3. People trust other people, not ads
Trust in Advertising: A Global Nielsen Consumer Report
October 2007
4. Online conversations drive sales
The Predictive Power of Online Chatter
Daniel Gruhl, IBM Almaden Research Center, R. Guha, Google Inc
5. Impact on purchasing behaviour
62% of UK shoppers consult
online communities before buying
Quidco / YouGov
July 2008
74% of people choose companies or brands based on
customer service experiences that are shared online
93% of social media users think brands
should have a presence in social media
Exploring the Link Between Customer Care and Brand Reputation, SNCR
April 2008
Business in Social Media Study, Opinion Research Corporation / Cone
September 2008
7. Listening & responding
• We worked with Skype to develop a social
media listening and responding programme
• We set up a process to monitor all relevant
mentions of the brand online, and to respond to
them where appropriate in near to real time
8. Identify the most important communities and
individuals to monitor, set up keyword alerts for the
wider internet
Make sense of the conversation - filter for items
we can meaningfully respond to, remove spam,
tag and categorise each item
Review
monthly via
management
dashboard for
topline insights.
Longer term,
identify trends
to help guide
future strategy
Assess the most appropriate response (eg. leave,
respond publicly, respond privately, escalate).
Assign responsibility via online ticketing system
15. An official response was posted
• We worked with Skype to write a blog
post
– Presenting the relevant facts in a human,
conversational way
– Making sure that Skype’s voice was heard
16.
17. We linked to this post in comments
• The social media monitoring we had in
place allowed us to track the blogs who
were discussing the issue
• We quickly posted comments linking to
the Skype blog