Personalized Shopping Experience to
         Increase your Sales
Leveraging Social Commerce Solution
                 Nov 17th, 2011

                Bharath Yadla
   Practice Head – Social Commerce & Cloud
                  Integration
Topics


1.   Explosion of Social Media in online commerce

2.   Multi-Channel strategy - a must, sell where the users are


3.   Personalized Recommendations – a Key ingredient of Social Commerce

4.   About ZSL SmartPrise Social Commerce


5.   Demo

6.   Next Steps…
Where is the market going?
Where is the market going?
                                 Exhibit Booz & Company Estimate of
                       Social Commerce Market Size (2010-2015; in USS Billions)
                                                                                              $30



                                                                                     $20
                                                                                            $14

                                                                       $14          $9
                                                    $9              $5
                                 $5             $3                                          $16
                                                                    $8             $12
                            $4                  $6


     2010                2011                2012                2013             2014     2015
Note : Numbers might not add up because of rounding.
Source : Forrester Research; GP Bullhound; Euromonitor; Booz & Company analysis
Explosion of Social Media in Commerce




                             Source : Nielsen Q3 2011
What is Social Commerce




                                               Social
Social commerce is a subset of electronic
                                               Commerce as
commerce that involves using social
media, online media that supports social       defined and
interaction and user contributions, to         was first
assist in the online buying and selling of     introduced
products and services                          by


We believe that it is all of this and more.

We define social commerce as: "The use of social strategies
to anticipate, personalize and energize the shopping
experience."
What is Social Commerce
                                                         Dr. Paul Marsden, Syzygy Group
                 Social Commerce Defined




                       E-COMMERCE              SOCIAL COMMERCE            SOCIAL-MEDIA
                     Buying and selling         The monetization of         Online media
                   products and services         social media with        supporting social
                          online                   e-commerce           interaction and user
                                                                            contributions


Recent Examples of social commerce
   1-800-Flowers, setting up the first online retail store embedded into Facebook
   US fashion chain The Limited creating a newsfeed store on Facebook allowing users to buy directly from
    within newsfeeds
   Dell offering a 'deal feed' on popular micro-blogging service Twitter, netting it over $7m in sales
   Amazon & Best Buy extending their reach beyond their sites with social media services such as social
    bookmarking 'universal wishlists’
   Food processor brand Blendtec seeing a series of humorous 'Will it Blend?' ads to social media platforms,
    and in doing so increasing sales by 500%
Multi-Channel Strategy – Cannot Ignore anymore
Multi-Channel Strategy – Cannot Ignore anymore




                               Source : ChannelAdvisor 2011
Multi-Channel Strategy – 2 Major Strategies



                                   2 Strategies




SOCIAL & Mobile MEDIA ON E-COMMERCE         E-COMMERCE ON SOCIAL & Mobile MEDIA
              PLATFORMS                                   PLATFORMS
  Helping people connect where they buy     Helping people buy where they connect
Being Relevant on Website is important
Personalized Recommendations –
     Key to Social commerce
Personalized Recommendations –
     Key to Social commerce




                       Source : JWT, 2011
Personalized Recommendations – A Bigger Value

            Recommendation
            Engine for Social
               Commerce


                                          Revenue, Acquisition, and               Few Current Users, Many Ready
                                       Customer Satisfaction: the Goals                     to Adopt
Fully 48% of our respondents are
interested in deploying                The answers, not surprisingly, centered    Roughly 10% of our respondents already
recommendations for a B2 ecommerce     on revenue (63%), customer acquisition     use a recommendation engine. Of those
application. 35% indicated that they   (55%), and customer satisfaction (80%0.    not currently using a recommendation
would use recommendations on a B2C     In North America, employee productivity    engine, a quarter plan to deploy this
site. Only 19% were interested in      was also an important goal for 50% of      year, and another 20% plan to deploy in
applying recommendations to a          respondents. In Europe, it was important   2011. So it seems that about half of our
corporate Web site                     to no respondents. Retailers are more      respondents are pretty hot on the idea of
                                       focused: they had one goal, and it was     recommendations. Retailers unanimously
                                       revenue                                    chose 2011 for deployment




                    Source : Patricia Seybold recommendation engine market survey
Social Commerce – User perspective




“Personalized & Social recommendation
          is the back bone of
      Social Commerce Strategy.”
Six Dimensions of Social Commerce
                                                Forums & Communities
                                                                                SMO
                                                •    Discussion forums
                                                •    Retail blogs               •    News & Deal feeds
Social Shopping                                                                 •    Social media events &
                                                •    Customer communities
                                                                                     sharing
•       Social media stores                                                     •    Link building
•       Group buying & gifting
•       Social shopping portals




                                      Recommendations &                     Social Ads & Apps
    Ratings & Reviews
                                      Referrals                             •       Social Ads
    •    Customer ratings & reviews   •   Social bookmarking                •       Social Apps & Widgets
    •    Expert ratings & reviews     •   Referral programs
    •    Sponsored reviews            •   Social recommendations
Market Challenges
 B2C businesses with web & mobile properties have the top 3 challenges, more so with
  Publishing, Retail, Travel, Entertainment…
    Revenue or Transaction ability
    Consumer acquisition
    Consumer satisfaction
 However, most businesses today struggle to address the above challenges because
    They don’t have a personalization strategy nor successfully implemented it
    They don’t have a clear Social CRM strategy
 To address the above challenges the businesses need to
    Provide a very personalized & relevant consumer experience
    Follow the consumer on the social platforms


   We help the businesses address this challenge by offering a   Personalized &
   Social Recommendation Engine for their
   web and mobile properties.
About ZSL
•   15+ years Global Technology Integrator & Business Solutions Provider, Headquartered in
    Edison, NJ
•   State-of-the-art Technology Research & Development Centers in US, Canada and India
•   4000+ employees with offices in US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore,
    Middle-East and India
•   Dedicated R&D Division to Offer Value Added R&D Services & Product Development
    Services to the ISVs and SPs
•   Emerging Technologies Specialization with the leading technology vendors alignment
•   Pioneer in Industry Solutions Development (Insurance, Finance,   E-Governance, Consumer
    Electronics, Pharmaceutical & Telecom)
•   Award Winning & Proven Partnership Program “Get IT Together” Partnership for ISVs, VARs,
    SPs and SIs
•   ISO and CMM Certified Solution Provider




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Industry Recognition
SmartPrise Social Commerce –
Personalized & Social Recommendation Engine
                         Personalized & Social Recommendation
                            Engine

                               Sources Relevant and Personalized
                                Recommendations for the Consumer’s need.
                               Enhances Social Relevance through
                                personalized Opinions & Coupons from
                                friends & social networks.
                               Increases the Consumer Transaction-ability
                                (visit to buy) with 30-50% sales lift.
                               Acquires new Consumer-base
                                (15 to 20%) through powerful viral loops.
                               Works on various touch points like web,
                                facebook, smart phones (iPhone, Android…).


                           Social Analytics & CRM

                              Monitoring – extracting consumer insights
                               from social sphere
                              Profile mapping
                              Middleware – Integration of all customer
                               facing touch points
                              Measuring & Insights to sentiment
Intent Based, Context Driven Personalization




                                            Opinions



             Personalized & Social Recommendation Engine


                     Persona in             Pivoted           Pleasant
                       Social               Search            Surprise
                     Networks


                                                                     Past   Personal
Popularity         Peer                           Proximity         Usage   Actions
                                  Profile
                Influence
SmartPrise Commerce solutions


SmartPrise Commerce for                   SmartPrise Commerce for
Retail                                    Online Media
• Social Commerce & Personalization       • Personalization solution for Online Media
  solution for Retail SMBs                    • Personalized & Relevant News,
    • Complete commerce solution                 content
    • Social Enabled                          • Social Enabled
    • Personalized recommendations for        • Relevant Gossip
       customers

• Social Commerce & Personalization for
  Magento Commerce

• F-Commerce & M-Commerce Solutions

• Social Commerce & Personalization
  Solutions for IBM Smarter Commerce
Ready for Social Commerce Solution – Next Steps

• Get a Strategic assessment – How to enable your store on
  facebook & mobile (multi-channel)

• Pilot Study – How to give your customers “Personalized
  shopping experience”

• Not Convinced yet? - Want to see how your store looks like with
  our SmartPrise Social Commerce – Feel yourself, request for
  your own DEMO STORE setup
www.zslinc.com | info@zslinc.com

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  • 1.
    Personalized Shopping Experienceto Increase your Sales Leveraging Social Commerce Solution Nov 17th, 2011 Bharath Yadla Practice Head – Social Commerce & Cloud Integration
  • 2.
    Topics 1. Explosion of Social Media in online commerce 2. Multi-Channel strategy - a must, sell where the users are 3. Personalized Recommendations – a Key ingredient of Social Commerce 4. About ZSL SmartPrise Social Commerce 5. Demo 6. Next Steps…
  • 4.
    Where is themarket going?
  • 5.
    Where is themarket going? Exhibit Booz & Company Estimate of Social Commerce Market Size (2010-2015; in USS Billions) $30 $20 $14 $14 $9 $9 $5 $5 $3 $16 $8 $12 $4 $6 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Note : Numbers might not add up because of rounding. Source : Forrester Research; GP Bullhound; Euromonitor; Booz & Company analysis
  • 6.
    Explosion of SocialMedia in Commerce Source : Nielsen Q3 2011
  • 7.
    What is SocialCommerce Social Social commerce is a subset of electronic Commerce as commerce that involves using social media, online media that supports social defined and interaction and user contributions, to was first assist in the online buying and selling of introduced products and services by We believe that it is all of this and more. We define social commerce as: "The use of social strategies to anticipate, personalize and energize the shopping experience."
  • 8.
    What is SocialCommerce Dr. Paul Marsden, Syzygy Group Social Commerce Defined E-COMMERCE SOCIAL COMMERCE SOCIAL-MEDIA Buying and selling The monetization of Online media products and services social media with supporting social online e-commerce interaction and user contributions Recent Examples of social commerce  1-800-Flowers, setting up the first online retail store embedded into Facebook  US fashion chain The Limited creating a newsfeed store on Facebook allowing users to buy directly from within newsfeeds  Dell offering a 'deal feed' on popular micro-blogging service Twitter, netting it over $7m in sales  Amazon & Best Buy extending their reach beyond their sites with social media services such as social bookmarking 'universal wishlists’  Food processor brand Blendtec seeing a series of humorous 'Will it Blend?' ads to social media platforms, and in doing so increasing sales by 500%
  • 9.
    Multi-Channel Strategy –Cannot Ignore anymore
  • 10.
    Multi-Channel Strategy –Cannot Ignore anymore Source : ChannelAdvisor 2011
  • 11.
    Multi-Channel Strategy –2 Major Strategies 2 Strategies SOCIAL & Mobile MEDIA ON E-COMMERCE E-COMMERCE ON SOCIAL & Mobile MEDIA PLATFORMS PLATFORMS Helping people connect where they buy Helping people buy where they connect
  • 13.
    Being Relevant onWebsite is important
  • 14.
    Personalized Recommendations – Key to Social commerce
  • 15.
    Personalized Recommendations – Key to Social commerce Source : JWT, 2011
  • 16.
    Personalized Recommendations –A Bigger Value Recommendation Engine for Social Commerce Revenue, Acquisition, and Few Current Users, Many Ready Customer Satisfaction: the Goals to Adopt Fully 48% of our respondents are interested in deploying The answers, not surprisingly, centered Roughly 10% of our respondents already recommendations for a B2 ecommerce on revenue (63%), customer acquisition use a recommendation engine. Of those application. 35% indicated that they (55%), and customer satisfaction (80%0. not currently using a recommendation would use recommendations on a B2C In North America, employee productivity engine, a quarter plan to deploy this site. Only 19% were interested in was also an important goal for 50% of year, and another 20% plan to deploy in applying recommendations to a respondents. In Europe, it was important 2011. So it seems that about half of our corporate Web site to no respondents. Retailers are more respondents are pretty hot on the idea of focused: they had one goal, and it was recommendations. Retailers unanimously revenue chose 2011 for deployment Source : Patricia Seybold recommendation engine market survey
  • 17.
    Social Commerce –User perspective “Personalized & Social recommendation is the back bone of Social Commerce Strategy.”
  • 19.
    Six Dimensions ofSocial Commerce Forums & Communities SMO • Discussion forums • Retail blogs • News & Deal feeds Social Shopping • Social media events & • Customer communities sharing • Social media stores • Link building • Group buying & gifting • Social shopping portals Recommendations & Social Ads & Apps Ratings & Reviews Referrals • Social Ads • Customer ratings & reviews • Social bookmarking • Social Apps & Widgets • Expert ratings & reviews • Referral programs • Sponsored reviews • Social recommendations
  • 20.
    Market Challenges  B2Cbusinesses with web & mobile properties have the top 3 challenges, more so with Publishing, Retail, Travel, Entertainment…  Revenue or Transaction ability  Consumer acquisition  Consumer satisfaction  However, most businesses today struggle to address the above challenges because  They don’t have a personalization strategy nor successfully implemented it  They don’t have a clear Social CRM strategy  To address the above challenges the businesses need to  Provide a very personalized & relevant consumer experience  Follow the consumer on the social platforms We help the businesses address this challenge by offering a Personalized & Social Recommendation Engine for their web and mobile properties.
  • 21.
    About ZSL • 15+ years Global Technology Integrator & Business Solutions Provider, Headquartered in Edison, NJ • State-of-the-art Technology Research & Development Centers in US, Canada and India • 4000+ employees with offices in US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, Middle-East and India • Dedicated R&D Division to Offer Value Added R&D Services & Product Development Services to the ISVs and SPs • Emerging Technologies Specialization with the leading technology vendors alignment • Pioneer in Industry Solutions Development (Insurance, Finance, E-Governance, Consumer Electronics, Pharmaceutical & Telecom) • Award Winning & Proven Partnership Program “Get IT Together” Partnership for ISVs, VARs, SPs and SIs • ISO and CMM Certified Solution Provider 2
  • 22.
  • 23.
    SmartPrise Social Commerce– Personalized & Social Recommendation Engine Personalized & Social Recommendation Engine  Sources Relevant and Personalized Recommendations for the Consumer’s need.  Enhances Social Relevance through personalized Opinions & Coupons from friends & social networks.  Increases the Consumer Transaction-ability (visit to buy) with 30-50% sales lift.  Acquires new Consumer-base (15 to 20%) through powerful viral loops.  Works on various touch points like web, facebook, smart phones (iPhone, Android…). Social Analytics & CRM  Monitoring – extracting consumer insights from social sphere  Profile mapping  Middleware – Integration of all customer facing touch points  Measuring & Insights to sentiment
  • 24.
    Intent Based, ContextDriven Personalization Opinions Personalized & Social Recommendation Engine Persona in Pivoted Pleasant Social Search Surprise Networks Past Personal Popularity Peer Proximity Usage Actions Profile Influence
  • 25.
    SmartPrise Commerce solutions SmartPriseCommerce for SmartPrise Commerce for Retail Online Media • Social Commerce & Personalization • Personalization solution for Online Media solution for Retail SMBs • Personalized & Relevant News, • Complete commerce solution content • Social Enabled • Social Enabled • Personalized recommendations for • Relevant Gossip customers • Social Commerce & Personalization for Magento Commerce • F-Commerce & M-Commerce Solutions • Social Commerce & Personalization Solutions for IBM Smarter Commerce
  • 28.
    Ready for SocialCommerce Solution – Next Steps • Get a Strategic assessment – How to enable your store on facebook & mobile (multi-channel) • Pilot Study – How to give your customers “Personalized shopping experience” • Not Convinced yet? - Want to see how your store looks like with our SmartPrise Social Commerce – Feel yourself, request for your own DEMO STORE setup
  • 29.