- The document discusses Transport for London's (TfL) use of social media for communications.
- It outlines TfL's social media structure and teams, how social media is used for customer service, real-time information, and other purposes.
- It also discusses TfL's approach to crisis communications on social media, using an example of a flooding incident on the Victoria line that was handled well with an honest response.
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• Who we are
• How we use Social Media
• The Structure of Social Media at TfL
• Crisis Communications
• Crisis Communications and Social
Media
Today’s Agenda
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Growth of Social Media at TfL
Approximately 10,000 mentions a week
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Thousands
Twitter Followers
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Show our
customers
we care and
we are
listening
Cost savings
and
efficiencies
Make us
easy to do
business
with
Personalised
service
Objectives for Social
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Our Structure
Social Media Team
(Strategy, Co-ordination, some delivery and Evaluation)
Marketing, TfLOnline
Real Time
Information
And
Customer Service
Rail and
Others
Customer
Contact Centre
Buses
Buses Control
Centre
Traffic
Traffic Control
Centre
PR, News and
Information
Press Office
Marketing
In House Agencies
Customer Insight
Automated
(In-House)
Manual (Out
sourced)
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Real Time Customer Feedback
Humanising TfL
Improving TfL’s Reputation
Better Customer Service
Always learning about out customers
Cost Efficiencies
Outcomes of Using Social
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• Followed by
confusion
• What actually
happened, what was
actually said
Stage 1 –
Incident or Event
• Critical to the
successful handling of
the crisis
• Swift and accurate
response is vital
Stage 2 –
Initial Response
• Handling for the
duration of the crisis
Stage 3 –
Consolidated Response
• Usually as important
to reputation as initial
response
Stage 4 –
Recovery:
Crisis Communications
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• Reports Victoria line was
suspended due to flood
damage
• Photo released on Twitter
of “flooding” = signal
room full of cement
Stage 1 –
Incident or Event
• Customer response was
disbelief and jovial
• Our response was honest
and open
Stage 2 –
Initial Response
• Our response continued
to the be honest but in
line with the jovial mood
on Twitter
Stage 3 –
Consolidated Response
• The service recovered
very well (within 12
hours)
• We could have been
better at letting
customers know that
Stage 4 –
Recovery:
A Real TfL Incident
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• Reports Victoria line was
suspended due to flood
damage
• Photo released on Twitter
of “flooding” = signal
room full of cement
Stage 1 –
Incident or Event
• Customer response was
disbelief and jovial
• Our response was honest
and open
Stage 2 –
Initial Response
• Our response continued
to the be honest but in
line with the jovial mood
on Twitter
Stage 3 –
Consolidated Response
• The service recovered
very well (within 12
hours)
• We could have been
better at letting
customers know that
Stage 4 –
Recovery:
A Real TfL Incident
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There were 1,245 mentions of
@victorialine within 24 hours
In 48 hours we gained 2,471 (8% increase)
additional followers organically on @victorialine
The automated sentiment of those tweets
was 87% positive (staggering given the
situation)
How it Unfolded
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MainlinePR Jan 24, 7:11am
Good morning. Worth a glance at @victorialine to see
good tweety handling of sticky problem yesterday
#GoodPR
words_of_chris Jan 24, 7:22am
Impressed with @victorialine being up & running this
AM. And also for their twitter machine account,
regularly updated & responsive. #tfl
robdotalderman Jan 24, 7:29am
Great work by @victorialine. Up and running and
excellent customer service via Twitter. A concrete
effort.
19. Hootsuite was used to manage all responses and
reporting of the incident
Below is the report from @victorialine for the incident. Reporting to senior management