Competitive analysis using Social Media Monitoring

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iGo2 Group Pty Ltd – Providing you smart integrated responsible social technology solutions Compe&&ve Analysis Using Social Media Monitoring

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Organisations today must have a ‘Listening’ capability – the ability to ‘hear’ these conversations on the social web and in turn be able to analyse the resultant data to understand the impact of those conversations on sales, service, marketing, product development, and to understand the behavior and impact of customers, influencers and other conversations on your actions. The social web and social media has a remarkable depth of information. It is possible to uncover detailed information on sentiment, demographics, locations, influencers, reach, amplification and more through the capturing and analysis of online conversations in social media. And besides general analysis of social media conversations, it is possible to monitor specific competitors in business. Indeed, it is possible to delve into a rich source of data to track movements in sentiment regarding specific topics, subjects or brand over time to understand whether your actions are influencing the conversations.

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iGo2 Group Pty Ltd – Providing you smart integrated responsible social technology solutions

Compe&&ve  Analysis  

Using  Social  Media  Monitoring  

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Why?  

Ø  There  is  an  amazing  amount  of  informa7on  on  your  compe7tors  in  the  social  web  wai7ng  to  be  unlocked  

Ø  Differen7a7ng  your  brand  and  your  organisa7on  presumes  you  know  what  your  compe77on  is  doing  

Ø  Crea7ng  a  smart  strategy  for  customer  engagement  means  knowing  what  your  compe77on  is  doing  

Ø  Compe77ve  analysis  can  help  you  understand  what  works  and  what  doesn’t  

Ø  WHO  are  the  key  people  at  your  compe7tors?    Ø  WHAT  are  your  compe7tors  doing  on  the  social  web?  Ø  WHEN  are  they  engaging?    Ø  WHERE  are  they  engaging?  Ø  HOW  are  they  engaging  and  HOW  are  they  perceived?        

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Listening  is  the  Key  to  Engagement  Ø   All  Social  Media  ini7a7ves  need  to  start  with  Listening  

Ø   Understand  where  you  are  Ø   Understand  the  topics  and  issues  of  interest  Ø   Lets  you  create  meaningful  goals  for  your  own  ini7a7ves  

Ø   The  crea7on  of  a  Social  Media  Strategy  requires:  Ø   An  agreed  goal  or  goals  Ø   A  resource  plan  to  support  it  Ø   Knowledge  of  what  your  compe77on  is  doing    Ø   A  set  of  metrics  to  measure  progress  

Ø   Listening  to  compe7tors  and  their  networks  provides:  Ø   Future  key  hires  Ø   Insight  into  programs,  tac7cs  and  strategies  Ø   The  means  to  differen7ate  and  stay  ahead  

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Use  Basic  Search  to  Begin  

Google  Alerts   Basic  Google  Search  

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Using  LinkedIn  

Ø  Company  Pages  are  a  great  place  to  start  tracking  compe7tors  –  See  how  many  employees  are  

in  LinkedIn  –  See  how  many  followers  they  

have  and  who  they  are  –  See  what  Products  and  Services  

they  have  and  how  they  are  described  

–  See  how  YOU  are  connected  to  the  compe77on  either  directly  or  through  your  network  

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Using  LinkedIn  

Ø Check  the  Company  Sta7s7cs:  –  Where  employees  worked  previously  

–  Where  employees  have  leS  to  go  

–  Who  are  the  most  recommended  employees  

–  Growth  in  LinkedIn  presence  

Ø Follow  the  Compe7tors  •  Get  Alerts  on  promo7ons,  departures,  open  posi7ons  and  new  hires  

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Using  LinkedIn  

Ø Check  out  which  Groups  your  compe7tors  employees  are  ac7ve  in  –  by  looking  through  relevant  Groups.  You  may  want  to  be  there  as  well.    

Ø Check  out  the  TwiWer  accounts  of  key  compe7tor  employees  if  listed  and  follow  if  appropriate  

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Using  Facebook  

Ø  Search  for  the  Fan  Page  through  Google  search  or  Facebook  ‘Browse  all  Pages’  

Ø  To  see  all  the  tabs  etc  you  need  to  become  a  Fan  

Ø  Check  out  their  ac7vity  and  Fan  engagement    

Ø  Check  out  which  Pages  they  Like  

Ø What  content  is  being  posted  and  is  it  driving  engagement?  How  does  this  impact  you?  

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Using  HyperAlerts  

Ø Great  way  to  track  your  own  Facebook  page  as  well  as  your  compe7tors  

Ø Can  send  the  alerts  to  any  email  address  –  not  just  your  Facebook  email  

Ø Can  track  any  Page  Ø Can  set  frequency  of  your  

alerts  Ø Can  include  Posts,  

Comments,  Own  Content  

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Using  TwiEer  

Ø Use  TwiWer  Search,  Google  Search  or  their  website  to  find  their  TwiWer  Handle  

Ø What  kind  of  content  are  they  pos7ng?  

Ø Who  are  they  following?  Ø What  kind  of  

conversa7ons  are  they  having?  

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Using  TwiEer  

Ø You  can  see  all  of  your  compe7tors  followers  

Ø This  could  partly  be  their  client  list  

Ø Do  a  search  on  TwiWer  for  the  replies  to  their  username,  @mycompe7tor,  and  you  will  see  valuable  informa7on  

Ø Monitor  the  @men7ons  of  your  compe7tors  for  fan  sen7ment  

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Other  TwiEer  Tools  

Ø Tweepi  allows  you  to  see  follower  details  all  on  one  screen,  including  bio  informa7on,  loca7on,  number  of  followers  and  following,  number  of  updates  and  even  when  they  last  tweeted.  Great  for  analysing  compe7tors  followers  

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YouTube  

Ø check  out  your  compe7tors’  video  marke7ng  strategy  by  finding  their  YouTube  channel  and  seeing  what  types  of  videos  they  post  and  their  popularity  through  number  of  Likes  and  comments  

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Social  Men&on  

Ø real-­‐7me  social  media  search  engine  to  find  your  compe7tors  on  other  social  networks,  and  view  men7ons  about  your  compe7tors    

Ø Also  has  an  aler7ng  feature  

Ø Also  try  ‘Backtype’  to  track  URL  or  person.  

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Geo  Loca&on  Networks  

Ø are  your  compe7tors  taking  advantage  of  Foursquare,  Gowalla,  Facebook  Places,  Whrrl  or  other  loca7on-­‐based  social  media?  Find  out  and  be  sure  your  company  is  “check-­‐in”  friendly  if  applicable.  

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Local  Search  

Ø Be  sure  to  check  out  your  compe7tors’  profiles  on  review  sites  such  as  Yelp,  Merchant  Circle,  Google  Places  and  more  to  find  out  if  they’re  garnering  reviews  from  their  customers,  sharing  discounts  and  taking  advantage  of  local  search  to  dominate  in  search  results.  

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Compe&&ve  Marke&ng  Insights  

Find  Compe77ve  Keywords   Search  Marke7ng  Tools  

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Q  &  A  Networks  

Ø Use  sites  like  Quora  and  Yahoo  Answers  

Ø Keep  tabs  on  compe7tors  

Ø See  what  others  say  about  them  

Ø Post  specific  ques7ons  regarding  them    

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Forums  and  Bulle&n  Boards  

Ø Boardreader—don’t  just  focus  on  social  media!  Some  of  the  strongest,  most  loyal  community  members  can  be  found  in  forums.  Boardreader  will  help  you  find  your  compe7tors  and  any  talk  about  them  on  forums  and  message  boards  throughout  the  web  

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Social  Media  Monitoring  Tools  

Ø Management  tools  like  Tweetdeck,  Hootsuite  or  SproutSocial  for  simple  tracking  

Ø Monitoring  tools  such  as  Sysomos,  Radian  6  and  others  for  detailed  analysis  across  many  sources  

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Bonus  –  for  the  Machiavellian  

Ø Pipl  for  truly  scary  details  on  people  you  wish  to  track  

Ø Klout  to  see  if  they  maWer  or  not  Ø Backtype  to  see  the  compe7tors  social  impact  Ø Slideshare  to  see  how  much  content  they  are  crea7ng  and  sharing  on  this  medium  

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Summary  

Ø Social  Media  is  a  rich  source  of  compe77ve  data  

Ø Start  simple  and  build  to  more  complex  tools  

Ø If  there  is  a  lot  of  data  to  research  enlist  the  help  of  a  specialist  SMM  organisa7on