8. TWITTER AND THE FTSE100
We started tracking the FTSE 100 in April 2013
18 months of data and our second annual report – battenhall.net/ftse100
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9. Overview of the FTSE 100
performance on Twitter
10%!
37%!
6%!
10%!
37%!
Awful!
Verified!
Average at best!
Poor!
Rubbish!
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10. KEY TRENDS
• Companies have improved their use of Twitter for corporate
communications, customer service, consumer activation and recruitment
across the board
• More verified Twitter accounts, higher following, and fewer inactive and
unclaimed brands
• However, 63% of companies are between awful and average
• Top performers: Burberry, Coca Cola, ITV, Marks & Spencer and
Sainsbury’s
• Worst performers: GlencoreXstrata, Prudential, BHP Billiton and CRH
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12. SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS
• The role of social media in consumer
engagement
• Influencers are those with as large and
influential audience as the media or as you
and your brand
• The role of the brand in building
reputations through influencer engagement
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23. PREPARING FOR FUTURE SOCIAL
• Set aside 20% of time and resources
• News feeds such as PSFK and Nieman Lab
• Experiment in tools and software
• Constant social audit: ASAP model
• The impact of Generation Z: the Screenagers
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24. GENERATION Z: SCREENAGERS
“teen social media
use dictates future
trends across all
demographics”
Piper Jaffray, April 2014
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