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The Role of the Community
Manager in your
Organisation

Blaise Grimes-Viort
@blaisegv
Head of Social Media & Engagement Services,
Webjam
                         (c)
2010
Webjam
Ltd
‐
Confiden6al

Role


  ”Community management is concerned with all operational and
  strategic tasks and questions which arise about the design,
  building and managing an online community. The remit covers on
  one hand the care of members and on the other the provision of
  community-operation in terms of technical, legal and monetary
  aspects.”
      Daniel Langwasser, http://www.community-management.de



“Ambassador”                               “Human face of organisation”
Pétur, Eve Online, Community Coordinator   Alexandra, Dog’s Trust, CM/ SM Manager




 “Listen, listen, listen”                   “Eclectic”
Heather, giffgaff, SM Manager              Alistair, Ketchum, Community Manager
Characteristics


                           Communicator

  Patience                                           Technical



                 Passion     People        Purpose



Self-motivated                                       Editorial

                             Facilitator
Positioning


                   Editorial




Marketing                            Customer
   PR                                services
                  Community
                    Team




        Sales                  Technical
Organisational
              Structure

            Chief Community Officer




               Head of Community




Community         Community           Community
 Manager           Manager             Manager
Bene ts of
              Community Manager

               Market
              Research                    R&D




Information              Community Team         Training




                           Knowledge
Market Research



• Gathers customer opinions

• Trusted public face of your company

• Harnesses your brand champions

• Wealth of marketing research

• Word-of-mouth promotion

• Positive brand perception


                                        source: “Phil Plait is listening”, by davefayram,
                                        http://www.flickr.com/photos/davefayram/3765105056/
Case Study
                Cosmopolitan.co.uk

• Grew Twitter account to 20,000
  followers

• I am a Cosmo girl because...

• Grew site community to 250,000

• Customer panel & editorial research

• Cosmopolitan Blog Awards
Research & Development


• In-depth understanding of your
  product

• Collates data about customer feelings
  about your product

• Harnesses your customers as a testing
  or research force

• Long term benefit of customer panel

• Deeper engagement between brand
  and consumers


                                          source: “Red Wing Shoes Factory Tour”, by ninahale,
                                          http://www.flickr.com/photos/94693506@N00/4643248433/
Case Study
        PlayStation Beta Network

• Testing implementation of network

• Setting up advocate group for emerging
  network capabilities

• Ongoing feedback loop to ensure online
  gaming platform was a success

• Developed into beta testing community
Internal Training



• Stays on top of emerging trends

• Uses and develops advanced monitoring
  and management tools

• Well placed to train your staff on new
  tools

• Helps increase productivity

• Increases staff engagement and
  happiness


                                           source: “John Ralston Saul keynote speech at the 2006 Parkland
                                           Conference”, by itzafineday,
                                           http://www.flickr.com/photos/itzafineday/303072436/
Case Study
                           JWT


• Wanted to push knowledge around
  organisation

• Also to drive innovation and creativity

• 300 staff staff sharing ideas and
  inspiration

• Process of training and perpetual
  education
Knowledge Archiving


• Acts as both customer and company
  advocate

• Passionate about both the product and
  the customer

• Enthusiasm and energy is infectious

• Deep knowledge and influence



                                          source: “arne jacobsen, rødovre library, 1961-1969”, by seier+seier,
                                          http://www.flickr.com/photos/seier/2635873116/in/photostream/
Case Study
                      Jono Bacon

• Career spent deeply involved in open-
  source software industry

• Was UK contact for KDE Linux
  development

• Reference point for open source and
  Linux

• Highly knowledgeable in software
  product community management




                                          source: “Ubuntu penguin”, by karindalziel,
                                          http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirak/2099867218/
Information Flow


• Can piece together flows of information

• Aggregator of your internal operations

• Observes situations from above

• Identifies the small details

• Carries buckets of information

• Heartbeat of your organisation


                                           source: “Philippines March 2005 025”, by Trishhhh,
                                           http://www.flickr.com/photos/trishhhh/2334597687/in/photostream/
Case Study
Effect on
              Community Activity

• Spinsucks.com hired Community Manager to grow traffic


    Traffic increase of 63%




    Increase in subscribers of 164%




    Visitors via search increase by 57%
Effect on
                             Community Activity

• Tom Humbarger: Removal of
    CM leads to drop off in visits
    and activity
•   Fall-off of more than 63% on a
    week to week basis
    source: http://tomhumbarger.wordpress.com




• Debra Askanase: Removal of
    CM results in collapse of
    activity on Facebook Page
•   From 25% conversion to
    website to 0
    source: http://www.communityorganizer20.com
So in Summary




source: “I am an outrageous octopus!”, by hoyasmeg, http://
www.flickr.com/photos/emeryjl/3495307567/
And a bit of...




source: “S is for Superman”, by Xurble, http://www.flickr.com/photos/
xurble/376591423/
Thank you for listening.

Blaise Grimes-Viort
Head of Social Media & Engagement Services, Webjam
Twitter: @blaisegv
blaise.grimesviort@webjam-ltd.com
http://www.webjam.com
http://blaisegv.com




                             (c)
2010
Webjam
Ltd
‐
Confiden6al


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The role of the community manager in your organisation

  • 1. The Role of the Community Manager in your Organisation Blaise Grimes-Viort @blaisegv Head of Social Media & Engagement Services, Webjam (c)
2010
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Ltd
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Confiden6al

  • 2. Role ”Community management is concerned with all operational and strategic tasks and questions which arise about the design, building and managing an online community. The remit covers on one hand the care of members and on the other the provision of community-operation in terms of technical, legal and monetary aspects.” Daniel Langwasser, http://www.community-management.de “Ambassador” “Human face of organisation” Pétur, Eve Online, Community Coordinator Alexandra, Dog’s Trust, CM/ SM Manager “Listen, listen, listen” “Eclectic” Heather, giffgaff, SM Manager Alistair, Ketchum, Community Manager
  • 3. Characteristics Communicator Patience Technical Passion People Purpose Self-motivated Editorial Facilitator
  • 4. Positioning Editorial Marketing Customer PR services Community Team Sales Technical
  • 5. Organisational Structure Chief Community Officer Head of Community Community Community Community Manager Manager Manager
  • 6. Bene ts of Community Manager Market Research R&D Information Community Team Training Knowledge
  • 7. Market Research • Gathers customer opinions • Trusted public face of your company • Harnesses your brand champions • Wealth of marketing research • Word-of-mouth promotion • Positive brand perception source: “Phil Plait is listening”, by davefayram, http://www.flickr.com/photos/davefayram/3765105056/
  • 8. Case Study Cosmopolitan.co.uk • Grew Twitter account to 20,000 followers • I am a Cosmo girl because... • Grew site community to 250,000 • Customer panel & editorial research • Cosmopolitan Blog Awards
  • 9. Research & Development • In-depth understanding of your product • Collates data about customer feelings about your product • Harnesses your customers as a testing or research force • Long term benefit of customer panel • Deeper engagement between brand and consumers source: “Red Wing Shoes Factory Tour”, by ninahale, http://www.flickr.com/photos/94693506@N00/4643248433/
  • 10. Case Study PlayStation Beta Network • Testing implementation of network • Setting up advocate group for emerging network capabilities • Ongoing feedback loop to ensure online gaming platform was a success • Developed into beta testing community
  • 11. Internal Training • Stays on top of emerging trends • Uses and develops advanced monitoring and management tools • Well placed to train your staff on new tools • Helps increase productivity • Increases staff engagement and happiness source: “John Ralston Saul keynote speech at the 2006 Parkland Conference”, by itzafineday, http://www.flickr.com/photos/itzafineday/303072436/
  • 12. Case Study JWT • Wanted to push knowledge around organisation • Also to drive innovation and creativity • 300 staff staff sharing ideas and inspiration • Process of training and perpetual education
  • 13. Knowledge Archiving • Acts as both customer and company advocate • Passionate about both the product and the customer • Enthusiasm and energy is infectious • Deep knowledge and influence source: “arne jacobsen, rødovre library, 1961-1969”, by seier+seier, http://www.flickr.com/photos/seier/2635873116/in/photostream/
  • 14. Case Study Jono Bacon • Career spent deeply involved in open- source software industry • Was UK contact for KDE Linux development • Reference point for open source and Linux • Highly knowledgeable in software product community management source: “Ubuntu penguin”, by karindalziel, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirak/2099867218/
  • 15. Information Flow • Can piece together flows of information • Aggregator of your internal operations • Observes situations from above • Identifies the small details • Carries buckets of information • Heartbeat of your organisation source: “Philippines March 2005 025”, by Trishhhh, http://www.flickr.com/photos/trishhhh/2334597687/in/photostream/
  • 17. Effect on Community Activity • Spinsucks.com hired Community Manager to grow traffic Traffic increase of 63% Increase in subscribers of 164% Visitors via search increase by 57%
  • 18. Effect on Community Activity • Tom Humbarger: Removal of CM leads to drop off in visits and activity • Fall-off of more than 63% on a week to week basis source: http://tomhumbarger.wordpress.com • Debra Askanase: Removal of CM results in collapse of activity on Facebook Page • From 25% conversion to website to 0 source: http://www.communityorganizer20.com
  • 19. So in Summary source: “I am an outrageous octopus!”, by hoyasmeg, http:// www.flickr.com/photos/emeryjl/3495307567/
  • 20. And a bit of... source: “S is for Superman”, by Xurble, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ xurble/376591423/
  • 21. Thank you for listening. Blaise Grimes-Viort Head of Social Media & Engagement Services, Webjam Twitter: @blaisegv blaise.grimesviort@webjam-ltd.com http://www.webjam.com http://blaisegv.com (c)
2010
Webjam
Ltd
‐
Confiden6al


Notes de l'éditeur

  1. Operates from deep within the company, managing customer relationships with a brand or product, and each other. facilitating efficient inter-team and staff communication and collaboration. focussed on the flow of information and knowledge, strengthening relationships and promoting productive collaboration, moderation and hosting of both micro- and macro-events on the company’s community platform. managing brand recognition and reputation outside of the scope of the brand website. focussed on listening and evaluating brand perception, planning campaigns and promotional material or initiatives to promote the company’s message, building and leveraging social networks on social platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to facilitate depth of communication.
  2. from left to right, internal skills, soft skills, hard skills Need a combination of skills to go about role effectively but all of these skills can be leverage through the company at the forefront of communication online - for ex. i used bulletin bord systems (dialing via telephone pc to pc), others embedded in virtual worlds
  3. quickly run through the fact cm team sits amongst other departments - usually ‘belongs’ to one (mgt, cs, editorial) but ideally lives within them all flows info and interaction with all at some stage if embedded efficiently
  4. we heard from antony earlier about how the organisation needs to change in terms of adapting in this new digital socially enabled world - the community manager can help improve your processes and we’ll see how now.
  5. Because they are listening and talking with the public all day, they will soak up customer opinions and act as a trusted public face of your company. They can also help staff engage with your customers to identify and harness your brand champions. Thanks to this intimate relationship with your customers, the net result can be a wealth of marketing research, word-of-mouth promotion and positive brand perception.
  6. workshop feedback, example above. use community to research our audience and sense check our editorial. Blog awards massive success in terms of reach. “most effective marketing initiative ever”
  7. In order to be effective in their day-to-day operations, they develop an in-depth understanding of the weaknesses of both your web platform and promotional systems, as well as collate immense amounts of data about customer feelings about your product, whatever that might be. Not involving them in the development of your website or in the research process and testing phases of the next iteration of your product may well be your costliest mistake.
  8. The nature of their work relies on them staying on top of emerging trends and use and develop advanced monitoring and management tools, they are well placed to train your staff and report back on new methods you could implement in your staff’s workflow to increase productivity and impact, and give you the cutting edge you need to succeed in your marketplace.
  9. across forums and blogs - video, images, brainstorming groups - enterprise 2.0 in process, essentially training staff to use social media tools, and this knowledge can then be distributed outside the company. teaching staff how to use them responsibly which insures less problems when they use social media personally
  10. Since they act as both customer and company advocate, they need to know and be passionate about both the product and the customer on an intimate level. This makes them your greatest ally, and possibly your greatest enemy. Keep them close, because the combination of their enthusiasm for the brand and the powerhouse energy required to operate the engine room that is Community Management is something you want to infect the rest of your staff with.
  11. worked at openadvantage as community builder (open source promotion agency government funded) + written 3 books on linux (and 1 on community management) + LugRadio, a podcast on open source running since 2005 - can u imagine the experience and drive he must bring to the organisation?
  12. Finally, because they interact with the majority of departments, don’t under-estimate their ability to piece together flows of information, essentially acting as an aggregator of your internal company operations. They are used to observing situations from above, watching for the small details most people don’t notice. They can offer you a holistic view of your company by patching all department activity together, thanks to the water-carrying of chunks of information to and from the community.
  13. my experience
  14. we can see just how much of an impact in maintaining activity the CM has, and have to consider, in light of what we’ve discussed so far, what else was lost - feedback, opportunities
  15. Your Community Manager holds your company on their shoulders, tending your audience and brand perception, and absorbing masses of information about your product and operations. Isn’t it time you tapped into that?
  16. brief