2. Overview
Why Do Local Social?
3 Keys to Success at Local Level
4 Keys to Success at Corporate Level
3. Why Do Local Social?
THIS ISN’T NEW
Many of the world’s best-loved
brands started out with a
community agenda at their heart.
One of the best examples
is Cadbury, who went beyond
offering world-leading working
conditions to build an entire
community around its Bourneville
factory.
4. Why Do Local Social?
“The age of the cookie-cutter
supermarket is over,” says Tesco’s
UK managing director Chris Bush
about its new Watford store
“Every store is different,” he goes
on, “and serves a different local
community with different tastes
and needs.”
5. Why Do Local Social?
Puma, opened its ‘twentyone’ concept store at
unit 21 at Shoreditch’s pop-up mall Boxpark in
December 2011.
The store includes a countdown clock to let
customers know when stock will be refreshed
and a menu board at the entrance lists the 21
special and limited edition footwear styles
available
6. Why Do Local Social?
Whole Foods local stores are empowered to
make decisions about what food they sell
and local marketing.
Each location has a local marketer on staff.
Why Do Local Social?
7. Why Do Local Social?
American Express’s Small Business
Saturday initiative has redefined the
ambitions of marketers
everywhere, driving billions of
dollars in sales for small
business, and delivering a huge
boost to AmEx’s revenues in the
process.
8. Why Do Local Social?
Relationships are Local
Your customers live, work and shop
in local communities.
Managing customer
relationships
is easier at the local level.
Therefore interaction
needs to be local too
9. Why Do Local Social?
Use Local Stores to
Corporate
Account
Followers
Amplify Your Brand
Message
70,431
(No Local Outlets)
Potential
Community:
1,639,153
(365 Local Outlets)
2,500% Increase
10. Local Success Story – Fort Madison, HyVee
Hy-Vee - Chuck Osmanski
Last 30 Days
Reach at Start: 36,300
Reach at End: 61,390
Reach Growth: 69%
Total Posts: 347
Total Logins: 93
Lifetime
Networks Leveraged:
11. Why Do Local Social?
Your stores give
you a Unique
Local Advantage
As a retail organisation with outlets, you have a head start in local social
marketing.
Through your stores you can:
Create local communities of engaged prospects and loyal customers
Build your brand at the local level with corporate support &
direction
Reduce corporate media investment and increase the local impact of
existing media investments
13. 3 Keys to Success at the Local Level
Simple, Fast,
& Effective
SMB owners are
busy, so the local
social marketing
process has to
be simple and
fast
Regular &
Relevant
Content
Capture
Business from
your Social
Channels
Your prospects
and customers
are savvy, so the
content you post
needs to be
fresh and
engaging
You want to
close more
business, so you
need ways to
capture interest
in your social
community
15. 4 Keys to Success at the Corporate Level
Maintain
Consistent
Brand Message
& Marketing
Strategy Across
All Locations
Post Content &
Monitor
Sentiment
Across the
Social Web
Amplify your brand
message
Cross-post on 43
Networks
Track compliance to
brand guidelines
with approval chains
Monitor brand buzz
locally & across
social web
Deliver corporate
messages to a local
audience
Monitor Local Brand
Compliance
Capture Sales
from Local
Networks
Analyze
Buzz, Sentimen
t, Ads, Posts, a
nd Comments
Built-in apps
empower local
stores to capture
leads from local
social advertising
Track activity
effectiveness for
both Corporate &
Local initiatives
Tailor reporting and
analytics to your
business
16. So what were our client concerns?
Will our local stores
deliver our brand
message correctly?
Will I know if
stores are
following
plans/policy?
Can I track local
activity to see what
works/doesn’t work?
Our local
owners don’t
know much
about social
marketing.
17. So what about your concerns?
Ability to view/report on all
local store location activity
Deliver corporate messages
locally
Monitor your brand buzz locally
& across the social web
Will I know if
wholesalers
are following
plans/policy?
Monitor & Encourage Local
Brand Compliance with
Approval Chains
18. So what about your concerns?
Will our local
wholesalers deliver
our brand message
correctly?
Monitor your brand buzz
locally & across the social
web
Monitor & enforce local
brand compliance with
approval chains
19. So what about your concerns?
Ability to view/report on all
local store activity
Monitor your brand buzz locally
& across the social web
Track activity effectiveness for
both corporate & local
Reporting and Analytics tailored
to your business
Can I track local
activity to see what
works/doesn’t work?
20. So what about your concerns?
Hot Content for easy posting
Integrated local social
advertising
Built-in apps empower local
stores
OR
SOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANT:
We’ll do the work!
Our local
wholesalers don’t
know much about
social marketing.