Reconnect with our consumer (by Thomas Troch)

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Reconnect with our customer

Senior Research Innovator 2011-current

InSites Consulting

Research Consultant 2010-2011

InSites Consulting

Master in Product Development 2005-2010

Artesis University College of Antwerp

thomas@insites-consulting.com

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7,827 consumers (age 15+)

across 19 countries,

representative for the online

population within country on

gender, age and e-commerce.

>2,000 facts and figures about social media in 19 countries

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Setting the scene.

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Operational Excellence

Customer Intimacy

Product Leadership

3 types of strategic focus (Tracey & Wiersema)

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3 types of strategic focus (Tracey & Wiersema)

Operational Excellence

Customer Intimacy

Product Leadership

Provide customers with good, standard products

at low cost

Provide customers with high quality innovative

products

Provide customers with personalized products

that exceed expectations

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3 types of strategic focus (Tracey & Wiersema)

Operational Excellence

Customer Intimacy

Product Leadership

Provide customers with good, standard products

at low cost

Provide customers with high quality innovative

products

Provide customers with personalized products

that exceed expectations

Consumers are at the heart of our organisations

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Identification of marketers with their target group

6%

7%

6%

15%

30%

24%

7%

4%

5%

8%

6%

19%

35%

17%

5%

4%

64% 73%

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We are different, yet we have a lot of confidence!

I know what consumers want

My own behavior helps me better understand consumers' behavior

My gut feeling helps me understand consumers' behavior

Because I spend a lot of time with consumers, I understand them better

72% 70%

69% 69%

68% 67%

66% 67%

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Our customers.

Who are they?

Let’s look at our customers…

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? 4 things to remember about the new customer

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Can you come up with a

crazy weekend activity?

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Consumers create content themselves…

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… and social networks stimulate this.

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Awareness of social network

sites is very high. Facebook is

close to 100%, Twitter reaches

80% awareness and Google+ is

known by 70%.

More than 7 out of 10 internet

users are member of at least 1

social network. This implies that

more than 1.5 billion people use

social network sites.

The world is not waiting for the

next social network. In fact,

most people want to keep their

digital life as it is.

No need for something new and

no intention to quit.

On average, people only join 1 or 2

social networks.

The Twitter & Google+

paradoxes are living evidence for

this conclusion: both sites are very

well known, but their adoption is

still rather low.

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Consumers are willing to join „unique‟ new social networks

Awareness of new social networks like Instagram and Pinterest is picking up.

25% know Instagram, 24% are aware of Pinterest.

Further, users show a very high intention to use both sites more in the future.

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Consulting and sharing experience in the purchase process

PRE POST DURING

53% of smartphone

users compare prices

during shopping via

their smartphone.

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57% A person from your contact

list

14% A company

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Everyone is a critic/reviewer and the outcome may leverage your brand…

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... or damage your brand

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?

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Perfect information

Consumer-generated

Trustworthy

Lightning fast

Fuelled by social media

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?

?

empowered

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Cultures were never so close

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Stimulation junkies. On the go, but 100% connected.

Boost in adoption

of smart phones: 51% of internet users

have a smartphone,

most have a data

subscription on it.

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On average, people install

22 apps on their

smartphone, 9 of which are

used at least weekly. Social network apps are the

most popular ones.

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Segmentation? Maybe contextually. Maybe.

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? ?

empowered

Globally in touch

Hyperfast learning

Raising bar of expectations

Segmentation = difficult

cosmopolitan empowered

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? ?

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What‟s YOUR perfect

restaurant experience

like?

8/10 consumers want

to help in co-creation

projects of companies

they like.

The only thing they ask in return: give us feedback on what you do with our input.

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Market research communities

are highly appreciated by

consumers.

36% prefer to participate in a

branded research community.

These communities come second

after a Facebook community.

Consumers believe that their

feedback will have a high impact

in a research community. The

latter is their key motivation to

help brands.

The customer is open to co-creation, but

many companies are not. The challenge is to

integrate the vision of the customer in every

organization, all the way to the boardroom.

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Consumers are probably the most effective consultants your company can hire.

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Higher purchase intention for products co-created by peers. (van Dijk, 2012)

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cosmopolitan empowered

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? Sharing feedback

Walking in our shoes

Concrete business outcomes

smart co-creator

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cosmopolitan empowered

?

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The paradox of choice.

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smart co-creator

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cosmopolitan empowered

Rational overload

Emotional heuristics

Herd behaviour

Emotional sharing

smart co-creator

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cosmopolitan empowered

emotional

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?

?

?

? 4 things to remember about the new customer

smart co-creator

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cosmopolitan empowered

emotional

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It’s the media, stupid!

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What‟s the impact

on brands?

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Our customers.

How to reconnect?

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POST

Brand

Activation

Conversation

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STEP 1 Brand

leverage

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Branding – definition (American Marketing Association)

A name, term, design, symbol, or

any other feature that identifies

one seller's good or service as

distinct from those of other sellers.

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Brands are emotions

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Understanding the concept of BRAND IDENTIFICATION

Bra

nd

id

enti

ty

My

iden

tity

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Brand

leverage

R²=.50

Brand

Conversations

Brand Perception

Brand

Identification

Purchase brand

Promote brand

Brand is

close to ideal

Global R&D project in 15 countries

Partnership with Houston

University

N=5.900

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TAKE IT FORWARD by creating brand experiences

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POST

Brand

Activation

Conversation

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STEP 2 Activation

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Broadcasting the ad is just the

beginning, not the end!

Advertising is … the beginning of

a conversation.

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Nomination for product of the year. And lots of conversations.

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DANGER! Activation for

the sake of activation?

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Marketing manager

will be happy

Conversation Manager

will be sad

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POST

Brand

Activation

Conversation

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STEP 3 Conversation

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“It brings you

answers to questions

you didn‟t ask”

Hans Schmeits

VP Global Marketing pharmaceutical company

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Consumers are more positive than you might think.

More than half of their

comments about

brands are positive.

Fewer than 10% are

negative.

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50% post information about products, brands

and/or companies on social networks.

Co

nv

ersa

tio

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tart

ers Product experience

Promotions

Contests

News

Advertising: decreases

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55% of social network users

are connected to brands.

7.0 is the average

number of

brands

followed

actively

10.6 is the average

number of brands

followed

5.0 is the average

number of

brands

followers

interact with

Clear expectations from

consumers vis-à-vis brands: 1. Share product info

2. Do promotions

3. Give away free stuff

4. Bring news

5. Use us in co-creation projects

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Until now, we

only used the

first dimension

of social media

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First dimension: build reach

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Second dimension: collaboration

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Str

uctu

ral

co

llab

ora

tio

n

Low

Reach

High

Lo

w

Hig

h

By combining these

two dimensions,

brands can

optimize

the conversation

potential of their

consumers.

Each of these quadrants

has value in a

conversation strategy.

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Str

uctu

ral

co

llab

ora

tio

n

Low

Reach

High

Lo

w

Hig

h

Consumer

consulting

board

Conversations

Broad, open

collaboration

Customer

experience

Content

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RESEARCH

carefully screened group of consumers

gathered around a common interest

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RESEARCH

carefully screened group of consumers

gathered around a common interest

joining a closed online platform

longitudinal connection

managed by passionate moderators

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RESEARCH

carefully screened group of consumers

gathered around a common interest

joining a closed online platform

longitudinal connection

managed by passionate moderators

needs beliefs

perceptions

motivations

underlying emotions

aspirations

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It is so frustrating not to be

noticed by the bartender! I’m

clearly trying to get his attention,

however others are being served

before me.

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Reconnect with

customers.

What could be

the result?

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To wrap up…

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No matter your

strategy, it‟s always

about the customer

#1

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There is a disconnect

between companies and

customers

#2

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Today‟s consumer

is empowered

#3

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Today‟s consumer

is a cosmopolitan

#4

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Today‟s consumer

is a smart co-creator

#5

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Today‟s consumer

is emotional

#6

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But in the end,

it‟s about people

talking to people

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The brand is

your starting point

#8

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Advertising is

the start of a

conversation

#9

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Observe, facilitate &

join the conversation

#10

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And go into

listening mode

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Because that helps you

connecting with your

customer again

#12

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