Social Media Zones (Chapter 6-9) Flashcards
3 important social media dimensions of variation
- audience and degree of specialization
- social objects that mediate the relationships among members
- degree of openness
internal social network
internal site an organization builds for its own use and limits to members of the organization (i.e. Yammer, intranets)
external social network
open to people who ae not employed by the site’s sponsor/organization
enterprise social network (ESN)
software created by a company to be used as an internal social network for organizations; Yammer, Workplace by Facebook, Jive
object sociality
the ability of an object to inspire social interaction
vertical networks
sies designed around object sociality; a network that caters to a certain category of users who are interested in sharing content and connecting with others over their shared interests
social lock-in
when a user is unable to transfer social contacts and content from one social network to another
social network fatigue
social media users’ tendency to withdraw from social media because of feeling overwhelmed
identity portability
a single profile would provide access across social network sites with a single login and hared information
OpenID
an authentication protocol that works across participation sites
social sharing
people using tools, widgets, applications, and features to reveal elements of their digital identity
secondary content
things that others create which we feel are worth redistributing to our social networks (i.e. retweets, reshares, forwarding)
% of online community lurkers
90%
brand profile
profile created by a brand on social network sites so they exists as people do on the sites
brand personification
a projective technique where people think about brands as if they were people, and describe how they would think and feel
brand mascot
fictional persona with a distinct personality created to represent a brand (i.e. GEICO gecko, Flo from Progressive)
message internalization
the process by which a consumer adopts a brand belief as his or her own
8 decisions in building a social media persona
- core values?
- pillars/social objects that illustrate values?
- brand promise?
- brand aspirational attributes?
- traits associated with brand?
- opportunities?
- alignment with company overall culture?
- stories that bring persona to life?
organic reach
reach obtained for free
earned reach
breadth and quality of contact with users; relationship marketing earns you value over time
brand fans
persons who are enthusiastic about a brand
fandom
an online fan community
name 5 brands with strong social following
Coca-Cola, red bull, converse, Samsung mobile, Nike football, PlayStation, Starbucks, Oreo, Walmart
5 characteristics of fandom members
- emotional fandom
- self-identification
- cultural competence
- auxiliary consumption
- production
fan base
number of fans for a brand, celebrity, etc.
return on emotion
assesses the extent to which a brand has delivered a value in exchange for the emotional attachment fans have awarded it
real-time marketing
brands post messages that resonate with the moment whether the moment is planned or spontaneous
user-generated contest campaign (UGC)
a way for brands to invite consumers to engage and interact while they develop shareable content; encourage people to develop and submit content related to a campaign
consumer generated media (CGM)
user content
participatory advertising
brands invite content, set mandatory guidelines, and possibly brand assets
gallery
content from UGC campaign that can be viewed and passed on to a brands networks
embedded brand community
communities developed and engaged by a company using an existing SNS like Facebook
online brand community
a community developed independent of an existing SNS
relevancy score
a score made of thousands of variables to prioritize content customized for each user
custom audiences
companies using information from customer databases and website traffic to target social media users directly
lookalike audiences
target users that match the characteristics of known customers
native advertising
paid ads that are so cohesive with the page content, assimilated into the design, and consistent with platform behavior that views feel that it belongs
social ads
online display ads that incorporate user data in the ad or in the targeting of the ad and enable some form of social interaction with the ad unit or landing page
5 questions brands should ask before social relationships
- is the brand set up for engagement?
- where should the brand be?
- how to develop brand profile to reflect brand personality?
- how to leverage fan sites to meet objectives?
- how to integrate social network presence into other campaign components?
elements of ad design
- headline
- text
- description
- caption
- call to action
- image/video
social publishing
the production and issuance of content for distribution via social publishing sites
content
unit of value in a social community, akin to the dollar in our economy
content marketing
strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience
channels of content marketing
blogs, articles, infographics, videos, podcasts, case studies, e-books, white papers, e-newsletters, quizzes, images
urban legends
untruths / exaggerations