The document provides an agenda and overview for an mBuzz Sales Education workshop on social engagement. It defines social engagement, outlines five stages of a social business from monitoring to monetization, and provides examples. Trainees will research a prospect, analyze what stage their social activities indicate, identify a pain point, and create a 2-3 slide pitch presentation to share with their office group. The goal is to help trainees understand social engagement and how to assess prospects' social media strategies.
2. Agenda
I. Presentation (45 minutes)
? What is Social Engagement?
? Stages of a Social Business + Use Cases
? Identifying Social Stages
II. Q&A (15 minutes)
? Please use the Chat functionality to send Questions during
the presentation
III. Individual Office Workshops (60 minutes)
? Build your slides (15 minutes)
? Present your slides to your team (5 minutes each)
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3. What is Social Engagement?
? What is it?
? Socially active versus socially engaged¡what¡¯s the
difference?
? What are the goals of social engagement?
? How do I identify a socially active business?
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4. Stages of a Social Business
Meltwater Buzz
Engage Module
Marketing
Module
Monitor Acquire Engage Develop Monetize
Example: Dell Outlet
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5. Stage I: Monitoring
Company Profile
? Are focused on the analytics of brand mentions on
social networks
? May have established social accounts on Twitter and
Facebook, but not very active
? Not actively promoting their social presence through
other marketing activities
? Primary goal is to understand brand
sentiment, themes and volume on social networks
? MOST larger brands are beyond this stage
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6. Stage I: Monitoring
? Understand social conversation and brand sentiment
Goals ? Determine volume
? Passive
Social Activity ? Some posts
? Brand mentions
Metrics ? Brand sentiment
? Themes
? Comprehensive platform
Pain Points ? In-depth analysis & reporting
? Quick synthesis of data
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7. Monitoring Use Cases
? Marketing strategy
? Enhancing customer service These are the
actual use cases
? Media planning that survey
? Search engine optimization respondents cited
for their social
? Search engine marketing
monitoring efforts
? Display advertising optimization
Source: WebLiquid and RSW/US, July 2011 Survey
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8. Example of Stage I (Monitoring) Company:
Morgan Stanley
? No links to social accounts
on website
? No ¡°official¡± Twitter account
? Very aware of Twitter:
? Morgan Stanley¡¯s Twitter Initiative
(WSJ)
? Highly regulated industry
? Reputation and brand are
important
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9. Stage II: Social Contact Acquisition
Company Profile
? Moving beyond passive listening
? Established social accounts on Twitter and
Facebook
? Not a huge number of followers / Likes
? Posting content and responding to inquiries
? Promoting their social presence through other
marketing activities
? Primary goal is to develop their social presence
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10. Stage II: Social Contact Acquisition
? Build awareness
Goals ? Drive fan base (follows, likes)
? Understanding
? Post curated and original content
Social ? Direct engagement
? Drive contacts to social
Activity ? Monitoring
? Twitter Followers & Facebook Likes
? Social shares
Metrics ? Brand mentions, sentiment
? Themes
? Finding social community
? Developing social presence
Pain Points ? Identifying best content and channels
? Understanding their audience
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11. Contact Acquisition Use Cases
? Brand awareness
? Brand affinity
? Basis for social marketing campaigns and growth
? Social contests and crowdsourcing
? Community development
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12. Example of Stage II (Acquisition) Company:
Cigna
? Social links from their
website (but not
prominent)
? Developing their
following through
unique content and
engagement
? Active on Twitter and
Facebook but not a
huge amount of
engagement
? Content strategy
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13. Stage III: Social Engagement
Company Profile
? Formal goals and strategy
? Dedicated resource(s)/staffing for social media
? Proactively engaging new people in direct
conversation
? Active response and escalation process
? Very interested in understanding value, return
? May be using a free tool and unhappy with
limitations
? Analytics are very important
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14. Stage III: Social Engagement
? Drive awareness
? Find and engage current/potential customers
Goals ?
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Participate in and develop social community
Develop trusted relationships
? Promote advocacy
Social ?
?
Regular posts and content sharing
Original content designed for social sharing
? User-generated content campaigns
Activity ? Direct engagement and proactive outreach
? Twitter @messages and mention
? Twitter re-tweets
Metrics ?
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Facebook comments & shares
UGC participation
? Mentions & Sentiment
? Finding/identifying target customers, influencers, advocates
? Managing direct conversations (identification, workflow)
Pain Points ?
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Managing brand-related conversations
Determine best content and channels
? Understanding success, growth
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15. Social Engagement Use Cases
? Brand awareness and development
? Customer development
? Community development
? Customer service
? Product research
? Sales promotion & support
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16. Example of Early Stage III Co:
Hoover¡¯s Inc.
? Social links from
website (not
prominent)
? Mostly content
posting; occasional
engagement
? Active on Twitter and
Facebook
? Using free tool for
engagement
(Hootsuite)
? Lots of ¡°Fans¡±¡but
now what?
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19. Stage IV: Relationship Development
Company Profile
? Has developed a social contact base
? Has developed a social media strategy & goals
? Either for short term (campaign) or long term (integrated
marketing, customer support, etc.)
? Has started to drive that strategy
? Looking to drive deeper engagement that will lead to
one or more actions or results that are measurable
and impactful
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20. Stage IV: Relationship Development
? Drive relationships with contacts to specific actions or
Goals results
? Cultivate social community to drive advocacy
? Coordinated social campaigns (opt-in)
Social Activity ? All other primary social content & activity
? Campaign metrics (opt-
Metrics in, actions, participation, mentions, etc.)
? Core metrics
? Selecting/segmenting social targets
Pain Points ? Measuring and evaluating campaign effectiveness
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21. Relationship Development Use Cases
? General opt-in: Marketing
newsletter, offers, downloads, notifications, etc.)
? Campaign opt-in: Opt-in/sign-up for specific
campaign, including updates, social participation
? Campaign participation: Upload, vote, raise
awareness, etc.
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22. Example of Stage IV (Relationship) Co:
Rubbermaid Corp.
? Social links from
website
? Integrated content
(blog, Twitter, FB)
? Utilizing contests via
connected blogs to
draw and promote
? Active and engaged on
Twitter and Facebook
? Opt-in opportunities for
email, promos, etc.
? Still an opportunity!!!
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23. Stage V: Monetization
Company Profile
? Using social media to drive commerce
? Offers
? Promotions
? Sales leads
? Coordinated efforts with other media and properties
? Website
? Advertising/SEM
? Print and media
? Events & sponsorships
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25. Monetization Use Cases
? Social offers/sales promotions
? Coupons
? Time-limited sales
? Social contests and sweepstakes
? Crowdsourcing
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26. Example of Stage V (Monetization) Co:
BestBuy
? Many ways to engage
with the company
? Social part of corporate
culture; anyone can
participate
? Focused on supporting
their main business
? Social is part of their
integrated marketing
strategy and executed
extremely well
? They still aren¡¯t
immune to mistakes!
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27. Identifying a Prospect¡¯s Social Stage
Where to Look What to Look For
? First, one stage may not
follow another¡this is the Website Social links &
prominence
Wild Wild West!
Blog Social links (share this)
? What you¡¯re looking for are
the 3 pillars: Twitter Followers
Listed
? Goals ¨C Activities ¨C Metrics Engagement
Content
Tools used
Facebook Likes
Engagement
Content
Integration/Campaigns
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28. Social Business Summary
Stage Goals Social Activities Metrics Pain Points
Monitoring Understand Little or none Volume Coverage
Measure Sentiment In-depth analysis
Quick understanding of
data
Contact Awareness Posting Followers / Likes Social community
Acquisition Connection Cross-media promo Social shares Social presence
Direct engagement Volume & sentiment Best content, channels
Contests Understanding audience
Direct Direct conversation Posting Conversation volume Finding targets /
Engagement Drive awareness Original content Comment volume influencers advocates
Engage community UG content Participation/sharing Managing Inbox
Drive advocacy Direct engagement Sentiment Managing brand convos
Outreach Best content, channels
Analysis (growth)
Relationship Drive actions Social relationship Campaign metrics Segmentation
Development Cultivate campaign messages (opt-ins, sign-ups) Measuring campaigns
community Primary social content Primary metrics
Drive advocacy & activity
Monetization Drive purchase Social campaigns Desired outcomes Campaign management
Primary social content (redemptions, sales, Campaign measurement
& activity downloads) Identify true influencers
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Primary metrics
29. Workshop
1. Each team member should research a prospect and create slides:
15 ¨C 20
1. Select one of their active prospects, research their social activity & determine stage minutes
2. Determine a potential pain point and create 2 ¨C 3 slides to pitch the problem and solution
2. Each team member should present their slides to their office group for feedback
and to share ideas (3 ¨C 5 minutes each)
3. Post your slides to the mBuzz Intranet:
? Name it: Engage101-[StageName]-[CompanyName].pptx
Monitoring Development
Acquisition Monetization
Engagement
? Post it: Post your slides to the mBuzz Intranet at:
¨C https://workspace.meltwaterdrive.com/mwgroup/mbuzz/sales_education/engage_101/engage_101_workshop
1. Take the mBuzz Sales Education survey (Password: engage):
? http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YYWWXNL
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