, more closes Help Innovate # of issues addressed # of implemented ideas Increased satisfaction Faster development
Higher order metrics to consider Net Promoter Score How likely are you to recommend this to someone you know? Lifetime Value Lifetime revenue Cost of acquisition Cost of retention Customer referral value (CRV)
#3 Give up the need to be in control Photo: Kantor, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kantor
Deciding how open to be Your goals Your The audiences’ needs competition 31
How to give up control and be in command The Sandbox Covenant
The Red Cross handbook/policies help keep order http://sites.google.com/site/wharman/social-media-strategy-handbook
Summary • Focus on the relationships, not the technologies • Start by learning from the conversations • Prepare to let go … … of the control you never had
Thank You Charlene Li Altimeter Group charlene@altimetergroup.com blog.altimetergroup.com Twitter: @charleneli For slides, send an email to info@altimetergroup.com 35 Copyright © 2009 Altimeter Group