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Even if you want to avoid social media you can’t. Its pervasiveness & power to reach global audiences instantly creates dramatic impacts. Here are 3 reasons you can’t ignore it. 1. You can be drawn in 2. People in your business use it 3. The law says so This is the first in a series of presentations that looks at why you're already in social and gives you a list of important questions to ensure you, your Board and executives know how to answer.
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reasons you can’t avoid #socialmedia (even if you want to)
#1 You Can Be Drawn In
Dionne Kasian-Lew @dionnelew
Even if you want to avoid social media
you can’t.
Sad news for some.
Its pervasiveness & power to reach global audiences instantly creates
DRAMATIC impacts.
There are many reasons you can’t ignore it -
here’s ONE
#1
You can be drawn in
The reality is you’re already involved.
I could pick any number of examples to illustrate the
point -
In 2012 an Australian radio show host said the then Prime Minister’s father died in shame
because of her lies.
That was Sunday.
He later apologised “This was a throw-away thing at a private function, which – I thought it was a private function," he said.
Those who believed the gesture was not good
enough coalesced online.
More than 56,000 people signed up to an online campaign, pressuring
advertisers to withdraw.
That was Monday.
Many did.
Some of those who withdrew included...
Mercedes-Benz Hornsby, Woolworths, Freedom Furniture,
Lexus of Parramatta, Coles, ING, Bing Lee, Mazda, 7-Eleven, Sydney Symphony Orchestra & HCF
BIG NAMES
That cost the radio station up to $80,000 per day.
These businesses announced their decisions online,
mostly via Twitter
Inadvertently brands became
associated with a statement they did not make, but which
contradicted their own or customers’ values.
Those which did not withdraw came under pressure to
explain.
No one in these businesses woke up that morning
expecting to have to pull or justify their marketing.
Who does?
This is the speed & impact of connected communication.
So 3 questions for you -
1. How would your business respond to a
similar incident?
2. Has your Board or Executive got a policy on when you would & would not withdraw support?
3. Where would you announce the decision?
Your executives should be able to answer every one of
these questions
If they can’t & you’re reading this you probably have a role
in driving that conversation.
(You might want to send them this?)
& think about THIS -
Since BCG says it’s a
$4.2 trillion opportunity
& you’re already involved
... how you
LEverage it - instead
The Social Executive – how to master social media and why it’s good for business will be published globally by Wiley in July 2014 – click here get notified once it’s out – Thank you for listening. Dionne
DION N E K ASI A N-LEW
the socialEX ECU T I V E
how to master social media and why it’s good for business