2. 7 years ago:
4000 posts
per day
Today:
25,000 posts
per day
(in English
alone)
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3. About your presenter
• Highest ranked Social Media SME
at Dell
• Social Media Nerd, Process
Engineer,
Product Development,
Management Consultant
• Passionate about using social
media to create connections…
– for companies and their
customers,
– for personal brand, and
– to make a difference in the
world (charities)
• Digital Footprints and Passions
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– @knoxkeith (twitter)
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4. Starting
down a new
road, in a
vehicle, yet
to be
proven
4
Even
today, the
infrastructu
re is
evolving
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5. Our Customers Are Talking About Dell
• Our customers are talking about Dell.
– 25K conversations daily about Dell
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“Engaging in honest, direct conversations
with customers and stakeholders is a part
of who we are, who we’ve always
been. The social web amplifies our
opportunity to listen and learn and invest
ourselves in two-way dialogue, enabling us
to become a better company with more to
offer the people who depend on us.”
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-Michael Dell
6. Our Customers Want Us Engaged
• 93% of social media users believe a
company should have a presence in social
media
• 85% of users believe a company should not
only be present but also interact with its
consumers via social media
• 56% of users feel they have a stronger
connection with and are better served by
companies when they can interact with
them in a social media environment
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8. Social media practitioner
March 2008
Accepted Solutions
launched on Community
February 2006
Dell France begins Online
May 2008
Michael Dell asked
A voting based site
Community Outreach
Why don’t we reach out and
Dell Outlet achieved
allowing customers and
October 2007
help bloggers with tech
$0.5M in sales via
others to submit ideas
support issues?
Michael Dell quoted in
for Dell.
Twitter
Business Week
December 2006
In response to Jeff Jarvis question
Ratings and
January 2009
around whether companies want to be
reviews
part of the online conversation: ”My
Dell
launched on
argument is you absolutely do. You can
Organizes
learn from them. You can improve your
Dell.com
into four
reaction time. And you can be a better
company by listening and being involved
customer
in that conversation.”
focused
business units
June 2009
Global
Twitter
revenues of
$6.5 M
February 2007
IdeaStorm
launched
2006
crawl.
walk.
run.
2007
July 2006
Direct2Dell
launched
Today Direct2Dell exists
in
English, Spanish, Norwegi
an, Japanese and Chinese.
August 2006
Blog outreach
expanded
beyond tech
Support
8
2008
June 2007
Dell joined
Twitter
EmployeeStorm
launched
Internal Blogs
January 2007
Launched for
November
StudioDell launched
Employees.
Dell’s video and podcast site,
2007
with helpful tips and tricks.
DellShares
Eventually expanding this into
launched
the YouTube channel making
sharing easier.
The first investor
relations blog by
a public company.
June 2009
$2M+ Sales
via
Twitter
2009
June 2008
Channel
blog
launched
January
2008
Dell aligns
organizatio
n
for success
April 2008
Inside IT launched
Blog focused on business
customers, and Cloud
Computing.
Marc
h 2010
Dell
joins
Sina
Weibo
in
China
Altimeter
recognized Dell
Dell
named
the No.
1 most
social
brand
with “Open
Leadership Award
for Innovation and
Execution”
December 2010
Social Media
Listening
Command
Center launched
2011
2010
Social Media &
Community
University (SMaC U)
launched
Spring 2009
Members of
Community
and
Conversation
s deployed
within each
of the new
Dell Business
units
2009
Dell
5,000 team
TechCenter
December members trained by
end of year
2009
Huffington
Post Blog
B2B pages
on
Facebook
6 Awards for the
Social Media
Listening Command
Center
June 2010
CAP Days launched
In-person events for
vocal online customers
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9. Empowering employees:
Social Media & Community University
Principles
Policy
Governance
Training, Certification
& Tools
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14. Transforming reputation via social
Dell CAP Days
Dell Social Think Tanks
Inside Out
Outside In
Customer
Feedback
Customer
Feedback
Custome
r
Feedbac
Customers giving feedback on Dell’s business
k
Custome
r
Feedback
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Influenc
er
Dialogue
Influenc
er
Dialogue
Influenc
er
Dialogue
Influenc
er
Dialogue
Dell facilitating topic-based discussions &
brainstorms with influencers not customers
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16. How social listening provides value
Key Use Cases
Competitive Intelligence –
Understand competitor messaging
and share of voice
SOS Support – Improve
prioritization and coverage of
Support issues
Marketing / Merchandising –
Improve messaging and offers
based on customer feedback
Listening for Leads – Identify new
leads
Listening for M&A - Research on
potential acquisitions; Customer
reaction on upcoming acquisitions
Listening for Governmental Issues–
Better understanding of potential
issues
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Stakeholder
Benefits
Product
Group
Opex Savings
Customer
Support
Marketing
Sales
Corporate
Strategy
Government
Relations
Call
Reduction, Im
prove NPS
Improve
MarComm
Efficiency, Up
Qualified
sells
Leads, Increa
sed Revenue
Opex Savings
Enabler
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The great new is that our customers are already talking about Dell. There are over 22K conversations daily. And as a company we are invested in listening and engaging in those conversations. Let’s read this quick quote from Michael Dell: “Engaging in honest, direct conversations with customers and stakeholders is a part of who we are, who we’ve always been. The social web amplifies our opportunity to listen and learn and invest ourselves in two-way dialogue, enabling us to become a better company with more to offer the people who depend on us.”
Customers also want us engaged. 93% of social media users believe a company should have a presence in social media and 56% feel they have a stronger connection with and are better served by companies when they can interact with them in a social media environment.We aren’t just talking about B2C (business to consumer) customers. 60% of B2B technology decision-makers rely on technical support forums to inform and validate their purchase decisions.
Dell’s use of social media really goes to the roots of who we are as a company: the power and value of direct connections with customers, as well as using the Web as a tool to be a better business. Our teams have been exchanging information with customers online since the late 1980s with listservs, and by 1996 we had our own Dell Community forums at Dell.com (other examples include: early leadership of e-commerce, the Web infrastructure to drive our supply chain, Premier Pages, etc)Today, we see social media as tool to be used across the fabric/functions of our businesses to build better business and be more connected with customers (i.e. the social web is not just about marketing or a customer support channel, rather it is a tool to be used to collaborate, connect and constantly do more with customers, from quality, to innovation, to building better business processes, to connecting and sharing real time, as well as solving technical or customer care issues) Highlights to pick out:Started with technical support (Customer service delivery)Just over 5 years ago became an early adopter using social media to connect with customers and build a better business. In March 2006 we established the Online Community Outreach team, a group of tech support experts that reached out to bloggers around the world who had questions or required assistance. Later that year we expanded blog outreach beyond tech support to include any conversations about Dell. 2006 was also the year we launched our blog, Direct2Dell.Moved into communications – using as a channel to tell our story – Direct to DellDeveloped into crowd sourced product and service development with IdeaStormGone multi-lingual – multi-platforms – from our own .com/blog out to those customers select for themselves – no good just listening to the conversations in English, in your own frontroom - got to get out into the street to hear what customers really thinkInternal and external – agent for collaboration and innovation within the organisation e.g. Employee Storm; ChatterDirect sales (or facilitation) channel – lot made of our sales on platforms like twitter with @delloutlet but also important to realise that buying behaviours for products and services are also now heavily influenced by the social web – the opinions of trusted friends often first port of call (social web friends; bloggers)…so bringing those views into the buying process is impactful – so dell.com brings reviews/ratings front and centre with customersPower of advocates/ambassadors not to be underestimated – your team members are powerful voices for your brand/products and services… SMaC training and open access to all the tools they need at work to both LISTEN and ENGAGENote: Google+Dell team members from around the around the world are early adopters and users of social media, most recently on Google+ and Pinterest.
Nearly 8,000 employees have participated in trainings• 3400 employees have completed 8 hours of coursework and are ‘certified’
30,000 posts a day about Dell. We follow the influencers, where the conversations are happening, how we compare with our competitors, and what our sentiment is in social.
Taking online conversations offline – outside in approachCustomer Advisory Panel (CAP) Days Opportunity to engage in open honest discussion and build relationships with 12-15 influential ranters and ravers in a particular segment actively talking about DellDell does not run the event – 3rd party moderator (analysts, blogger, etc)Defined agenda about Dell built on pre-event customer surveyFirst and foremost, it’s a LISTENING eventRavers help answer/defend so Dell doesn’t have toDell participants – usually VPs and above with BU ownershipHolding 15 from May-SeptDriven and funded by BusSuccess is…Positive buzz about Dell in social mediaIncrease in positive coverage across social and traditional media (measured via Communications Pulse Tracker)Key learnings and feedback to help drive improvements in our businessOngoing relationships with influencers who can help tell the Dell story and become brand advocatesEvents in U.S., China, Germany and on topics ranging from support to green ITThink Tank Program – Inside out approachDell facilitating topic-based (industry trends) discussions and brainstorms with influencers not customers.Brings together online influencers to brainstorm and discuss collaborative ways an industry can better its stakeholder outcomesProgressively focused thought leadership discussions about key industry issues, trends and direction enabled, not controlled, by DellAgenda created in partnership with attendeesDell takes a proactive roleForum for ideas/potential customers to funnel back to the business for actionIn person AND online dialogue simultaneously – Livestream eventsOpen for promotion – encourage to blog, tweet and be transparent and share publically A relationship with key social media influencers kick started by in person dialogue Opportunity for Dell to listen and understand key priorities and needs of potential customer baseCreate group of loyal advocates and 3rd party story tellersCapture customer stories, ideas on how Dell can best service this influential audience and understand priorities of these customers or potential customersPositive buzz about Dell as an active enabler and a brand that listens to the needs of the industry