24. What has BT done about it? An introduction to BTTradespace
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26. BT Tradespace: A Tool for Conversational Marketing Showcase and sell Recommend Be reviewed Demonstrate expertise Make contact easy
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28. Small business gets it #1: Arena Flowers “ Although traditional means of generating traffic to the site are still effective, the Web 2.0 seems to have taken into a new level. User generated content plays a vital role in branding and marketing. For example, the facebook application has been a great branding exercise for us with a good percent of traffic from it.“ Response to comment on Arena Flowers’ BT Tradespace Blog Customer service agents blogging (and really well) Building brand and winning new leads through Facebook
29. Small business gets it #2: Chocolate Truffle Company Using blogs for customer research Building a dialogue with customers (and great chocs too)
30. Small business gets it #3: Steve the Brickie Could Steve the brickie do a Blendtec? Demonstrating expertise Creating a new revenue stream (if I ever need a brickie, he’s convinced me)
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34. … then follow steps in your ‘Tradespace Manager’ and you are off….
35. What’s the media saying? “ BT Tradespace drags businesses kicking and screaming onto Web 2.0.” THE REGISTER “ The thing I find most interesting about something like Tradespace is the way it’s partly bringing back some of that personal interaction between customer and business that you had in the days when you could chat to your local butcher / baker / candlestick maker while buying stuff.” TECHSCAPE TV (blog) The significance of this [BT’s on-demand and social media partnership with Microsoft] cannot be over-emphasised.” SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY LEADERSHIP DELIVERY VISION
36. What are customers saying? “ In the first three months of using BT Tradespace, Daisy Diva went from being a relatively unknown business with no website to getting nearly 2,000 hits. And as well as upping sales, we got an entirely new business contract with a company called Naturalicious, an online organic cosmetics company that was impressed with our home-made products.” DAISY DIVA, NATURAL SKINCARE “ After just one month using the BT Tradespace service, the HedgePig Tradespace page had received over 1600 hits. This corresponded with the main website seeing a substantial rise in visitors and sales, resulting in a monthly turnover increase of around 20%.” HEDGEPIG, NOVELTY GIFTS “ Tradespace helps us to improve our business model…Being part of the BT Tradespace community really does allow us to add that personal touch, particularly with the blogs and podcasts options.” ARENA FLOWERS, ETHICAL FLOWER SALES SALES SERVICE TRAFFIC
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Editor's Notes
What's Web 2.0 got to do with me? Thanks Me Scare you - then incentivise How the internet is empowering small businesses and how you can get involved. The internet is evolving and the pace of change is accelerating. The rules of engagement are being rewritten and the customer now controls the agenda. At the same time new tools are available to help you engage with your customers; both new and existing. Do you know what these are and how to deploy them economically and with tangible results? BTtradespace is a new, free platform where you are given all the interactivity you need to engage in ‘social commerce’. It is good for your business, good for sales, good for your website’s Google ranking, all measurable, transparent and lets the world know that you ‘get it’.
Invention of web – web designers Html - xml Software and behavioural changes Wikipaedia youtube facebook myspace
Collaboration - eg HSBC
My views not BT’s
Encyclopaedia Britannica – wikipedia
Cacophony of conversations on your computer
Second gold rush? No but….
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Put your business at the heart of the conversation with your customers if you want to be relevant to them
Pay per click” (PPC) is a form of advertising on search engines, in which advertisers bid on specific keywords which they predict their target market will use Optimising your website yourself for search is only going to get harder as search engines like Google begin to use more complex and sophisticated tools. Basics are Have an about us section or description of your business – make it relevant to what you do. You can use Google to see what people are searching for in your industry. Sum up your business in a line under your name Have keywords but don’t over do it. Spiders look for address, h1 headings, body copy Useful, rich content will take you further up the rankings the richer the mix of content the better - the higher the vote from search engines. Tradespacers using the 'Businesses we like' feature to link between themselves are ranking higher
By giving you a podium to talk about what you do, you’re subtly selling your products and services. Every person listening is a potential customer. Social media offers insights and understanding never before achievable. Conversations, previously out of site of marketers, are now freely available online. Grow/complement your business. Communities are a sure-fire way to meet like-minded people. If you make every conversation you have meaningful, you find people who are either interested in your business, who can complement your business, who can share expertise and help your business grow. the best part? It’s all free of charge!