Sunday, August 16, 2009

Blogwell

Blogwell was held in Minneapolis Thursday, August 13th. The afternoon conference included presentations from General Mills (where the event was hosted), @scottmonty from @ford, Mayo Clinic and others.

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Presentations: 
Highlights 
  • @generalmills CMO - Mark Addicts 
    • Nothing more social than sharing recipes 
    • Launching new products almost entirely through their social media network - not traditional advertising / other media 
    • Social media is all about building customer intimacy 
    • Be prepared to commit to the long-term 
    • Invite, Inspire, Include 
    • Social media isn't a department or a single person, it's a whole company's point of view 
  • @LeeAase from Mayo Clinic
    • Video of couple playing piano in their atrium went viral and allowed them the opportunity to drive traffic to other Mayo Clinic resources 
    • Mayo Clinic's Social Media Guidelines
    • Ongoing conversations between patients and staff via blog 
    • "We want our communications to be as innovative as our treatments."
  • Dave Tovar & Suraya Bliss - Walmart 
    • 78% of Walmart Associates want to connect online
    • 22% of Americans know someone who work at Walmart or Sam's Club
    • Walmart has received over 1 million ratings since it launched commerce site
    • People want to hear something 3-5 times before they trust it 
    • 9 out of 10 Americans shop at Walmart each week
    • Have many touch points including blogs, YouTube, web site, etc. 
    • "Geography doesn't define or confine community." 
    • It's not about control - it's about participation 
    • MyWalmart.com is a web site for associates to connect online - not an Intranet - 430K associates already registered on the site - 90K have public profiles 
      • Employees can't even access the site at work ... they have to access it at home
    • Walmart knows that they have a captive audience on the 1st and 15th of each month and use that time to push out messages to associates 
    • Walmart mentioned Best Buy as a competitor in the social media space
  • allenschoenberg from @cmegroup
    • CME wants to turn customers into fans - brand enthusiasm 
    • First Facebook page was actually started by a fan in Norway 
    • Also want to encourage loyalty and advocacy 
    • CME Group has 800,000+ Twitter followers
    • 70/30 rule on Twitter - 30% of content is directly about CME group, 70% of content is indirectly related to them 

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