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- 1. SAP Community Network
B2B Corporate Social Media Summit – Philadelphia, Sept 29
Chip Rodgers
Vice President and COO | SAP Community Network
- 2. Run Better with SAP – Leader in Enterprise Software
We Help Organizations Do What They Do... Better
170,000
customers
53,000
Employees
25
Industries
Number 1
Enterprise Applications
Business Analytics
Enterprise Mobililty
SME
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- 3. The SAP Community Network
What is it…?
SAP Community Network (SCN) is the
Social Network for SAP professionals
(covering developers, IT professionals, business process experts,
business users, business intelligence pro’s, professors and students)
delivering
SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL
I N N OVAT I O N COMMERCE INTELLIGENCE INSIGHT
to SAP customers, partners, employees,
and independent experts
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- 4. The SAP Community Network
A Rich, Global Network of Communities and Assets
SAP Community
SAP Developer Network Business Process
Network Expert community
Business University
Analytics Alliances
Customers
community community
SAP EcoHub
Mobile
Live Events
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- 5. Large, Leading and Impactful
Leadership in Social Innovation, Social Commerce and Social Intelligence
> 2.5 million members strong
> 200 countries and territories
Members ~ 20,000 new members / month
~ 1.3 million unique visitors / month
Traffic > 4 million visits @ 20 million pages / month
> 200,000 have contributed (ever)
> 99,000 last year w/ 2,000 top contributors
Contributors ~ 6,000 bloggers … 100+ SAP Mentors …
~ 4,000 posts / day in 350+ forums “SAP Community Network
~ 2 million topic threads @ 7M messages may be the most extensive
Momentum ~ 2 million monthly newsletter impressions use to date of social media
by a corporation.”
~ 700+ SAP ecosystem solutions Leveraging the Talent-Driven
Thousands of demos and trials delivered Organization The Aspen Institute - 2010
Impact Serving >200 countries @ all industries
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- 6. SAP TechEd
19,000 Attending in Four Programs Worldwide
SAP’s premier technical education conference
Community Events – Drives deeper and more meaningful engagement, networking
Madrid:
Las Vegas:
6,500 4,000
Bangalore: Beijing:
6,500 2,000
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- 7. SAP TechEd 2011 Las Vegas
6,500 Attending with Energy, Engagement, Collaboration
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- 8. SAP Community Network Reputation System
Incentives to Encourage Quality Contributions
Contribution Points
Active Contributor badges (bronze, silver, gold,
platinum)
Topic Leaders: contributors recognized by topic
Active Contributors (250+ points)
Achievement Certificates
Top Contributing Companies Featured
Additional Recognition
Best content featured on home pages,
newsletters…
Recognition at major events – TechEd, etc.
Numbers:
115,000 contributors in 2010
2,000+ Active Contributors in 2010
129 Topic Leaders
100 SAP Mentors
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- 9. SAP Mentor Program
Community Engagement with a Passionate Group of Core Influencers
SAP Mentors are the top
community influencers of the SAP
Ecosystem
100 mentors are customers,
partners or SAP employees
Top 0.0001% of SAP Community
members
All are hands-on experts in an
SAP product or service
Champions for SAP product roll-in
and roll-out
Advisors to SAP
Represent the larger community
http://sapmentors.sap.com
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- 10. Mobility Case Study
SAP Community Objectives for Mobility
1. Establish SAP as the enterprise
mobility thought leader
2. Nurture community for more
relevant content and broader
participation
3. Integrate Sybase mobility
community
4. Harvest interest in mobility for
revenue impact
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- 11. Mobility Case Study
SAP Community Building for Mobility Topic
Build Harvest for
Nurture
Presence Impact
Thought leadership
Enhance mobile Drive more
webcasts
presence on SCN content curation
and EcoHub and conversation 1,000’s of pipeline
touches
Growing % leads sourced
from community (~20%)
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- 12. 1) Build Presence
Establish SAP as THE Enterprise Mobility Thought Leader
Cultivate mobile influencers by evangelizing and building relationships
with analysts, consultants, SAP product /solutions teams
Leverage SCN platform to engage with 2.6M member community
about Mobile strategy and products through blogs, articles, videos and
discussion forums
Mobility Expert Relationships Cultivated
• Eric Lai | Sybase Mobility expert and ZDNet blogger (ubermobile.zdnet)
• Kevin Benedict | Mobile Technology expert and consultant
• John Appleby | Mobility Thought Leader
• Andrew Borg | Aberdeen Mobility Analyst
• Dan Ortega | Sr. Director, Product Marketing, SAP
• Milja Gillespie | Director, Mobility Strategy, SAP
• John Moy | Mobility Solutions Architect
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- 13. 2) Nurture
Mobile Community: Content, Conversation, Consumption
Extensive Content:
Generated 5,900 Forum threads; 244 blogs and web pages
More Conversation:
29,000 Forum Messages; 355 Blog Comments
60% of contributors are non SAP employees
Higher Consumption:
100,000+ Page views
143% Increase in main page views over last year
26% Increase to all mobile pages on SDN over last year
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- 14. 2) Nurture
SCN Mobility – Contribution Elements
Content:
Original or previously written articles,
whitepapers, presentations. Any
community member can contribute.
Community:
Blogs: community members and
SAP subject matter experts
provide insights and editorial
opinion
Forums: support for technical
issues and decision-making
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- 15. 2) Nurture
Mobile Webcasts Expands Audience Beyond “Techies”
Titles June 15 July 12 July 21
Non 43% 47% 53%
Technical
Attendees
Director 12% 14% 15%
and Above
C Level 7% 8% ( 45) 4%
executives
LOB Sales – Retail &
16% Consumer
products-
16%
Customers 44% 37% 24%
*Since this was a strategy session across industries, most of the folks are classified as LOB
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- 16. 3) Harvest for Impact
SAP Mobility Insights Webcast Series
Attracted Customer / Prospect Interaction
7 customer-facing interactive webcasts, 2,300 attending
Speakers included SAP experts, customers, partners, and analysts
Results:
Generated 1,330 leads into sales pipeline
To date over $43 million deals closed from those attending
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- 17. Thank You!
Chip Rodgers
Vice President & COO
SAP Community Network
http://scn.sap.com
610-203-4703
chip.rodgers@sap.com
@ChipRodgers
sap.com/techtour
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