Personalisation: 
Using Social to 
Sell More 
Exploring social’s role in the sales process and how to 
improve conversion by Bruce Martin, Ginger Juice
Coming up 
Why Personalisation? 
Social Media and the Customer Journey 
Social = Big Data 
Social Logins 
Latest Facebook & Twitter Features 
Best Practice
Why Personalisation? 
Consumers have an emotional desire 
to be seen as unique personalities and 
to receive a stamp-of-approval for 
the choices they make
Why Personalisation? 
Smart businesses are learning how to 
deliver relevant messaging at every 
stage of the customer journey.
The Customer Journey 
The customer journey is complex.
The Customer Journey 
Customers will probably interact with your 
brand via many channels over many days.
Where does social fit in? 
Social Media effects all parts 
of the customer journey 
• Brand awareness 
• Creates desire 
• Reputation & credibility 
• SEO 
• Web traffic 
• Lead generation 
• Experience sharing 
• Customer service 
• Review & advocacy
Where does 
Social fit in? 
Google report: 
Social Media (where 
active) is a big influencer 
in Awareness (61%) 
Also considerable 
amount of influence on 
Final Decision to 
purchase (39%) 
Source: Google 2013
Social = Big Data 
Social media provides you with data on 
sentiment, preference, and influence in 
ways that no other data source can.
Social = Big Data 
Social data gives you demographics, age, 
geography, affinity & influence.
Social = Big Data 
Social signals give you real-time insight into a 
customer’s context and needs.
Social = 
Big Data 
Harnessing power of social data 
can result in: 
 better targeting & personalisation 
 consistent customer experiences 
 clear source of social ROI 
 better use of marketing budget 
 greater loyalty & advocacy
Social Login 
 Increasingly popular 
 Less hassle for them 
 More data for you
Social Login 
“Hi, can we use your Facebook profile to log 
you in and then customise your experience 
based on your Facebook data?” 
The privacy vs convenience trade-off
Social Login 
All industries 
Source: Janrain.com 2014
Facebook Features 
Smart Advertising 
Custom Audiences 
Re-targeting 
Lookalikes
Facebook: Smart Advertising
Facebook: Custom Audience
Facebook: Re-targetting 
Delivers Facebook 
adverts to only 
people that have 
visited a your 
website or even 
just a particular 
page
Facebook: Lookalikes 
Creates a custom 
audience of people 
similar to your 
existing audience
Twitter Targeting 
 Powerful ads platform 
 Micro targeting 
 Twitter Cards 
 search #Brightontravel
Social Media: 
Best Practice 
Social Media creates desire early in the 
customer journey and removes doubt later on.
Social Media: 
Best Practice 
Good social media 
results increases: 
• Brand awareness 
• Consumer confidence 
• Credibility 
• Customer loyalty 
The quality of your regular social media activity 
will support your commercial objectives.
Best Practice 
 Think Context Marketing, 
not Content Marketing 
 Interaction beats 
one-way broadcast 
messaging 
 Listen & react 
 Think H2H, not B2C & B2B 
 Be funny, helpful, expert
Best Practice: Timing 
Tweets sent by 
leading French 
ski resort – by 
day & time 
All very early, on 
weekdays only
Post when your customers are online 
Tweets sent by 
leading 
Caribbean 
Tourism Office 
All in the afternoon and evening UK time, no weekends
Best-Practice 
 Be great on a few 
channels, not weak on 
many 
 Create scroll-stoppers 
 (still) think mobile 
 Be brief 
 Simple call-to-actions
Powerful Combo 
• Personalisation via social data + 
• Great social activity = 
 Positive effect on entire customer journey 
 Great conversion
Powerful Combo 
• Personalisation via social data + 
• Great social activity = 
 Positive effect on entire customer journey 
conversion!
Thank you! 
@BruceMartin 
Ginger Juice 
www.gingerjuice.co.uk

BrightOn Travel - "Personalisation: Using social to sell more" by Bruce Martin

  • 1.
    Personalisation: Using Socialto Sell More Exploring social’s role in the sales process and how to improve conversion by Bruce Martin, Ginger Juice
  • 4.
    Coming up WhyPersonalisation? Social Media and the Customer Journey Social = Big Data Social Logins Latest Facebook & Twitter Features Best Practice
  • 5.
    Why Personalisation? Consumershave an emotional desire to be seen as unique personalities and to receive a stamp-of-approval for the choices they make
  • 6.
    Why Personalisation? Smartbusinesses are learning how to deliver relevant messaging at every stage of the customer journey.
  • 7.
    The Customer Journey The customer journey is complex.
  • 8.
    The Customer Journey Customers will probably interact with your brand via many channels over many days.
  • 9.
    Where does socialfit in? Social Media effects all parts of the customer journey • Brand awareness • Creates desire • Reputation & credibility • SEO • Web traffic • Lead generation • Experience sharing • Customer service • Review & advocacy
  • 10.
    Where does Socialfit in? Google report: Social Media (where active) is a big influencer in Awareness (61%) Also considerable amount of influence on Final Decision to purchase (39%) Source: Google 2013
  • 11.
    Social = BigData Social media provides you with data on sentiment, preference, and influence in ways that no other data source can.
  • 12.
    Social = BigData Social data gives you demographics, age, geography, affinity & influence.
  • 13.
    Social = BigData Social signals give you real-time insight into a customer’s context and needs.
  • 14.
    Social = BigData Harnessing power of social data can result in:  better targeting & personalisation  consistent customer experiences  clear source of social ROI  better use of marketing budget  greater loyalty & advocacy
  • 15.
    Social Login Increasingly popular  Less hassle for them  More data for you
  • 16.
    Social Login “Hi,can we use your Facebook profile to log you in and then customise your experience based on your Facebook data?” The privacy vs convenience trade-off
  • 17.
    Social Login Allindustries Source: Janrain.com 2014
  • 18.
    Facebook Features SmartAdvertising Custom Audiences Re-targeting Lookalikes
  • 19.
  • 20.
  • 21.
    Facebook: Re-targetting DeliversFacebook adverts to only people that have visited a your website or even just a particular page
  • 22.
    Facebook: Lookalikes Createsa custom audience of people similar to your existing audience
  • 23.
    Twitter Targeting Powerful ads platform  Micro targeting  Twitter Cards  search #Brightontravel
  • 24.
    Social Media: BestPractice Social Media creates desire early in the customer journey and removes doubt later on.
  • 25.
    Social Media: BestPractice Good social media results increases: • Brand awareness • Consumer confidence • Credibility • Customer loyalty The quality of your regular social media activity will support your commercial objectives.
  • 26.
    Best Practice Think Context Marketing, not Content Marketing  Interaction beats one-way broadcast messaging  Listen & react  Think H2H, not B2C & B2B  Be funny, helpful, expert
  • 27.
    Best Practice: Timing Tweets sent by leading French ski resort – by day & time All very early, on weekdays only
  • 28.
    Post when yourcustomers are online Tweets sent by leading Caribbean Tourism Office All in the afternoon and evening UK time, no weekends
  • 29.
    Best-Practice  Begreat on a few channels, not weak on many  Create scroll-stoppers  (still) think mobile  Be brief  Simple call-to-actions
  • 30.
    Powerful Combo •Personalisation via social data + • Great social activity =  Positive effect on entire customer journey  Great conversion
  • 31.
    Powerful Combo •Personalisation via social data + • Great social activity =  Positive effect on entire customer journey conversion!
  • 32.
    Thank you! @BruceMartin Ginger Juice www.gingerjuice.co.uk

Editor's Notes

  • #3 and talk about how many social media channels there are (most of which noone has heard of) Then maybe a few slides like this to (numbers) to show how amazing social media is.
  • #4 and talk about how many social media channels there are (most of which noone has heard of) Then maybe a few slides like this to (numbers) to show how amazing social media is.
  • #7 Spam is marketing gone wrong
  • #8 The customer journey has become incredibly fragmented, moving across various channels and devices, and saturated with more messages than ever. At the same time, customers have been empowered by new technology, increasingly expecting consistent, personal experiences. As a result, it has never been more necessary—yet also so complex—for brands to target and personalize customer messaging. Before making an online purchase decision, a customer may engage with your brand through many different media channels over several days Important to consider today’s customer journey and where social fits in. These days, the customer journey has grown more complex The Customer journey from discovery to purchase is influenced by many factors. Print, TV, Radio, Cinema, Out-Of-Home, Web-search (SEO / PPC), Direct Mail, Travel Agents, Word-Of-Mouth and Social Media For Ski & alpine brands, it’s vital to understand what drives customers to choose the products they do. Why might they choose one ski operator, hotel or resort over another?    
  • #9 The customer journey has become incredibly fragmented, moving across various channels and devices, and saturated with more messages than ever. At the same time, customers have been empowered by new technology, increasingly expecting consistent, personal experiences. As a result, it has never been more necessary—yet also so complex—for brands to target and personalize customer messaging. Before making an online purchase decision, a customer may engage with your brand through many different media channels over several days Important to consider today’s customer journey and where social fits in. These days, the customer journey has grown more complex The Customer journey from discovery to purchase is influenced by many factors. Print, TV, Radio, Cinema, Out-Of-Home, Web-search (SEO / PPC), Direct Mail, Travel Agents, Word-Of-Mouth and Social Media For Ski & alpine brands, it’s vital to understand what drives customers to choose the products they do. Why might they choose one ski operator, hotel or resort over another?    
  • #10  Social media is now a very much a part of this complicated marketing mix which effects this customer journey from discovery, through to experience and then finally review & advocacy. Your organisation should be ensuring that social media is having a meaningful effect on every step of this journey