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Social media marketer survey, Jan 2010

Social media marketer survey, Jan 2010. Background The IAB Social Media Council wanted to find out what UK brands think about social media We investigated

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Social media marketer

survey, Jan 2010

Background

• The IAB Social Media Council wanted to find out what UK brands think about social media

• We investigated levels of knowledge, usage, and budget allocations, to gain a deeper understanding of what the challenges are for the industry

• These slides are based on the responses of 80 senior-level marketers, conducted via questionnaire in December 2009

Key findings

• Social media is important to over 88% of clients• Usage is mixed – for some a core component for

others still at testing stage• Whilst marketing is the main dept of choice,

many clients are unsure where social media fits• Proving ROI and measurement are seen to be

biggest challenges• Social media budgets WILL be going up in 2010

How do you rate the importance of social media to your business?

Very important

36%

Quite important

50%

Neither 7%

Not that important

7%

To what extent have you embraced social media marketing and PR?

22.219.8

23.5

27.2

7.4

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Now a corepart ofcommsstrategy

Feeds intomost

campaigns

Ad hocprojects

Have testedand will use

again

Not at all

%

Where does social media fit within your organisation?

73.3

33

1216

6.7

20

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Marketing PR/Corporatecomms

Research Customerservices

IT Other

%

• Responsibility of lots of people• Cross-departmental• Digital team• Dedicated social media team• Fundraising• CEO• Digital banking

Where does social media fit within your organisation? Other, open responses…

Which of the following social media activities have you used and how important are they to your organisation?

Social media monitoring

50.7

32

13.3

400

10

20

30

40

50

60

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

Reactive customer service

36

34.7

17.3

8

4

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

Blogger outreach

37.3

29.3

12

16

4

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

Own branded blog

36

22.7

14.7

25.3

1.30

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

Own branded community

38.7

24

9.3

26.7

1.30

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

Own Twitter account

50.7

18.7

12

18.7

00

10

20

30

40

50

60

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

Facebook page or group

46.7

18.7

26.7

8

00

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

LinkedIn group

16

13.3

14.7

56

00

10

20

30

40

50

60

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

YouTube channel

32

2421.3

22.7

00

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

Official account on other social site (i.e. Flickr)

18.718.7

20

40

2.70

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

Video distribution

37.3

26.7

12

21.3

2.70

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

Widgets or Facebook apps

22.7

40

17.3

20

00

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

Display advertising within social networks

34.7

22.7

26.7

16

00

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

UGC (i.e. for a competition)

37.3

28

16 16

2.70

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

Crowdsourcing ideas

12

29.3

9.3

22.7

26.7

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Yes and very important Not used but intend totest in 2010

Yes but not important Not used and don'tintend to

Don't know what this is

%

What do you use social media for?

77.3

74.7

60

46.7

36

29.3

6.70

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Driveawareness andconsideration

Driveengagement

and advocacy

Researchpurposes

Drive sales Customersatisfaction

and retention

Inform productdevelopment

Other

%

• Social discovery

• Inbound editorial citation development

• To establish industry expertise

• Recruitment

• Share non-sales information with customers

What do you use social media for? Other, open responses…

• Lack of initiative • Doesn’t suit us• Costs and company attitude• No strategy• No one person internally who understands it• Still trying to get the digital basics right

What were your main reasons for not using social media? Open responses…

“We are trying to work out its role in FMCG. It’s only useful if there is something to talk about and quite often

with FMCG brands there is not much to talk about. Unless you create it…

What do you think are the main challenges for the social media industry?

74.1

64.2

56.8

25.9

8.6

12.3

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Proving ROI Measurement Education of howbest to use it

Potential negativeimpact on brand

Availability ofcase studies

Other

%

• Challenges? I see it has great potential! • Addressing client ‘fear’• Gaining buy-in• Distinction between paid-for and earned• Responding to such a large audience• Time/resources within clients to manage

What do you think are the main challenges for the social media industry? Other, open responses…

What kind of social media research would help you do your job better?

72.872.8

44.4 44.4

3.7 4.90

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

ROI Effectiveness ofdifferent types of

social media

How social mediacompares with

trad media

Consumer insights Other I do no thinksocial media

research wouldhelp me do my

job better

%

Approximate % of digital marketing budget spent on social media year-on-year…

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

0% 1-5% 6-10% 11-20% 21-30% 31-40% 41-50%

2009

2010%

Digital marketing budget allocation

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