In his Brands-Only Summit presentation, InterContinental Hotels Group's Director of Social Marketing, Nick Ayres, explains how they’re building systems, processes, and procedures to make social work in a complex ecosystem.
He goes into detail about specific case studies on reputation management and community management.
2. It’s Me, Not You:
Making Social Work Hard in a Complex Ecosystem
Nick Ayres
Director, Social Marketing | IHG
SocialMedia.org #brandsonly Summit
December 10, 2013
3. We are one of the world’s leading hotel companies.
We have the industry’s first and largest loyalty
program.
Who is InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)?
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4. The new guy… outside
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5. We have 13 brands
* Most have smart Marketing departments, PR teams, Operations teams and more
who all have the best idea on how to be successful
We operate in nearly 100
countries and territories
* Multiple regions mean more stakeholders
We have 4,600 hotels
* Largely franchised
We serve 157MM+
guests every year
* All live in an environment where seamless experiences are the expectation
The fine print slide
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6. The new guy… inside
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7. Vision
• To lead IHG to becoming a best-in-class
social business
Guiding Principles
• We are subject matter experts
• We are globally consistent but regionally
relevant
• We are conduits, not roadblocks
• Our first focus is building sustainable
longitudinal relationships
• We strike a balance between brand love
(engagement) and revenue
The IHG global social framework
CAMPAIGN
MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY
MANAGEMENT
CENTER OF
EXCELLENCE
REPUTATION
MANAGEMENT
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12. Every day is a winding road
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13. Vision
• To lead IHG to becoming a best-in-class
social business
Guiding Principles
• We are subject matter experts
• We are globally consistent but regionally
relevant
• We are conduits, not roadblocks
• Our first focus is building sustainable
longitudinal relationships
• We strike a balance between brand love
(engagement) and revenue
Case study: Reputation management
CAMPAIGN
MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY
MANAGEMENT
CENTER OF
EXCELLENCE
REPUTATION
MANAGEMENT
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14. “Hotels and businesses must
take ownership of their online
reputation.”
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15. “Hotels and businesses must
take ownership of their online
reputation.”
- Me
#smize
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16. Let’s do some social listening!
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17. “Hotels and businesses must
take ownership of their online
reputation.”
- Me
#smize
#naive
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18. “Hotels and businesses must
take ownership of their online
reputation.”
- Me
#smize
#naive
#me-centric
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19. Let’s do some social listening!
It’s a little more
complicated…
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20. How does this play out on property?
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24. The four phases of social listening indoctrination
Reinforce the
processes and
best practices
Roll out
the tools
Revolutionalize
the business
(Re)iterate the
importance
Receive feedback… and act on it
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25. (Re)iterate the importance: Three numbers
Percent of travelers say
seeing management
responses to reviews is
important to them
Percent of travelers say that if
they were considering two
comparable properties, the
presence of a management
response on one would sway
them in its favor
71 6886Percent of travelers use
travel sites to gauge
traveler sentiment
before they make their
accommodation choice
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26. Roll out the tools: IHG Social Listening tool
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27. Spearheaded social listening training curriculum including:
• Development of evergreen social marketing team space on corporate intranet
• Partnership with global and regional field operations training events
• Integration into Training, Development + Learning classes, online courses
Reinforce the processes and best practices
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28. The four phases of social listening
Reinforce the
processes and
best practices
Roll out
the tools
Revolutionalize
the business
(Re)iterate the
importance
Receive feedback… and act on it
#brandsonly @nickjayres @socialmediaorg
Insights ->
operational
change
29. The four phases of social listening
Reinforce the
processes and
best practices
Roll out
the tools
Revolutionalize
the business
(Re)iterate the
importance
Receive feedback… and act on it
#brandsonly @nickjayres @socialmediaorg
You > Me
30. Vision
• To lead IHG to becoming a best-in-class
social business
Guiding Principles
• We are subject matter experts
• We are globally consistent but
regionally relevant
• We are conduits, not roadblocks
• Our first focus is building sustainable
longitudinal relationships
• We strike a balance between brand love
(engagement) and revenue
Case study: Reputation management
CAMPAIGN
MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY
MANAGEMENT
CENTER OF
EXCELLENCE
REPUTATION
MANAGEMENT
#brandsonly @nickjayres @socialmediaorg
31. We’re delivering
millions of impressions
across millions of
social connections*
Delivering social @ scale across our social footprint
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* Italics added for sarcasm
33. Examples include:
• Early adopter Facebook global pages
• Early adopter of Twitter geo-targeting tweets
• Global adoption of the social media management systems
Leverage technology to satisfy your customers
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