How can social media increase
                                your business success?




Author: Jean-Francois MESSIER
This document is part of the “Social   Media and Business” series
                                                    by JF MESSIER
can your co. do with social media?

makes social media work?

are the tools?
Things you can
do with social
media
Things you can do with social media
Supporting    Create a platform to help
              customers and let customers
              help themselves and others
Things you can do with social media
Supporting

              Create a place to integrate
Meshing       customer feedback and input in
              your product cycles, and show
              them the result.
Things you can do with social media
Supporting


Meshing

              Doing web care to know what
Listening     is said about your products and
              allowing customers to share
              their thoughts.
Things you can do with social media
Supporting


Meshing


Listening
               Give customers a home base
               with fascinating tools so they
Evangelizing   can promote you / your
               products
Things you can do with Social Media
                  Communicate to improve the
Supporting        personality of your brand that
    Branding      is identified by your customers,
                  influencing psychological
Meshing           aspect like thoughts, feelings,
                  perceptions, images,
                  experiences, beliefs, attitudes…
Listening


Evangelizing
Things you can do with social media
Supporting
    Branding
                  Communicate thoughts,
Meshing           feelings, perceptions, images,
   Customer
   retention      experiences, beliefs, attitudes…
                  to improve the personality of
Listening         your brand that is identified by
                  your customers.

Evangelizing
Things you can do with social media
Supporting
    Branding

Meshing
   Customer
   retention
Listening
     eCommerce    Create opportunities to
                  increase your sales revenue
Evangelizing
Things you can do with social media
Supporting
    Branding

Meshing
   Customer
   retention
Listening
     e-commerce   Create a multi-platform
                  communication campaign and
Evangelizing      pull effect to identify new
    Lead          potential customers
    generation
“You are what you share.”
          Charles Leadbeater
“You are what you share.”
          Charles Leadbeater
AUDIENCE
           YOU
AUDIENCE
                     YOU

           SHARING
            VALUE
AUDIENCE
                     YOU

           SHARING
            VALUE
AUDIENCE
                     YOU

           SHARING
            VALUE
AUDIENCE             AUDIENCE




AUDIENCE             YOU

           SHARING
            VALUE
The key is to produce
something that both pulls
people together and gives
them added-value.
“Create more value than
you capture.”

               Tim O’Reilly
It’s about synergy in your audience.
It means data you provide...
… makes sense since it addresses
a problem for your audience.
DATA IS THE BANK
Intent can drive
data   + meaning
We are seeing this change in business now,
                  data
from who has the most          , to who can
derive the mostmeaning        .
Just to name a
few…
3 per topic,
Just to name a
few…
3 per topic,

         of the
  hundreds per
     topic that
         exist.
There are
many!
There are
many!
There are
many!
There are
many!
There are
many!
There are
many!
Synthesis
.   Social media can supply many benefits to your business.
       - Customer support
       - Lead generation
       - Meshing
       - Listening to your customers
       - Evangelizing
       - Customer retention
       - eCommerce
       - Branding
    The key is to produce added-value. Create more value than you
    capture.
    We are seeing this change in business now, from who has the
    most data, to who can derive the most meaning, creating the
    greater value.
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               Global New Technologies Director at Mercuri International
               Email: jfmessier@mercurifr.com




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