This document discusses using social media for deluxe hotels. It defines social media as conversations on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs. It outlines five strategies for hotels: listen, talk, support, energize, and embrace. It provides advice on implementing a social media presence through both owned channels and participation elsewhere online. While some question if social media is just a hype, the document argues conversations will continue across various platforms.
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Social Media Hotels
1. Social Media for Deluxe Hotels
Mathias Vettiger
Blogwerk AG
March 7, 2011
2. Agenda
Social Media
Examples and definition: Social Media are conversations
1:n and n:n communication
My individual news
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Five strategies
How to do it: Home and away game
What makes sense?
Is this just a hype?
To discuss
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4. Social Media
For example Facebook
Facebook as a new mass
medium
550 million members
worldwide
2,5 million in Switzerland
50 per cent of the active
members visit daily
Over 2 million websites embed
Facebook
World‘s biggest photo
community
Increasingly used for political
and consumer activism
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5. Social Media
For example Twitter
175 million accounts,
0.5 million in German
Very fast medium
(Hudson river, catastrophes,
elections,…)
Following creates micro social
networks
Twitter users are the most
influencial Internet users
Google indexes tweets and shows
the in search results
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6. Social Media
For example Blogs
More than Internet diaries
Very fast
Easy to handle
Well connected (Links,
Trackbacks, Comments, RSS-
Feeds)
Dynamic: Google loves Blogs
Reach is not the only success
factor.
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7. Social Media
And what about business networks?
Our experience:
More for personal marketing,
less for B2C
Good for discussions in
interest groups
Dynamization is under way
Less of a leisure mood when
on business networks
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8. Social Media
The Wikipedia definition
«Social media are media for social interaction, using highly
accessible and scalable communication techniques.»
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9. Social Media
A conversation
Oh, hello. What‘s up?
What are you doing?
I‘ve just come back from Gstaad
I just finalised my holiday video
I‘m really upset about how they treated me at...
Not at all!
Oh, really, where did you stay?
I know somebody who could be
interested in this.
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10. Social Media
Old wine in new wineskins
Basic human actions in a new form,
tomorrow maybe in a different place
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19. Social Media
The «end» of 1:n communication
Consumers become «producers» in a participation web.
People trust in personal contacts more than in organisation.
People amplify messages.
Companys have to open up.
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20. Social Media
So does marketing lose control?
Conversations become visible.
Conversations happened and happen no matter what.
There has never been anything like «control»
And: Companies can join the conversation.
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Five strategies for Social Media (Li/Bernoff)
Listen
Talk
Support
Energize
Embrace
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Listen
Today, everyone can talk
and reach people.
Conversations became
visible.
Listening is a first and
easy step.
Google Alerts or a
dedicated monitoring tool.
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Talk
Hotels are emotional and a pool of stories
Tell stories.
Great idea: Writers in Residence
Stories exist. Spread them.
Get people to tell their stories
Customer loyalty
Easy, conversational tone works.
Don‘t just talk about yourself.
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25. Social Media for Deluxe Hotels
Support
People should be able to contact you in as many ways as
possible.
Open up new channels.
Help people improve their stay in your region.
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Energize
Give people the possibility to share their enthusiasm.
Make sharing easy.
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Embrace
Embrace existing and new customers
Ask people about your services and products.
Include them for gaining insights and improve your services.
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How to do it: Home and away game
More channels possible
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How to do it: Handle reactions
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What makes sense?
Listen to what people are saying online
Give people relevant news on a subscription basis
Newsletter, Website and Social Media
Provide even more contact points for new and existing
customers.
Provide a home for people to express their feelings towards you.
Try relationships, not sales.
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31. Social Media
Are Social Media just a hype?
Our answer:
«More and more people talk to
each other on the Internet.
It does not matter where they
do it.»
Here to stay:
People won‘t stop using
instruments that facilitate their
communication.
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32. Social Media for Deluxe Hotels
To discuss
How to measure efficiency?
Scarce resources.
Is my target group even in Social Media?
Shall my employees engage on their own? And if yes: Do I need
guidelines?
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33. Thank you!
Mathias Vettiger
Account Manager
Tel. +41 44 533 30 06
mathias.vettiger@blogwerk.com
twitter.com/madial
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34. Blogwerk
Company
Agency For Sustainable Social Media Engagement
Founded in 2006 by Dr. Peter Hogenkamp
CEO: Andreas von Gunten
Permanent staff: 11, 35 authors around the world,
Head office: Zurich
Business divisions
Online publishing house (netzwertig.com, neuerdings.com, etc.)
Corporate Publishing (aiciti, ebookers.ch)
Consulting (Web strategy, Social Media)
Implementation services (Blogs, Websites, Social Media Kit)
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35. Blogwerk
Mathias
Account Manager at Blogwerk
Background
Lizentiate in Media and Communication, University of Fribourg
Master in Marketing, University of St. Gallen
At Blogwerk since February 2010
Official Zurich resident since October 2010
(bye bye commuting!)
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