Social analytics - SXSW presentation by Amber Armstrong
1. Powering the customer experience with data
Amber Armstrong
Director Digital, Social and Influencer IBM Commerce
3/13/16
Analytics for social marketing
2. Today’s discussion
Listen to the market – and the
individual
Target, retarget, engage
Back to the market for results
IBM case studies
Social is your window into the
market conversation and the
conversation about your
brand - and your biggest
opportunity to engage with
customers.
Analytics power all of our
modern marketing decisions.
Social analytics are super
food for marketing
personalization.
3. An opening comment… this is BIG!
With 2 billion social connections and more than 3
billion expressions per day, social fuels a knowledge
economy
94% 49%78%
Learn Engage
experts
Share
knowledge
4. And we don’t have it right. Enter analytics.
81%
say they have or are close to
having a holistic view of their
customers
37%
of consumers say their
favorite retailer
understands them
what brands think what customers say
69%
of companies say they
offer a superior online
experience
51%
of customer who left companies
blamed their exits on bad online
experiences
5. Listen to the market - and the individual
External
influencers
Competitors
Analysts
Customers
Employees
3rd party events
Differentiate your value to the
most specific audience
possible:
• who are they
• where do they live on
social
• who do they trust
Name your campaign
• aspirational
• non-branded
Enhance the existing
conversation:
• industry hashtags
• influencer partnerships
Drive cohesion in your paid and
social properties
Your
unique
social
voice
Competitor
events
Social data:
• direct social
conversations
• market volume
impressions
• social platforms
engagement with
your content
• quantity of
conversation
participants
• Sentiment
• surrounding
conversations
Your data:
• customer journey
• owned web insights
• search keywords
6. Target, re-target, engage
Owned EarnedPaid
Social:
Competitors
Influencers
Analysts
Media:
Industry
publications
Content marketing
platforms
Search
Re-targeting
YOU craft this journey with analytics Your OUTCOMES craft this journey
Brand social
metrics:
Clicks
Web metrics:
Visits
Engagement
Conversion
Journey
• Social community growth
• Employee advocacy
• Influencer engagement and
amplification
• Social amplification and
comments
• Organic web traffic
• Editorial press
7. You can predict the future – know when
your competitors are going to be more
vocal and surround
Learn from the past – what drove the
most impact last year? Rinse and repeat
the strategy with a fresh voice
Feed this back into your next campaign
for optimum results
Back to the market for results – share of voice analysis
12%
8%
8%
15%
51%
26%
37%
26%
9%
36%
16%
35%
39%
19%
15%
34%
18%
16%
19%
32%
32%
25%
27%
23%
28%
13%
22%
13%
12%
45%
19%
27%
25%
14%
37%
18%
26%
61%
57%
39%
20%
14%
31%
19%
35%
26%
20%
25%
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
Ma
y
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Your company Competitor 1 Competitor 2 Competitor 3
8. Influencer results: TED@IBM
IBM Contribution: 86 MIL impressions
Influencer Contribution: 161 MIL impressions
External (Other): 128 MIL impressions (est)
IBM
Influencer
Non-IBM
Share of Voice Breakdown
23%
43%
34%
Based on 376 MIL impressions for #TEDatIBM
9. New Way To Startup Competition & Webisode Series
Radically different approach to showcasing products (IBM Verse & Watson Analytics) in
startup environment through a millennial web reality show to drive
consideration/awareness with new audiences
• NWTS impressions (97.3M) were equal to 20% of total #NewWayToWork campaign
impressions (472.4M) from March 13 – July 7, 2015
• Estimate that ~20% of Verse registrations came from NWTS during that time period
Numbers At A Glance
230,223
Avg views per
webisode across
YouTube,
Facebook &
Twitter
1.84M
Total video views
across YouTube,
Facebook &
Twitter
97.3M
Total impressions
from or about
NWTS teams,
competition &
series
NWTS dedicated
Facebook pg
outpaced normal
IBM SB pg likes
by
150%