The document discusses best practices for social media engagement. It provides tips on how to build successful social media strategies, including connecting with others rather than self-promoting, engaging authentically across multiple channels, finding influencers within target communities, and launching campaigns around cultural events. The document also shares an example of how Virgin America grew word of mouth for a new flight route and outlines Ford's social media policy of transparency, honesty, and valuing consumer feedback.
7. Rules of Engagement
#1 Stop pitching and start connecting
#2 Doers win in the game of social media
#3 It’s not about you
#4 Be fearless in your contribution to community
#5 Don’t be a social spammer, engage
#6 Be authentic
#7 Be consistent
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21. “After accruing the initial 120 participants and an
additional 144 engaged influencers, the word of
mouth power kicked in, as those individuals, proud
to have “earned” such special
treatment, generated more than 4,600 tweets
about the new route. This, in turn, led to more than
7.4 million impressions and coverage in top
blogs and news outlets like the L.A. Times and
CNN Money. And all it took was making those
original 120 participants feel special.”
Porter Gale – VP Marketing, Virgin
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23. Finding Influencers
• Local Niche Bloggers
• Journalists
• Meetup.com Organizers
• Back-links to local competitor or topic
specific sites
• Use Twellow and Klout
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24. Pepsi Cultural
Calendars
• Demographic’s entertainment events
• Community events
• Significant milestones
• Own a #tag in your community
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27. Launch Plan
1. Identify Your Goal
2. Identify Your Target Audience and your Nanomarkets
3. Pick the Right Platforms
4. Map out Social Etiquette and Policy
5. Implement Listening and Engagement Strategy
6. Know Core Pains, Dreams, and Goals
7. Uniquely Communicate Solutions Mixing Marketing and
Community
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28. Ford Social Media Policy
Rules for Ford Social Media Engagement
At Ford Motor Company, our social media strategy involves connecting our consumers with our employees in the digital
space whenever possible, and providing value to them in the process. As a result, we have specific rules for online
engagement, which, amongst other variables, involves abiding by the Word of Mouth Marketing Association’s Code of
Ethics.
Ford will:
Always request that our social media influencers be transparent and disclose their relationship, as well as anything
they’ve received as a result of that relationship with Ford
Insist on honesty of opinion. We want both positive and negative reviews of our vehicles
Offer influencers engaging experiences that are worth talking about. We won’t be cutting and pasting press releases
into e-mails in hopes someone will post them
Always carefully target our outreach to ensure that we aren’t “spamming” anyone with unwanted messages
Listen carefully to suggestions and concerns
Compensate influencers for consulting or other duties they do for Ford. This compensation will solely be for their time
as an advisor and will not include an expectation that they will write about the project – favorably or unfavorably
Apologize quickly for any mistakes we make. No one is perfect and we are sure that we will make a misstep in our
efforts to engage with the social web, but we will be sure to learn from our mistakes
Share this policy with all influencers we work with
Source: TheFordStory.com
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