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Superstar companies are growing companies based on the power of people (both internal and external). These people spread content on different touchpoints and this in line with the company's values and business objectives.

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The superstar company

Prof Steven Van Belleghem@Steven_InSites

#cm48

Look at today’s business world.It’s full of paradox’s. Really.

Conversations are the key driver of growthBut we are afraid to manage or join them.

16%Even believes word-of-mouth is not relevant in their business

Happy clients are drivers to positive conversations.But customer service often sucks.

10% NEVER answers customer questions!Shocking, isn’t it?

Helping people helps.Exceeding customer expectations builds loyalty (81% repeats, 63% recommends) and falling below customer expectations erodes loyalty (5%/71%).* Forrester, Build Loyalty By Exceeding Expectations When Resolving Customer Problems, 2010   

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Most companies even wait for their critical incident.Question is why being so reactive?

On May 22nd 2010, Foodwatch and Kassa awarded Actimel het Gouden Windei, for misleading Dutch consumers.

And…they knew this was a conversation topic.

Youp Van’t Hek, famous Dutch Cabaretier

Started twittering about the lousy customer service of Dutch telco T-Mobile, after his son

experienced weeks of problems with their helpdesk.

45.000 followers

45.000 followers

Youp was contacted by the boss of

T-Mobile 30’ after the tweets!

45.000 followers

The generated negative buzz (increase of 19%) resulted in

serious image damage

estimated at € 300.000 !

(source: buzzcaputure)

45.000 followers

A central complaints address youp@nrc.nl already received

more than 5000 stories!

A crisis is like a vulcano.You always get a warning signal first, so also time to react.

“Wij erkennen dat ook binnen ons bedrijf fouten worden gemaakt. Dat willen wij niet goedpraten en daar doen we wat aan. De oproep aan grote bedrijven om te

luisteren naar hun klanten en hen niet van het kastje naar de muur te sturen, is duidelijk. Wij zijn ons ervan bewust dat niet altijd alles vlekkeloos verloopt,

daarom blijven we werken aan een verdere verbetering van onze dienstverlening. Concreet betekent dit onder andere dat wij ons de komende periode zullen

richten op het verkorten van onze wachttijden en het aanpassen van het toestelreparatieproces.“

http://www.t-mobile.nl/persoonlijk/htdocs/popup/youpvanthek.aspx

We want our employees to be ambassadors.But we block them from all social media.

Before we continu...I would like to take you back in time..... #flashback

Once upon a time,About 50 years ago,

a new & very dangerous technology was invented!

Companies did everything in their power tokeep this new technology out of their premises.

It would decrease efficiency andcaused a serious threat for the securty of the company.

Let’s continue to travel back to our time.But have a quick stop 15 years ago..... #flashback

Once upon a time,About 15 years ago,

a new & very dangerous technology was invented!

Companies did everything in their power tokeep this new technology out of their premises.

It would decrease efficiency andcaused a serious threat for the securty of the company.

We’re back in our current world.Nothing changed, we are still afraid of change & innovation.

Limited knowledge brings FEAR!The famous ‘what if someone will be negative?’ question pops up.We solve it by blocking people. Not the way to grasp opportunities.

Note by Steven to audience

Sorry for this dumb question I’m about to ask you...

(please, please don’t tweet it)

Dilemma! Which company will grow faster?

Company A

1000 employees

10% are sending positive stories about their job to their

friends. This happens organic, no guidance from their employer

Company B

1000 employees

40% are sending positive stories about their job to their

friends. This happens based on a great culture & facilitation in

sharing great stories

Dilemma! Which company will grow faster?

Company B

1000 employees

40% are sending positive stories about their job to their

friends. This happens based on a great culture & facilitation in

sharing great stories

Note by Steven to himself

But hey, why should I say sorry for this dumb question as...

The large majority of the companies is in situation A (or worse)

And by the way, it’s not just guessing.

McKinsey proved that connected enterprises experience faster growth

than closed enterprises.

#fact

Look at today’s business worldIt’s full of paradox’s. Really.

Conversations are drivers of growth,but we don’t manage them.

Happy clients are drivers of conversations, but our service sucks.

Our employees need to be our ambassadors, but we block them from social media.

Breaking the paradox brings you to the pot of gold.Happy people that don’t speak about your great company.

On average: 28% of your customers is in this pot.

28%

The bad news:A Conversation Manager is not enough.

It is time to change

your company

into a Superstar Company

A company in which people are the key driver for growth, sharing engaging content through all relevant

touchpoints, building upon the company’s culture and business objectives.

Superstar Company?

People

Content

Touchpoints

In line with company culture & business objectives

company culture & business objectives

STRATEGY

People

Content

Touchpoints

Tactics

It all starts with company culture.Culture identification or is it brand identification.

Quick question.

How many value sets does your company has?

Quick question.

How many value sets does your company has?

Identical forcustomers & employees?

Possible answers

0: disaster

1: cool

2: I don’t understand

“Brand positioning is the long term effectof company culture.” Toni Shieh, CEO Zappos

If someone asks you a question, answer politely. Zappos invites every employee to WOW their customers. By the way: 11% of organizations doesn’t reply to customer emails.* InSites Consulting, Meet The Joneses Research, 2010

A remarkable company culture works.Every company has it’s stories and ambassadors, like Nike’s Ekins. Capitalize on these stories and turn your employees in an army of ambassadors.

You think culture is important,but are you serious about it?

This guys probably thinks healthy food is important…

These guys are pretty serious about it.And they outperform the market.

These guys are pretty serious about it.And they outperform the market.

These guys are pretty serious about it.And they outperform the market.

These guys are pretty serious about it.And they outperform the market.

We are pretty serious about it.And we outperform the market.

Step 1:Culture becomes

part of your marketing strategy

Step 2: The road to

implementation

People

Content

Touchpoints

Tactics

People

Content

Touchpoints

Tactics

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Conversations from external stakeholders

Proud company

Boring company Adored company

ConversationalCompany

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Conversations from external stakeholders

Proud company

Boring company Adored company

ConversationalCompany

Fans Positives Neutrals Negatives Haters

Success stories

AcquisitionWIIFM

PrejudicesPerceptionsBugs & FlawsTemp problems

It is great I want to make it better

It could be better

It should be better

It cannot be better

Feed EmbraceCelebrate

EngageActivate

Neutralize IsolateIgnoreLearn

Sentiment engagement framework. How to react and respond to different peopleonline.

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40%negative

7%negative

Position your customer,not your brand

Make them look good, using your brand.

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Conversations from external stakeholders

Proud company

Boring company Adored company

ConversationalCompany

Help them in being proud about their own job.

You do it offline, now do it online as well.

People

Content

Touchpoints

Tactics

Formal

Central content creation.Created by a central team.

One voice towards the world.Control of content going out.

Informal

Everyone can createinformal content but within

the limitations.

3 social media teams create formal content.‘Common Sense’ policy for informal content.

Create some cool bed-time stories.Stories that will go down in history as myths & legends. Build your own heroes.

People

Content

Touchpoints

Tactics

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Reach

Put a spotlighton it

HygieneMake sure it works

Conv. worthy?

Star

Spotlight strategy.Small act, but huge reach.

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Reach

Press conferenceHome visit

Niche productInternet connection

Invoice

FacebookAdvertising

Stores

Example for a Telco player

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Touchpoint expectations management.Simple rule: Under promise & over deliver.

Deal with increasing expectations.People know what you can do, they don’t care about your agenda.

Deal with increasing expectations.People know what you can do, they don’t care about your agenda.

Deal with increasing expectations.People know what you can do, they don’t care about your agenda.

Create spotlights for your conversational stories.

Step 2: People, content,

touchpoints

Step 3: Structure?

Who facilitates the content,

people & touchpoints of

the Superstar Company?

Not so easy due to the SILO-structure of our organisations.

Management

HR Sales Marketing CustomerCare R&D IT ...

Often seen solution to cope with conversation management = add another silo...

Management

HR Sales Marketing CustomerCare R&D IT ...

Social Media/

Conv Mgr

You can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs.Time to RE-think company structure.

Facilitate the integration of Conversation Managementin EVERYTHING you do.

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Companies organize for social in 5 ways

ConversationManager

HR

R&D

Legal

Mkt

GeneralMgm

CustCare IT

Sales

Step 3: The Conversation

Manager as facilitator

Superstar companies are

fast growing. Time to start your

change.

And now…Just do it!

It all starts with:

“the man in the mirror”

You have 48 hours left to start

your change

Thank you!

Let’s connect:Via LinkedIn

@steven_insitessteven@insites.eu