Invokelivesocialcommercereport

Invoke Live! Social Commerce
Key Findings Report, October 15, 2010

Table of Contents

Study Design 3-4
Executive Summary 5-8
Drivers of Social Media Use 9-11
What Branded Content Resonates and Do Social Media Users 12-16
Trust it?
Influencers on Purchase Consideration 17-20
Geo-location Application Awareness, Appeal and Trust 22-30
Package Design and Social Media info 31
Mobile Check-ins 32-34
Couponing in Social Media 35-36
Perceptions of What is Being Done Well 37

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Study Design
Methodology
This study incorporated the Invoke Solutions’ Engage Live research technology, which enables a
dynamic, real-time, moderated discussion with a large, live sample
Participant Design
Adult males and females evenly distributed across age range from 18 to 50+
Must have more than one active social media account (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc..) OR be
a Facebook account holder with more than 25 friends
Frequently engage in social media related behavior such as:
Log into Facebook, LinkedIn or other social networking site
Check for new tweets from people you follow or tweet yourself
Participate in a branded community
Read or comment on a blog
Write their own blog
Expect current level of social media use to grow or remain at current level in the future
Either current user, or not adverse to becoming a smartphone user in future
Total: n=302

Session Length/Time
60 Minute Live Session: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
60 Minute Open Session: Wednesday, September 22– September 23, 2010

Background and Objectives

Many companies have embraced social media as a way to engage their
best customers in dialog. But what impact does an integrated social media
presence on the part of a brand or company have on the purchase decision
process? Can social media go beyond being a place for customer
complaints and expand a marketer’s toolkit to influence shoppers to buy
their products? Are some tactics more useful than others?
Specifically we want to explore:
• The role of customer reviews and ratings in product consideration
• Couponing in the new social media era – Are offers via Facebook and
Twitter more effective than traditional couponing efforts?
• The opportunities geo-location and smartphones offer brands to reach
consumers in-store and at the shelf
• Emerging packaging innovations like scan-able product tags that offer
consumers exclusive access to brand experiences in social media
• The impact of the social media channel overall in enriching consumer’s
brand information, purchase decisions and ultimately loyalty


Executive Summary

Drivers of social media use
• Social networking has evolved beyond the need to simply “stay connected”
with friends and family. Important secondary benefits are being
entertained and sharing and gathering information, particularly about
products.
• Roughly 60% of participants cited the opportunity for sharing (63%) and
gathering information (59%) from their network
• Additionally, through open ended responses, participants clearly indicated
that the opportunity to learn about new products and brands was a key
driver of activity
• Further only 10% cited an unwillingness to engage with brands in any form
within social media
• Clearly today’s social media users both expect and accept brands
participating in social networking sites and platforms


Executive Summary

Brand content - what do social media users consider worthy of sharing or
following?
• Two thirds of participants had shared social media content generated by a
brand or company with their network
• A considerable range of traits defined share-worthy branded social media
content for participants including content that was: new or noteworthy
(75%), entertaining (69%), valuable advice (68%), and exclusive information
(67%)
• Financial benefit was also rated highly at 65%, but its fifth place ranking
suggests that social media consumers can be motivated by content without
necessarily expecting a financial reward
• Within Facebook, most participants were willing to follow a brand simply
because it was a product that they liked, suggesting that brand
relationships drive social media interactions more than any inducement to
follow
• Half of the participants would also follow a brand that others in their network
recommended, underscoring the power of peer recommendations

Executive Summary
Purchase consideration and social media content
• Social media is having a profound impact on the purchase decision process
• 47% of participants reviewed comments on the Facebook pages of people they
know when considering purchases
• Further 37% of participants rated those comments as very important to their
purchase consideration
• Participants trust community websites dedicated to a particular area of
interest more so than other forms of social media, signaling that trust in
purchase consideration is directly linked to a perceived lack of bias
• Consumers indicated that social media content from a wide range of
product categories was suitable to evaluate during purchase consideration,
with over half of participants selecting 13 of the 23 categories as suitable
• Technology categories as a whole fared particularly well with 70%, 69%
and 62% of participants citing computer hardware, home electronics
and mobile phone manufacturers as suitable categories
• Restaurants and movies were seen as the most suitable, probably
owing to the social nature of those categories

Executive Summary
Geo-location
• Participants were divided almost evenly between those that have an issue
and those that don’t with sharing their location via their smartphone in
exchange for a reward of some kind
• Common objections centered around privacy and safety issues
• Those who were willing to share their location generally had an
expectation of reasonable limits to that information's use
• Further, participants’ objections centered more around what third parties
could do with their information if it was publically shared. This suggests a
direct information exchange between consumer and company might have
greater appeal for geo-location enabled tools
• Generally awareness of location enabled smartphone applications was low.
Foursquare had the highest awareness at 30% despite Google and
Facebook (Google Places and Facebook Places) being extremely well
known brands
• Google Places had the highest rate of use by our participants, with 10%
indicating they had used it before
• When asked to select one app (Foursquare, Google Places, Facebook
Places, and shopkick) over the others, 37% chose shopkick despite it
having the lowest prior awareness. Reasons cited related to its perceived
usefulness versus the other apps

Executive Summary

Social media and package design
• A slim majority of participants would put a product’s Facebook page
information on its package if they could help design the packaging
elements
• The fact that more than half of participants viewed Facebook information
as relevant on a package may indicate that consumers both expect many of
their favorite brands to have a Facebook presence and that they view
Facebook as an important outlet for brand information


Executive Summary
Mobile Check-in
• Over two thirds of participants indicated they were likely to use their smartphone
to scan an on-pack barcode at the shelf for a discount or coupon or for reward
points
• 62% of participants were motivated to share their location via a mobile check-in in
exchange for a coupon from the business they were visiting
• Participants willingness to either share location or scan a code, suggests that the
strongest driver of mobile brand engagement are discounts
Couponing and Social Media
• A third of participants would follow a brand for a coupon
• Nearly a quarter of participants tried a product they would not otherwise have,
due to a coupon, deal or discount offer via Facebook
• While participants did not see a significant difference in coupons offered via
Facebook, they clearly have integrated it into their brand information acquisition
tool set, and it is already an effective additional channel for driving both
awareness and trial
What do companies leverage social media well for?
• Participants gave companies their highest scores for leveraging social media to
drive product awareness and to solicit their input in product development

Social media use is more than just “connecting”

• Consistent with our findings from the last Invoke Live! on social networking,
participants indicated that staying connected was the most important aspect of
social networking.
• However, important secondary factors are to be entertained and to share and get
information from those in their networks, in particular, about new products.

Q) Using a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 = "Very important" and 5 = "Not at all important", please tell me how important each of the following are as you
think about your use of social media such as social networking sites, blogs, communities, twitter and so on.


Social media use is also about acquiring product
information…
• While participants consistently cited staying in touch and connecting with
friends and family as a driver of social media use, many also cited information
about new products, or brands and companies of interest as an additional
activity driver
• “keep up with friends, keep current with latest trends and information, get the pulse of opinions”
• “ To stay up to date with other people and companies, entertainment, to get review of products, etc. “
• “ keep in touch with friends, make new friends, keep track of new products & services as they come to the
market “
• “ I am curious about the updates of the companies and friends, and celebrities, I have been following on
Twitter... “
• “to find out what friends are doing. Learn about new products or sales. Check up on what my kids are doing.
Also gain a network of peers in the business field “
• “To find shopping deals and free samples. To communicate with other parents to get ideas on anything.
• “To acquire information about specific topics or items. To stay connect with friends and family “
• “To stay connected with friends, family, and colleagues/business associates. To grow the business i work for and
to network with new people…Also, to follow brands I like and to stay up to date”
• “To keep in contact with friends and family and to learn about companies and their products.”
• “To keep in touch with family and friends, play games, see new products, contests and promos”
• “see what family and friends are doing, following people and brands, signup for freebies/contests “
• “ to connect with others who share similar interests, to learn new things and find out about new products.“
• “to follow brands and to stay in contact with old friends and reconnect with friends i haven't talked to in years”
• To catch up with old friends and make new ones. Also to stay up on what my favorite companies are doing,
take advantage of the offers they are putting out there, get weather reports .. everything! “

Q) What are all the reasons you use social media?

Facebook dominates brand interactions
• Only 10% of participants are not engaging at all with companies or brands in any
form of social media
• Facebook is a hub for interacting with and about brands, with 64% posting a
comment to their own page, 54% posting a brand related comment on other
people’s pages, and 50% posting on a company’s own Facebook page

Post comment on your own Facebook page 64%
Post a comment on other peoples' Facebook page 54%
Share original content / links from the company 50%
Read Blog post from companies 50%
Post comment on company Facebook page 50%
Participate in a company or branded community 44%
Interact via Other social sites 36%
Follow company Tweets 30%
Blog about companies 25%
Tweet about companies 21%
Use a geo-location application such as Foursquare or Google Places 13%
I don't interact with companies or brands via social networking 10%
Other 8%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Q) Now, just thinking about your use of social media to interact with BRANDS or COMPANIES, please tell me in which of the following ways you
communicate with BRANDS or COMPANIES in your social network. (Select as many as apply)


A majority of social media users are sharing brand
content with their network
• When asked about what kinds of content they share, participants frequently made
observations such as the following:
“I have shared information about new products being released; free samples of products; product
giveaways like sweepstakes; news about products; product recalls“
• The most frequently mentioned key words were “products” (55), “new” (35), “coupon” (28),
“contest” (12)
• When participants gave more specific examples , those comments frequently involved a
favorite area of interest, an ad or contest that was particularly fun or interesting, or a product
they had used that was either a very positive or negative standout (see verbatims next slide)

Q) Ok now think about your favorite kinds of content in social media. Have you ever shared content generated by a BRAND or COMPANY with
people in your network?
Q) If yes, please tell me what you shared and why. Please be as detailed as possible. If no, just type NA.


A majority of social media users are sharing brand
content with their network (cont)
• “i posted about a funny axe advert”
• “Carnival Cruise Lines, NCL, Cruisecritic.com, to meet others who are going on our upcoming cruises
and to share information and excitement about the brands. Proctor and gamble, their new
products are amazing, Chilis restaurant, I dont care for them and I let everyone know it, all 2,000 of
my friends”
• "Earths best was having a host a playdate and I shared that with my online community and they got
to get free products and were able to party with this brand”
• “ Happy Jello contest. Have to share photo.”
• “ I found a brand of chips, Wise, that i used to love when I was a child and as soon as I scarfed them
down I scanned the back of them and they actually had a Facebook page, once I logged on , it was
great to see that I wasn't the only one that loved them, which is what I posted on their page.”
• “I shared a coupon for loreal collagen micro-pulse because I am a Buzz Agent…”
• “Yes, I have shared content posted by the Chrysler corp on new models with friends/collegues.”
• “Reebok had a contest...you designed your own EasyTone shoe and posted a pic.”
• “I have shared information about kohls and the certain items like vera wang for breast cancer
awareness.”
• “Information about GM versus Ford products and how Ford products are better. Connected
everything together with some videos and information from new sites.”
• “I've shared with my friends on facebook a certain flavor of pop tarts from amazon.com and that
flavor was apple struedel. I haven't had that flavor in years, and haven't seen it in stores anymore
around here. then I check amazon, and bam, there it is, in a bulk package no less! I want it. and I
will get it….”
Q) If yes, please tell me what you shared and why. Please be as detailed as possible. If no, just type NA.


Product quality, uniqueness and financial incentives are
key factors of share-worthy branded content
• Two themes emerged when participants were asked what distinguished branded content they
would share with their friends – That the content was of noteworthy interest or relevance due to
it being new, or of high quality etc… or a savings opportunity.
New, Quality or Different Coupons, Discounts or Deals
• “ If its something that is quality or works for me I want others to • "Discounts and freebies. Customer appreciation.
share in the good thing as I would want them to share it with Something unique or different or thought provoking."
me too “ • "coupons are a great way to get noticed, freebies are
• “When something is new or innovative or if i know that several things I always share with my friends (free Starbucks,
of my friends will find the information useful or entertaining “ Jamba Juice, etc.)“
• “If I am interested in it, if I have tried the product, if I like the • "If there is a sale or something free, I may say
product, if I am excited about the product, I become the MOUTH something to my friends."
OF THE SOUTH! “ • "a great deal/sale on something or information on a
• “When it is special or different. Like a food product that new product that I think others would like"
completely blows you away with the taste. “ • "free samples or offers or something thats just really
• “The quality of the brand usually.” funny that i want people to know about and see“
• “When they advertise a good quality product, a good value, or • " well, in my case it was a really good deal on a new
do something good that sets them apart from their product that I thought my friends would like and it
competitors.” got me interested in the process“
• “If it's a reputable company and they have a great product and • "if it provides a "deal" to others or if I know someone
you really like it you should let the company or your friends and is particularly interested in it and they might not
family know about it so they can try it if they want” come across it" otherwise (like a local company that
• “Something new they are offering. A new product, new, provides natural products)”
improved ingredients, discounts or special offers.”
Q)What is it that makes content from a BRAND or COMPANY worthy of sharing? What is it about it that makes you say “That’s
something I want to share with my network”?

Beyond discounts, consumers want to engage brands to
help shape products
• While a coupon or discount was the most frequently selected reason for engaging with a
brand, 70% and 59% of participants respectively indicated that having a voice or impact on
new or existing product development was a key reason
• The implication for brands may be to consider what new or expanded opportunities their
social media presence could create for soliciting consumer feedback and input on a range of
product ideas, both as a means of improving the products themselves and customer
engagement

Q) Which of the following would incent you to engage with a brand or product in social media? Please select all that apply.


Social media users highly value new information
from brands
• New or noteworthy information was the most desirable trait for brand generated share-
worthy content, but entertainment, valuable advice, early information or exclusivity, all
scored highly as well
• Financial benefit was also cited frequently but somewhat surprisingly, it was the fifth most
frequently selected trait out of the seven traits participants were asked about

Q) Which of the following traits would have to define the kinds of brand content you either have shared with your network or would consider
sharing in the future? (select all that apply)


It doesn’t take much encouragement to interact with
brands via Facebook
• Most participants interacted with a brand via Facebook simply because they liked
the product
• 49% of participants have started following a brand because a contact did,
confirming that the influence of peer behavior and recommendations is a
considerable force within social media

Q) Please indicate if you have done any of the following (please select all that apply):


Company websites still dominate as information source
during purchase consideration, but Facebook looms…
• While more participants rely on comments and reviews on company websites,
nearly half considered comments about a product prior to purchase on a friend’s
Facebook page or the company’s Facebook page
• A full third of participants also consulted company blogs and product or community
sites, reinforcing the need to encourage dialog across all social media formats

Q) Which of the following, if any, have you consulted when considering a product purchase? (Select all that apply)


Customer comments and reviews posted in social media
have as much weight as those posted on a company site
• Participants consistently rated comments and reviews from people they know as
important with nearly as many indicating product comments on friend’s Facebook
pages were important as customer reviews or comments on a company’s main
webpage
• Also seen as important are the comments posted in an interest-driven community
site, reinforcing the value of unbiased peer comments in purchase decisions

Q) On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being "Very important" and 5 being "Not at all important", how important are each of the following to you when
considering a product purchase?


Trust in product information is directly linked to
perceived lack of bias
• 60% of participants trust product reviews on websites dedicated to particular interests
• Nearly as many trust product reviews on independent blogs
• These numbers align with our early Invoke Live! finding where 64% of participants indicated
that an open dialog with both positive and negative comments, was extremely or somewhat
important to their trusting a social media content source

Q) On a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being "Trust completely" and 5 being "Do not trust at all", how much do you trust customer reviews or testimonials
in the following various formats?

Participants view branded social media content across a
wide range of categories as relevant
• Over 50% of participants indicated 13 of the 23 total categories as suitable for using social
media in the purchase decision, suggesting that social media has broad applicability
• The top scorers, restaurants, 72% and movies, 71% , are perhaps not surprising given their
social nature
• Technology categories such as computer hardware, home electronics, and mobile phone
manufacturers fared well with 70%, 69% and 62% respectively of respondents selecting them
as suitable product categories; These high scores were supported by verbatims where
participants said social media was particularly useful in researching larger ticket items
Restaurants 72% Music 50%
Movies 71% Over-the-counter healthcare products 47%
Computer hardware / software 70% Outdoor / sports equipment 46%
Home electronics 69% Apparel / shoes 40%
Mobile phone manufacturers 62% Home hardware 39%
Home appliances 58% Candy 37%
Food items 58% Sports / other live entertainment 37%
Automobiles 53% Financial services 35%
Home cleaning products 53% Jewelry / accessories 31%
Beverages 52% Prescription drugs 27%
Mobile service providers 51% Other category 7%
Beauty products 50% None Of The Above 5%
Q) Which of the following categories of products do you think are more suitable for using social media as part of the purchase decision process?
Please select all that apply.

Sharing location not an issue for half of participants

• Participants were nearly evenly divided when asked if sharing their location with a
company, brand, or retailer was an issue for them
• Those who raised objections cited safety and privacy concerns, while those who had
no issue with sharing their location in exchange for an incentive were far more likely
to cite an expectation of reasonable use or individual responsibility

Yes 52%

No 48%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Q) Does the idea of sharing your location in exchange for an incentive of some kind raise any issues for you?

People want some measure of control over
“sharing” their location….
• Some clear themes broke through among participants who did not object to
sharing their location. Specifically they wanted to consent upfront to sharing that
information, actively choose when to share, and be aware of limits and safeguards
on information obtained
• The implication for companies and brands looking to include geo-location enabled
mobile apps in their marketing mix is that consumer communication needs to
specifically address how they will both use and safeguard information collected

• “nothing , pepsi isnt going to stalk me at walmart”
• “While I would enjoy the benefits of the GPS, would like to have some type of agreement that details company
privacy policy before using“
• I would assume you would have control of allowing a company to know where you are. Do not use the App if you
do not what the location disclosed.”
• “It doesn't concern me...they already know your location anyway if you purchase with a credit card or store card”
• “I think as long as the consumer initiates the process of providing the location that there is no issue, when the
retailer is able to pick up the location , that is where I have issue with privacy”
• “I wouldn't have issues as long as it was an opt in situation and not being automatically tracked”
• “would really depend on what is done and where the information is dispersed.”
• “store location is no issue, you are not sharing any personal info”

Q) Some of you say it raises issues. What issues concern you about location based applications?

…Since safety and privacy top list of “sharing”
concerns
• Among those participants who did object to sharing their location, the objection
was not necessarily centered around companies use of information as much as
concern over what third parties would do with the information
• This suggests that apps which enable direct information exchange between
consumer and company might have greater appeal than those where location is
fully published to a larger social media audience

• “I wouldnt mind if the company knew but i would not want other online users to know when i'm at home or not”
• “Too much big brother. I would be afraid others would intercept that information for the wrong purposes. (Home
thefts as they knew I was away from home etc...)”
• “Not really that comfortable with sharing my specific location at a given point< just kinda weird.”
• “I don't want to be tracked all the time. If I get coupons from my phone, I don't want it to be in exchange for
them knowing exactly where i am at the time.”
• “It would be better to just be able to state what store you are entering so that no one would be able to know
specifically where you are. Safety reasons.”
• “safety...clearly the world would know we are not home if we are at the grocery store, etc. application”
• “The potential danger aspect of it. Security issues go along with most social networking sites.”
• “I would love it on one hand, but would not want my info or area I am to others there would have to be a very
sharp privacy”
• “PRIVACY. Who am I giving this information to and how is it stored/used?”

Q) Some of you say it raises issues. What issues concern you about location based applications?

Geo-location Enabled Mobile Applications


shopkick

• shopkick had the lowest prior awareness level of the geo-location based
applications tested; even fewer, 2%, had tried it prior to the session
• Despite both low awareness and trial, it was of considerable interest to many
participants, who cited its simplicity, non invasive nature and potential to add a fun
dimension to shopping experience

Awareness Use

• “I like Shopkick. It seems like an interesting concept. Brings some of the advantages of online shopping to the instore
shopping experience. i could see myself using this app.”
• “Shopkick because I love to shop and this would make it even more fun”
• “shopkick I would love to use a free rewards program like this “
• “shopkick because i love to shop and it sounds easier to use the others sound cool too but i tend to be some what technology
hanicapped lol “
• “i picked shopkick because i like the idea of geeting rewarded for going shopping and its not invasive”

Q) Have you ever heard of this application before?
Q) Have you ever used this application? (If you indicated in the previous question that you haven't heard of it before just select No again here)
Q) Please repeat your answer and tell me what makes you more interested in using this application

Google Places
• Google Places, had considerably higher awareness than shopkick at 24%, but lower than both
Facebook Places and Foursquare
• Despite low awareness, Google Places was used by more participants, 10%, than any other
application tested
• Among those participants who indicated that they were interested in using Google Places,
many cited its usefulness, non-invasive nature and ability to provide information on local
businesses as key factors
Awareness Use

• “ It is close between google places and shopkick, but i pick google places. i like the informative nature of it, and i would not
have to give my location.”
• “ I'm interested in Google Places. It's seems to be an informative idea to help choose where you want to go and provides
choices and ideas to where you may want to be. “
• “Google Places seems like the most useful, especially for small businesses “
• “google places. business oriented. helps customers to find the business.”


Foursquare

• Foursquare had the highest awareness level, at 30%, of any of the apps, but the
second lowest trial level at 3%
• A majority of participants who expressed interest in using Foursquare cited fun as a
key factor, which suggests that Foursquare has yet to break through as a useful app
despite its high awareness levels
Awareness Use

• “Foursquare, looks interesting, versatile, and fun.”
• “Foursquare, maybe, because I know several other people that use it.”
• “Foursquare because it looks more fun to use and more interactive”
• “foursquare...looks fun and neat “
• “Foursquare, it seems more interesting than the others.”


Facebook Places
• Awareness of Facebook Places was second only to Foursquare, with nearly a third of
participants indicating they knew of it prior to the study
• Only 5% of participants had used Facebook Places, but this may owe in part to its
relatively recent release on August 19, 2010
• Participants who indicated they were interested in using Facebook Places cited the
fact that they were already users of Facebook, their friends’ use of FB Places, and
its social nature as key factors
Awareness Use

• “Facebook Places since I know people that use it and like it overall although there are some concerns about the world
knowing too much about what they are doing.”
• “facebook places because i already use fb and i have friends using this ap already”
• “facebook places. . .since I am always on fabebook anyhow it makes sense to just use that one “
• “Facebook Places. It just seems like something cool to use and tell your friends where you are at.”


shopkick held greatest overall appeal

• More than a third of participants, 37%, selected shopkick as the app that held the
greatest interest for them. shopkick performed better than the other apps despite
having the lowest prior awareness at just 6%, reinforcing its appeal as a useful and
not just entertaining app.

Q) Now that you have seen all four applications, please tell me which one you would be most interested in using.

Consumers want Facebook information on packaging
• Over half (54%) of participants would put a product’s Facebook page information on a product
package, signaling that consumers expect many of their favorite brands to have a Facebook
presence and that they view Facebook as an important outlet for brand information
• Unsurprisingly, more than 75% of participants would also put a product’s website information
on a package
• Least desirable was a Twitter handle

Q) Imagine the packaging of one of your favorite grocery or drugstore products was being redesigned and you could help with that process. Which
of the following types of information would you want included?


Smartphones are the mobile phone of choice for a
majority of the socially connected
• 55% of participants indicated they had a smartphone, confirming the opportunity to engage
consumers through social networking on a mobile platform is growing
• Coupled with our finding from the last Invoke Live!, that 16% and 46% of participants
respectively cited social media access as either a “primary driver” or a “nice driver” of their
future smartphone purchase, brands can reasonably anticipate growing demand for mobile
enabled content and applications

Q) Do you currently own a smartphone such as an iPhone, Android phone, Blackberry or Windows Mobile phone?


At the shelf, most consumers want to leverage social
media to realize savings
• 71% of participants indicated they were likely to scan an on-pack barcode at the shelf or in an
ad for a discount or coupon. Nearly as many were willing to scan a barcode for reward points
• 44% and 43% of participants indicated they would be interested in exclusive product
information or recipes
• A full third of participants would scan a barcode to access social media content like a
Facebook page or microsite

Q) Continuing the assumption that you are a smart phone owner, how likely would you be to scan barcodes on packages with that phone on store
shelves or in ads in exchange for the following. Please use a scale from 1 to 5 where 1 = "Very likely" and 5 = "Not at all likely".


Mobile check-ins are driven by targeted coupons,
reward points, or deals
• 62% of participants were motivated to share their location via a mobile check-in in exchange
for a coupon from the business they were visiting, suggesting that the strongest driver of
location sharing was an immediately applicable discount
• Nearly as many (60%), were willing to share their location for reward points, indicating
consumers are comfortable with social media applications that are akin to store reward cards,
where rewards are amassed over repeated visits

Q) Smartphones with GPS allow you to "check in" from you current location in exchange for rewards and information. Would you be willing to share
your location through a social media application in exchange for...: (Select all that apply)


Coupons would drive a third of participants to “like” a brand

• Those who indicated they would not “like” a company for a coupon cited their
credibility (likely with people in their Facebook network), concerns over spamming,
and their need to believe in the company first and foremost

Yes No
• " Not for a coupon. i would have to believe in the
• "yes, I would, I've done many times already" company."
• " yes, if it was a brand that i use or have used anyway • " No! My credibility is at stake. If I really did not like
especially, i have done this before” them I would not accept no matter what they gave
• "Yes I would, even though I know that they also are me."
benefiting by accessing our personnel information.” • "no, another form of spam"
• " yes you never know when you may shop there” • " NO and NEVER... Liking should be voluntary and
• "yes, I would. I am advocate of saving money!” without price; Companies that offer that benefit should
be UN-LIKED"
• "Most definitely. This is the main reason I have a
Facebook account. I am a big fan of coupons and • "no because if i dont like it i'm not going to say i do just
Facebook offers a lot of them!" to get a discount"
• " As long as it's a product I wouldn't be embarrassed • “not if it was not somthing i needed or truly wanted”
about sharing with the FB community that I like...” • "Really depends on the company - is it one I truly use
and like? And also on the type of reward - would it be
one I would actually use?"

Q) If a company or brand offered a coupon or discount to “like” them on Facebook would you accept? Why or Why not?


Nearly a quarter of participants have tried a product
because of discount or coupon offered via Facebook
• The products those participants cited had a wide range from razors, to snacks,
premade meals, and cleaning products
• Some participants even shared that they continued to use the products they
initially tried due to a Facebook offer

• “yes, schick razor”
• “Yes once when I got a sample of a lip stick. I loved it so much that I went to the store and bought mmore.”
• “international delight creamer. gave me a free coupon for their improved creamer”
• “yes, I bought Lysol healthy touch soap dispenser because there was an exclusive really good deal for liking a
retailers page”
• “I tried a couple of new Del Taco products”
• “Yes, Kashi baked cereal bars and Bear Naked granola”
• “Yes the M&Ms pretzels. “
• “yes I did, the new kraft homestyle mac and cheese before it hit the stores”
• “yes , it was for crest 3D strips ,new V8 fusions withfruit and white tea , a new deodorant by degree”
• “Yes, I got a free sample of a new cheetos flavor and also Pretzel M&M's”
• “I liked on the Wisk page to get a sample-I doubt I would have tried Wisk had they not offered the sample”
• “Kashi, I actually started to use it after sampling it, among others”
• “Burts Bees offered a free sample of a new toothpaste (I believe), and I purchased the product because I
sampled it and it was wonderful.”
Q) Thinking about the discounts and coupons offered by companies on Facebook, would you or have you ever tried a new product you may not
otherwise have tried because of an offer there? If yes, what was the product?

Companies are doing a good job of leveraging social
media to drive new product awareness
• Nearly 70% of participants think companies do a good job of leveraging social media to raise
awareness of new products
• Perhaps more importantly, and given that 70% and 59% of participants respectively indicated
that having a voice or impact on new or existing product development was a key reason for
their branded social media activity, nearly 60% think that companies are effectively using
social media to develop products

Raise awareness of new
39% 29% 20% 11%
products

Develop new products with
29% 30% 30% 10%
input from consumers

Listen to their customers 25% 31% 32% 12% Extremely
well
Very well
Deliver better customer
24% 30% 29% 17%
service Not very well

Change brand perceptions 23% 33% 32% 12% Poorly

Learn about unmet needs 22% 31% 36% 12%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Q) On a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 = "Extremely well" and 5= "Poorly", how well do you think that companies are using social media to do the
following:


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