From One to a Million: Managing Social Media at Scale Dave Fleet – Senior Vice President, Digital, Edelman
#SocialScale
#SocialScale
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Everything Changes. We’re not just blogging in the basement any more.
1. Structure for scale
2. Managing large communities
3. Content planning at scale
4. Measurement for insights
Structure Building a foundation for scale
Challenges STR
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Source: Altimeter Group, 2013
• Centralize vs Decentralize
• Corporate vs Business Unit
• Consistency vs Variation
• Specialized Software vs Large suites
• Enterprise Deployment vs Organic Growth
• Individual Disruptors vs Established Program
Managers
1. Core Team
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2. Core/Local Hybrid STR
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3. Core/Regional/Local Hybrid STR
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Factors in the decision
• Objectives
• Business Structure
• Scale of Operations
• Business Culture
• Resources
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Community Management From 1:1 to 1:1,000,000
Challenges CO
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• Scaling 1:1 interactions
• Maintaining a focus on relationships
• Avoiding becoming a social media call centre
• Filtering the signal from the noise
“The Norms” CO
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1. Moderate to deal with trolls CO
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2. Embrace proactiveness
• Help people before they need help
• Win the search battle
• Dive into your analytics and identify new needs
to solve
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3. Recognize you can’t talk to everyone
Source: David Armano, Edelman 2011, edelmandigital.com
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4. Respond publicly when possible
• The Internet doesn’t forget
• Others see you responding
• Help others with the same issue
• REMEMBER: There are exceptions
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5. Help customers to help customers CO
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You
Advocates
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Target Audience
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6. Build an army of advocates
6. Know your customer CO
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Platforms
Behaviours
Technology
Demographics
Content Strategy Shiny!!!
Source: Timo Elliott
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Challenges
1. Know your objectives CO
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Objectives: A quick refresher
Business
Objectives
Social Media
Goals
Program
Objectives
Strategy
Tactics
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Source: Dave Fleet Edelman 2012, edelman.ca
2. Know your channels CO
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1. Demographics
2. Psychographics
3. Reactions
4. Global differences
3. Execute with rigor
• Optimize volume
• Balance business outcomes with engagement
• Determine the format mix
Measurement The eternal (?) challenge
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1. Focus on the right things ME
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2. Connect metrics with objectives
Business Objective Key Performance
Indicator (KPI)
Foster Dialog Conversation Reach
Share of Voice
Promote Advocacy Active Advocates
Advocate Influence
Facilitate Support Resolution Rate
Resolution Time
Spur Innovation Topic Trends
Idea Impact
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3. Know what the numbers mean ME
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“Right now you may only reach 16% of your fans each week.”
4. Generate and drive insights
ABANDONMENT VALLEY MANAGED COMMUNITY
BUILDS ON
EXISTING
COMMUNITY
EQUITY
CONSUMER CONVERSATIONS
ACTIVE
CAMPAIGN
SPIKE
ACTIVE
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5. Full-program measurement
Strategy Planning Execution Assessment
Measurable objectives
Insight-fueled plans
Course correction Results
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Business Objectives
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Source: Dave Fleet Edelman 2012, edelman.ca
Questions? Dave Fleet, SVP, Edelman
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