are you busy or indispensible? meaningful communications strategies in the digital age
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(Re-)Defining the role of PR: Integrating Communications with Your Business Strategy; Determining the business value of social media PR and how to persuade management buy-in; Creating impact: Are you busy or indispensible for your company?; The future of PR: Current trends and challenges PR practitioners should be aware ofTRANSCRIPT
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Lars Voedisch Executive Director, Technology Practice Head
Hill & Knowlton Singapore [email protected]
Are you busy or indispensible? Meaningful Communications Strategies in the Digital Age
@larsv
Be (Seen) Innovative – But Please Don’t Take Any Risk, Use Only Proven Methods
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The BIG Culture Dilemma
At a Glance
• (Re-)Defining the role of PR: Integrating Communications with Your Business Strategy
• Determining the business value of social media PR and how to persuade management buy-in
• Creating impact: Are you busy or indispensible for your company?
• The future of PR: Current trends and challenges PR practitioners should be aware of
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Singapore Malaysia
MULTI-DISCIPLINE INDUSTRY EXPERTISE
Specialists in: Arts, Aviation, Education, Consumer, CSR, Banking, Finance, Government, Healthcare, Media, Luxury, Property, Technology, Digital
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17 years longest serving staff; 10 years longest consulting staff
SENIORITY, EXPERIENCE, WISDOM & JUDGEMENT
COMMUNITY SERVICE & SPECIAL TALENTS
Government agency board members, council members of industry bodies & think-tanks, accreditated PR professionals, adjunct associate professors, chairmen of professional bodies, government advisory committee members, Member of Parliament, NGO volunteers
Diverse Talents, Best Teams Approach
United Kingdom
Korea
We believe in assembling the best talents across practice
teams & subject expertise areas
Germany
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So what’s expected of us as Communicators ...
We have to deliver:
• More with less – Reduced team/resources
– Less investment
– Same team, same skills
• New skills required – Social media expertise
– Corporate social responsibility now core
– Greater business return on investment
– Hard factual measures
– Employee engagement with new world, new strategies
…and what does it mean?
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” Source: IABC professional member, www.iabc.com
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Make sure
you’re doing stuff
that matters to
the business
and contributes
to its success
Little Survival Guide to Web x.0
7 Source: Web 3.0 Concepts Explained in Plain English - Digital Inspiration
8 Source: What happens on the Internet every 60 seconds - Rosa Golijan
10 Source: Digital Life 2011 - TNS
32%
11%
13%
45%
‘Digital waste’ polluting the online world?
11 Source: Digital Life 2011 - TNS
32%
11%
13%
45%
‘Digital waste’ polluting the online world?
43% of Singapore consumers don’t want to be bothered in social
networks
12 Source: Digital Life 2011 - TNS
32%
11%
13%
45%
What are people saying?
Online engagement? Accept the customer’s perspective – and attitude!
[Brands] have to surprise me, not only meet my needs, but anticipate my needs. By using social media exclusively, I think the company has to
answer me whenever I have a question, enlighten me whenever I complain, and thank me whenever I compliment them.
Source: The Language of Love in Social Media - Firefly Millward Brown 13
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Challenge Within Organisations: Who ‘Owns’ Social Media?
15 Source: Blurring Lines, Turf Battles and Tweets: The Real Impact of Integrated Communications on Marketing and PR
Challenge Within Organisations: Who ‘Owns’ Social Media?
Who Cares?
16 Source: Blurring Lines, Turf Battles and Tweets: The Real Impact of Integrated Communications on Marketing and PR
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BUILDING (DEEPER) ENGAGEMENT
Integration is Key – or Waste
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The PR Perspective: Social or not – it’s Media Relations?!
Social Media Relations: Everything Changes!?
Everything Changes
• It’s about two-way conversations
• You’ve to deal with more channels
• We HAVE to listen and understand what’s said!
• What about those negative comments and posts?
• The game get’s so much faster
Nothing Changes
• You’ve to manage relationships
• So it’s wires, print, broadcast – and social media
• You already: monitor and analyze your media coverage
• Not every negative comment means a crisis
• Already forgot newswires? Look at trends over time
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Simple But Crucial: Be Clear About Your (Social) Media Strategy Goals
• Goals drive the type of Strategies you are going to use
• What’s your ultimate objective:
1. Awareness
2. Thought Leadership
3. Research
4. Reputation
5. Sales
6. Cost savings
7. Something else?
Source: 25 Must Read Social Media Marketing Tips 20
Align Corporate Communications to Achieve Business Goals
Source: Align Corporate Communications to Achieve Business Goals, David Meerman Scott, A Dow Jones/Factiva Whitepaper
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Align Corporate Communications to Achieve Business Goals
• Example: Bicycle Manufacturer
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Align Corporate Communications to Achieve Business Goals
• Example: Bicycle Manufacturer
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Align Corporate Communications to Achieve Business Goals
• Example: Bicycle Manufacturer
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Align Corporate Communications to Achieve Business Goals
The challenge is to measure your success in a
meaningful way!
What’s the business value?
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Social Media is about Content What Should We Be Talking About?
Source: Developing your conversation sphere - CommsCorner
Your… products, offers, service,
people
Industry…
trends, news,
data, advice E.g. Technology,
Legislation,
Competition
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APPS MASH-UPS
WIDGETS
PHOTOS
LIVE
SEMINARS
INFOGRAPHS
PODCASTS
THOUGHT
PIECES
EMAILS
VIDEOS
GAMES
POLLS
BLOGS
FORUMS
So much choice! Content Generation & Types
Brand Generated
Content (BGC)
Enterprise Generated
Content (EGC)
User Generated
Content (UGC)
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Marketing, Editorial… Conversation Calendar It’s all about planning
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Source: Enhanced Social Media Response Chart – Deirdre Breakenridge 29
Think Process: Response Chart & Answer Bank
How to Deal with Comments – YOUR Response Plan
• Comment / Blog Post Validity
• Level of Responsibility
• Level of Respect
• The Commenter is a Troll / Rager
• The Commenter is a Spammer by Nature
Source: PR 2.0 Comment Response Chart 30 30
How @Toyota Turned #toyotafail Into a Social Media PR Win
31 Source: How @Toyota Turned #toyotafail Into a Social Media PR Win - CoTweet
How @Toyota Turned #toyotafail Into a Social Media PR Win
32 Source: How @Toyota Turned #toyotafail Into a Social Media PR Win - CoTweet
How @Toyota Turned #toyotafail Into a Social Media PR Win
33 Source: How @Toyota Turned #toyotafail Into a Social Media PR Win - CoTweet
Key Learnings
1) Speed is critical (on Twitter) 2) Honesty is a virtue 3) Brands have to be on alert in order
to correct any false assumptions before they reach critical mass
4) Track it
Crisis Rules of Engagement: Is it so different from what we know?
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Who are your stakeholders
= audiences?
Dealing with Social Media: What is your first line of defense – or engagement?
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Who handles Social
Media?
Marketing
Intern
Receptionist Customer
Service
PR
?
Agency
IT
Helpdesk
All staff
Ops Manager
Sales
Exec
Dealing with Social Media: What is your first line of defense – or engagement?
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Who handles Social
Media?
Marketing
Intern
Receptionist Customer
Service
PR
?
Agency
IT
Helpdesk
All staff
Ops Manager
Sales
Exec
Remember: The customer, shareholder,
journalist… does not care about your internal structures or
budget!
Anecdode: What happens in Huili county / Sichuan…
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The world we live in…
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Transparency Protection
Respect Responsibility
Utilization
Respect Responsibility
Representation
How do you WANT your staff to use Social Media? It is about your CULTURE
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How Much Time Does Social Media Engagement Take?
Source: How much time does social media marketing take - Gigaom / Aliza Sherman 48
ROI is talking about $$$
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Marketing
I created positive
sentiment.
Bobby,
Marketing Howard,
Advertising
Jane, Public Relations
Source: Measuring PR Success: Seven Metrics to Consider - Spinsucks
You’re sure you wanna talk ROI?
Source: W + K Old Spice Case Study 50
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Future-Proofing Public Relations Who do YOU want to be?
52 52 Source: Future Proofing PR with Modern Metrics– Dow Jones
Source: “Talk to me – 10 tips for translating the PR results into the language of business“.
• 60% of companies (PR Week) are measuring PR/
Communications at the request of senior
management. – Better decide before management
asks for it
• Use the right approach with the correct content
– Show the whole picture through meaningful
KPIs
• Turn simple outputs into meaningful outcomes:
Connect the dots between clip counts –trends in
coverage and favourability
Winners know what success look like: Translating PR results into the language of business
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Source: “Talk to me – 10 tips for translating the PR results into the language of business“.
• 60% of companies (PR Week) are measuring PR/
Communications at the request of senior
management. – Better decide before management
asks for it
• Use the right approach with the correct content
– Show the whole picture through meaningful
KPIs
• Turn simple outputs into meaningful outcomes:
Connect the dots between clip counts –trends in
coverage and favourability
Winners know what success look like: Translating PR results into the language of business
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“…From an executive’s viewpoint, it can be interpreted as the difference between the PR team being busy and the PR team being indispensable.
Same, same – but different What lies ahead?
• Integration will be everything
• Metrics will rule the world -Analytics will become the next big public relations bonanza
• Media will live – probably even stronger than before
• We are content producers. Think video!
• Mobile will inherit the Earth
• Will Facebook jump the shark – or become even more omnipotent
Source: The top 10 public relations trends of 2011 - Gregarious 55
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SUMMARY
Summary: Take a Management Approach – and become humble
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Get your processes right • Strategize • Monitor • Analyze & Discover • Engage / Respond
What you need • A PLAN & Resources! • Scenario planning & Reaction Plans • Guidelines • Give up control
There is no one-size-fits-all • Better start small than not at all • Form a team • Have fun!
Plan People
Processes Policies
Domino’s YouTube Experience – What would YOU do?
• Domino’s Pizza Chain discovered the power of viral marketing last month: two employees in the US filmed "prank" videos of themselves stuffing cheese up their noses and then putting it into sandwiches.
• The video went popular on YouTube (over 1 million views), and Twitter lit up with disgusted customer complaints.
• Domino’s apologized and put its own President on YouTube, started a Twitter response site;
• Still: In just a few days, Domino’s reputation was damaged.
Who in YOUR company would go on Youtube?
What to wear? What to say?
Who to talk to? Are you ready?
Nobody will wait for you…!
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Questions?
Lars Voedisch Executive Director, Technology Practice Head Hill & Knowlton Singapore [email protected] @larsv
Thank you
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Lars Voedisch Executive Director, Technology Practice Head
Hill & Knowlton Singapore [email protected]
Are you busy or indispensible? Meaningful Communications Strategies in the Digital Age
@larsv