The true ROI of social media for B2B #b2bnl

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My slides for B2B Marketing Forum 2011 in Amsterdam.Description:Your company’s efforts in social media inevitably cost time, money, and resources. But how do you measure success? And how can you avoid that social media becomes nothing more than a cost center? Don’t worry: even though social media metrics tend to be, as Jim Sterne wrote, “a little fuzzy”, it is still possible to define clear, measurable objectives and KPIs that link directly to your business targets. Clo’s presentation concludes with proven tactics that add true value to the conversation – even if you’re in B2B.

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The true ROI of social media

Clo Willaerts

Amsterdam, 15 March 2011

Business book

Versions:• “The Conversity

Model” / “Het Conversity Model”

• ePub, Kindle

Publishers:• Lannoo Campus (BE)

• Spectrum (NL)

OBSERVATION

CONVERSATION

CONVERSION

INNOVATION

OBSERVATION

CONVERSATION

CONVERSION

INNOVATION

Objectives

B2B online marketers focus on lead generation (38%), retention

(34%) and awareness (28%).

Source: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007546

Lead generation:Shipserv whitepapers

Lead generation:Slideshare

Branding & awareness

Social media mix

LinkedIn has been the most popular social media platform for B2B, thanks to its professional focus

Source: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008243

LinkedIn & B2B

B2B vs B2B

Social media mix: Cisco

Social media mix: Getronics & FITagency

OBSERVATION

CONVERSATION

CONVERSION

INNOVATION

B2B customer communities

B2B customer communities

Private B2B communities

Private B2B communities

Why so serious?

More from Kinaxis

More from Kinaxis

Conversation starters:AR experiments

Asia’s IT Service Provider Datacraft tried

augmented reality solutions for their marketing

Source: http://www.b2bento.com/2011/02/augmented-reality-in-b2b-marketing-%E2%80%93-a-case-study/

OBSERVATION

CONVERSATION

CONVERSION

INNOVATION

Pre-purchase evaluation:information

over 90% of B2B buyers are using social

media to research and execute purchases.

Source: http://www.b2bento.com/2010/01/social-media-for-b2b-marketing-free-whitepaper/

Pre-purchase evaluation:opinions

B2B buyers are heavily influenced by third-party feedback in their purchasing

decisions—both to identify solutions and to limit risk to their organizations.

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/ckEpiphany/b2-b-social-media-business-case-ck-0909

OBSERVATION

CONVERSATION

CONVERSION

INNOVATION

Social Media are changing the way we live our lives

and do business

“Being open should not be a mantra or philosophy, but a considered, rigorous approach to strategy and leadership that yields real results."

Innovation vs openness

Innovation vs IT

It means your staff are going to be coming up with solutions on their own. [...] The technology doesn’t come from the information technology

department; IT’s new job is to support and encourage employees."

Innovation vs customer care

“To succeed with empowered customers, you must empower your employees to

solve customer problems.”

Every employee is first line

“Companies are unable to scale to keep up with the social phenomenon. We know that customers are using these social technologies to share their voices, and companies are having a very difficult time to keep up. [...] Customers don’t care what department you’re in they just want their problem fixed.”

March 2010 Altimeter report

More here: http://www.slideshare.net/bnox/roi-of-social-media

Innovation vs recruiting

Innovation vs CRM

Innovation vs CRM

Innovation vs Sales

“Cold calling [...] will become less prominent. Rather than pick up the telephone and call someone we have never contacted, we will pick up the telephone and call someone with whom we have had an established relationship via Twitter or Linkedln.”

(“The New Handshake”, by Joan C. Curtis, Barbara Giamanco 2010)

Questions?@bnox

c.willaerts@sanoma-magazines.be