Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Opting Out
is NOT an Option:
is NOT an Option:
The reputational risk
p
of ignoring social media
Barbara Gibson, ABC
b b
20 May 2010
The rapid rise of social media
The rapid rise of social media
50 Million
ll
Tweets/Day
5 Billion Facebook
Items/Week
1 Billion YouTube
Views/Day
/ y
Business trying to catch up
Business trying to catch up
79% of top 100 Global companies
p
participating in at least one social media
p g
platform
Source: Burson‐Marsteller (2010)
Top social media for Global 100
Top social media for Global 100
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Twitter Facebook YouTube Corp Blog
Source: Burson‐Marsteller (2010)
Business still lagging
Business still lagging
Only 20% utilizing all 4 top platforms
Many have all but abandoned their blogs
Many have all but abandoned their blogs
Half block employee access to social media
Few have written social media guidelines
Journalists now using social
Journalists now using social
media for research
89% using corporate blogs
89% using corporate blogs
65% using Facebook & LinkedIn
52% using Twitter
News media are now officially
News media are now officially
sourcing from social media
g
Some Reputational Risks of Ignoring
Social Media
Not participating doesn’t mean they’re
not talking about you
not talking about you
Minor incidents escalate into major
issues, and quickly cross into mainstream
d kl
media
When a real crisis occurs, it’s too late to
start building community
start building community
Motrin Moms Twitter Crisis
Motrin Moms Twitter Crisis
#motrinmoms
Motrin’s video:
http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=BmykFKjNp
dY
Mom’s video:
http://www.youtube.co
p y
m/watch?v=LhR‐
y1N6R8Q
Ford manages crisis in real time on Twitter
Ford manages crisis in real time on Twitter
• Click here for full tweet‐by‐tweet
Cli kh f f ll t tb t t
case study by Ron Ploof:
http://ronamok.com/ebooks/the_ranger_st
ation fire final pdf
ation_fire_final.pdf
@scottmonty
Domino’s wasn’t ready when
employees’ prank video went viral
Underestimated
viral power
i l
Quick response,
b
but not enough
h
for SM time
Didn’t already
have a Twitter
following
Other risks of opting out
Other risks of opting out
Being
Being outflanked by smaller, SM‐savvy
outflanked by smaller SM savvy
competitors
Missing market intelligence
No early
No early‐warning
warning system for customer service
system for customer service
problems
Brand‐jacking
Legal, regulatory & reputational risks of misuse
Legal, regulatory & reputational risks of misuse
by employees
Recommendations
Bare Minimum Better Best
Belkin, L. (2008) Moms and Motrin, New York Times Magazine online, Nov 17 2008,
h //
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/moms‐and‐motrin/
i bl i /2008/ / / d i / , last accessed 8 April 2010.
l d8 il 20 0
Bunz, M. (2010) BBC tells news staff to embrace social media, 10 Feb 2010,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/feb/10/bbc‐news‐social‐media, last accessed 7 April 2010.
Burson‐Marsteller
B M ll (2010) The Global Social Media Check‐up, http://www.burson‐
(2010) Th Gl b l S i l M di Ch k h // b
marsteller.com/Innovation_and_insights/blogs_and_podcasts/BM_Blog/Documents/Burson‐
Marsteller%202010%20Global%20Social%20Media%20Check‐up%20white%20paper.pdf , last accessed 7 April 2010.
Lariscy, R.W.; Avery, E.J.; Sweetser, K.D.; and Howes, P. (2009) An examination of the role of online social media in journalists’
source mix, Public Relations Review, Vol. 35, pp 314‐316.
Owyang, J. (2010) Crisis Planning: Prepare Your Company For Social Media Attacks, March 22, 2010, http://www.web‐
strategist.com/blog/2010/03/22/prepare‐your‐company‐now‐for‐social‐attacks/ , last accessed 8 April 2010.
Ploof, R. (2009) The Ranger Station Fire: How Ford Motor Company Used Social Media to Extinguish a PR Fire in Less Than 24
Hours, 17 December 2008, http://ronamok.com/2008/12/17/ford‐fansites‐and‐firefighting/ , last accessed 8 April 2010.
Reuters (2009) Handbook of Journalism, date unknown,
http://handbook.reuters.com/index.php/The_Essentials_of_Reuters_sourcing, last accessed 9 April 2009.
Tennant, R. (2010) Web 2.0 walks a fine line between business value and information risk, Financial Times, 28 Jan 2010,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3dae6e6e‐f92b‐11de‐80dc‐00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1, last accessed 7 April 2010.
Thank you
Thank you
To contact me:
Barbara Gibson, ABC
Barbara Gibson ABC
Email: bgibson@culturalresolution.com
Blog http //barbgibson posterous com
Blog: http://barbgibson.posterous.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/barbaragibson
T itt @B b G
Twitter: @Barb_G
Phone: +44 7833 788252