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   Airline Industry
                                         By:
  Exploring the use of social media      Alexis Groves
                                         Katie Hibson
within the airline industry to improve   Jessica Kuhn
                                         Emily Law
   relationships with constituents       Katy Leuschner
Table of Contents

  3 - Introduction            11 - YouTube Case Studies
  4 - Twitter                 12 - Online Newsroom
  5 - Twitter Case Studies    13 - Online Newsroom Case Study
  6 - Facebook                14 - Conclusion
  7 - Facebook Case Studies   15 - Conclusion Continued
  8 - Blogs                   16 - Work Cited
  9 - Blogs Case Study        17 - Work Cited 2
  10 - YouTube                18 - Work Cited 3




                                     How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry   Pg. 2
Introduction
Purpose:                                                                               Objectives:
The purpose of this e-book is to assist the airline                                    · To help your airline industry understand the importance of
industry with the proper utilization of social media                                     the utilization of social media
tools in order to reach out to their publics and establish
                                                                                       · To familiarize your airline industry with several di erent
a foundation of two-way communication. Social
                                                                                         social media tools available to use
media tools such as Twitter, blogs, Facebook, online
newsrooms, and YouTube are available for the industry                                  · To provide speci c case studies that illustrate how these
to use, however there are important guidelines that                                      social media tools can be used e ectively and ine ectively
companies should follow.
                                                                                       · To provide your airline industry with our “Top 10 List” of
We want to show that the airline industry is not only                                    important social media tips
restricted to an airport. The industry can communicate
with its stakeholders virtually through social media,
not just physically. According to author Joel Postman
of SocialCorp, the overall goal for companies that use
social media should be to reach their constituents
where they live, work, and play.1




1. Postman, Joel. SocialCorp. 1st ed. Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2009. pp. 39. Print.

                                                                                                  How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry     Pg. 3
Twitter
                            Twitter, the not-so-formal                                                     negative comments gives your company
                      microblogging social media tool, is a                                                an opportunity to connect with your
                      crucial component in building customer                                               consumers as well as the bene t of
                      conversations. The website allows brief                                              free, honest feedback. It is the perfect
                      messages (140 characters or less) to be                                              medium to advertise promotional ight
                      posted to the public account, and helps                                              deals quickly and e ectively to a large
                                  your company listen to your                                              audience, and can be mobilized quickly
                                  customers, track trends,                                                 to communicate during a crisis or handle
“ Twitter allows a company and direct tra c to your                                                        customer service issues.
to monitor what is being said company’s website.1 Twitter                                                         Directory Journal blogger Shana
                                  can help foster an attitude of                                           Albert o ers tips in what people are
about their company...                        ”
                                  trust towards your company
                                  as well as improve customer
                                                                                                           looking for with Twitter. She lists traveling
                                                                                                           recommendations, suggestions, and
                                  relations.                                                               miscellaneous tips as the top hot
                          The airline industry is one that stands                                          topics tweeted about airlines.3 Your
                      to bene t substantially from Twitter.                                                company should absolutely consider
                      Twitter allows a company to monitor                                                  incorporating Twitter into your social
                      what is being said about their company,                                              media platform if you want to get a
                      using tracking methods like Splitweet.                                               competitive edge and closely monitor
                      com.2 Responding to both positive and                                                the satisfaction of your customers.



1. Mardesich, Jodi. “Business Uses For Twitter,” Inc. Technology. Updated 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
2. Splitweet.com. Updated 2011. Retrieved 26 January, 2011.
3. Albert, Shana. “How Airlines are Using Social Media,” Directory Journal. Published 29 December, 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

                                                                                                     How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry       Pg. 4
Twitter: Case Studies

                                                                                             Delta Airlines Ignores Twitter
                                                                                             and Pays the Price
                                                                                                  Twitter can be your worst nightmare if you are
                                                                                             not tuned into what is being said online about your
  Virgin America on Top of                                                                   own company. Delta Airlines learned this lesson the
  Their Twitter                                                                              hard way when Andy Azula, senior Vice President
                                                                                             Creative Director of the Martin Agency, used Twitter
        An online article1 by Advertising Age detailed the                                   to complain about Delta mishandling a ight delay.
  saga of a man who was tweeting about his unhappiness                                       He linked a letter to his Twitter account describing the
  with the ight service while en route to Boston.                                            incident and detailed how he missed several important
  Seeing his criticism on Twitter, a Virgin America team                                     engagements.2
  was waiting for him when he landed to address the                                                Instead of responding to his Twitter outburst,
  customer service issue and ask if they could be of any                                     Delta said they were in the midst of developing
  assistance. Virgin America’s response is a prime example                                   their social media policies for Twitter. Their refusal to
  of how Twitter can be utilized to provide fast responses                                   respond to an unhappy passenger and participate in
  and allow a negative situation to be corrected quickly.                                    the online discussion was a basic mistake, especially
                                                                                             when there were so many negative comments posted
                                                                                             in response to Azula’s story, according travel blogger
                                                                                             Chris Elliot. The value of Twitter lies in the ability to
                                                                                             respond to problems immediately and communicate
                                                                                             quickly with customers; however, it only works when
                                                                                             you participate in your end of the conversation.

1. Bush, Michael. “How Twitter Can Help or Hurt an Airline,” Advertising Age. Published 16 July, 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
2. Wheaton, Ken. “UPS Guy Goes After Delta Airlines,” Advertising Age. Published 15 July, 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

                                                                                                      How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry   Pg. 5
Facebook
        Facebook has the power to                      popular; KLM’s playful nature is                         dominated site, Facebook is also the
be a powerful force in the airline                     illustrated through their luggage tag                    perfect medium to access customers.
industry, with the best use as a                       application, which allows travelers                      It can provide invaluable bene ts to
forum for discussion and interaction                   to create their own personalized                         your company if utilized correctly.
between customers and your                             tags.2 Posting videos or pictures
airline. The carriers with the most                    about the newest ight feature gives
successful online presence are those                   customers new information as well
with active, helpful conversations                     as bragging about your airline.3 Your
with users via the Facebook                            company can easily and quickly post
“wall.” Informal, friendly bonds are                   information and updates about a
established, leaving your customer                     crisis, as shown during an April 2010
with a feeling of goodwill towards                     volcanic eruption in Iceland that
your company.1                                         paralzyed the airline industry for
        Facebook can be a fantastic                    over a week. Airlines used Facebook
tool to display your airline’s brand,                  to reassure travelers, provide
brag about a new product, or                           updates, and answer panicked
handle a crisis. Fun, user friendly                    questions from customers.4
applications have proved very                                Despite its reputation as a teen-

1. Astrom, Jesper. “5 Valuable takes from Airlines use of Facebook – the “snow fog story”. JesperAstrom.com. Published 2011
2. JetBlue Airways Corporation. “JetBlue Airways Introduces Go Places Application on Facebook® Platform”. Stockhouse.com. Published 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
3. May, Kevin. “How the top ten airlines in the world use Facebook”. Tnooz.com. Published 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
4. Levy, Dan. “How Airlines Handled the Ash Cloud – Engagement Checkup”. Sparksheet.com. Published 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

                                                                                                   How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry                      Pg. 6
Facebook: Case Studies

                                                                                        United Airlines Misreads
                                                                                        Situation in Time of Crisis
                                                                                              United Airlines made the mistake of appearing
  Delta Airlines a Step Ahead                                                           insensitive and thoughtless with their opening
                                                                                        Facebook page during a winter storm in December
  with Facebook Application                                                             2010. Flights were grounded and travelers were
         Delta Airlines proved their social media savviness                             stranded, and instead of using the opportunity to
  when they announced the addition of a ticket booking                                  connect with stranded travelers and communicate
  application on their Facebook page. The “Book A                                       updates and advice, United’s opening Facebook page
  Trip” tab allows a customer to reserve a ight and                                     was an advertisement informing customers of their
  tell a Facebook “friend” about the trip, facilitating the                             ongoing promotional program for the American
  process of reserving seats together. Including friends                                Cancer Society. The advertisement was not appropriate
  in the booking process was not only a smart business                                  for travelers desperate for information about how to
  move, but also a nod to the core value and attraction                                 get home.2
  of Facebook itself – the capacity to easily connect and
  network with friends. By including the application
  on their Facebook page, Delta has made themselves
  available to a broader range of potential customers.1




1. Bhaduri, Ranjan. “Facebook Users Can Now Book Delta Airlines Flights Using Their Accounts”. Thaindian News. Published 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
2. Astrom, Jesper. “5 Valuable takes from Airlines use of Facebook – the “snow fog story”. JesperAstrom.com. Published 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

                                                                                                   How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry           Pg. 7
Blogs
                                 Corporate blogging is one of the                                                   away from their overwhelming nancial
                          best ways to communicate a message                                                        problems and instead directed customers
                          to an audience. Airline corporate blogs                                                   to read about the inner workings of
                          should be a two-way conversation                                                          Ford, resulting in a positive response
                          between the company and the public,                                                       from consumers and a complete image
                          with transparent, personable posts.1                                                      turnaround for Ford.4
                          Don’t worry about advertising your blog                                                          Even though anyone can write a
                                    initially; as the blog grows in                                                 blog post, managing a corporate blog
“ ...blogs should be a two-         popularity, viral marketing will
                                    take over and determine success
                                                                                                                    should not be a community e ort;
                                                                                                                    instead, appoint one or two social media
way conversation between the or failure.2 Don’t be afraid to                                                        savvy individuals to run it who will
company and the public...                            ”
                                    use Twitter and Facebook to
                                    encourage fans to check out the
                                                                                                                    dedicate a strong focus to maintaining the
                                                                                                                    blog.4 The blog conversations between
                                    blog.3                                                                          your airline and consumers will soon build
                                 Blogs are also a perfect platform to                                               a community around your brand, and gain
                          build or x your company’s reputation.                                                     loyal fans and customers for life.
                          Ford car company transformed their
                          negative reputation by creating their
                          Fordstory.com blog. They took the focus

1. Fieseler, C., Fleck, M., Meckel, M. “Corporate Social Responsibility in the Blogosphere.” Journal of Business Ethics. Published February, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
2. Coman, C., Paun, M. “The image of the public institutions and new technologies.” Romanian Journal of Journalism & Communication. Published 2010. Retrieved 22 January
   2010.
3. Falls, Jason. “Is Your Blog A Social Media Hub?” Social Media Explorer. Published 3 March, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
4. Patel, Kunar. “You’re using social media. But just who is overseeing it all?” Advertising Age. Published 22 March, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.


                                                                                                       How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry                     Pg. 8
Blogs: Case Study



  Southwest Airlines Sets the
  Bar High for Blogs
        Southwest Airlines gets it. Their social media
  presence is based on blogging, and their blog
  “Nuts About Southwest” earned a spot in the PR
  News’ Hall of Fame in October 2010. Paula Berg,
  Southwest Airline’s chief blogger at the time of the
  award, described blogs as integral to a company’s
  success.1
        “I absolutely view the blog as the anchor
  of the airline’s social media e orts,” said Berg in
  a blog post on debbieweil.com. Videos, photos,
  articles, polls, and surveys are the core content for
  the interactive Southwest blog, with readers able
  to customize their user pro les and connect with
  fellow blog readers.2



1. Weil, Debbie. “Q&A With Southwest Airline’s Departing Chief Blogger Paula Berg.” Social Media Insights Blog. Published 30 December, 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
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                                                                                                    How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry                   Pg. 9
YouTube
                                                            YouTube is the most well-known                      free entertainment service. A typical
                                                    online video forum used today. Users of                     YouTube audience is diverse and social
                                                    YouTube can upload home-made videos                         media savvy, and can be used as a
                                                    and post them for the world to view                         springboard to get those viewers to
                                                    and comment. Although just a hobby                          check out your blogs, Facebook pages,
                                                    for some, businesses are beginning to                       and Twitter accounts.
                                                    pick up on this social media tool to post                          However, YouTube does not
                                                    commercials, CEO speeches, and virtual                      allow airlines to engage in two-way
                                                    tours of companies, products, and cities-                   dialogue with their customers, which is
                                                    -for free.1 Instead of reading about a                      a major drawback in an age where the
                                                    company’s latest decisions through blogs,                   conversation with the customer is of
                                                    Facebook posts, and Twitter tweets,                         utmost importance.3 YouTube may not
                                                    stakeholders can use YouTube to actually                    be the best choice for your company to
                                                    “see” for themselves.                                       engage in detailed consumer dialogue,
                                                            YouTube has about 20 million views                  but YouTube still holds value in the
                                                    per month, giving your company access                       ability to provide a visual medium – a
                                                    to a huge potential customer base2; that                    service that is unique among all other
                                                    statistic alone should encourage your                       social media tools.
                                                    company to consider enlisting in this

1. Male, Bianca. “How To Use YouTube To Drive Business,” Business Insider. Published 12 February 2010. Accessed 4 February 2011.
2. Oricchio, Renee. “Marketing Your Business on YouTube,” Inc. Technology. Published 18 December 2009. Accessed 4 February 2011.
3. Postman, Joel. SocialCorp. 1st ed. Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2009. pp. 39. Print.

                                                                                                How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry     Pg. 10
YouTube: Case Studies

                                                                                                  JetBlue Forgets to Pull
                                                                                                  and Tries to Push
                                                                                                        YouTube should be used as a pull
                                                                                                  strategy, not push. JetBlue forgot that lesson
  American Airlines                                                                               when they posted a commercial as the
  Uses YouTube to Keep                                                                            opening application upon entrance to their
                                                                                                  website. Instead of providing their customers
  Stakeholders Up-to-date                                                                         with their latest decisions, whereabouts, or
        American Airlines picked the perfect medium                                               other news on the opening page, JetBlue
  to announce a new trans-Paci c joint business with                                              risked losing potential customers to
  Japan Airways. Even though a press conference                                                   annoyance with their video promotion the
  was held announcing the joint venture, American                                                 company.2 Promoting a product or company
  Airlines still posted the video showing American                                                should not be too obvious and forceful, but
  Airlines’ CEO alongside Japan Airway’s CEO at the                                               should instead involve some creativity to
  press conference on their website. The video, while                                             spark interests and maintain a consistent
  a duplicate of information that had already been                                                audience.3
  released, gave stakeholders the opportunity to
  engage in the visual medium method of delivery.1




1. “American Airlines and Japan Airlines Announce Commencement of Joint Business,” YouTube. Posted 11 January 2011. Accessed 4 February 2011.
2. “JetBlue-Cancelled Game,” YouTube. Posted 18 November 2010. Accessed 4 February 2011.
3. Oricchio, Renee. “Marketing Your Business on YouTube,” Inc. Technology. Published 18 December 2009. Accessed 4 February 2011.

                                                                                                 How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry   Pg. 11
Online Newsrooms
       An online newsroom is a                         their constituents’ needs in mind, with                      separate, labeled tabs. All nancial
fantastic way for consumers and the                    accessibility at the top of the list. There                  information should be accessible for
media to get information about your                    should be a prominent link on the                            your stockholders, and press releases
airline without making phone calls                     main page to the newsroom for easy                           and news items should be posted with
and navigating websites. Created                       navigation and accessibility.1 Current,                      other current news about your airline.2
with the media in the mind, an                         active links for contact information                         Employee biographies with photos
online newsroom gives journalists                      to your company need to be highly                            can also be added to the newsroom to
a singular, easy source of complete                    visible on the page as well. Content                         humanize a faceless company.2 If your
information. By facilitating the                       should be available for every possible                       company has o ces around the world,
information gathering process,                         constituent, possibly broken up by                           remember to include a language
journalists will be more inclined to                                                                                tab enabling readers to peruse your
positively cover your company.1                                                                                     newsroom in any language they
       When constructing an online                                                                                  chose.
newsroom, companies must keep




1. Yudkin, Marcia. “Online Newsrooms Save the Media Time and Frustration.” Creative Marketing Solutions. 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
2. Bruce, Stuart. “Social media newsrooms X factor at communicate corporate communications conference.” A PR Guy’s Musings. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2011.

                                                                                                  How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry                     Pg. 12
Online Newsrooms: Case Study


                                                                                            Delta Airlines Provides
                                                                                            Top-Notch Resources to All
                                                                                            Stakeholders
                                                                                                  Delta Airlines operates a consumer-friendly
                                                                                            online newsroom that provides every piece of
                                                                                            information imaginable. Organized by their di erent
                                                                                            publics with a separate tab for each constituent, the
                                                                                            simple, uncluttered main page is constantly updated
                                                                                            with new press releases and information. Delta has
                                                                                            set aside space for comments and complaints from
                                                                                            customers and media alike, and links to Delta’s Twitter,
                                                                                            homepage, and RSS news alerts are available as well.
                                                                                            This easy-to-use newsroom has everything necessary
                                                                                            for a consumer to get every piece of information they
                                                                                            need in one place.




1. Delta. Delta Air Lines Newsroom. Updated 15 February 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2011.

                                                                                                  How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry      Pg. 13
Conclusion
    This entire book boils down to several basic social media concepts. We’ve outlined the top 10 most
    important points and complied a concluding “Top 10 List” to help you get straight to the point.




1. Listen                                                                                 4. Show the Personal Face of the
Companies should constantly be tapping into consumer                                      Organization
conversations to monitor what is being said about the                                     Customers nd it hard to trust a faceless organization.
company – and jump in when necessary. Ignoring                                            Instead, get the face of the brand out so consumers can
online conversations about the company is ignoring an                                     relate to and connect with the company. If a consumer
opportunity to improve the brand.1                                                        can look at pictures, biographies, interests, and hobbies of
                                                                                          the person they are talking with, customers will connect
2. Be Transparent                                                                         and trust the employee, with that trust extending to the
Loyalty to a company comes only with authenticity.                                        company and brand.2
Shashank Nigam, founder of airline blog branding blog
SimpliFlying, promotes the idea of complete transparency.                                 5. Be Informal
“Make it clear to the customer what you’re trying to do,”                                 Social media tools are not the place to espouse a strictly
Nigam says.2                                                                              professional voice. Do not use slang, but do not talk
                                                                                          down to consumers. Language matters – connecting with
3. Create Buzz                                                                            people in everyday language brings a comfort level to the
Buzz, according to Nigam, is “absolutely essential.”1                                     conversation.4
Conversation taking place independent of direct
company in uence is a good measure of a company’s
outside exposure and has the ability to construct positive
experiences for customers.3


1. Vara, Suzanne. “Quick Tips for Listening in Social Media.” Social Media Today. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
2. Nigam, Shashank. “Social Media and the Airline Industry.” Aerlines Magazine. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
3. Bulmer, Don. “Placing Value on Social and Online Media Buzz.” Social Media Today. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
4. Macleod, Hugh. “Smarter conversations: “how do I want to change the way I talk to people?”. Gapingvoid. 3 September 2010. 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

                                                                                                     How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry             Pg. 14
Conclusion Continued...

6. Stay Relevant                                                                          9. Go Beyond Crisis Mode
Social media tools are only useful if they contain what                                   Too often social media is utilized exclusively to handle
the consumer wants. A company has to cater to their                                       crisis situations. Companies are missing out on an
constituents according to how they like to receive                                        opportunity to use social media to build loyalty and create
information. Otherwise, consumers will not be in the same                                 buzz for their brands, according to Nigam. That way, when
places your company is.1                                                                  a crisis does hit, the tools and trust are already in place to
                                                                                          help repair damage.4
7. Short and Sweet
People are used to short, concise messages delivered                                      10. Pick the Medium Wisely
quickly. If a message is too long or complicated, customers                               Not every social media outlet is right for every business; do
will move on to the next interesting thing just as quickly.                               not use every media tool just because it is there. The key is
Keep all social media messages focused and to the point.2                                 to nd the voice and personality of the company and see
                                                                                          which media tool is compatible.
8. Employ the Right People
Social media must be handled by the right person –
someone who is passionate about the job, understands
the company’s mission, and understands the human
element that is essential to all social media tools.3




1. Bulmer, Don. “Placing Value on Social and Online Media Buzz.” Social Media Today. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
2. Bischoff, Dan. “7 Rules of Social Media and Creating Trust Around Your Brand, via Peter Shankman.” SEO Blog. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
3. Radick, Steve. “Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives.” Govloop. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
4. Waldstein, Arnold. “Social media…Few rules. Powerful tools. Endless opportunities.” Social Media Today. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

                                                                                                     How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry      Pg. 15
Works Cited


Albert, Shana. “How Airlines are Using Social Media,” Directory Journal. Published 29 December 2009. http://www.dirjournal.com/articles/airlines-
social-media/. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

“American Airlines and Japan Airlines Announce Commencement of Joint Business,” YouTube. Posted 11 January 2011. http://www.youtube.com/
americanairlines#p/u/11/0HSU9TZx0KY Accessed 4 February 2011.

Astrom, Jesper. “5 Valuable takes from Airlines use of Facebook – the ‘snow fog story,’” JesperAstrom.com. Published 2010. http://jesperastrom.
com/social-media/5-valuable-takes-from-airlines-use-of-facebook-the-snow-fog-story/. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

Bhaduri, Ranjan. “Facebook Users Can Now Book Delta Airlines Flights Using Their Accounts,” Thaindian News. Published 2010. http://www.tha-
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Bruce, Stuart. “Social media newsrooms X factor at communicate corporate communications conference,” A PR Guy’s Musings. 4 May 2010. http://
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Bulmer, Don. “Placing Value on Social and Online Media Buzz,” Social Media Today. 7 February 2011. http://www.seo.com/blog/7-rules-social-me-
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Bush, Michael. “How Twitter Can Help or Hurt an Airline,” Advertising Age"#$6E*87=(+#1S#G6*/#!22R"#=''4TKK;+;:("?%.K+8:8';*K;&'8?*(U;&'8?*(P
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Coman, C. and M. Paun. “The image of the public institutions and new technologies,” Romanian Journal of Journalism & Communication. Published
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Delta. Delta Air Lines Newsroom. Updated 15 February, 2011. http://news.delta.com/. Retrieved 15 February, 2011.

Falls, Jason. “Is Your Blog A Social Media Hub?” Social Media Explorer. Published 3 March, 2010. http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-
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                                                                                      How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry             Pg. 16
Works Cited 2

Fieseler, C., Fleck, M., Meckel, M. “Corporate Social Responsibility in the Blogosphere,” Journal of Business Ethics. Published February 2010.
Retrieved 22 January 2011.

JetBlue Airways Corporation. “JetBlue Airways Introduces Go Places Application on Facebook® Platform,” Stockhouse.com. Published 2011. http://
www.stockhouse.com/News/USReleasesDetail.aspx?n=8026894. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

“JetBlue-Cancelled Game,” YouTube"##$%7'(+#1V#W%I(.E(&#!212"#=''4TKKLLL"/%6'6E("?%.KL;'?=UIX&J-=NM1@!Y-Z@(;'6&(X/%6'6E(P:+;';"#
Retrieved 4 February 2011.

Levy, Dan. “How Airlines Handled the Ash Cloud – Engagement Checkup,” Sparksheet.com. Published 2010. http://sparksheet.com/how-airlines-
handled-the-ash-cloud-engagement-checkup/. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

Macleod, Hugh. “Smarter conversations: ‘how do I want to change the way I talk to people?’” Gapingvoid. 3 September 2010. http://gapingvoid.
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Male, Bianca. “How To Use YouTube To Drive Business,” Business Insider. Published 12 February 2010. http://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-
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Mardesich, Jodi. “Business Uses For Twitter,” Inc. Technology. Updated 2010. http://technology.inc.com/networking/articles/200809/twitter.html.
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May, Kevin. “How the top ten airlines in the world use Facebook,” Tnooz.com. Published 2010. http://www.tnooz.com/2010/08/18/news/how-the-
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Oricchio, Renee. “Marketing Your Business on YouTube,” Inc. Technology. Published 18 December 2009. http://technology.inc.com/internet/ar-
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Patel, Kunar. “You’re using social media. But just who is overseeing it all?” Advertising Age. Published 22 March 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2011.

$%&'(&)(*+,#-./"#012#3%4#56789(77#5*%:7#;9+#<=/#3=(/#-&(#>6??(77@6*,A#Social Media Examiner. Published 25 January 2011. http://www.socialme-
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                                                                                      How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry             Pg. 17
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Postman, Joel. SocialCorp. 1st ed. Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2009. pp. 39. Print.

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  • 1. How to use Social Media in the... Airline Industry By: Exploring the use of social media Alexis Groves Katie Hibson within the airline industry to improve Jessica Kuhn Emily Law relationships with constituents Katy Leuschner
  • 2. Table of Contents 3 - Introduction 11 - YouTube Case Studies 4 - Twitter 12 - Online Newsroom 5 - Twitter Case Studies 13 - Online Newsroom Case Study 6 - Facebook 14 - Conclusion 7 - Facebook Case Studies 15 - Conclusion Continued 8 - Blogs 16 - Work Cited 9 - Blogs Case Study 17 - Work Cited 2 10 - YouTube 18 - Work Cited 3 How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 2
  • 3. Introduction Purpose: Objectives: The purpose of this e-book is to assist the airline · To help your airline industry understand the importance of industry with the proper utilization of social media the utilization of social media tools in order to reach out to their publics and establish · To familiarize your airline industry with several di erent a foundation of two-way communication. Social social media tools available to use media tools such as Twitter, blogs, Facebook, online newsrooms, and YouTube are available for the industry · To provide speci c case studies that illustrate how these to use, however there are important guidelines that social media tools can be used e ectively and ine ectively companies should follow. · To provide your airline industry with our “Top 10 List” of We want to show that the airline industry is not only important social media tips restricted to an airport. The industry can communicate with its stakeholders virtually through social media, not just physically. According to author Joel Postman of SocialCorp, the overall goal for companies that use social media should be to reach their constituents where they live, work, and play.1 1. Postman, Joel. SocialCorp. 1st ed. Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2009. pp. 39. Print. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 3
  • 4. Twitter Twitter, the not-so-formal negative comments gives your company microblogging social media tool, is a an opportunity to connect with your crucial component in building customer consumers as well as the bene t of conversations. The website allows brief free, honest feedback. It is the perfect messages (140 characters or less) to be medium to advertise promotional ight posted to the public account, and helps deals quickly and e ectively to a large your company listen to your audience, and can be mobilized quickly customers, track trends, to communicate during a crisis or handle “ Twitter allows a company and direct tra c to your customer service issues. to monitor what is being said company’s website.1 Twitter Directory Journal blogger Shana can help foster an attitude of Albert o ers tips in what people are about their company... ” trust towards your company as well as improve customer looking for with Twitter. She lists traveling recommendations, suggestions, and relations. miscellaneous tips as the top hot The airline industry is one that stands topics tweeted about airlines.3 Your to bene t substantially from Twitter. company should absolutely consider Twitter allows a company to monitor incorporating Twitter into your social what is being said about their company, media platform if you want to get a using tracking methods like Splitweet. competitive edge and closely monitor com.2 Responding to both positive and the satisfaction of your customers. 1. Mardesich, Jodi. “Business Uses For Twitter,” Inc. Technology. Updated 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 2. Splitweet.com. Updated 2011. Retrieved 26 January, 2011. 3. Albert, Shana. “How Airlines are Using Social Media,” Directory Journal. Published 29 December, 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2011. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 4
  • 5. Twitter: Case Studies Delta Airlines Ignores Twitter and Pays the Price Twitter can be your worst nightmare if you are not tuned into what is being said online about your Virgin America on Top of own company. Delta Airlines learned this lesson the Their Twitter hard way when Andy Azula, senior Vice President Creative Director of the Martin Agency, used Twitter An online article1 by Advertising Age detailed the to complain about Delta mishandling a ight delay. saga of a man who was tweeting about his unhappiness He linked a letter to his Twitter account describing the with the ight service while en route to Boston. incident and detailed how he missed several important Seeing his criticism on Twitter, a Virgin America team engagements.2 was waiting for him when he landed to address the Instead of responding to his Twitter outburst, customer service issue and ask if they could be of any Delta said they were in the midst of developing assistance. Virgin America’s response is a prime example their social media policies for Twitter. Their refusal to of how Twitter can be utilized to provide fast responses respond to an unhappy passenger and participate in and allow a negative situation to be corrected quickly. the online discussion was a basic mistake, especially when there were so many negative comments posted in response to Azula’s story, according travel blogger Chris Elliot. The value of Twitter lies in the ability to respond to problems immediately and communicate quickly with customers; however, it only works when you participate in your end of the conversation. 1. Bush, Michael. “How Twitter Can Help or Hurt an Airline,” Advertising Age. Published 16 July, 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 2. Wheaton, Ken. “UPS Guy Goes After Delta Airlines,” Advertising Age. Published 15 July, 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2011. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 5
  • 6. Facebook Facebook has the power to popular; KLM’s playful nature is dominated site, Facebook is also the be a powerful force in the airline illustrated through their luggage tag perfect medium to access customers. industry, with the best use as a application, which allows travelers It can provide invaluable bene ts to forum for discussion and interaction to create their own personalized your company if utilized correctly. between customers and your tags.2 Posting videos or pictures airline. The carriers with the most about the newest ight feature gives successful online presence are those customers new information as well with active, helpful conversations as bragging about your airline.3 Your with users via the Facebook company can easily and quickly post “wall.” Informal, friendly bonds are information and updates about a established, leaving your customer crisis, as shown during an April 2010 with a feeling of goodwill towards volcanic eruption in Iceland that your company.1 paralzyed the airline industry for Facebook can be a fantastic over a week. Airlines used Facebook tool to display your airline’s brand, to reassure travelers, provide brag about a new product, or updates, and answer panicked handle a crisis. Fun, user friendly questions from customers.4 applications have proved very Despite its reputation as a teen- 1. Astrom, Jesper. “5 Valuable takes from Airlines use of Facebook – the “snow fog story”. JesperAstrom.com. Published 2011 2. JetBlue Airways Corporation. “JetBlue Airways Introduces Go Places Application on Facebook® Platform”. Stockhouse.com. Published 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 3. May, Kevin. “How the top ten airlines in the world use Facebook”. Tnooz.com. Published 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 4. Levy, Dan. “How Airlines Handled the Ash Cloud – Engagement Checkup”. Sparksheet.com. Published 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 6
  • 7. Facebook: Case Studies United Airlines Misreads Situation in Time of Crisis United Airlines made the mistake of appearing Delta Airlines a Step Ahead insensitive and thoughtless with their opening Facebook page during a winter storm in December with Facebook Application 2010. Flights were grounded and travelers were Delta Airlines proved their social media savviness stranded, and instead of using the opportunity to when they announced the addition of a ticket booking connect with stranded travelers and communicate application on their Facebook page. The “Book A updates and advice, United’s opening Facebook page Trip” tab allows a customer to reserve a ight and was an advertisement informing customers of their tell a Facebook “friend” about the trip, facilitating the ongoing promotional program for the American process of reserving seats together. Including friends Cancer Society. The advertisement was not appropriate in the booking process was not only a smart business for travelers desperate for information about how to move, but also a nod to the core value and attraction get home.2 of Facebook itself – the capacity to easily connect and network with friends. By including the application on their Facebook page, Delta has made themselves available to a broader range of potential customers.1 1. Bhaduri, Ranjan. “Facebook Users Can Now Book Delta Airlines Flights Using Their Accounts”. Thaindian News. Published 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 2. Astrom, Jesper. “5 Valuable takes from Airlines use of Facebook – the “snow fog story”. JesperAstrom.com. Published 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 7
  • 8. Blogs Corporate blogging is one of the away from their overwhelming nancial best ways to communicate a message problems and instead directed customers to an audience. Airline corporate blogs to read about the inner workings of should be a two-way conversation Ford, resulting in a positive response between the company and the public, from consumers and a complete image with transparent, personable posts.1 turnaround for Ford.4 Don’t worry about advertising your blog Even though anyone can write a initially; as the blog grows in blog post, managing a corporate blog “ ...blogs should be a two- popularity, viral marketing will take over and determine success should not be a community e ort; instead, appoint one or two social media way conversation between the or failure.2 Don’t be afraid to savvy individuals to run it who will company and the public... ” use Twitter and Facebook to encourage fans to check out the dedicate a strong focus to maintaining the blog.4 The blog conversations between blog.3 your airline and consumers will soon build Blogs are also a perfect platform to a community around your brand, and gain build or x your company’s reputation. loyal fans and customers for life. Ford car company transformed their negative reputation by creating their Fordstory.com blog. They took the focus 1. Fieseler, C., Fleck, M., Meckel, M. “Corporate Social Responsibility in the Blogosphere.” Journal of Business Ethics. Published February, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010. 2. Coman, C., Paun, M. “The image of the public institutions and new technologies.” Romanian Journal of Journalism & Communication. Published 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010. 3. Falls, Jason. “Is Your Blog A Social Media Hub?” Social Media Explorer. Published 3 March, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010. 4. Patel, Kunar. “You’re using social media. But just who is overseeing it all?” Advertising Age. Published 22 March, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 8
  • 9. Blogs: Case Study Southwest Airlines Sets the Bar High for Blogs Southwest Airlines gets it. Their social media presence is based on blogging, and their blog “Nuts About Southwest” earned a spot in the PR News’ Hall of Fame in October 2010. Paula Berg, Southwest Airline’s chief blogger at the time of the award, described blogs as integral to a company’s success.1 “I absolutely view the blog as the anchor of the airline’s social media e orts,” said Berg in a blog post on debbieweil.com. Videos, photos, articles, polls, and surveys are the core content for the interactive Southwest blog, with readers able to customize their user pro les and connect with fellow blog readers.2 1. Weil, Debbie. “Q&A With Southwest Airline’s Departing Chief Blogger Paula Berg.” Social Media Insights Blog. Published 30 December, 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2010. !"#$%&'(&)(*+,#-./"#012#3%4#56789(77#5*%:7#;9+#<=/#3=(/#-&(#>6??(77@6*"A#>%?8;*#B(+8;#CD;.89(&"#$6E*87=(+#!F#G;96;&/#!211"#H('&8(I(+#F#J(E&6;&/,#!211" How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 9
  • 10. YouTube YouTube is the most well-known free entertainment service. A typical online video forum used today. Users of YouTube audience is diverse and social YouTube can upload home-made videos media savvy, and can be used as a and post them for the world to view springboard to get those viewers to and comment. Although just a hobby check out your blogs, Facebook pages, for some, businesses are beginning to and Twitter accounts. pick up on this social media tool to post However, YouTube does not commercials, CEO speeches, and virtual allow airlines to engage in two-way tours of companies, products, and cities- dialogue with their customers, which is -for free.1 Instead of reading about a a major drawback in an age where the company’s latest decisions through blogs, conversation with the customer is of Facebook posts, and Twitter tweets, utmost importance.3 YouTube may not stakeholders can use YouTube to actually be the best choice for your company to “see” for themselves. engage in detailed consumer dialogue, YouTube has about 20 million views but YouTube still holds value in the per month, giving your company access ability to provide a visual medium – a to a huge potential customer base2; that service that is unique among all other statistic alone should encourage your social media tools. company to consider enlisting in this 1. Male, Bianca. “How To Use YouTube To Drive Business,” Business Insider. Published 12 February 2010. Accessed 4 February 2011. 2. Oricchio, Renee. “Marketing Your Business on YouTube,” Inc. Technology. Published 18 December 2009. Accessed 4 February 2011. 3. Postman, Joel. SocialCorp. 1st ed. Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2009. pp. 39. Print. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 10
  • 11. YouTube: Case Studies JetBlue Forgets to Pull and Tries to Push YouTube should be used as a pull strategy, not push. JetBlue forgot that lesson American Airlines when they posted a commercial as the Uses YouTube to Keep opening application upon entrance to their website. Instead of providing their customers Stakeholders Up-to-date with their latest decisions, whereabouts, or American Airlines picked the perfect medium other news on the opening page, JetBlue to announce a new trans-Paci c joint business with risked losing potential customers to Japan Airways. Even though a press conference annoyance with their video promotion the was held announcing the joint venture, American company.2 Promoting a product or company Airlines still posted the video showing American should not be too obvious and forceful, but Airlines’ CEO alongside Japan Airway’s CEO at the should instead involve some creativity to press conference on their website. The video, while spark interests and maintain a consistent a duplicate of information that had already been audience.3 released, gave stakeholders the opportunity to engage in the visual medium method of delivery.1 1. “American Airlines and Japan Airlines Announce Commencement of Joint Business,” YouTube. Posted 11 January 2011. Accessed 4 February 2011. 2. “JetBlue-Cancelled Game,” YouTube. Posted 18 November 2010. Accessed 4 February 2011. 3. Oricchio, Renee. “Marketing Your Business on YouTube,” Inc. Technology. Published 18 December 2009. Accessed 4 February 2011. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 11
  • 12. Online Newsrooms An online newsroom is a their constituents’ needs in mind, with separate, labeled tabs. All nancial fantastic way for consumers and the accessibility at the top of the list. There information should be accessible for media to get information about your should be a prominent link on the your stockholders, and press releases airline without making phone calls main page to the newsroom for easy and news items should be posted with and navigating websites. Created navigation and accessibility.1 Current, other current news about your airline.2 with the media in the mind, an active links for contact information Employee biographies with photos online newsroom gives journalists to your company need to be highly can also be added to the newsroom to a singular, easy source of complete visible on the page as well. Content humanize a faceless company.2 If your information. By facilitating the should be available for every possible company has o ces around the world, information gathering process, constituent, possibly broken up by remember to include a language journalists will be more inclined to tab enabling readers to peruse your positively cover your company.1 newsroom in any language they When constructing an online chose. newsroom, companies must keep 1. Yudkin, Marcia. “Online Newsrooms Save the Media Time and Frustration.” Creative Marketing Solutions. 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2011. 2. Bruce, Stuart. “Social media newsrooms X factor at communicate corporate communications conference.” A PR Guy’s Musings. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2011. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 12
  • 13. Online Newsrooms: Case Study Delta Airlines Provides Top-Notch Resources to All Stakeholders Delta Airlines operates a consumer-friendly online newsroom that provides every piece of information imaginable. Organized by their di erent publics with a separate tab for each constituent, the simple, uncluttered main page is constantly updated with new press releases and information. Delta has set aside space for comments and complaints from customers and media alike, and links to Delta’s Twitter, homepage, and RSS news alerts are available as well. This easy-to-use newsroom has everything necessary for a consumer to get every piece of information they need in one place. 1. Delta. Delta Air Lines Newsroom. Updated 15 February 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2011. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 13
  • 14. Conclusion This entire book boils down to several basic social media concepts. We’ve outlined the top 10 most important points and complied a concluding “Top 10 List” to help you get straight to the point. 1. Listen 4. Show the Personal Face of the Companies should constantly be tapping into consumer Organization conversations to monitor what is being said about the Customers nd it hard to trust a faceless organization. company – and jump in when necessary. Ignoring Instead, get the face of the brand out so consumers can online conversations about the company is ignoring an relate to and connect with the company. If a consumer opportunity to improve the brand.1 can look at pictures, biographies, interests, and hobbies of the person they are talking with, customers will connect 2. Be Transparent and trust the employee, with that trust extending to the Loyalty to a company comes only with authenticity. company and brand.2 Shashank Nigam, founder of airline blog branding blog SimpliFlying, promotes the idea of complete transparency. 5. Be Informal “Make it clear to the customer what you’re trying to do,” Social media tools are not the place to espouse a strictly Nigam says.2 professional voice. Do not use slang, but do not talk down to consumers. Language matters – connecting with 3. Create Buzz people in everyday language brings a comfort level to the Buzz, according to Nigam, is “absolutely essential.”1 conversation.4 Conversation taking place independent of direct company in uence is a good measure of a company’s outside exposure and has the ability to construct positive experiences for customers.3 1. Vara, Suzanne. “Quick Tips for Listening in Social Media.” Social Media Today. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 2. Nigam, Shashank. “Social Media and the Airline Industry.” Aerlines Magazine. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 3. Bulmer, Don. “Placing Value on Social and Online Media Buzz.” Social Media Today. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 4. Macleod, Hugh. “Smarter conversations: “how do I want to change the way I talk to people?”. Gapingvoid. 3 September 2010. 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 14
  • 15. Conclusion Continued... 6. Stay Relevant 9. Go Beyond Crisis Mode Social media tools are only useful if they contain what Too often social media is utilized exclusively to handle the consumer wants. A company has to cater to their crisis situations. Companies are missing out on an constituents according to how they like to receive opportunity to use social media to build loyalty and create information. Otherwise, consumers will not be in the same buzz for their brands, according to Nigam. That way, when places your company is.1 a crisis does hit, the tools and trust are already in place to help repair damage.4 7. Short and Sweet People are used to short, concise messages delivered 10. Pick the Medium Wisely quickly. If a message is too long or complicated, customers Not every social media outlet is right for every business; do will move on to the next interesting thing just as quickly. not use every media tool just because it is there. The key is Keep all social media messages focused and to the point.2 to nd the voice and personality of the company and see which media tool is compatible. 8. Employ the Right People Social media must be handled by the right person – someone who is passionate about the job, understands the company’s mission, and understands the human element that is essential to all social media tools.3 1. Bulmer, Don. “Placing Value on Social and Online Media Buzz.” Social Media Today. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 2. Bischoff, Dan. “7 Rules of Social Media and Creating Trust Around Your Brand, via Peter Shankman.” SEO Blog. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 3. Radick, Steve. “Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives.” Govloop. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 4. Waldstein, Arnold. “Social media…Few rules. Powerful tools. Endless opportunities.” Social Media Today. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011. How to use Social Media in the Airline Industry Pg. 15
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