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Social Media Campaign Report RETAILERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA

Social Media Case Study: Retailers Association of India

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Social

Media

Campaign

Report

RETAILERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA

The Client: RAI

The Retailer’s Association of India (RAI) is an industry body, a

not for profit organization working with all the stakeholders for

creating the right environment for the growth of the modern

retail industry in India.

Every year, RAI conducts the Retail Leadership Summit (RLS) – a

two day event for retailers.

Members:

RAI members include India’s biggest retailers viz. Future Group,

Reliance Retail, Shoppers Stop, Metro Shoes, and many more.

CEOs, retail industry professionals, students, and media are

important stakeholders.

The Objective:

Objective:

RAI approached Social Squared on Jan 10, 2013 to manage the

social media activities & create awareness about RLS 2013 &

engage delegates & the community through a vibrant online

presence.

Duration:

1 month - Jan 10, 2013 to Feb 10, 2013

Support:

The social media activities were well supported by the event

websitewww.rls.net.in & direct emailers to members.

Social Media Platforms Managed:

The following platforms were actively managed:

The activities involved regular updates, planning & execution of

online contests & designing creative for the use in social media &

website. Blog postswere also managed.

In addition, an online real time feedback mechanism was also

employed to help RAI gauge delegate satisfaction.

RAI presence (as on Jan 10, 2013)

Platform Presence

Facebook 501 likes, 58 talking about, intermittent updates

Twitter 304 tweets, 149 followers, intermittent updates

LinkedIn Group active but not company profile

YouTube Inappropriate URL, lengthy videos

Blog Not integrated with website, posts without images

Slideshare Not an active account

THE

EXECUTION

Facebook

Cover imageTabs

Pre-event

Create attractive cover

imagery

Design & develop

Facebook tabs

- Speakers

-Integration of YouTube

& Twitter

Create & update event

related information

Daily update talking about ‘innovation in retail’ – the event’s theme

Daily update on various speakers for the event & what to expect

A tactical update talking about what a retailer ought to do

Encouraging participation in the pre-event online quiz contests

Updates on event highlights & the valued sponsors

Post-event

Updates about the in-event contests & curation of images

Capture & upload images of the entire event

THE

EXECUTION

Twitter

Designed the Twitter profile. Used for instant interactions pre & during event.

Pre-event

Contests were created for

Twitter

Highlighted the event

themes of innovation,

women in retail &

shopping through retail

quizzes & hash tags:

#rls2013

#innovation

#ifwomendontshop

#menwillshopif

#FDIinRetail

#ifwomendontshop

The best entries for #ifwomendontshop were awarded gift vouchers

#menwillshopif

The best entries for #menwillshopif were awarded gift vouchers

#rls2013

The hash tag #rls2013 was trending in Mumbai on Feb 7 & 8

700+ mentions

#FDIinRetail

The hash tag #FDIinRetail was trending in Mumbai on Feb 8

600+ mentions

THE

EXECUTION

Other media

RAI LinkedIn presence was managed, timely updates about the event

RAI YouTube videos were shared on other platforms

The event presentations shared in real time, apt knowledge management

The RAI blog was updated with session summaries

Before & After (a comparison):

Before After

58

178

612

501

Likes

Engagement

+ 22%

3 fold

in Likes

in Engagement

/retailersassociationindia

304

1569

444

149

Followers

Tweets

5 fold

3 fold

in Tweets

in Followers

@rai_india

The Result:

The objectives of awareness & participation were met.

1. Delegates who were active on social media and helped spread

the word about the event beyond the venue were rewarded

2. Online contests helped to increase awareness beyond the

realm of delegates (RAI even got job inquiries on Facebook!)

3. Sponsors & partners have been provided with additional

exposure (on social media) making their investment effective

4. RAI now has a growing engagement across all platforms