Social Media Innovation Framework

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Innovation Framework Simple Planning for Innovation Pilots John Bell Managing Director Ogilvy’s 360 Digital Influence

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A simple planning framework for more successful social media pilots and innovations

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Innovation FrameworkSimple Planning for Innovation Pilots

John BellManaging DirectorOgilvy’s 360 Digital Influence

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Social Media Innovation Framework

Pilot Execution & Next Steps

Evaluation Model

Pilot Structure

My Business Purpose

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Social Media Innovation Framework

My Business Purpose

Discover a better way to:

Drive engagement with customers

Spark advocacy via customers &

stakeholders

Generate leads

Grow demand for products and

services

Increase sales: new customers vs. existing customers

Strengthen workforce and

culture

Discover operating efficiencies

Generate excitement and enthusiasm within the organization

Learn new ways of doing something

Create an experiment worth

talking about

Demonstrate “boldness” to

colleagues

Generate buzz within community

Coverage in trades as an

innovator

Give senior executives

“bragging rights”

Increase industry thought leadership

and visibility

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Social Media Innovation Framework

Pilot Structure

Define the type of innovation

New platform

New technique or procedure

New partner

Align with communications plan

Integrate with existing plan

Standalone pilot•Define objectives, strategy, etc…

Design pilot

Description

Duration & schedule

Roles and responsibilities

Resources

Budget

Select markets and participants

Local markets (usually 1-3)

Participants (which

segments will you engage)

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Social Media Innovation Framework

Evaluation Model

Success statement

Narrative that answers ‘what does success look like’

Match back to Business Purpose and Business Objectives

Determine metrics

Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) -usually 2-4 numbers

most indicative of success

Diagnostic Metrics –which other metrics will guide pilot team

(but are not necessary to report)

Evaluate overall value

Compare KPIs to alternative methods – don’t get caught in

the ROI traps

Inventory expended resources - what did

it take to execute

Add learnings and “soft values”

Share results and lessons learned

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Social Media Innovation Framework

Pilot Execution & Next Steps

Execute pilot

Launch & run pilot

Collect and review learnings

Weekly reports and evaluation meetings

Final post mortem with team

Socialize and share learnings across the

‘Center for Excellence’

Next steps

Expand pilot in existing markets – add possible

adjustments

Expand pilot to new markets – add possible

adjustments

Kill pilot

Document ‘best practices’ and share with the ‘Center

for Excellence’

Submit for award

Collect “attaboys” from senior muckety mucks

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John H. Bell

Global Managing Director | 360° Digital InfluenceOgilvy

EMAIL [email protected]

BLOG http://johnbell.typepad.com

TWITTER @jbell99