The document provides an overview of building a successful social business. It discusses introducing social business and justifying the need for it. The presentation covers Texavi's social business framework, best practices, and case studies of successful social businesses like Nike+, Dell, IBM, and others. The goal is to teach attendees what qualifies as a social business and how to optimize strategies and resources around customers and stakeholders.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Social Business
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• Learn what is a social business
• Understand what it takes a business to be a social business
• See the justification for a social business, today
• Look at the Texavi’s methodology, tools and techniques
• Learn how Texavi supports businesses to be successful
• Look at some best practices to get it right
• Case studies and examples of successful social businesses
In this presentation, you will…
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• Body Content
A how-to guide for building social business
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• An introduction to Social Business
• Making a case for Social Business
• Texavi’s Social Business Framework
• Get it right – Some best practices
• Case studies and examples
• Summary
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• Body Content
A how-to guide for building social business
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An introduction to Social Business
• Making a case for Social Business
• Texavi’s Social Business Framework
• Get it right – Some best practices
• Case studies and examples
• Summary
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Social businesses optimise their strategies, operations and
resources towards the ‘people’, both internal and external.
What is Social Business
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• Any business large or small, old or new, local or global can become
a social business
• Focus not just on conversations, but also on enabling business
• Put people’s interests first
Qualifications for becoming a Social Business
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Social Business is about innovation & leadership
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The 4 pillars for a social business are:
• People – influence, engage and delight
• Business – Enable, Integrate and deliver
• Content – Create, curate and innovate
• Messaging – Persuade, contextualise and personalise
Social business is ‘business around people’
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Key components of a social business
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Social business is a journey, not a
destination!
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What makes a business, a “social Business”
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What makes a business, a “social Business”
• Agile – helps manage change effectively
• Lean and nimble structures
• Balancing technology, business & people dimensions
• Focus on people - stakeholders, customers, users, followers
• Continuous improvement and transformation
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• Body Content
A how-to guide for building social business
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• An introduction to Social Business
Making a case for Social Business
• Texavi’s Social Business Framework
• Get it right – Best practices
• Case studies and examples
• Summary
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Social Business is not an option for
organisations now!
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Markets are conversations
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Social media help respond quickly
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With Social revolution, major technology
decisions are not left for CTOs & CIOS only
now!
Increasingly CMOs and Marketing and Sales Directors too
have a say in the Technology projects.
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Mere usage of social media does not make an
organisation, a Social Business!
Social businesses don’t rely only on the social media, but
use them effectively to achieve their goals.
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Social media marketing and search engine
optimisation are necessary, but not sufficient
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• Body Content
A how-to guide for building social business
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• An introduction to Social Business
• Making a case for Social Business
Texavi’s Social Business Framework
• Get it right – Some best practices
• Case studies and examples
• Summary
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Texavi’s Social Business Framework
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Texavi’s Social Business Framework
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Texavi’s Social Business Framework
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We help you focus on ‘the people’
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Texavi’s Social Business Maturity Model
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• Body Content
A how-to guide for building social business
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• An introduction to Social Business
• Making a case for Social Business
• Texavi’s Social Business Framework
Get it right – Best practices
• Case studies and examples
• Summary
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Focus on People’s behaviours & interactions
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Listen to people’s voices & heartbeats
Image credit – Quinn Anya, Flickr
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Connections and conversation are key in
social business
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Use social channels to respond and resolve
problems
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Deliver unified experience across
multiple platforms
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Deliver unified experience across
multiple channels
Mainstream/ T
raditional
Digital
Web/ Online
Mobile
Social
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Deliver unified experience across
multiple devices
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All work and no play…doesn’t work!
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A how-to guide for building social business
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• An introduction to Social Business
• Making a case for Social Business
• Texavi’s Social Business Framework
• Get it right – Best practices
Case studies and examples
• Summary
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Nike+ Selling sports, not just shoes
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Dell – Where listening is encouraged!
“Dell has been listening for four years and created a position
called 'Listening Czar' two years ago. We are a leader in the
listening space.”
- Richard Binhammer, Communications Executive, Dell
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IBM…Elephants can dance!
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Gibson Guitars…Got the social media mix right
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The cluetrain manifesto…About the markets
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Sainsbury’s Giraffe (ex. Tiger) Bread
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BBC iPlayer – Unified and compelling experience
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Cadbury UK – Launch of Bubbly on Google+
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Lego – A legacy well maintained
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London 2012 – 1st Social #Olympics!
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British Gas – Responsive, not just responsible!
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• Body Content
A how-to guide for building social business
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• An introduction to Social Business
• Making a case for Social Business
• Texavi’s Social Business Framework
• Get it right – Best practices
• Case studies and examples
Summary
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• What a social business is
• What it takes a business to be a social business
• Why social business is the need of the hour
• Texavi’s methodology, tools and techniques
• How Texavi supports businesses to be successful
• Some best practices to get it right with Social Business
• Case studies and examples of successful social businesses
In this presentation, you learnt…
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