4. More than 6,000 Customer-submitted photographs More than 77,000 friends We now have over 670,000 followers More than ONE MILLION people have viewed our content In its first month, we had 1.2M visitors to the mobile site 29,989 Total Profiles as of 7/3 One of the first Fortune 500 companies to have a blog. Named Best Blog by PR News for two years in a row Reaches over 12 million visitors monthly Southwest Communication Touchpoints More than 500 Employees listed on LinkedIn including our CEO.
11. With our Southwest Airlines Facebook page, we have over 80K Superfans. Facebook is about personal conversation style connections – and the Superfans are not shy to call us on any updates that are more “marketer-speak”. Southwest Airlines Facebook Fan Page
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14. Southwest Airlines joined Twitter in July ‘07 and has built relationships with over 750K Customers as well as with Twitter itself. Earlier this summer, Twitter included @SouthwestAir as a Suggested User. Southwest Airlines Twitter Page
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16. Slideshow of Southwest flickr images Our brand is the backdrop for life events. We are interacting with our Customers at some of the most important, special events of their life. Southwest Airlines flickr Page
17. Our Influencers Jen Leo: Travel blogger for LA Times. More than 3,400 followers on Twitter. LUVS SWA! “ Curbcrusher” aka Drew Ramsey: Self-proclaimed airline geek. Regularly reaches out to reporters to share the Southwest “scoop.” Has been known to contact us about an issue, before we know it exists! “ Flygirl737700” aka Laura Groves: A Southwest Captain. She goes to bat for us constantly, and weighs in on all airline conversations. Perfect role model of how Employees can participate online.
23. @Shamu: Sea World’s Twitter is written from Shamu’s perspective. Funny posts and pictures of the animal world, trivia, giveaways, and light-hearted humor @ChurchsChicken: Witty, zaney tweets Twitter Works Best if Your Brand is FUN…
24. Twitter posts are relevant to the Customer’s needs. Use the channel to communicate “new” news but with the inside scoop – Zappos posted the e-mail he sent to employees about the Amazon acquisition. If Your Brand is Relevant…
25. Gives the brand a real, conversational voice. Simple, no gimmicks, genuine responses. And, if You’re Brand is Real
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27. @ jkrums There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy. Within 10 minutes of the aircraft touching the water, a Consumer generated photo and headline were circulating on Twitter Brands in Crisis: US Airways/Hudson
28. By 9am on July 14, this picture had been viewed 6,100 times Brands in Crisis: SWA/Flight 2294
Welcome! The agenda reads Ropin’ and Ridin’ in the Social Media World So ask the audience if they’re ready for you to “rope” them in and “ride” with you As you take them into the social media revolution.
Kevin Lets take a look at audience reach “ Old” Media Newspapers continue to see declining reach That’s one of the reasons we do very little newspaper advertising At the same time, our own “channels” have grown dramatically Our website southwest.com reaches over 12 million Unique Customers per month We have over 300,000 followers on Twitter and we are seeing over 7000 new followers each day People want to Connect with our Brand The Social Media stats are staggering.
Linda This slide will demonstrate how our communication during crisis has changed in just 5 years
Kevin and Linda Here are our Southwest Social Media Touchpoints Kevin cover southwest.com, travel guide, Linked in, southwest.com mobile Linda - you tube, twitter, nuts about southwest, flickr, facebook
Linda Slide Important Take Away: Our early involvement is shaping these channels as much as they are shaping us. TV is fixed medium – but social media is constantly evolving. Southwest is a pioneer in this space and in turn is part of the DNA.
Transition Slide Kevin - so lets take a deep dive into the some of the largest social media channels and how we are a part of the conversation We’ll also give you a chance to play as we’ve got some polling questions for you!
Linda Social Media can be called a strategy and an outlet for broadcasting, while Social Networking is a tool and a utility for connecting with others. Overall Tone of Definition Slides to communicate that we can provide all the definitions but the best way to understand these spaces is to explore and poke around on your own. Similar to learning how to ride a bike…
Linda How many of you have watched a video clip on You Tube?
Linda Click to View Top Image to Play the Engine Washing Video – This video has received over 62,000 views Talk about the other videos and the high number of views……Too Pretty to Fly….over 219,000 What Not to Pack ….over 110,000 views…..GAP Rap…..over 40,000 views Amazing stats
Kevin - How many of you have a profile in Facebook? How many of you had to get your kids to help you set it up? Connect with current friends and reunite with high school and college buddies Share photos. Tell people where you are and what you’re doing. Publish updates frequently ……warning……it can become addictive!
Kevin - Here’s a snapshot of our Facebook Fan Page Key Thing to Point Out: You’re chatting with Tom, Lindsey, and Christi – Personal Connection, which is what social media is about.
Linda Key Take-Away: Our Employees and Employee’s families are already in the space, interacting with each other and publicly representing the company. The goal is not to control these conversations but to encourage under some guidelines (keeping groups private).
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Linda Slide Christi to engage Twitter audience within hours of presentation time and ask them to say hi to the Southwest leadership team – and show responses live (give a sense of immediacy and engagement). Will show live tweets later in the presentation
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Kevin KEY TAKEAWAY: Southwest is a lifestyle brand – Our brand is the backdrop for life events. We are interacting with our Customers at some of the most important, special events of their life.
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Linda Slide KEY TAKEAWAYS: Each of these videos were captured by a Customer. Although our Employees are the main focus in these videos, the Customer is the one creating the conversation. These videos surfaced because we have monitors within the space. David Story
Kevin Slide The bigger the word, the more frequently it’s Tweeted by the airline’s account. This shows how we are representing ourselves within the space. Key Take Away: Success that our social media channels have been able to communicate and reflect the core of Southwest. Southwest Overall: Evokes feelings, thanks, hope. Even RT (retweet) is large showing the focus on what the Customer is saying. jetBlue and Alaska: Very tactical, Alaska name doesn’t even come up
Linda So lets look into some case studies Who’s doing it right and who’s not
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Linda Slide Church’s Note: Focus is on community giving
Linda Zappos Relevant example is his post including the e-mail he sent all employees about the Amazon acquisition – Transparent
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Kevin slide SWA Tie: The day this story broke, we posted our policy on traveling with instruments on our Twitter page and even had a Customer create and post their own music video about how SWA doesn’t break his guitar.
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Kevin Introduce the team (also in the back of the room) Thank them (round of applause) for doing such an amazing job for Southwest Call them….Email them ……or better yet…..connect with them on Facebook and schedule a tutoring class!