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Social Communities
GILLIAN MUESSIG
eCommerce 1.0
product quality – return policies – solo experience
eCommerce 2.0
review/compare – COD – delivery speed
easy returns – social outreach
eCommerce 3.0
brand communities – personalized experience
social shopping – responsive sites
Social Communities: Diamonds in the Rough by Gillian Muessig
If social commerce…
Then social communities
If / then…
These are not communities
Social Platforms
Nature of Communities
You know you want one
Shared Values
Shared Goals
Shared Experience
Shared Experience
Shared experience trumps the other
two by a country mile
The more intense the experience, the
stronger the community ties bind
Apply it to ecommerce
Portable – Personal - Participatory
Pinterest was born for you
Isitayes app
Personalization requires exclusivity
Finding Raving Fans
How to ID raving fans
Buy from you
Buy often
Buy lots
By high ticket items
Possibly all of the above…..
Tell their friends
Finding diamonds on social platforms
Finding diamonds in niche markets
Find other common ground
It’s not about you
Create targeted content
Human branding
Icon branding
Gamification
Exclusivity breeds desire
…where people know your name
Incentivize sharing
Incentive is about more than cash
Help!
Recap
• Tight niche markets
• ID your buyers who share
• Find interests OTHER than your product
• Create content relevant to your buyer
but not about your product
• Incentive sharing
Community-building tactics
Blogs + Blogging
Comment Marketing
News/Media/PR
SEO
Social Networks
Word of MouthQ+A Sites
Forums
Online Video
Podcasting
Webinars
Research/White Papers
Infographics
Social Bookmarking
INBOUND MARKETING!
(AKA “free” traffic sources)
Direct/Referring Links
Type-In Traffic
Email
Thank you!
Gillian Muessig
Anne Kennedy
Outlines Venture Group

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