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The New Era of Support:<br />A Microsoft Case Study<br />

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Introducing<br />and<br />Social<br />M a r k e t i n g<br />M E T R I X<br />© Copyright 2007-2009. All Rights Reserved. Communications Blueprints, L.L.C. All copyrighted and trademarked material presented herein is the sole property of Communications Blueprints, L.L.C. (d/b/a ComBlu)<br />

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Agenda<br />Introductions <br />Partnership overview <br />Understanding the power of community and how to harness it<br />Driving Real Results: Showcasing Microsoft Live’s use of community (Case Study)<br />Q&A with Sue Sonday, Microsoft Community Strategist<br />Call to action: How to get started<br />3<br />

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Sue Sonday Introduction<br />Serves as the senior product manager for Office Live Small Business (OLSB) and Office Live Workspace (OLW) online communities. <br />Pioneered the development of a new community paradigm for Office Live that combined help content, user-generated question/answer, and support, into a single, integrated customer experience. <br />

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A New Era of Support: <br />A Microsoft Case Study<br />5<br />

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Begin With the End in Mind<br />Our business objectives for community:<br />6<br />

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Disparate Entry Points Caused Customer Confusion<br /><ul><li>If a customer needed support, there were many entry points

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Each link led to a completely different design (look/feel/branding)</li></ul>7<br />

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A Single, Integrated Site for Community, Content and Support<br />

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Site Features Helped to Drive Community Engagement<br />The Q&A Section of the Forum allows members to ask and answer questions<br />The Discussion Section of the Forum allows the community council to interact and collaborate <br />

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Site Features Helped to Drive Community Engagement<br />

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Advocate Activation Helped to Build a Robust Community<br />Leveraged the power of peer-to-peer support and user-generated content<br />Identified and activated customer fan base as key component of this peer-to-peer initiative<br />Support Agents<br />Augmented the fan base with support agents who were redeployed to the community from traditional support functions (phone and email support)<br />Community<br />

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Our Community Operating Model:It Takes a Village<br />

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Page Views Increased Substantially Over the Prior Support Experience<br />77%<br />359%<br />OL Workspace<br />OL Small Business<br />

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Answer Rates for Both Communities are More than 60% <br />9,268 Questions Have Been Answered in the Communities Since the Launch<br />2/24/09 to 6/24/09<br />

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Community is Less Expensive and More Scalable Than Traditional Support<br />Support Costs per Minute <br />

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Business Challenges/Lessons Learned<br />

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Understanding the Process and How it Will Work<br />Social Marketing Disciplines: Summary<br />Share<br />Referral<br />& Pass<br />Along<br />Sales<br />Volume<br />Sales<br />Velocity<br />Product (Re)launch<br />Issue<br />Management<br />Engagement<br />Advocacy<br />Customer <br />Experience<br />Awareness<br />Insights<br />Innovation<br />Community Marketing<br />M<br />H<br />H<br />H<br />H<br />H<br />H<br />H<br />H<br />H<br />Viral Marketing<br />H<br />L<br />L<br />L<br />M<br />L<br />H<br />H<br />L<br />L<br />Buzz <br />Marketing<br />H<br />L<br />L<br />L<br />L<br />L<br />H<br />M<br />L<br />L<br />Grassroots/<br />Netroots Marketing<br />L<br />M<br />L<br />L<br />H<br />H<br />L<br />H<br />L<br />L<br />Digital <br />Footprint<br />M<br />H<br />M<br />H<br />H<br />H<br />M<br />H<br />M<br />L<br />Product <br />Seeding<br />H<br />M<br />L<br />L<br />L<br />L<br />H<br />M<br />H<br />M<br />Influencer <br />Marketing<br />M<br />L<br />M<br />L<br />H<br />M<br />L<br />L<br />L<br />L<br />Conversation Insights<br />L<br />H<br />H<br />H<br />H<br />L<br />H<br />L<br />L<br />L<br />Social <br />Networking<br />M<br />H<br />M<br />L<br />M<br />M<br />M<br />H<br />L<br />L<br />

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Taking a Community Approach<br />Branded Community Consists of Three Pillars<br />Feedback<br />Advocacy<br />Support<br />Drivesinnovation, product quality & financials<br />Drivesmarketing effectiveness<br />Improvescustomer experience, reduces cost of support<br />High performing communities incorporate one <br />or more of these pillars<br />

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Achieving Business Results Through Community<br />Three Most Common Metrics By Pillar and Health and Performance:<br />

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Unlock the Untapped Potential<br />Typical workgroup<br />Breadth of insight<br />Potentially valuable insights<br />Insights<br /> from known individuals<br />Breadth of community<br />11/17/2009<br />Telligent Confidential<br />20<br />

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Social Marketing Measurement and Reporting Elements <br />ComBlu Social Marketing Dashboard <br />Community and social marketing activity summary which highlights the community&apos;s health and performance against business-based key performance indicators (KPIs) in addition to brand awareness and impact:<br />Advocacy & <br />Awareness<br />Membership & Engagement<br />Metrics & <br />Analytics<br />Executive <br />Summary<br />Provides an overview of current activity and performance<br />Performance scores and trend lines that indicate community status:<br /><ul><li>Red– “at risk” state

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Yellow – “in transition” state

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Green– “optimal performance” state</li></ul>Tracks and measures community membership levels, recruitment, and long- term engagement activities<br />Social marketing metrics focused on community and brand awareness<br />Social Marketing Dashboard<br />Community Performance Index™<br />Brand conversation share, sentiment, reach and influence metrics report<br />Detailed scorecard that integrates all metrics at a highly granular level<br />

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Sample Telligent Analytics™ Reports<br />Dashboards<br />Traditional Page Views<br />The language of ROI today<br />At a glance<br />Complement, not-compete<br /><ul><li>Not meant to replace existing web analytics tools

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Most similar to Google Analytics</li></ul>Helps tell the engagement story<br /><ul><li>Where your customers go and what they talk about</li></ul>Visitor Analysis<br />Detailed insight. True engagement.<br />

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Sample ComBlu Community Performance Index™<br />The ComBlu Community Performance Index™, its indices and function is Patent Pending. Copyright 2008-2009, Communications Blueprints, L.L.C. All Rights Reserved.<br />

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Sample ComBlu Social Marketing Dashboard <br />

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Questions<br />?<br />

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Contact<br />George Dearing<br />Corporate Evangelist/SalesConsultant, Telligent<br />http://www.telligent.com<br />GDearing@telligent.com<br />Steve Hershberger<br />Principal, ComBlu<br />www.comblu.com<br />sthersh@comblu.com<br />312-649-1687<br />

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