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Branding And Advocacy In The Social Age
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Webinar: Branding And Advocacy In The Social Age
Maria Ogneva Director of Community Engagement - Nimble
January 2011
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2. Agenda
• Evolution of branding
• What’s an advocate? /“badvocate”?
• What drives them?
• How to find them
• Empowering advocates
• Working with “badvocates”
• Is digital influence important?
• Enabling the right culture inside
• Case studies
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3. Nimble University
Educational platform
check out www.nimble.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/josiahmackenzie/1623451769/sizes/o/in/photostream/
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4. Branding Used To Be:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funky64/4293098263/sizes/z/in/photostream/
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5. Now It’s More Like...
what brand says
what customers say
what employees say
what partners say
what press says
what experts say
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22965089@N00/32325828/
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6. These Voices Can Be:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lugolounge/6780004/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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7. And also..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timsamoff/536143522/sizes/l/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lintmachine/2396799183/sizes/z/in/photostream/
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8. What’s An Advocate?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60852569@N00/224547699/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55573861@N05/5151208779/
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9. What’s A Badvocate?
“You [messed] with the wrong sedentary
United Breaks Guitars (2009) processed-foods eater!” Kevin Smith vs.
Southwest Airlines (2010)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocor/4350219559/sizes/z/in/photostream/
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10. W-O-M Is Not New
But social media
1) Makes it visible
2) Makes it spread faster
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cizake/4164756091/sizes/o/
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11. Advocacy = Good Business
http://www.altimetergroup.com/2010/03/altimeter-report-the-18-use-cases-of-social-crm-the-new-rules-of-relationship-management.html
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12. Finding Advocates
• Listen across all channels
• Listen for signals like “love” and “I recommend”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulgi/280789933/sizes/o/in/photostream/
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13. Finding Advocates
100
• Track referrals 75
• social media
50
• web traffic
• signups 25
0
Jan Feb March April May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec
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14. What Turns Users Into Advocates
User Experience:
Does it meet needs?
Is it consistent with promise?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unconstructive_bry/2385522475/sizes/z/in/photostream/
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15. What Turns Users Into Advocates
• Does it have a story?
• Inspiration, meaning
http://www.askinosie.com/ http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/advertising-2/how-to-light-my-fire-authentic-word-of-mouth-movements/
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16. What Turns Users Into Advocates
• Service
• Proactive desire to help
• Listen to feedback & act
http://www.flickr.com/photos/erix/4122236130/sizes/z/in/
photostream/
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18. Empowering Advocates
• Listen across all channels
• Find and reach out
• Thank them
• Build programs for them
• Give them tools to tell story
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katewares/4945700659/in/photostream/
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19. Reward Loyal Users
• $ is a slippery slope
• Never buy attention
• Frequent buyer discounts OK
• Intangible rewards
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41734670@N00/77183017/
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20. Share The Spotlight
• Highlight users
• Share their achievements
http://www.flickr.com/photos/damshots/2789421207/sizes/z/in/photostream/
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22. Finding “Badvocates”
• Same process as for advocates
• Listen across social media, blogs, forums
• “Hate”, “sucks”, etc.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47475428@N00/18782750/
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23. What Turns Users Into “Badvocates”
Bad user experience
• Inconsistent
• Doesn’t deliver on promise
• Doesn’t solve problem
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36681137@N00/4703241492/
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24. Working With “Badvocates”
Offer solution, empathy
Don’t let it “stew”
Take action, close the loop
Sometimes just want someone to talk to
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31533886@N00/3874372532/#
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25. Chronic Complainers
Will complain no matter what
Apologize, help, walk away
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70609370@N00/3820032294/
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26. Handling Conflict
Anonymity vs. personal
Identify cause of conflict
Offer individual solution
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92518741@N00/4408548429/
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27. Handling Conflict - Cont..
Never lose your cool
Never make it personal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51813223@N00/2258984128/
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28. Public vs. Private
How you handle becomes your record
Know when to take it private
Advocates will come to your rescue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22834654@N04/2258095263/
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29. What’s Influence Got To Do With It?
Does everyone deserve great service?
What about “influencer programs”?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9390871@N06/1398244602/
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30. Every Customer Is An Influencer
“Let me know which of my customers isn’t
influential to their friends & family & I’ll take
them off our influencer list” - @thmasknoll,
Community Architect at @Zappos
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31. Influencer Perks
• Only when your service fundamentals are taken
care of...
• ...It’s OK to start campaigns
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32. Rule Of Thumb
Excellent service for all
Perks / product previews to industry experts /
influencers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27228448@N00/799023133/
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33. The Community-Focused Culture
Empowered
Team-oriented
Each customer case is individual
Customer-centric to a fault
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8816624@N08/3698149738/
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34. The Community-Focused Business
Collaboration
Process
People
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17258892@N05/2588347668/
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35. Case Study - Zappos!
Special Guest:
Thomas Knoll, Community Architect, Zappos!
@thomasknoll
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36. Next Webinar
• February 9th, 10 a.m. PST
• Topic: “This Ain’t Your Parents’ Facebook”,
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37. Questions?
Find and friend us:
http://twitter.com/nimble
http://twitter.com/jon_ferrara
http://twitter.com/themaria
http://facebook.com/nimble
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Contact:
maria@nimble.com, twitter.com/themaria
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