Smart Business, Social Business: A Playbook for Social Media in Your Organization

Description

To thrive and win in the dynamic new world of social business, you need a strong foundational understanding, a clear and purposeful strategy, and playbook to turn concepts and intentions into actions and results. Michael Brito delivers these essentials so you can get going--now--on the path to social business success. Read, conceptualize, customize, execute, win.

Mark Yolton, Senior Vice President, SAP

It's time to get serious about social media execution. Michael Brito shows you how. This book will transform your thinking and inspire change across your organization.

Clara Shih, Author of The Facebook Era and CEO/Founder of Hearsay Social

It isn't enough to just be on Twitter and Facebook to be 'social' in business today. Michael Brito expertly leads you into the 2012 world where being social in business is expected, not an extra frill done by some geeks in the corner. This book will get your company up to date and will show you the management and tooling changes you need to make to keep up with the Facebook generation.

Robert Scoble, Chief Learning Officer, Rackspace

Smart Business, Social Business should be in the hands of every executive who knows social media is transforming the way we do business and doesn't want to get left behind.

Ben Parr, Editor-at-Large, Mashable

Michael Brito is one of the real deals. In a world where it's hard to find accredited sources in disruptive technology, Michael Brito has brand side experience, as well as agency side perspective. His new book is a likely desktop reference for organizations to understand the social customer and to humanize its business operations.

Jeremiah Owyang, Partner, Altimeter Group

It's clear now that every business needs to begin its transformational journey towards becoming a social enterprise. This book gets right to it with practical steps to take, models to follow, roles to create, and case studies to inspire. The essence of today's modern thinking in one nice, neat package.

David Alston, Chief Marketing Officer, Radian6

Become an Authentic, High Performing, and Collaborative Social Business

...and Reap the Rewards of Driving Real Business Value

You'll learn how to

* Transform from a social brand to a fully collaborative social business

* Have productive internal conversations with stakeholders that lead to successful external conversations with the community

* Create effective organizational models that drive collaboration and communication

* Overcome the conflicts of social media ownership from behind the firewall

* Tear down the organizational silos that prevent crucial collaboration

* Select the right social media tools, technologies, and agencies that will add value to the business

* Implement moderation strategies and governance models that address social media policies and procedures

* Embrace today's new social customer and implement a next-generation Social CRM strategy

* Measure the effectiveness of your social media presence and initiatives

* Utilize social techniques to engage better talent and put it to work

* Use community feedback to shape your business models, products, and processes

Many companies are active on Twitter and Facebookhave blogs and online communitiesbut behind the firewall, chaos, anarchy, and conflict reign. In this book, top social business expert Michael Brito shows how to build a rock-solid internal framework to operationalize social media and make external engagement and community building more effective, meaningful, and sustainable. Brito systematically reviews the people, process, and technology obstacles you'll face within the organization, and shares best-practice solutions drawn from his extensive experience with leading-edge brands. Step by step, you'll learn how to humanize business operations and build a collaborative organization that can effectively engage with the social customer.

CONTENTS:

Foreword by Brian Solis xvii

Introduction 1

Chapters at a Glance 4

Based on Actual Events 7

Chapter 1: Human Capital, Evolved 9

Driving Cultural Change in the Social Business 10

Tearing Down the Silos for Organizational Growth 13

Communicating Successful Failures 16

   Qantas Airlines: No Crash, Despite Lots of Rumors 16

   Domino's Pizza YouTube Crisis 17

   Motrin: Does Anyone Listen to Baby-Wearing Moms? 18

Gaining Executive Sponsorship to Facilitate Change 20

Activating Employees to Engage in Social Media 21

   Fundamentals of Community Management 24

Establishing Continuity in the Global Landscape 26

Standard Organizational Models for the Social Business 29

Who Really Owns Social Media? 34

Taking the Next Steps 34

Chapter 2: Surveying the Technology Supermarket 37

Choosing the Right Social Software 39

   Jive 39

   Microsoft SharePoint 41

   IBM 41

   Box.net 41

   Tibbr 42

   Yammer 42

   Cisco WebEx Meeting Center 43

Social Listening Software Commoditized 44

   Radian6 44

   Lithium Social Media Monitoring (Formerly ScoutLabs) 46

   Meltwater Buzz 47

Social Relationship Management Applications 48

   Sprinklr 49

   Awareness 49

   The Syncapse Platform 49

   Hearsay Social 50

   Real-Time Analytics and Publishing Efficiencies 51

The Future of External Social Technologies 52

   The Entire Internet Will Be Facebook 53

   Network Consolidation 54

Taking the Next Steps 56

   Social Technologies 56

   Build a Listening Station: Listen and Act 57

Chapter 3: Establishing a Governance Model 59

Crafting Social Media Policies and Procedures 62

   Transparency and Disclosure 66

   Moderation 66

Training and Organizational Intelligence 68

   Noncompetitive Collaboration 71

Social Media Executive Councils 72

Taking the Next Step 73

Chapter 4: Embracing the Social Customer 77

The Value of a Social Media Practitioner 78

   Hiring Social Media Practitioners 79

   Corporate Profiles Versus Personal Profiles 81

Integrating Customer Support into Social Media 83

   Comcast 85

   Best Buy Twelpforce 85

   Zappos 86

Using Social Media to Solicit Product Feedback and Innovation 87

   Dell IdeaStorm 88

   MyStarbucksIdea 88

   Intel's Ajay Bhatt T-Shirts 89

Taking the Next Step 90

Chapter 5: In Response to the Social Customer: Social CRM 93

Various Definitions of Social CRM 95

The Social CRM Response Process and Workflow 96

Applications of Social CRM 99

   The Venting Customer 99

   The Passive Customer 100

   The Used-to-Be Customer 100

   The Collaborative Customer 100

   The Customer Advocate 101

   The Future Customer 101

Social CRM Roles and Responsibilities 102

A Look at Social CRM Vendors 103

   SugarCRM 104

   Pivotal Social CRM 6.0 105

   Nimble 106

Taking the Next Steps 107

Chapter 6: Establishing a Measurement Philosophy 109

Choosing a Measurement Strategy That Works 111

   Defining and Understanding ROI 111

   Purchase Funnel Metrics 112

   Awareness 112

   Consideration and Preference 114

   Purchase 115

   Advocacy 115

   Paid, Earned, and Owned Media Value 117

   Community Health Metrics 119

Share of Voice and Conversational Sentiment 120

Measuring the Influence of Social Channels 121

The Value of a Facebook Fan 123

The Challenges of Measurement 125

Taking the Next Steps 126

Chapter 7: How to Choose the Right Vendors, Agencies, and Technology Partners 129

Choosing the Right Technology Partner 130

   Understand the Organization, Culture, and Leadership 131

   Understand the Internal Technology Suite 132

   Technology Feature Sets 133

   Support Models 134

   Training 134

   Maintenance Considerations 135

Choosing the Right Social Media/Digital Agency 135

   Research the Agency 136

   Listen to What They Are Saying 137

   Act Personally 138

   Evaluate and Make a Decision 138

A Company Point of View to Agency Selection 139

   An Agency Point of View to Agency Selection 142

A Cisco Case Study on Vendor Selection 144

Taking the Next Step 146

Chapter 8: Marketing Investments on the Rise for Social Business Initiatives 149

Demonstrating the Business Value of Social Media to Acquire Budget 152

How Organizations Are Prioritizing Social Media Budgets 156

How to Determine Budgets for Social Media 159

Taking the Next Steps 161

Chapter 9: Creating a Comprehensive Social Media Strategic Plan 165

Defining the Mission, Goals, Objectives, Strategy, and Tactics for a Social Media Plan 167

   The Mission of Social Media 167

   The Social Goals and Objectives 168

   The Social Strategy 169

   Social Media Tactical Plans 169

Understanding Audience Segmentation 170

Global Considerations of Social Media 173

   Snapshot of Social Media Usage in Europe 174

   Snapshot of Social Media Usage in Latin America 176

   Snapshot of Social Media Usage in Asia-Pacific Countries (APAC) 177

Integrating Social Media with Owned and Paid Media 179

Taking the Next Steps 181

Chapter 10: The Rise of Customer Advocacy 185

The Difference Between Influencers and Advocates 187

   Advocates Love the Brand and Tell Others About It 188

   Measuring the Reach of Influencers and Advocates 190

The Advocate Purchase Funnel 191

The Various Segments of Customer Advocacy 192

How to Create a Customer Advocacy Program 193

   Organizational Readiness 193

   Finding the Right Advocates 195

   Choosing the Right Advocate Platform 195

Eloqua Case Study on Brand Advocacy 198

Taking the Next Steps 200

Chapter 11: Ethical Bribe: Relevant Content Matters 203

Relevant Content Creates Business Value 207

   Relevant Content Adds Value to the Conversation 208

Relevant Content Happens as a Result of Listening 210

   Relevant Content Positions the Brand as a Trusted Advisor 211

   Relevant Content Is Authentic and Believable 212

   Relevant Content Builds Trust with the Community 213

   Relevant Content Increases the Reach of Branded Messages 214

   Relevant Content Increases the Organic Search Results 215

Taking the Next Steps 217

Chapter 12: Social Businesses in the Real World: EMC and Intel 221

EMC's Social Business Evolution 223

   The Early Days of Social Media 224

   EMC Experiences Strong Internal Community Growth 225

   EMC's Decision to Start Internally First 226

   EMC Opens Up the Corporate Firewall 229

   EMC's Social Footprint 230

   EMC's Organizational Model and Governance 231

Intel's Social Business Evolution 231

   The Early Days of Social Media at Intel 232

   The Establishment of the Social Media Center of Excellence 234

   Intel Social Media Footprint Focuses on Employees 236

   Social Media Ownership of Intel 237

Conclusion 237

Index 239