All it takes is one post
- An Opportunity or Risk?
The Power of Socialized Employees
Greg Shove, Founder & CEO
SocialChorus
@gregshove
Employee Advocacy: Turning
Social Marketing Inside Out
Software & training for
your insiders
– your best employees,
partners and customers –
to share your brand’s
good news with their
social networks.
Customers
Employees
& PartnersSocial
Media
Team
Why Employees as Social Brand
Advocates?
Engaged employees are 2x as productive
and generate up to 80% of all customer
satisfaction
2X
of employees’ Twitter followers are new to
the brand
92%
An everyday employee is two times more
trusted than a Chief Executive.
2X
— DELL study 2012
— National Business Research Institute
— Edelman Trust Barometer 2013
More trusted
New audience
More productivity
The Power of Employees…
Engagements
10,000,000*
1,000,000
Facebook Fans
>
Unique content creations
Reach
50,000
5,000
*Annual results per 1K advocates
135
Employees
Welcome and train
Welcome and
orientation video
Customizable terms and
conditions
• Can embed
training and T&C’s
within experience
Employee Advocate Experience
Brand News Feed
• Automated content
from many sources
• Supports
• RSS feeds
• Facebook pages
• Instagram accounts
• Twitter accounts
Sharing Content
• Easy to share
• Across any major
social network
• Advocates customized
messages
• Embedded FTC
compliance and
tracking
Content Creation
• Easy to create
content for any
platform
• Can include
Glassdoor reviews,
photos
AT&T is Scaling Employee Advocacy
Before
SocialChorus
50 advocates,
manual processes,
no measurement
After
SocialChorus
Scale to 2000
advocates & growing,
scalable process,
measurable results
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
1
Pain point: Software
needed to scale &
measure program
50
Advocates
Generate $125k AMV
monthly
1,100
Advocates
2,500
Advocates
November
2013
February
2014
2015
500
Advocates
5,000
Advocates
April
2014
April
2012
Employee Advocates Drive Results
• Most employee advocacy programs
• Latest company news via social feeds
• Enable content sharing across all networks with hashtag
• Ask employees to share Job postings and create
Glassdoor reviews
• Include video training & compliance
• Can prove ROI with
• Lower cost to train and onboard social employees
• Marketing value of the social reach of these employees
Employee Advocacy is For All
Companies
Financial
Services
Travel
Tech &
Telecom
Retail
Consumer
Packaged
Goods
Getting Started
1. Align program goals to business objectives
2. Start with a social media policy
3. Get executive buy-in (identify a champion)
4. Create a content & engagement plan
5. Identify most social employees
All it takes is one post
- An Opportunity or Risk?
Social Media: Welcome to the Wild, Wild West
Our Cast of Characters
The Good
The Bad
The Ugly
Blurred Lines
He Spent a Little Too Much Time at the Saloon
39%
43%
of hiring managers used social media to
research job candidates in 2013
of those said that what they learned caused
them not to hire the candidate
source: Careerbuilder.com
There’s a New Sheriff in Town
2012
60%
10%
2015
Companies with formal programs
for monitoring employee activity
on social media (Gartner)
The First Step is Your Policy
Published Policy
General Guidelines
Informal with Expectations
Social Training Provided
Monitored Use
No Policy
Don’t Know
COMPANY SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
23%
31%
17%
7%
9%
24%
8%
source: SilkRoad
Communicate on the Employee’s Terms & Timeline
GOAL:
TOOL:
Risk Mitigation
PDF (10+ pages)
GOAL:
TOOL:
Awareness
Web Video
(2-4 mins)
Takeaways
1 2 3
With great power
comes
great responsibility
Take a stance on
social media with a
published policy
Communicate with
employees on their
terms & timeline to
drive proper social
media behavior

ENGAGE2014: All it Takes is One Post: Social Media Etiquette Training - Joe Larocque, GuideSpark & Gregory Shove, Social Chorus

  • 1.
    All it takesis one post - An Opportunity or Risk?
  • 2.
    The Power ofSocialized Employees Greg Shove, Founder & CEO SocialChorus @gregshove
  • 3.
    Employee Advocacy: Turning SocialMarketing Inside Out Software & training for your insiders – your best employees, partners and customers – to share your brand’s good news with their social networks. Customers Employees & PartnersSocial Media Team
  • 4.
    Why Employees asSocial Brand Advocates? Engaged employees are 2x as productive and generate up to 80% of all customer satisfaction 2X of employees’ Twitter followers are new to the brand 92% An everyday employee is two times more trusted than a Chief Executive. 2X — DELL study 2012 — National Business Research Institute — Edelman Trust Barometer 2013 More trusted New audience More productivity
  • 5.
    The Power ofEmployees… Engagements 10,000,000* 1,000,000 Facebook Fans > Unique content creations Reach 50,000 5,000 *Annual results per 1K advocates 135 Employees
  • 6.
    Welcome and train Welcomeand orientation video Customizable terms and conditions • Can embed training and T&C’s within experience
  • 7.
  • 8.
    Brand News Feed •Automated content from many sources • Supports • RSS feeds • Facebook pages • Instagram accounts • Twitter accounts
  • 9.
    Sharing Content • Easyto share • Across any major social network • Advocates customized messages • Embedded FTC compliance and tracking
  • 10.
    Content Creation • Easyto create content for any platform • Can include Glassdoor reviews, photos
  • 11.
    AT&T is ScalingEmployee Advocacy Before SocialChorus 50 advocates, manual processes, no measurement After SocialChorus Scale to 2000 advocates & growing, scalable process, measurable results 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 1 Pain point: Software needed to scale & measure program 50 Advocates Generate $125k AMV monthly 1,100 Advocates 2,500 Advocates November 2013 February 2014 2015 500 Advocates 5,000 Advocates April 2014 April 2012
  • 12.
    Employee Advocates DriveResults • Most employee advocacy programs • Latest company news via social feeds • Enable content sharing across all networks with hashtag • Ask employees to share Job postings and create Glassdoor reviews • Include video training & compliance • Can prove ROI with • Lower cost to train and onboard social employees • Marketing value of the social reach of these employees
  • 13.
    Employee Advocacy isFor All Companies Financial Services Travel Tech & Telecom Retail Consumer Packaged Goods
  • 14.
    Getting Started 1. Alignprogram goals to business objectives 2. Start with a social media policy 3. Get executive buy-in (identify a champion) 4. Create a content & engagement plan 5. Identify most social employees
  • 15.
    All it takesis one post - An Opportunity or Risk?
  • 16.
    Social Media: Welcometo the Wild, Wild West
  • 17.
    Our Cast ofCharacters
  • 18.
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  • 20.
  • 21.
  • 22.
    He Spent aLittle Too Much Time at the Saloon 39% 43% of hiring managers used social media to research job candidates in 2013 of those said that what they learned caused them not to hire the candidate source: Careerbuilder.com
  • 23.
    There’s a NewSheriff in Town 2012 60% 10% 2015 Companies with formal programs for monitoring employee activity on social media (Gartner)
  • 24.
    The First Stepis Your Policy Published Policy General Guidelines Informal with Expectations Social Training Provided Monitored Use No Policy Don’t Know COMPANY SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 23% 31% 17% 7% 9% 24% 8% source: SilkRoad
  • 25.
    Communicate on theEmployee’s Terms & Timeline GOAL: TOOL: Risk Mitigation PDF (10+ pages) GOAL: TOOL: Awareness Web Video (2-4 mins)
  • 26.
    Takeaways 1 2 3 Withgreat power comes great responsibility Take a stance on social media with a published policy Communicate with employees on their terms & timeline to drive proper social media behavior