Marketing D - Management
Marketing D Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 1 SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL SELLING Transcript SEO (SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION) Study Notes Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 2 Content Marketing LESSON 1: SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ............................................................................................ 3 MODULE INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 KEY CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA....................................................................................................................................... 4 SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 LESSON 2: BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUSINESS ............................................................ 7 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 THE BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ........................................................................................................................................... 8 THE BENEFITS OF AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY ................................................................................................................... 10 SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING.................................................................................................................................................... 11 LESSON 3: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITHIN THE WIDER BUSINESS ...................... 12 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................... 13 SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL STRATEGY ......................................................................................................................... 13 SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS ................................................................................................................................................................ 13 LESSON 4: SOCIAL SELLING AND PERSONAL SELLING ........................................................... 15 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................... 16 SOCIAL SELLING ............................................................................................................................................................................. 16 PERSONAL BRANDING ................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 3 LESSON 1: SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 4 MODULE INTRODUCTION Today, well be going over my favorite part of digital: social media. Customers nowadays are using social media in increasing numbers to interact, not just with friends, but with businesses. Furthermore, as well see in this module, customers these days expect businesses to reach them on social media. And for businesses, not only does social media provide invaluable data about customers, it provides a great way to promote your products and services and grow your business. Hi, Im Philippe Polman and for the past 10 years, Ive worked as an advisor for a range of companies in many sectors, helping clients to get best marketing insights from digital, and specifically from the social forms of media. This module is designed to help you understand the key features and benefits of social media for business. Youll learn the key concepts and terminology, which are essential to understanding the role that social media can play in engaging with customers, providing support and generating business. Ill also take you through the most popular social media tools which can add real value to your organization, the ways to advertise through social media, topics like personal branding and how an active community can be a real differentiator for your organization. And finally, well look at how social media supports your overall business objectives. INTRODUCTION Now, were going to look at a number of areas within social media and look at why it’s become so popular over the past number of years. First, well go over some of the fundamentals, as well as some of the key features of social media platforms like personalized user profiles, notifications, engagement and connections. Well also look at the major social media platforms, like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram. And finally, we’ll cover why its important for businesses to consider the primary uses of the main platforms. KEY CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA [3.1.1.1] Social media has been around since the beginning of the world wide web, however, advances in user interfaces, emerging platforms and a digital mindset in global populations has resulted in a surge in popularity in recent years. Over 3 billion people are using various social networks across the globe, and as device usage surges, this number is expected to grow further. [3.1.1.2] It is important to get to grips with the terms that are used across the social media landscape. Take a look at the ones listed here and click on each to find out more. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 5 [3.1.1.3] There are a number of key features which social media platforms have - these include: Online interaction is faster Personalized user spaces or profiles Notifications Engagement and interactivity, and Connections [3.1.1.4] It should come as no surprise that smartphones are the most popular way to access social media. They enable users to access, interact and engage with social media content in an easy and flexible way. So its important that your marketing takes this into account. Nearly 80\% of social media time is now spent on mobile devices [3.1.1.5] One of the major reasons for the growth of social media is how easy it has become to use and share content. Social media tools are designed to be easy to use – you don’t have to be technical to get up to speed quickly. You can start by simply commenting on someone elses post. Because its also easy to share, you can use content created or shared by others which your network may find useful or interesting. Finally, thanks to smartphones and better content tools, its a lot easier to create video, audio and other content yourself which can be shared. SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS [3.1.2.1] There are five major social media platforms. These are LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. Each one has a distinct use case for businesses. LinkedIn is a platform that’s used for building and developing professional connections, as well as reinforcing the mission and vision of a company. LinkedIn is focused on professional networking, so it’s a great platform to use for recruitment, building relationships with current employees, sharing corporate news, targeting corporate customers and B2B communication. Twitter is a social network that enables users to send and read short posts called ‘tweets’ on a public platform. Part of what differentiates Twitter from the other social platforms is that it’s very conversational in nature, due to the fast-paced, real-time dimension of its users’ timelines. Twitter also introduced hashtags to the social sphere, which makes it a great place to discover content. Twitter is an excellent choice for participating in major events in real time. Facebook is the largest social platform. Its mission is to enable people to share information and content with others who work, study, and live around them, all around the world. Facebook is also a platform that allows brands and businesses to connect and build relationships with their customers. It is great for large-scale reach. Facebook offers a highly mobile experience, due to the way it seamlessly integrates social sharing and its mobile app. A benefit of this mobile experience is that marketers can engage consumers easily throughout the day, making it a highly effective channel for reaching audiences. Instagram is a visual platform that’s used to share moments and to communicate your point of view to the world via photos and videos. Its owned by Facebook and it integrates very effectively with the Facebook advertising platform. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 6 Instagram offers a fully visual and mobile experience, where users can take, enhance, manipulate, and share photographs with their friends and followers. Its audience is younger than the Facebook audience, and more mobile, too. Snapchat is an image and video messaging, multimedia mobile app that can be used by marketers for effective, temporary storytelling, as well as for showcasing products and services. Snapchat’s interface is centered on the vertical orientation of your phone screen and transient storytelling content. Other platforms of note are: YouTube, for video sharing. This is very useful for businesses sharing product demos, corporate videos and endorsements - even how-to guides. There is a wide audience for this. SnapChat is an interesting social messaging platform. This app is used by teens and young people to share fun images. It is used primarily by young millennials and a Generation Z audience. TikTok is a short video sharing app for consumers and brands to engage with. Its also primarily Generation Z and millennials, in terms of audience. WhatsApp is a popular instant messaging app for secure 1 to 1 or group communications. Finally, Pinterest is used for collecting images from around the web into a collage or mood board. It is primarily used by female millennials. [3.1.2.2] Understanding the terms most associated with social media marketing can help you target customers more effectively and work more efficiently with marketing, digital agencies, freelancers, partners and internal teams. Some of the key terms are listed here. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 7 LESSON 2: BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUSINESS Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 8 INTRODUCTION Next, were going to look at some of the key benefits of social media to business and why having an active community out there can be a differentiator for the business. First, well go through some of the ways that social media can increase sales by identifying new opportunities, increasing traffic, and targeting and building stronger relationships with customers. We’ll also see how you can monitor social media, not just for mentions of your company or brand, but also for reviews of your products and services. You’ll learn that social media (like any other part of the business) needs to demonstrate return on investment by measuring results to see the contribution to business goals. I’m also going to walk you through some interesting business use cases for social media outside of marketing and sales. Well also look at some of the advantages of having an active community – from increasing customer loyalty, to empowering your customers. You’ll learn about the importance of continually managing a user community and I’ll take you through what social customer service really means. Finally, we’ll look at the paid social media: what options are available to you and what the advantages are. THE BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA [3.2.1.1] There are many benefits of social media that businesses should be aware of. Firstly - social media is a great way to drive audience with your brand. This includes both customers and departments within your organization. Its also a great way to find out what people are saying about your brand and your competitors. Social media can also be used to share content about your products or services to existing and potential customers in order to drive interest. Its also a good way to generate visits to your website, where people can find out more about your products and different parts of your business. Social media can also be used to develop customer brand loyalty from dedicated followers. Finally, you can also use social media to improve customer satisfaction by engaging and responding to queries through social media channels. [3.2.1.2] Social media can increase sales in a number of different ways: - identifying new business opportunities: through monitoring social media for updates on areas within your own industry, it’s possible to identify opportunities (you can also see the problems customers require solutions to) Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 9 - identifying key decision makers: by looking at others organizations (either customer organizations) or industry leaders, you can become aware of the key individuals to influence - building stronger relationships/loyalty with customers: by engaging with customers on social media, you can increase loyalty and trust, increasing the likelihood of doing business with the customer again - targeted advertising: most of the platforms allow defined targeting for your target customers base, meaning the message gets to the right people - educating potential customers about the benefits and value of your products using social media - increasing website traffic: by engaging viewers and offering them relevant, useful content, they are more likely to visit your site [3.2.1.3] Monitoring social media for mentions of your business or product is important so that you understand whats going on in the market and can identify customer opportunities and pain points. This is called social listening. [3.2.1.4] You can use tools like HootSuite, Buffer and Conversocial to monitor what their customers are saying about products and services. Customers very often leave reviews of their experience, both positive and negative, that can be used by businesses to make changes to their products or services. [3.2.1.5] Social media (like other channels) needs to demonstrate return on investment (ROI) for business by regularly measuring results to see the contribution to business goals by driving awareness interest and brand engagement which may assist potential customers in deciding to purchase or work with your organization. Measuring the effectiveness of social media activity also helps to optimize your approach and guarantee ongoing success. There are a range of analytics tools available to gain these insights. The main social media platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter have native analytics tools that you can access to provide you with performance data on each. [3.2.1.6] There are many ways in which social media can be used outside of marketing and sales, to contribute to your business. For example, within HR, platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter are often used to advertise positions, find talent and communicate with candidates. In fact, 70\% of managers say they’ve successfully hired using social and almost 60\% of employees say that a company’s social presence was part of the reason they chose their workplace. We’re now at the point where social recruitment is a key element of the hiring strategy within many organizations. For Customer Service, we’ve mentioned the importance of social media as a channel for customers – we’ll talk about that in more detail later. For Purchasing and Administration, when it comes to key purchase decisions – interest groups and user communities are a great way to get feedback and validate whether a product or service you’re evaluating worked out for others within a similar environment. As well as using a supplier’s information and your own research, you can combine an additional neutral voice to help make your purchase decision. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 10 In addition, functions like Legal for example, which are not obvious have very valid use cases like Social listening for issues affecting the business – it’s a very useful way to track for mentions of the company, its products and even competitors. Even departments like Finance, may find social media useful as a way to track proposed regulatory changes within the industry amongst interest groups. In fact, Social Media networks are useful for managers in just about any function as a source of information, interest groups, key contacts and insights into your industry. THE BENEFITS OF AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY [3.2.2.1] Building an active community of followers of your business can be very positive as these people will act as advocates and can often be lead generators. Take a look at some of the key benefits for businesses of active communities on social media: Provides real-life insights to the business - customers will share their real experiences Increases customer loyalty - again, the more you interact and engage with customers, the stronger the loyalty. They can even feedback on potential and current products & surveys (through surveys/questionnaires etc) Provides authentic content, created by brand advocates Empowers customers (because they can ask questions and get direct answers) Provides increased opportunities to deliver efficient customer service [3.2.2.2] There are a number of reasons why its important to continue to manage your user community. It allows you to maintain and improve customer satisfaction by responding to questions or comments in a timely manner. It also allows you to identify with your fans and followers by keeping a consistent voice which matches your brand. Managing the community also drives loyalty and customer lifetime value by building trust and reputation, as well as keeping your fans and followers engaged by posting relevant content. [3.2.2.3] Before social media, customers might have shared a poor customer service experience with a few family members, close friends, and co-workers. However, once Twitter and Facebook became prevalent platforms, angry customers gained the ability to broadcast tales of terrible customer service to a massive potential audience. Social customer service is about providing customer service through social media channels. [3.2.2.4] Using social media for customer service is important because customers expect businesses to use the channels that they control and use, rather than the other way around. This brings with it new expectations of the level and pace of service a customer expects and when this expectation is not met, it can lead to higher levels of dissatisfaction. [3.2.2.5] There are a number of high level steps you can take to help build a community on social media. First, always be helpful and responsive to comments. Secondly, try to use the types of words and phrases that your followers use day-to-day. And finally, share interesting content from your company and related social media accounts. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 11 SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING [3.2.3.1] Companies can pay for content to be delivered through social media networks - this is Social media advertising [show graphic of definition…]. This area has increased considerably over the past few years with all of the major platforms offering it. Companies recognise the importance of being where their customers are. As many customer segments spend a considerable number of hours each day on social media, it’s no surprise that the area is growing. [3.2.3.2] There are many benefits paid social campaigns. Its more cost-effective for reaching a large audience versus traditional advertising. It also allows specific targeting by location, interest and demographics, which may not be available with other digital or traditional ads... Engaging ad formats consisting of various kinds of text, images and videos are available... And its available on multiple social media platforms [3.2.3.3] Audience targeting is dividing your audience of prospective customers into groups based on different criteria. With this, youre more likely to reach customers interested in your products or services with relevant messaging. Audience targeting allows you to target your ads to specific audiences based on their: lifestyle and interests demographic location device (either mobile, desktop or tablet) and other factors [3.2.3.4] There are many types and formats of advertising offered by the major social media platforms: - There are sponsored Message Ads on LinkedIn - There are promoted tweets and accounts on Twitter - On Facebook there are many types of sponsored ads, like Carousel Ads - On Instagram there is Instant Experience - And there is TrueView video pre-rolls on YouTube - There is Snap Ads and sponsored Lenses on Snapchat, and there is Promoted Pins on Pinterest. Which advertising you choose is dictated by your audience and what your trying to achieve. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 12 LESSON 3: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITHIN THE WIDER BUSINESS Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 13 INTRODUCTION In this section, well look at the role of social media platforms and tools within the wider business and why social media needs to be part of an overall strategy. First, we’ll see that customers want to communicate in a channel that best suits them – and that it’s important to match the social media platform with your target audience. We’ll also see why it’s important that your social media strategy is integrated with other mediums to have maximum effect. I’ll also take you through the main kinds of social media tools for business. We’ll look at some examples of the most effective tools, such as Hootsuite, TweetDeck, Buzzsumo and Conversocial, what they are used for and how they can add value to your business. And finally, we’ll see why the tools you use need to support your overall strategy. SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL STRATEGY [3.3.1.1] Because of the growth of social media (the number of users), it has become a key part of the digital strategy for business. There are few businesses that haven’t already acknowledged and begun to harness the dynamic capabilities of social media - not just for marketing, but across departments and job functions. [3.3.1.2] Customers use social platforms that best suit them. So businesses need to match the social media platforms they use with those their target audience use. Identifying the platforms most used by your target audience is therefore an important piece of work which needs to be completed as a first step. [3.3.1.3] It’s important for businesses to be present on many social media platforms, if they are used by customers and align with business objectives. This is important because customers spend time interacting in many places - it also ensures a consistent message is seen across all channels in order to maximise its effectiveness. [3.3.1.4] A businesses Social media presence must be aligned to the overall objectives of the website, email and other digital media - they need to be covered by the overall business strategy. SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS [3.3.2.1] Social Media monitoring tools allow you to monitor online conversations to track your mentions, learn about your customers and know what people are saying. There are also social scheduling tools allow you make sure you reach your core audience in the right time-zone. They also allow you to schedule real-time updates in advance. Social Media Analytics and Reporting tools allow you to measure the impact of social media and the performance of individual elements. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 14 Content Creation tools – there’s an expression: “Content is king” that still holds true with social media. Superior content drives higher conversion rates. There are tools available to help you from choosing the perfect image through to writing the best Tweet with the perfect hashtag. [3.3.2.2] Whichever tools a business uses for social media need to be able to reach the target audience, need to be within the defined budget and achieve the overall objectives within your company’s digital strategy. Some of the tools available are shown here. [3.3.2.3], [3.3.2.4] Organizations need to be comfortable with their employees making smart and responsible use of social media. That is why most organizations now have a set of Corporate Social Computing Guidelines. As well as ensuring compliance with legal regulations, the guidelines help employees to become smarter in terms of how they can make the most out of social tools for the benefit of the organization. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 15 LESSON 4: SOCIAL SELLING AND PERSONAL SELLING Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 16 INTRODUCTION In the final section, were going to look at the topic of personal branding. We’ll look at what personal brand means, as well as how it can benefit your business by expanding the reach of the business, connecting with others, increasing trust and showcasing your products and services. We’ll walk through the key steps of setting up an optimized LinkedIn profile, and also see why it’s important that your personal brand is aligned with your company’s brand. Finally, we’ll look at some dos and don’ts with posting on social media and why you should stick to your organization’s social media guidelines. SOCIAL SELLING [3.4.1.1] Social selling is using social media platforms and tools to develop meaningful relationships with potential and existing customers. [3.4.1.2] Traditional methods of selling have shifted from interruptive sales strategies and cold calling to finding buyers online, providing valuable insights throughout the buyer journey and helping with the purchase process. [3.4.1.3] Social selling isnt designed to replace traditional sales methods but rather augment them; it is a fusion of traditional and digital tactics and strategies. [3.4.1.4] Unlike traditional sales techniques social selling is… Relationship-based, not transactional… Remember you no longer close a sale but open a relationship/demographic It’s all about educating and engaging – highlighting how you can add value and address a problem. Less pitching and more time identifying needs and pain points. It’s about listening and adding value [3.4.1.5] With social selling, there are less phone or face to face interactions, more online communications, more use of social networks and tools, along with better, more accurate measurement. [3.4.1.6] Your social networks play a key role in providing market information, prospects and building trust with customers and within the industry. [3.4.1.7] A key element of social selling is digital research, this involves using social media and digital tools to narrow down your customer persona and identify the companies and decision-makers you should be targeting. There is a wealth of information on individuals and companies within the digital environment for businesses to reach out and use to your advantage. [3.4.1.8] There are a number of key reasons sellers adopt a … Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 1 SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL SELLING Study Notes SEO (SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION) Study Notes Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 2 Social Media and Social Selling LESSON 1: SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ............................................................................................ 4 SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BUSINESS ................................................................................................................................................. 5 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 KEY CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA....................................................................................................................................... 5 SOCIAL MEDIA GROWTH ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 KEY FEATURES OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ...................................................................................................... 5 MOBILE DEVICE AND SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE ............................................................................................................. 6 SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND CONTENT CREATION ................................................................................................. 6 SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ................................................................................................................................ 6 LESSON 2: BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUSINESS ........................................................... 9 SOCIAL MEDIA: WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? ................................................................................................................... 10 KEY TERMS .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUSINESS .............................................................................................................. 10 SOCIAL MEDIA CAN INCREASE SALES ......................................................................................................................... 10 SOCIAL LISTENING ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 SOCIAL MEDIA: RETURN ON INVESTMENT ................................................................................................................... 11 COMMON BUSINESS USE CASES ..................................................................................................................................... 11 THE BENEFITS OF AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY ................................................................................................................... 12 AN ACTIVE USER COMMUNITY ........................................................................................................................................ 12 REASONS TO MANAGE YOUR COMMUNITY ............................................................................................................ 12 CUSTOMERS CONTROL THE CHANNEL ...................................................................................................................... 13 STEPS TO BUILDING A SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITY ........................................................................................... 13 SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING.................................................................................................................................................. 13 THE GROWTH OF SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING .................................................................................................... 13 PAID SOCIAL CAMPAIGN BENEFITS ............................................................................................................................... 13 Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 3 PAID SOCIAL MEDIA OPTIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 13 ADVERTISING FORMATS ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 LESSON 3: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITHIN THE WIDER BUSINESS ...................... 16 SOCIAL MEDIA AND BUSINESS STRATEGY ...................................................................................................................... 17 SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL STRATEGY .......................................................................................................................... 17 CHOOSE PLATFORMS USED BY YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE ............................................................................. 17 CROSS PLATFORM ADOPTION .......................................................................................................................................... 17 SOCIAL MEDIA IS PART OF OVERALL BUSINESS STRATEGY ........................................................................... 17 SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS ................................................................................................................................................................. 17 TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS FOR BUSINESS .................................................................................................. 17 COMMON USES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS ........................................................................................................... 18 CORPORATE SOCIAL COMPUTING GUIDELINES .................................................................................................... 18 LESSON 4: SOCIAL SELLING AND PERSONAL SELLING ..........................................................20 THE ROLE OF PERSONAL BRANDING ................................................................................................................................. 21 SOCIAL SELLING ............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 SHIFT FROM TRADITIONAL SELLING.............................................................................................................................. 21 SOCIAL VERSUS TRADITIONAL SELLING ..................................................................................................................... 21 ROLE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ........................................................................................................................................... 21 DIGITAL RESEARCH ................................................................................................................................................................ 22 LEVERAGING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SELLING .............................................................................................................. 22 PERSONAL BRANDING ............................................................................................................................................................... 22 PERSONAL BRANDING CAN BENEFIT YOUR BUSINESS ..................................................................................... 22 CORPORATE AND PERSONAL BRANDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ....................................................................... 22 AN OPTIMIZED LINKEDIN PROFILE ................................................................................................................................. 23 THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ............................................................................................................... 23 Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 4 LESSON 1: SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 5 SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BUSINESS Customers today are using social media in increasing numbers to interact, not just with friends, but with businesses. What’s more, they expect businesses to reach out to them via social media. For businesses, social media provides more than data about customers – it provides a great way to promote products and services, and ultimately grow your business. In this module you will: Learn to understand the key features and benefits of social media for business Learn the key concepts and terminology of social media Discover the most popular social media tools that can add value to your organization Explore how to advertise through social media Learn how an active online community can be a differentiator for your organization Discover how social media supports your overall business objectives INTRODUCTION Before moving on to look at social selling, it’s important to understand: The growth in social media, and why it’s become so popular The fundamentals and key features of social media The characteristics of the major social media platforms The primary uses of the main social media platforms KEY CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA GROWTH Social media has been around since the beginning of the web. However, advances in user interfaces, emerging platforms, and a digital mindset in global populations have resulted in a surge in popularity in recent years. More than 3 billion people are now using social networks across the globe, and as device usage increases, this number is expected to grow. KEY FEATURES OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS There are a number of key features and benefits of social media platforms, including: Online interaction is faster Users can create personalized user spaces or profiles The ability to send and receive notifications Increased engagement, interactivity Increased connections Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 6 MOBILE DEVICE AND SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE Smartphones are the most popular way to access social media, with almost 80\% of social media time now spent on mobile devices. Smartphones enable users to access, interact, and engage with social media content in an easy and flexible way. It’s therefore important that your marketing takes this preference for mobile into account. SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND CONTENT CREATION One of the major drivers of social media growth is the ability to use and share content easily and quickly. Social media tools are designed to be easy to use, and you don’t have to be technical to get up to speed. You can start by simply commenting on someone else’s post. Because it’s also easy to share, you can use content created or shared by others, which your social network may in turn find useful or interesting. Thanks to smartphones and improved content tools, it’s now a lot easier to create video, audio, and other content yourself, which can then be shared. SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS There are five major social media platforms, and each one has a distinct use case for business. LinkedIn LinkedIn is used for building and developing professional connections, as well as reinforcing the mission and vision of a company. LinkedIn is focused on professional networking, so it’s a great platform to use for recruitment, building relationships with current employees, sharing corporate news, targeting corporate customers, and B2B communication. Twitter Twitter is a social network that enables users to send and read short posts called ‘tweets’ on a public platform. Part of what differentiates Twitter from the other social platforms is that it’s very conversational in nature, due to the fast-paced, real-time dimension of its users’ timelines. Twitter also introduced hashtags to the social sphere, which makes it a great place to discover content. Twitter is an excellent choice for participating in major events in real time. Facebook Facebook is the largest social platform. Its mission is to enable people to share information and content with others who work, study, and live around them, all around the world. Facebook is also a platform that allows brands and businesses to connect and build relationships with their customers. Facebook is great for large-scale reach, and offers a highly mobile experience by seamlessly integrating social sharing and its mobile app. A benefit of this mobile experience is that marketers can engage consumers easily throughout the day, making it a highly-effective channel for reaching audiences. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 7 Instagram Instagram is a visual platform that’s used to share moments and to communicate your point of view to the world via photos and videos. It’s owned by Facebook and integrates very effectively with the Facebook advertising platform. Instagram offers a fully visual and mobile experience, where users can take, enhance, manipulate, and share photographs with their friends and followers. Its audience is younger and more mobile than the Facebook audience. Snapchat Snapchat is an image and video messaging, multimedia mobile app that can be used by marketers for effective, temporary storytelling, as well as for showcasing products and services. Snapchat’s interface is centered on the vertical orientation of your phone screen and transient storytelling content. Snapchat is an interesting social messaging platform. This app is used by teens and young people to share fun images. It is used primarily by young millennials and a Generation Z audience. Other platforms Other platforms of note are: YouTube: This is a video sharing platform that’s very useful for businesses showcasing product demos, corporate videos, endorsements, and how-to guides. TikTok: This is a short video sharing app for consumers and brands to engage with. It’s also primarily used by Generation Z and millennials. WhatsApp: This is a popular instant messaging app for secure one-to-one or group communications. Pinterest: This is used for collecting images from around the web into a collage or mood board. It is primarily used by female millennials. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 8 NOTES Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 9 LESSON 2: BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUSINESS Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 10 SOCIAL MEDIA: WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? Social media can increase sales by identifying new opportunities, increasing traffic, and targeting and building stronger relationships with customers. You can monitor social media for mentions of your company or brand, and for reviews of your products and services. An active social media community can increase customer loyalty and empower your customers. KEY TERMS Understanding the terms most associated with social media marketing can help you target customers more effectively and work more efficiently with marketing, digital agencies, freelancers, partners, and internal teams. Influencer: A social media user with a large audience who can drive awareness about a topic, product, or service. Influencer marketing has seen a lot of growth in the past few years. Hashtag: A word or phrase preceded by a # to categorize the topic or information and make it is discoverable for users. Anyone sharing content on a relevant topic can add the hashtag label to their message. Tag: A tag can be used to engage an individual, business, or any entity with a social profile when they are mentioned in a post or comment. On Facebook and Instagram, tagging notifies the recipient and hyperlinks to their profile. Share: Describes when content such as images, videos, and links are sent to connections, groups, or specific individuals. Users often share content created by others. BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUSINESS There are many benefits of social media that businesses should be aware of. Social media can: Drive audience engagement with your brand Reveal what people are saying about your brand and your competitors Be used to share content about your products or services to existing and potential customers Generate visits to your website Develop customer brand loyalty from dedicated followers Improve customer satisfaction through increased engagement on social media channels. SOCIAL MEDIA CAN INCREASE SALES Social media can increase sales by: Identifying new business opportunities: Through monitoring social media for updates on areas within your own industry, it’s possible to identify opportunities. You can also see the problems customers require solutions to. Identifying key decision makers: By looking at other organizations or industry leaders, you can become aware of the key individuals to influence. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 11 Building stronger relationships and loyalty with customers: By engaging with customers on social media, you can increase loyalty and trust, increasing the likelihood of securing repeat business. Leveraging targeted advertising: Most social media platforms allow defined targeting for your customer base, which means your message gets to the right people. Educating potential customers: This can be done by highlighting the benefits and value of your products using social media. Increasing website traffic: When you engage viewers and offer them relevant, useful content, they are more likely to visit your website. SOCIAL LISTENING Monitoring social media for mentions of your business or product is an important step towards understanding what’s going on in the market. It can also help you identify customer opportunities and pain points. This process is called social listening. SOCIAL LISTENING TOOLS You can use tools like HootSuite, Buffer, and Conversocial to monitor what customers are saying about your brand. Customers very often leave reviews of their experience, both positive and negative, that can be used by businesses to inform changes to their products and services. SOCIAL MEDIA: RETURN ON INVESTMENT Like all marketing channels, social media needs to demonstrate return on investment (ROI) for the business. This is done by regularly measuring results to establish the contribution social media makes to achieving business goals. Typically, social media ROI is measured by its ability to drive awareness, interest, and brand engagement. Measuring the effectiveness of social media activity also helps to optimize your approach and guarantee ongoing success. There are a range of analytics tools available to gain these insights. The main social media platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, have native analytics tools that you can access to provide performance data. COMMON BUSINESS USE CASES There are many ways that social media can be used, outside of marketing and sales, to contribute to your business. In fact, Social media networks are useful for managers in just about any function as a source of information, interest groups, key contacts and insights into your industry. Social recruitment Social recruitment is a key element of the hiring strategy within many organizations. For HR teams, platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter are often used to advertise positions, find talent, and communicate with candidates. In fact, 70\% of managers say they’ve successfully hired using social media, and almost 60\% of employees say that a company’s social presence was part of the reason they chose their workplace. Customer service For Customer Service, social media is powerful means of connecting with customers. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 12 Purchasing and Administration When it comes to key purchase decisions, interest groups and user communities are a great way to get feedback. This helps your organization validate whether a new product or service you’re evaluating has worked for others within a similar environment. As well as using a supplier’s information and your own research, you can combine an additional neutral voice to help make your purchase decision. Legal and Finance Functions like Legal and Finance, which are not obvious beneficiaries of social media, use social listening for issues affecting the business. For example, social listening is a useful way for Legal to track mentions of the company and its products, while Finance may find social media useful to track reactions to proposed regulatory changes within the industry. THE BENEFITS OF AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY AN ACTIVE USER COMMUNITY Building an active community of followers of your business can be very positive. These people will act as advocates, and can often become lead generators. There are several key benefits of active communities for businesses. They provide real-life insights to the business: Customers in an active community share their real experiences. They increase customer loyalty: The more you interact and engage with customers, the stronger the loyalty you foster. An active community can also provide feedback on potential and current products through surveys, questionnaires, and polls. They provide authentic content: Community content, created by brand advocates, often resonates with a wide audience. They empowers customers: Active communities allow customers to ask questions and get direct answers. They provide increased opportunities to deliver efficient customer service: By listening to your active community, you can tailor and improve your customer service based on community feedback. REASONS TO MANAGE YOUR COMMUNITY There are a number of reasons why it’s important to continuously manage your user community. It allows you to maintain and improve customer satisfaction by responding to questions or comments in a timely manner. It also allows you to identify with your fans and followers by keeping a consistent voice which matches your brand. It drives loyalty and customer lifetime value by building trust and reputation, as well as keeping your fans and followers engaged by posting relevant content. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 13 Social customer service is about providing customer service through social media channels. Before social media, customers might have shared a poor customer service experience with a few family members, close friends, and co-workers. However, once Twitter and Facebook became prevalent platforms, angry customers gained the ability to broadcast tales of poor customer service to a massive potential audience. CUSTOMERS CONTROL THE CHANNEL Using social media for customer service is important. Customers expect businesses to use the channels that they control and use, rather than the other way around. This brings new expectations of the level and pace of service a customer expects – and when this expectation is not met, it can lead to higher levels of customer dissatisfaction. STEPS TO BUILDING A SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITY There are a number of high-level steps you can take to help build a community on social media. Always be helpful and responsive to comments. Try to use the types of words and phrases that your followers use day-to-day. Share interesting content from your company and related social media accounts. SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING THE GROWTH OF SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING Social media advertising is the practice of companies paying for content to be delivered through social media networks. This area has increased considerably over the past few years, with all of the major platforms now offering paid advertising. Companies recognize the importance of being where their customers are. As many customer segments spend a considerable number of hours each day on social media, it’s no surprise that the area is growing. PAID SOCIAL CAMPAIGN BENEFITS There are many benefits paid social campaigns. It’s more cost-effective than traditional advertising for reaching a large audience. It also allows specific targeting by location, interest and demographics, which may not be available with other digital or traditional ads. Engaging ad formats consisting of various kinds of text, images and videos are available. Multiple social media platforms are available. PAID SOCIAL MEDIA OPTIONS Audience targeting is dividing your audience of prospective customers into groups based on different criteria. With this, you’re more likely to reach customers interested in your products or services with relevant messaging. Audience targeting allows you to target your ads to specific audiences based on their: Lifestyle and interests Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 14 Demographic Location Device (either mobile, desktop, or tablet) Other factors ADVERTISING FORMATS There are many types and formats of advertising offered by the major social media platforms. LinkedIn: Sponsored Message Ads Twitter: Promoted tweets and accounts Facebook: Multiple forms of sponsored ads, such as Carousel Ads Instagram: Instant Experience YouTube: TrueView video pre-rolls Snapchat: Snap Ads and sponsored Lenses Pinterest: Promoted Pins on Pinterest The advertising you choose is dictated by your audience, and what you’re trying to achieve. Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 15 NOTES Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 16 LESSON 3: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITHIN THE WIDER BUSINESS Social Media and Social Selling Copyright © 2020 digitalmarketinginstitute.com 17 SOCIAL MEDIA AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Customers want to communicate in a channel that best suits them. It’s important to match your social media platform with your target audience. Your social media strategy must be integrated with other mediums to have maximum effect. Social media tools such as Hootsuite, TweetDeck, Buzzsumo and Conversocial can add value to your business and support your overall strategy. SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL STRATEGY Social media has become a key part of digital strategy for businesses due to the growth of social media users. There are few businesses that haven’t already acknowledged and begun to harness the dynamic capabilities of social media – not just for marketing, but across departments and job functions. CHOOSE PLATFORMS USED BY YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE Customers use the social platforms that best suit them. Businesses therefore need to match the social media platforms they use with those their target audiences use. Identifying these platforms needs to be completed as a first step. CROSS PLATFORM ADOPTION If there are multiple social media platforms that are used by customers and align with business objectives, your organization should be active on each of them. This ensures a consistent message is seen across all channels, which in turn helps maximize the effectiveness of your digital strategy. SOCIAL MEDIA IS PART OF OVERALL BUSINESS STRATEGY Your social media presence must be aligned with the overall objectives of your website, email, and other digital media activities. They need to be covered by the overall business strategy. SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS FOR BUSINESS Social media monitoring tools allow you to: Monitor online conversations Track your mentions Learn about your customers Know what people are saying about your brand There are also social scheduling tools that allow you make sure you reach your core audience in the right time-zone. They also allow you to schedule real-time updates in advance. Social Media Analytics and Reporting tools allow you to measure the impact of social media and … SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL SELLING MODULE FOCUS: Key Platforms, Benefits of Social Media for Businesses, Advertising, Social Selling, Strategy OVERVIEW: SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS Key Concepts of Social Media 3 Social Media Platforms 10 KEY SOCIAL MEDIA CONCEPTS SOCIAL MEDIA GROWTH Social media has been around since the beginning of the world wide web, however, advances in user interfaces, emerging platforms and a digital mindset in global populations has resulted in a surge in popularity in recent years. [REF.] 3.1.1.1 [REFERENCES] https://www.statista.com/statistics/278414/number-of-worldwide-social-network-users/ KEY TERMS Some of the key social media terms are below. Understanding these terms will help your business target customers more effectively: People you connect with on LinkedIn or other social networks. They can see your profile and engage with you. Connection Connection ↗ Post ↗ Like ↗ Tweet ↗ Follower ↗ Messenger ↗ [REF.] 3.1.1.2 Personalized User Space ↗ Enables a user to create a personalized profile that can be constantly updated and visited by their network or community. Notifications ↗ Engagement ↗ Connections ↗ KEY FEATURES OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS [REF] 3.1.1.3 Online interaction is faster than phone or face to face It’s also less costly – building business operations around digital technology means the cost per transaction is lower And finally, because it’s online, records of transactions are available (and easier to access) for both the customer and business Mobile devices are the most popular devices for social media use so its important to work on a device strategy with your marketing team. MOBILE DEVICE AND SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE 5.16 3.81 80\% There are 5.16 billion mobile phone users 3.81 billion unique active social media users Nearly 80\% of social media time is spent on mobile phones [REF.] 3.1.1.4 [REFERENCES] https://datareportal.com/global-digital-overview https://datareportal.com/social-media-users https://marketingland.com/facebook-usage-accounts-1-5-minutes-spent-mobile-171561 7 Comment ↗ Users can comment on others posts. Thats often the first step to creating your own content, as others can join the discussion and add to your comment. Sharing ↗ Creation ↗ Specific advantages of online interaction for business: SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND CONTENT CREATION [REF] 3.1.1.5 Online interaction is faster than phone or face to face It’s also less costly – building business operations around digital technology means the cost per transaction is lower And finally, because it’s online, records of transactions are available (and easier to access) for both the customer and business SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS There are five major social media platforms: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. LinkedIn: Professional networking, company promotion, article writing, work related discussions - Gen X, millennials. Twitter: Real-time participation in topical conversations, news and updates - Gen X, millennials and Gen Z. Facebook: Large scale reach for photo/video sharing and brand engagement- Baby Boomers, Gen X, millennials. Instagram: Enhanced visual content photos and videos shared to followers - Gen X, millennials and Gen Z. Snapchat: Messaging app for teens and young people to share fun images - young millennials and Gen Z. [REF.] 3.1.2.1 WhatsApp: Instant messaging app for secure 1-2-1 or group communications. TikTok: Short video sharing for consumers and brands to engage with - young millennials and Gen Z. Pinterest: Collecting images from the around web into a collage or mood board - female millennials. YouTube: Video sharing, how to guides, product demos, corporate videos and endorsements - all ages. MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS There are five major social media platforms: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. [REF.] 3.1.2.1 SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS While social media has been around since the world wide web, advances in user interfaces, emerging platforms and a digital mindset in global populations has resulted in a surge in popularity in recent years. The key features of social media platforms are: personalized user profile/spaces, notifications, Interactivity/Engagement and connections Mobile devices are the most popular devices for social media use so its important to work on a device strategy with your teams of agency partners. Social media platform usage and content creation has become much easier - users don’t have to be technical to get up to speed with social media. The primary uses of the main social media platforms are as follows: Facebook – large scale reach for photo/video sharing and brand engagement- Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials Instagram – enhanced visual content photos and videos shared to followers - Gen X, millennials and Gen Z YouTube – video sharing, how to guides, product demos, corporate videos and endorsements - all ages Snapchat – messaging app for teens and young people to share fun images - young millennials and Gen Z TikTok - short video sharing for consumers and brands to engage with - young millennials and Gen Z Whatsapp - instant messaging app for secure 1-2-1 or group communications Pinterest – collecting images from the around web into a collage or mood board - female millennials Summary 12 OVERVIEW: THE BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUSINESS The Benefits of Social Media 14 The Benefits of an Active Community 24 Social Media Advertising 30 THE BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA KEY TERMS Some of the key terms related to the benefits of social media for business: Influencer ↗ Hashtag ↗ Tag ↗ Share ↗ A social media user with a large audience who can drive awareness about a topic, product, or service. Influencer marketing has seen a lot of growth in the past few years, specifically on social media. An example of an influencer is Rand Fishkin, who founded MOZ, an extremely popular software as service (Saas) company that specializes in marketing and analytics. Influencer [REF.] 3.1.1.2 KEY TERMS Some of the key terms related to the benefits of social media for business: Influencer ↗ Hashtag ↗ Tag ↗ Share ↗ A word or phrase preceded by a # to mark the topic or information so it is discoverable for users. Anyone sharing content on a relevant topic can add the hashtag label to their message. Hashtag [REF.] 3.1.1.2 KEY TERMS Some of the key terms related to the benefits of social media for business: Influencer ↗ Hashtag ↗ Tag ↗ Share ↗ A tag can be used engage an individual, business or any entity with a social profile when they are mentioned in a post or comment. In Facebook and Instagram, tagging notifies the recipient and hyperlinks to their profile. Tag [REF.] 3.1.1.2 KEY TERMS Some of the key terms related to the benefits of social media for business: Influencer ↗ Hashtag ↗ Tag ↗ Share ↗ When content such as images, videos, links etc. is sent to connections, groups or specific individuals. Often users share content created by others. Share [REF.] 3.1.1.2 Engagement ↗ Gathering Insights ↗ Sharing Content ↗ Generating Traffic ↗ Brand Awareness ↗ Customer Satisfaction ↗ Driving audience engagement with your brand proposition and departments in your organization Engagement BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUSINESS [REF.] 3.2.1.1 SOCIAL MEDIA CAN INCREASE SALES New Business Opportunities Identifying Key Decision Makers Increasing Customer Loyalty Targeted Advertising Educating Potential Customers Increasing Website Traffic [REF.] 3.2.1.2 Monitoring social media for mentions of your brand or product is important for business so you understand whats going on in the market and can identify customer opportunities and pain points. This is called social listening. MONITORING SOCIAL MEDIA Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Identify what to listen out for Get armed with social listening tools Conduct extensive competitor analysis Learn how to respond to comments Take note Step 6 Take action [REF] 3.2.1.3 SOCIAL LISTENING TOOLS Monitoring social media can give you an insight into how customers feel about your products and services using social listening tools like Hootsuite, Buffer and Conversocial as well as free tools like Tweetdeck and Google Alerts. Social listening also gives you the opportunity to improve, based on the feedback. There are many review sites online, relating to specific industries. thisisthereferenceurl.com ↗ [REF.] 3.2.1.4 SOCIAL MEDIA: RETURN ON INVESTMENT Social media (like other channels) needs to demonstrate return on investment (ROI) for business by regularly measuring results to see the contribution to business goals by driving awareness interest and brand engagement which may assist potential customers in deciding to purchase or work with your organization Facebook Linkedin Twitter 3k - 10k words 0 - 1k words 1k - 2k words 800 600 400 200 0 Average shares by content length [REF] 3.2.1.5 Human Resources ↗ Customer Service ↗ Purchasing ↗ Legal ↗ Finance ↗ Management ↗ To help recruit new personal. Human Resources COMMON BUSINESS USE CASES [REF.] 3.2.1.6 THE BENEFITS OF AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY AN ACTIVE USER COMMUNITY Provides real-life insights to business Increases customer loyalty Provides authentic content Empowers customers Increases opportunities to provide customer service [REF.] 3.2.2.1 REASONS TO MANAGE YOUR COMMUNITY Responding to questions/comments in a timely manner Keeping a consistent voice that matches your brand Building trust/reputation, posting relevant content [REF.] 3.2.2.2 SOCIAL CUSTOMER SERVICE: STARBUCKS Before social media, customers might have shared a poor customer service experience with a few friends, close family members or co-workers. However, when Twitter and Facebook became prevalent, angry customers gained the ability to broadcast tales of terrible customer service to a massive audience. Social customer service is about providing customer service through social media channels. 1/3 37 million Facebook fans [REF] 3.2.2.3 https://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm https://www.smartinsights.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-strategy/new-global-social-media-research/ 2/3 According to Capgemini, 94\% of all Facebook users are either a Starbucks fan or are friends with one. 94\% SOCIAL CUSTOMER SERVICE: STARBUCKS Before social media, customers might have shared a poor customer service experience with a few friends, close family members or co-workers. However, when Twitter and Facebook became prevalent, angry customers gained the ability to broadcast tales of terrible customer service to a massive audience. Social customer service is about providing customer service through social media channels. [REF] 3.2.2.3 https://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm https://www.smartinsights.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-strategy/new-global-social-media-research/ 3/3 For instance, the My Starbucks Idea site has collected over 150,000 ideas on how to improve their business. The company then closes the loop with their Ideas in Action blog where they inform customers of the changes they have made. My Starbucks Idea SOCIAL CUSTOMER SERVICE: STARBUCKS Before social media, customers might have shared a poor customer service experience with a few friends, close family members or co-workers. However, when Twitter and Facebook became prevalent, angry customers gained the ability to broadcast tales of terrible customer service to a massive audience. Social customer service is about providing customer service through social media channels. [REF] 3.2.2.3 https://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm https://www.smartinsights.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-strategy/new-global-social-media-research/ CUSTOMERS CONTROL THE CHANNEL Using social media for customer service is important because customers expect businesses to use the channels that they control and use, rather than the other way around. This brings with it new expectations of the level and pace of service a customer expects and when this expectation is not met, it can lead to higher levels of dissatisfaction. [REF.] 3.2.2.4 STEPS TO BUILDING A SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITY + + Share interesting content from your company and related social media accounts Be helpful and responsive to comments Use the types of words and phrases that your followers use day-to-day [REF] 3.2.2.5 SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING Social media advertising is when companies pay to promote messages, images, banners, offers, videos or other content to a defined target audience on a social network. Social media advertising has increased considerably over the last few years with all of the major platforms offering it. Companies recognize the importance of being where their customers are and as many customer segments spend a considerable number of hours each day on social media, it’s no surprise that the area is growing. 1/3 [REF.] 3.2.3.1 [REFERENCES] https://digitalmarketinginstitute.com/en-ie/blog/2018-01-06-the-7-key-elements-for-a-stellar-social-media-campaign SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING Social media advertising is when companies pay to promote messages, images, banners, offers, videos or other content to a defined target audience on a social network. Social media advertising has increased considerably over the last few years with all of the major platforms offering it. Companies recognize the importance of being where their customers are and as many customer segments spend a considerable number of hours each day on social media, it’s no surprise that the area is growing. 2/3 [REF.] 3.2.3.1 [REFERENCES] https://digitalmarketinginstitute.com/en-ie/blog/2018-01-06-the-7-key-elements-for-a-stellar-social-media-campaign SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING Social media advertising is when companies pay to promote messages, images, banners, offers, videos or other content to a defined target audience on a social network. Social media advertising has increased considerably over the last few years with all of the major platforms offering it. Companies recognize the importance of being where their customers are and as many customer segments spend a considerable number of hours each day on social media, it’s no surprise that the area is growing. 3/3 [REF.] 3.2.3.1 [REFERENCES] https://digitalmarketinginstitute.com/en-ie/blog/2018-01-06-the-7-key-elements-for-a-stellar-social-media-campaign PAID SOCIAL CAMPAIGN BENEFITS It’s cost effective It allows very specific targeting There are many different types of ads (videos, etc.) Multiple platforms are available [REF] 3.2.3.2 There are many types and formats of advertising offered by the major social media platforms: PAID SOCIAL MEDIA OPTIONS Promoted Pins Snap Ads TrueView Ads Instant Experiences Sponsored Ads Promoted Tweets Message Ads [REF] 3.2.3.3 THE BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUSINESS The benefits of social media for business are: driving audience engagement, gathering insights from what people are saying, sharing content to customers to drive awareness, generating visits to your website, driving customer loyalty and improving customer satisfaction Social media can help increase sales by: identifying new business opportunities, identifying key decision makers using social selling, building stronger relationships, using targeted advertising, educating potential customers and increasing website traffic Social media (like other channels) needs to demonstrate return on investment (ROI) for business Social customer service is important (for business) because many people prefer to engage with brands through social and other digital channels and therefore expect that businesses will adapt to their needs The benefits of an active community to business are: provides real-life insights, increases customer loyalty, authentic content created by brand advocates, empowered customers and providing efficient customer service Social media advertising is paying to promote messages, images, banners, offers, videos or other content to a defined target audience on a social network The benefits of paid social campaigns are: cost-effectiveness for reaching a large audience vs traditional advertising, specific targeting, engaging ad formats, and multiple platforms available The most common types of social media advertising are: Message Ads (InMail) on LinkedIn, Promoted tweets and accounts on Twitter, Sponsored ads on Facebook - many types, Instant Experiences on Instagram, TrueView video Pre-rolls on YouTube, Snap Ads and sponsored lenses on Snapchat and Promoted Pins on Pinterest Summary 39 OVERVIEW: SOCIAL MEDIA WITHIN THE WIDER BUSINESS Social Media and Digital Strategy 38 Social Media Tools 43 SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL STRATEGY SOCIAL MEDIA: A KEY PART OF DIGITAL STRATEGY Due to the growth of social media, it has become a key part of the digital strategy for business. There are few businesses that haven’t already begun to harness the capabilities of social media - not just for marketing, but across departments and job functions. 66\% 95\% 73\% [REF.] 3.3.1.1 [REFERENCES] https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/social-media-roi-stats CHOOSE PLATFORMS USED BY YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE Customers choose social channels that align to their preferences. To help build your strategy, businesses need to identify the platforms most used by the target audience as a first step. [REF.] 3.3.1.2 CROSS PLATFORM ADOPTION It is important for businesses to be present on multiple social platforms if they are frequently used by both existing and potential customers. This is called cross-platform adoption and is important because customers spend time interacting in many places online. [REF.] 3.3.1.3 SOCIAL MEDIA IS PART OF OVERALL BUSINESS STRATEGY Social media must be aligned to the overall objectives of the website, email and other digital media. In other words, it is covered by the overall business strategy. The Barista Bar encourages followers to sign up for their coffee club, which requires an email address. [REF.] 3.3.1.4 SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS FOR BUSINESS Social Media monitoring tools allow you to monitor online conversations to track your mentions, learn about your customers and know what people are saying. Scheduling tools allow you make sure you reach your core audience in the right time-zone. They also allow you to schedule real-time updates in advance. Analytics and Reporting tools allow you to measure the impact of social media and the performance of individual elements. There are tools available to help you, from choosing the perfect image through to writing the best Tweet with the perfect hashtag. [REF.] 3.2.2.1 COMMON SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS USED BY BUSINESSES The social media tools a business uses need to support the digital strategy: objectives, budget, audience and targets. [REF.] 3.3.2.2 & NEW REF 3.3.2.3 https://digitalmarketinginstitute.com/en-ie/blog/11-social-media-content-tools-every-content-creator-needs1 CORPORATE SOCIAL COMPUTING GUIDELINES Organizations need to be comfortable with their employees making smart and responsible use of social media. That is why most organizations now have a set of Corporate Social Computing Guidelines. As well as ensuring compliance with legal regulations, the guidelines help employees to become smarter in terms of how they can make the most out of social tools for the benefit of the organization. [REF.] 3.3.2.4 SOCIAL MEDIA WITHIN THE WIDER BUSINESS Due to the growth of social media, it is a key part of the digital strategy for business across departments and functions Customers choose social channels that align to their preferences, and businesses need to choose the social media platform(s) used by their target audience (identified in the digital strategy). To help build your strategy, identifying the platforms most used by the target audience is an important first step which needs to be completed in the beginning of your strategy to help shape the rest of your plan It is important for businesses to be present on multiple social platforms if they are frequently used by their existing and potential customers and they align to business objectives. This is called cross-platform adoption and is important because customers spend time interacting in many places online Because social media is part of the overall strategy – it must be aligned to the overall objectives of the website, email and other digital mediums The main types of social media tools for business are: conversation and social listening/monitoring tools, social post scheduling tools, analytics and reporting tools and content creation tools Common social media tools used are: Hootsuite & Buzzsumo, Tweet Deck, Conversocial, Bitly, Canva and Pixlr, And Native Tools: Facebook Insights, Twitter Analytics The social media tools selected need to support the digital strategy (objectives, budget, audience, targets) Businesses’ social media presence (including all content, posts, messages) must adhere to the corporate social computing guidelines Summary 50 OVERVIEW: SOCIAL SELLING AND PERSONAL BRANDING Social Selling 49 Personal Branding 57 SOCIAL SELLING Social selling is the process of using social media platforms and tools to develop meaningful relationships with potential and existing customers. [REF] 3.4.1.1 SHIFT FROM TRADITIONAL SELLING Finding buyers online Providing valuable insights throughout the buyer journey Helping with the purchase process [REF] 3.4.1.2, 3.4.1.3 SOCIAL VERSUS TRADITIONAL SELLING Relationship-based, not transaction-based About educating and engaging, not selling. Less pitching and more identifying needs or pain points. About listening and adding value. Unlike traditional selling, social selling is: [REF] 3.4.1.4 KEY CONCEPTS: SOCIAL VS TRADITIONAL SELLING Less phone communications and more online communications More use of social networks and tools Better and more accurate measurement [REF] 3.4.1.5 ROLE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS Social networks play a key role in providing: Market information Prospects Building trust with customers and within the industry [REF] 3.4.1.6 DIGITAL RESEARCH Social Media Digital Tools Persona Companies / Decision Makers Digital research is a key element of social selling. This involves using social media and digital tools to narrow down your customer persona and identify the companies and decision makers you should be targeting. [REF] 3.4.1.7 LEVERAGING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SELLING Informed Customers Death of Cold Call Social Media Build Trust Buyers, or customers are more informed and empowered The death of the “cold call” – buyers are less inclined to take them and they are harder to identify / reach. The influence of social media on buyer decisions. The importance of developing meaningful relationships and trust.. [REF] 3.4.1.8 PERSONAL BRANDING Personal branding is people marketing themselves and their careers as brands. Today, almost every individual has a personal brand – you may not have consciously cultivated it, but a digital footprint exists for most people. [REF] 3.4.2.1 PERSONAL BRANDING CAN BENEFIT YOUR BUSINESS Expand the reach of a business Connect others with contacts in your network Increase trust Showcase your company’s product/services Increase B2B sales with social selling In today’s business climate, trust is very important. Having a personal brand is increasingly important for key individuals in the business. Take a look at some of the advantages below:: [REF.] 3.4.2.2 There is an overlap between a personal and corporate brand, especially for key individuals within a business. It’s important to maintain a balance between corporate and personal messages on social media, so that they work together. In particular, these should be unified when discussing a mission, vision or values to ensure the wider community sees a strong alignment between the corporate and its key people. CORPORATE AND PERSONAL BRANDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA [REF.] 3.4.2.3 There is an overlap between a personal and corporate brand, especially for key individuals within a business. It’s important to maintain a balance between corporate and personal messages on social media, so that they work together. In particular, these should be unified when discussing a mission, vision or values to ensure the wider community sees a strong alignment between the corporate and its key people. CORPORATE AND PERSONAL BRANDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA [REF.] 3.4.2.3 There is an overlap between a personal and corporate brand, especially for key individuals within a business. It’s important to maintain a balance between corporate and personal messages on social media, so that they work together. In particular, these should be unified when discussing a mission, vision or values to ensure the wider community sees a strong alignment between the corporate and its key people. CORPORATE AND PERSONAL BRANDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA [REF.] 3.4.2.3 There is an overlap between a personal and corporate brand, especially for key individuals within a business. It’s important to maintain a balance between corporate and personal messages on social media, so that they work together. In particular, these should be unified when discussing a mission, vision or values to ensure the wider community sees a strong alignment between the corporate and its key people. CORPORATE AND PERSONAL BRANDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA [REF.] 3.4.2.3 The key elements of an optimized LinkedIn profile: Cover photo Profile image Headline Location Education Background summary 1 2 3 4 5 6 1/6 AN OPTIMIZED LINKEDIN PROFILE [REF.] 3.4.2.4 The key elements of an optimized LinkedIn profile: Posts Experience Rich Media 1 2 3 1 2/6 AN OPTIMIZED LINKEDIN PROFILE [REF.] 3.4.2.4 The key elements of an optimized LinkedIn profile: Skills Recommendations 1 2 3/6 AN OPTIMIZED LINKEDIN PROFILE [REF.] 3.4.2.4 The key elements of an optimized LinkedIn profile: Courses Projects Honors & Awards 2 1 3 4/6 AN OPTIMIZED LINKEDIN PROFILE [REF.] 3.4.2.4 The key elements of an optimized LinkedIn profile: Interests 1 5/6 AN OPTIMIZED LINKEDIN PROFILE [REF.] 3.4.2.4 The key elements of an optimized LinkedIn profile: Profile Strength The Profile Strength meter is visible only to you and provides a visual gauge of how robust your profile is. The strength of your profile will increase as you add more relevant content to it. Hover over the focus points below to learn more: 6/6 1 AN OPTIMIZED LINKEDIN PROFILE [REF.] 3.4.2.4 THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF SOCIAL MEDIA Take a look at some of the simple rules for posting on social media: [REF] 3.4.2.5 SOCIAL SELLING AND PERSONAL BRANDING Social selling is using social media platforms and tools to develop meaningful relationships with potential and existing customers. Traditional methods of selling have shifted from interruptive sales strategies and cold call techniques to finding buyers online, providing valuable insights throughout their buyer journey and helping with the purchase process. Unlike traditional selling, social selling is: relationship-based, not transaction-based, educating and engaging, not selling, less pitching and more identifying needs or pain points, about listening and adding value. Social networks play a key role in providing market information, prospects and building trust with customers and within the industry. A key element of social selling is digital research which involves using social media and digital tools to narrow down your customer persona and identify the companies and decision makers you should be targeting. Personal branding is people marketing themselves and their careers as brands. This can benefit your business.   Corporate and personal branding can work together on social media: make sure your personal brand aligns with the company brand (mission, vision and values) You should understand how to set up an optimized LinkedIn profile It’s important to understand the do-and-don’ts of posting on personal social media accounts Summary 74
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