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How to help your fans help you! Nico Henderijckx, Sony
1. How to help your fans help you!
Sony Europe
Forum and Communities
Nico Henderijckx
2. EU Sony Electronics Forum
www.sony.xx/discussions
» Provide a Self-Service area with Moderation
and Escalation process taking the 1st level
support workload away from Sony.
» Call avoidance for CIC
» Allow End-Users to help End-Users
» Provide Sony News and Technical/Corporate
announcements
» Link to other Sister Company Forums like PSE,
PlayStation and Sony Ericsson
3. • Vitality (Monthly Unique Visitors)
H2FY12 H1FY12
• Engagement (Super Active UK/Ireland 9 9
Participants) Italy 4 5
Iberia 4 4
Super Users
7000
Benelux 3 4
6000
France 4 6
5000
4000 Germany 6 8
3000 Turkey 2 2
2000 Russia 2 3
1000
Switzerland 2 4
0
Oct
Oct
Feb
Feb
June
June
Aug
Aug
Aug
Apr
Apr
Dec
Dec
Total 35 45
5. What do We offer
• Monthly local trainings
– And participation to local tradeshows, dealer
events, etc…
• Monthly On-Line catch up sessions with
European Management
• Bi-annual Super User Conference
– Somewhere in European City for a week (2
day training, 1 day Marketing and Strategy, 1
day Fun)
– All expenses paid
• New products
– On strategic product launches we supply
Super Users with new product. Eg Sony
Tablet
6. Challenges
• East to West
– Everybody is different
– Lots of personalities
– Can’t expect same commitment from all
of them
• How to quantify Value and Effort
– Link into Super User behaviour report.
– How do they act on other platforms
(Facebook, twitter & other for a)
• Build local relationship between forum
Manager and SU vs European
relationship
– They think European relationship will get
them more
7. Super User Conference – Copenhagen
Beg/September 2012
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday 7th
Agenda 4th 5th 6th
• 65 participants
• Ranging from AM:
Technical AM: Service
AM: Fly-in
training PISE and Support
• Super Users Team
Building
• Marketing Europe PM: PM: PM: Forum
Technical Technical &
• IS Europe training training Community
VAIO,Tablet, Walkman, MKTG
• Forum Managers & Reader HV, TV, SEN update
• Technical trainers
• Sony Mobile Forum
8.
9. 3 Tips to success
1. We are working with
Humans
2. Explain clearly your goals to
your Super Users
3. Put your Top management
in front of them.
Hinweis der Redaktion
Headline > Attempt to keep the title to ONE LINE ONLY – so creative titling may be requiredSlide Summary Statement > a soundbite that people could read an immediately understand what the slide is referring to, and what is expected of them as reviewers/audience – keep this to ONE LINE ONLYPrimary bullet > DO NOT allow this bullet to go beyond one line – creative abbreviating is required. Remember slides are an aid memoire for you as a presenter, and an attractive Segway into your discussion, not a document that needs to be read by the audience – hand outs can be prepared if takeaway data is necessary for the audience to understand more.Spaces between bullets > To space out the distance between primary bullets – add a carriage return AFTER a sub-bullet. Where no sub-bullet is required, a carriage return after the primary bullet will suffice.Picture > A nice to have as it breaks up the monotony of text only – it can be relevant, humorous or emotive.For any of the elements above – please feel free to ask me to help out (images and look/feel) Paul Tucker