Community Management for Business: A primer
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The document discusses the importance and roles of community managers in leveraging social media to enhance business objectives such as customer acquisition and retention. It emphasizes the need for community managers to engage authentically with their communities and outlines the qualities and skills necessary for effective community management. Additionally, it highlights that the social media director should be responsible for identifying and developing community managers through proper training and evaluation.
Community Management for Business: A primer
- 1. Presented by: C Community Management Olivier Blanchard 16 November 2011
- 2. Presented by: C Community Management @thebrandbuilder / www.smroi.net Olivier Blanchard 16 November 2011
- 3. Part 1: Why do you need a community manager?
- 4. What the hell is a community manager?
- 5. What the hell does a community manager actually do?
- 6. … and what the hell is the point?
- 7. : You are basically looking at two schools of thought.
- 8. So what you’re telling me is that if we don’t get into social media, our company will just shrivel up and die? I saw it on CNN. 1. The “we need to be in social media too” crowd.
- 9. I can’t wait to manage conversations! We’re going to score This engagement strategy is so many retweets!!! going to be epic! Buzzword salad.
- 11. Wrong.
- 12. Wrong.
- 13. Wrong.
- 14. Wrong.
- 15. #$%@*?!?!
- 16. How can we use this medium to build value for our customers? … and be even better at what we do? 2. The “we want to leverage social media to improve business” crowd.
- 17. Can this medium help us get more customers? Yep.
- 18. … and increase sales? Yep.
- 19. … and increase customer loyalty?? Sure.
- 20. What about fixing a PR disaster? Absolutely.
- 21. How about improving customer service? That would be clutch. That too.
- 22. Your company doesn’t need 1,000,000 followers.
- 23. Your company doesn’t need 1,000,000 followers. Your company needs 1,000,000 new customers. Conversions are gold.
- 24. Your company doesn’t need 1,000,000 followers. Or 1,000,000 loyal customers who won’t leave. Conversions are gold.
- 25. Your company doesn’t need 1,000,000 followers. Or 10 – 1,000,000 advocates who will come to your aid. Conversions are gold.
- 26. Your market is a community.
- 27. Actually, your market is a community of communities. Obama 2008 Supporters Teachers Black hat wearers Chihuahua owners
- 28. What do communities do? Communities form around common objects.
- 29. Communities can form around a variety of objects: Brand: Apple, Harley Davidson, Canon Hobby: Wood turning, PC gaming, Gardening Sports: Triathlon, Football, Car racing (and sub-categories) Clubs: Fraternities, associations, sports teams Lifestyle: Vegetarianism, modern primitives, hipsters, emo Products: Ford Mustang, Google+, Cheerios Causes: Ending hunger in Africa, Fighting poverty in the US Movements: #OccupyWallStreet Celebrities: Lady Gaga, Ashton Kutcher, Bono, the Pope Entertainment: Music, movies, games, theater (and sub-categories) Religion: Denominations & topic subcategories Politics: World views & topic subcategories Technology: Categories & topic subcategories Professional: Massage therapists, dentists, students Etc.
- 30. Communities can form around a variety of objects: Brand: Apple, Harley Davidson, Canon Hobby: Wood turning, PC gaming, Gardening Sports: Triathlon, Football, Car racing (and sub-categories) Clubs: Fraternities, associations, sports teams Lifestyle: Vegetarianism, G&L, Products: Ford Mustang, Google+, Cheerios Causes: Ending hunger in Africa, Fighting poverty in the US Movements: #OccupyWallStreet Celebrities: Lady Gaga, Ashton Kutcher, Bono, the Pope Entertainment: Music, movies, games, theater (and sub-categories) Religion: Denominations & topic subcategories Politics: World views & topic subcategories Technology: Categories & topic subcategories Professional: Massage therapists, dentists, students Etc.
- 31. : “How do we fit into this universe?”
- 32. Where are the areas of intersect between you and your market? If you’re a General Mills, for example, communities to look into might be… Foodies Recipes preparation ideas Storage ideas Health-conscious Benefits of eating Cheerios Eco-conscious How does General Mills support their values? Global Trade Watchers How is General Mills leading the way? Mommy blogger readers Recommendations, approval, validation Where does your universe overlap with theirs? This is the bridge that connects you to them. Hint: It isn’t just your gizmo or “your brand.”
- 33. Where are the areas of intersect between you and your market? If you’re a General Mills, for example, communities to look into might be… Foodies Recipes preparation ideas Storage ideas Health-conscious Benefits of eating Cheerios Eco-conscious How does General Mills support their values Global Trade Watchers How is General Mills leading the way Mommy blogger readers Recommendations, approval, validation Some of your content can be pure marketing push, but it can also be links to content not produced by you or that doesn’t reference your brand at all. Think about the broader narrative of the community, not just your own.
- 34. : “Do we want to just keep marketing to consumers all day? … … or do we want to also try and embed ourselves into their communities and participate in their lives in a more organic, natural, more relevant manner?” (Because now, we can.)
- 35. Do you want to be out here – just marketing? Or do you also want to be down here?
- 36. …But you are still a business. : “What are we ultimately trying to drive?”
- 37. As a business, what do you really want to drive? Customer Customer Acquisition Retention Customer Developme
- 38. What should every interaction drive? Awareness Value Preference
- 39. What should every interaction drive? Awareness Value Preference Customer Customer Acquisition Retention Awareness Awareness Value Value Preference Preference Customer Developme
- 40. Part 2: What is a community manager’s job?
- 41. What roles does your community manager play? -Becomes the face of the brand online. -Humanizes the brand -Serve as a primary brand ambassador -Represents the brand offline as well (engagement is analog too) -Monitors digital channels -(Changes in volume of mentions, tone, topics, threats, opportunities) -Acts as first line of defense online during a PR crisis. -Acts as a your representative and the community’s -Manages and curates your content & social feeds -Be expected to be a knowledgeable resource -Support all other relevant business functions -Customer service, PR, product management, quality control, marketing, sales
- 42. What should every interaction drive again? Awareness Value Preference Customer Customer Acquisition Retention Awareness Awareness Value Value Preference Preference Customer Developme
- 43. What does a Community manager do? Listen Respond Share Drive Coordinate Report Enable & Support
- 44. What does a Community manager do? Listen Mentions Questions Ideas Complaints Trouble Respond Share Drive Coordinate Report Enable & Support
- 45. What does a Community manager do? Listen Respond Mentions Questions Ideas Complaints Trouble Share Drive Coordinate Report Enable & Support
- 46. What does a Community manager do? Listen Respond Share Content (blog posts, videos, articles, podcasts) News (Company-related, community-related) Information (Tips, special offers) Social objects (Retweets, mentions, etc.) Drive Coordinate Report Enable & Support
- 47. What does a Community manager do? Listen Respond Share Drive Conversations (Directly) - #Chats, discussions, WOM Business objectives (Indirectly) - Awareness for xyz - Preference for xyz Coordinate Report Enable & Support
- 48. What does a Community manager do? Listen Respond Share Drive Coordinate Response to mentions, questions, ideas, complaints, crises - With appropriate departments & outside agencies Supports: PR, marketing, ad campaigns, consumer insights, data analysts, market research, customer service, HR, etc. Report Enable & Support
- 49. What does a Community manager do? Listen Respond Share Drive Coordinate Report Upwards to management (Social Media Dir., CCO) Sideways to business teams / product teams Outward to community Enable & Support
- 50. What does a Community manager do? Listen Respond Share Drive Coordinate Report Enable & Support In-community advocates In-community experts In-community thought leaders In-community contributors
- 51. This is how things scale:
- 52. Part 3: Identifying, hiring and developing a CM
- 53. Think of a community manager as a Chief Communications Officer in training.
- 54. Grab a sheet of paper and create 3 columns Qualities Skills Red flags (Most important) Cannot be taught Can be taught Relating to qualities = bad Relating to skills = assess and address
- 55. Qualities Someone naturally friendly, helpful, compassionate and giving. (Whatever the opposite of an asshole is, that is what you want.) Passionate about your company, its products, its mission. (Hard to be an ambassador and front-line defender if it’s just a job.) Natural communicator. Grammar, spelling, tone, etc. (Offline, online, everywhere, on every platform.) Eager collaborator. Good sense of humor. Good sense of what is and isn’t appropriate. Will keep a cool head no matter what the crisis.
- 56. Skills / experience Fluency with your company & brand(s) Technical fluency with your products Ability to legitimately establish leadership role within the community Fluency with social and digital platforms (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) Fluency with social and digital workflow tools (Spiral16, Radian6, etc.) Fluent with your social media org chart (collaboration) Conflict resolution experience Crisis communications experience Customer service experience Business (operational) savvy Other community management experience
- 57. Red flags The applicant looks great on paper but strikes you as an asshole. Poor communications skills. Any sign of immaturity that isn’t charming. Too much focus on a “personal brand.” Talks about themselves a lot. Virtually no online social engagement. (Anemic feed.) Too focused on social or digital “marketing.” Can’t or won’t take work home. (CM isn’t just a 9-5 job.) Has worked as a community manager for “a ton of companies.” Lone wolf syndrome (doesn’t play well with others). Their online behavior. Their CV’s “narrative” does not match their online profile.
- 58. Who is responsible for the community manager? It is the social media director’s job to properly identify, recruit, develop and manage community managers. It helps to partner with the company’s PR, Legal, HR, IT, Customer Service, and Product Management resources (among others) to address any and all skill gaps and potential red flags. A framework of training, evaluation and internal certification needs to be established and followed. It is crucial to have a qualified social media director on staff who knows how to do this OR to work with consulting organizations that can perform this function.
- 60. FIND OUT MORE AT SMROI.NET Ask away. Olivier Blanchard 864.630.7398 www.thebrandbuildermarketing.com @thebrandbuilder (on Twitter)
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