Natalie Malaszenko Lavacon 2010 Opening Keynote

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Presentation Given by Natalie Malaszenko, PETCO's Director of Social Media & Commerce, at the Lavacon Conference in San Diego, CA, 2010.

Transcript of Natalie Malaszenko Lavacon 2010 Opening Keynote

Social Media In Business

America

Natalie Malaszenko

Director, Social Media & Commerce

Our World is Changing…

People - the online population will double in 4-5

years from 1bn to 2bn

Content – it is exploding

Amount Of Digital Data Online

Six-fold increase in digital data in four years

2006 2010

2006:

161 Exabytes

2010:

988 Exabytes

200920082007

• 95% of data unstructured

• Average F1000 company has

1 petabyte (50x increase

in 3 years)

Social networks and blogs are the 4th most popular online

activities, including beating personal email*

*2009 Social Media Marketing Statistics, Nielson Online

The number of text messages sent and received every

day ……exceeds the population of the planet

1 in 3 Internet users state that social

networks have influenced their

purchase decisions*

*ComScore

78%RANK

CONSUMER

RECOMMENDATIONS

AS THE

MOST CREDIBLE

FORM OF ADVERTISING

-NIELSEN

SO HOW SHOULD A COMPANY OPERATE?

Listening to…

Talking with…

Supporting…

Acting on ideas of....

CUSTOMERS

Business Leaders will enter& become relevant in

conversations that occur EVERY DAY about their product or

company.

Companies that cling to the past may not realize it, but

they WILL LOSE RELEVANCE

Top 5 Observations of Effective Social Media in Business

1. ROI is in the eye of the beholder.

Bring Community to the Purchase Path

• Customers who use

Answer Den have 100%

more orders per session

• Over 1000% Increase in

Conversion

• 12% Increase in AOV

• 10% of all Orders

impacted by Answer

Den

Social Contests Sell Product

Annual Halloween

Photo Contest

• Added Twist to Campaign

• Required Users to Submit

Story along with Photos

• The “pet” had to explain

why they selected their

costume

• Over 1,400 entries

• Over 80,000 Views

• Over 25% of Stories

Recommended Products!

Stories Drives Measurable Results

• Over 1,000 Stories

Submitted

• Users Visit 4.6x More

Frequently

• Items per Order 35% Higher

• Avg Session Length 86%

Longer

• AOV 6.7% Higher

• Over 25% of Stories

Recommended Products!

• Vendor Sponsored

Campaign

Top 5 Observations of Effective Social Media in Business

2. Knowing Your Demographic is Key.

Cancer Awareness Month

Cause Driven Campaign

• National Support by

PETCO and Vendor

• Virtual Wall will „live‟ on

PETCO.com as ongoing

campaign

• Expect Significant Social

Sharing due to Emotional

Aspect

• Personally Tie to E-Com

Team with 2 Cancer Dogs

in our Team

• One Survivor

• One Fighter

Driving Awareness for Social Properties

Scavenger Hunt

• Encouraged participation on all PETCO

social properties

• Included other online marketing vehicles

to message Contest

• Drove 36% increase in PETCO

Facebook Fan count

• First clue on Facebook garnered 3,500

comments

• Landing Page with Contest information

was 2nd most visited page on petco.com

during contest

• Generated incremental sales and email

opt-in‟s

Top 5 Observations of Effective Social Media in Business

3. Embrace negativity, but be prepared to change.

“We believe that the video Dell produced, as well as other creative

notification measures companies have pursued, are a positive for

consumers and for the impression customers have of a recalling firm”

– Scott Wolfson, Consumer Product Safety Commission

20

Largest Battery Recall In History at Dell

United Airlines & The Broken Guitar

• Passenger Made Viral Video (8Mil+Views)

• Song in Video Becomes Frequently Downloaded

Song

• Limited and Delayed Response from United

• Guitar Company saw it as opportunity to sell more

guitars

• CEO/Founder produces a video about how their

cases help save guitars and more info on their

warranty

• Gave this passenger a new guitar

Top 5 Observations of Effective Social Media in Business

4. When you have fun, they have fun.

Sharing the Fun through Social

2010 Rose Bowl Parade

• World‟s Largest Float

• Blogging

• Facebook

• Twitter

• Press Releases

• Paid Search

• PETCO.com

• Television – New Year‟s

Rose Bowl Parade

Sharing the fun through Social

• Shared Photos and Updates Live

• 1000‟s of Tweets before, during and after the event

• Strong affiliation of the Natural Balance Float to PETCO

• Customer won 1 year of Natural Balance by bringing sign to the parade with “Tillman Shops at PETCO” and their Twitter Name

• Over 400 Facebook Comments During

Event.

• Tillman Related Searches resulted in

136.36% increase in visits to petco.com

• Natural Balance search terms showed

an 28.31% increase in sales over the

average weekly sales

• Paid placements generated an

incremental 47,000 impressions and

clicks to petco.com

Top 5 Observations of Effective Social Media in Business

5. Meet your new business partner. Your Customer.

• Viral campaign sent to PETCO

email subscribers

• Test of how email affected social

• 40% of purchasers new to PETCO

Empower Your Community to Influence Others

Partner with Your Customer on a Common Cause

For every fan who joined Generation

Natural Pet between Ellen DeGeneres

donated 1 meal to a shelter. There was

a 23% increase in fan count over

previous month in just one weekend!

YouTube Video featuring David from

Halo & Natalie from PETCO

Top Observations

1. ROI is in the eye of the beholder.

2. Knowing your demographic is key.

3. Embrace negativity, but be prepared to change.

4. When you have fun, they have fun.

5. Meet your new business partner. Your Customer.

6. If you don‟t know where to begin, just listen.

7. Tools & platforms aren‟t the always the answer.

8. Shock and Awe can Convince the Top.

9. Messages are co-created. You can start it, but you won‟t finish it.

10. Best Social Teams expand beyond social team. Hub and Spoke.

Natalie Malaszenko

Director, Social Media &

Commerce

Blog

petcoscoop.com

Twitter

@petco

@GenNaturalPet

@petcofoundation

@PETCOdeals

@NatalieatPETCO

Facebook

/petco

/GenNaturalPet

/petcofoundation

Questions?