HOW TO SPOT SOCIAL BUYING SIGNALS? Turn Social Media into Revenue @sendible
Oct 21, 2014
HOW TO SPOT SOCIAL BUYING SIGNALS?
Turn Social Media into Revenue
@sendible
The Plan • Introduction to Sendible • The last 15 years… • What are buying signals?• Types of buying signals• Statistics of social media usage
• Getting you started in your search for your buying signals• Best practices for responding• Leveraging your own fans & followers• Monitoring on reviews sites• Track your progress
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Who are we?• Sendible.com – Social Media Management Tool for Businesses
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In less than 15 Years…
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We Live In Public
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A Buying Signal is a signal from a potential customer that shows an intent to buy a product or service
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Today’s Buying Signal
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Common Buying Process
Need Recognition
Information Search
Evaluate Alternatives
Purchase
Decision
Post Purchase
Evaluation
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Lets see the stats…
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Demographic Shift
75% aged 18 to 49 on social
95% aged 12 to 17 active online
* 2012 Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project
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The Impact of Online
80%of customers do online research before buying in-store
* PricewaterhouseCoopers 2012
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The Impact of Social
64%of Social Media users said that social had influence on buying decisions
* Edison Research, June 2012
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The Impact of Social
64%of Social Media users said that social had influence on buying decisions
* Edison Research, June 2012
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Dissecting the Buying Signal
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When in the Buy Cycle?• Positive Event Driven (Pre-Buy)
• Wedding, Pregnancy, Graduation, Trade Shows, Major Events
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When in the Buy Cycle?• Negative Event Driven (Pre-Buy)
• Theft, Loss
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When in the Buy Cycle?• Early in the Cycle
• Desire, Seeking Solution
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When in the Buy Cycle?• Research Phase
• Fact Check, Advice, Brainstorming, Recommend
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Ready to start?
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Where to begin?
• Find your keywords• Try a few “signal words”
• “Does anyone…”• “I am looking for…”• “Any recommendations”
http://twitter.com/search
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Brand• Easy to spot buying signals• Brand opinions • Consumer insight• Discover brand advocates
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Product & Services • Easy to spot buying
signals• Consumer insight• Discover brand
advocates
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Industry
• Monitor Competition • Brand favourability
• Trigger words • “Does anyone…”• “I am looking for…”• “Any
recommendations”
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How to Configure in Sendible?
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Best Practices for Responding
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Best Practices for Responding• Get to know the Twitterer
you’re talking to… before you start the conversation.
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Best Practices for Responding• To promote or help? Go with the soft touch
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Best Practices for Responding• Incentivize!
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Leveraging your own Fans and Followers
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Google +
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Review sites
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Review sites
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Review sites• Include all your reviews, even your negative ones• Don’t add your own phony reviews. • Ask for reviews & Consider offering incentives for leaving
reviews• Respond to negative comments in a timely manner,
publicly
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Track your progress
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Free Social Media AuditRegister: http://bit.ly/SendibleAudit
Any Questions?
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