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Rethinking ROI

Overview

• Old and the new

– Fear

• Intent

• What can you do?• What can you do?

Traditional forms of promotion no longer work

- Too much noise

- Monologue

- Low response

- OLD = “This is what we do – you need/want it”

Today’s business landscape has changed- Dialogue

- Moved from traditional push to an attracting pull

- NEW = Listen to what people want & change what we you to fit what they need”

Companies are afraid to engage with audiences through fear

of losing control

- Truth is, they never had control in the first place

- SoMe has enabled people’s voices to be heard

- BUT you’re either involved in the conversation ...or you’re not...

“Delight can arise as the result of great

experience, or, because you handled an

experience that was less than great ... In a

great way.”great way.”

Question?

Is your intent just to use Social Media...

... or is your intent to be social – and engaging?

Setting up an account is not a strategy

- No matter how much you think it is

- Think how will SoMe integrate into your communications?

Engagement doesn’t have

an ‘end date’- SoMe isn’t another channel

- SoMe isn’t just another campaign

- SoMe isn’t an opportunity...

...it’s an obligation!

Clients and customers want authenticity

- Personality of the company

- But you can’t just rush in...

Everything you do or don’t do ... say or don’t say

- Put under the microscope

- Groundswell

- Before you start- ���� ...Establish policies and procedures...

“The only man who behaved sensibly was my

tailor; he took my measurement anew every

time he saw me, while all the rest went on

What can you do?

time he saw me, while all the rest went on

with their old measurements and expected

them to fit me.” – George Bernard Shaw

People engaged in SoMe look for the uniqueness

of the conversation

What can you do?

of the conversation- Educate, Listen, Evaluate

... Then respond

What can you do?

See everything through the eyes of your clients and customers- It’s not about you...it’s all about them

- Bespoke isn’t spelt G E N E R I C

- SoMe provides the opportunity to discuss specific needs and wants in advance

What can you do?

The true power of SoMe comes from the ability to create a

community around your company, and engage in meaningful

conversations with your customers and clients

What can you do?

“Absorb what is useful.

Discard what is not.

Then ADD what is uniquely your own” – Bruce Lee

Questions?

Communication is evolving ...

... but the question is ‘are you’?... but the question is ‘are you’?

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