BI International office: june 17 th ”Sosial media –a hype or an important marketing channel” Høyskolelektor Cecilie Staude, Institutt for markedsføring, Handelshøyskolen BI
Internet and social media changes the premises of influence Behavior Changes -More channels and platforms are used -Companies no longer have a monopoly on information -Tranparancy Users and customers have had power back
What is social media ? Dialog +sharing - information gathering - Participation
Norwegian users in social media • Facebook: • Nettby: • Reg. blogger: • Biip: • Linkedin: • Origo: • Twitter : • Kilde: Halogen 2010, samlet tall fra forskjellige kilder overantallet norske brukere i sosiale medier
The users in social media - characteristics • A clear distinction: • Facebook-users : Socialization and entertainment • Twitter/linkedIn-users: networking, information gathering and sharing • Kilde: Anders Husa (2010) Master Thesis: Norske brukeres holdning til interaksjon med bedrifter i sosiale medier
Guidelines - social media Be credible: Acting precise, fair, thorough and transparent Be consistent: Encourage constructive criticism and discussions. Be excellent and professional at all times Listen and share: When you receive valuable knowledge, expertise and insight, share it where appropriate. Be integrated: Coordinate activities and communication on the web of activities and communication on other platforms Act as an ambassador for your business, be neat about your role and position in the business
• 2.2 millioner norwegians • 41 percent av norwegians use Facebook every day • Major social community on internet • Kilde TNS gallup april 2010
How companies use social media • Monitoring • Product launches • Brand building • Customer services/relations • Surveys • Recruitment • Kilde: Dataforeningens undersøkelse om ”Norske virksomheters bruk av sosiale medier”, april 2010
Free monitoring tools (RSS and )
Product launches • Social media effective to attrack new customers • Seeding programs - word of mouth • Kilde: Libai, Muller and Peres 2010 ; Sources of social value in word of mouth programs, Marketing Science Institute. working papers 2010
Opinion leaders - ”Word Of Mouth” (WOM)
100 cars to known and unknown bloggers..
Kilde: Tegler, Erik (2009) “Ford Counting on Army of 100 bloggers to launch Ford Fiesta, Advertising Age, april 2010
Brand Building – blogg Companies without BloggCompanies with Blogg Kilde: HubSpot's Inbound Internet Marketing Blog Trafikk på hjemmesiden
Customers service and dialog • Social CRM: • Customers based networks • Invite to dialog • Get feedback • Use information to build and reinforce customers lojalty Kilder: Magnus Finseth Sørdal (2010), “Discovering Social Media – an Exploratory Study”, Itol media; CRM 1 to 1 in Action: Measuring the returns of Social Media (2010)