Social Engagement and the
                        Utility Sector




Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com       1
The Growth of Social Engagement in
                                       Utilities and Energy
              • Customer engagement with
                utilities via social media is
                expected to grow from 57M
                people in 2011 to 624M people
                in 2017.
              • Current statistics show 11% of
                people interacted with their
                utility (power, gas or water)
                via social media in 2011.
              • For each person who interacts
                via social media 1-1 includes
                that persons 200 friends
              • 1 to 1 to many is the true
                power of social media
              • Top reasons for interaction
                   1. Billing Issue
                   2. Programs
                   3. Service

              *Pike Research Social Media in Utilities



Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                               2
Why Is Social Media A Big Deal?
                          •    850 Million active users
                          •    Each user has an average of 130 friends
                          •    Available in 70 languages
                          •    Average user connected to 80 community pages, groups and events
                          •    350 Million users currently access through their mobile devices

                          •    100 Million active users
                          •    50% of users log on every day
                          •    250 Million tweets per day
                          •    40% access Twitter via mobile devices

                          •    800 Million unique users visit YouTube monthly
                          •    Over 3 Billion videos are viewed a day
                          •    YouTube is localized in 25 countries across 43 languages
                          •    YouTube mobile gets 400 Million views a day
                          •    100 Million take a social action (like, share, etc.) every week




Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                                                           3
So What?

                                               Community
                                                 • Events
                                                 • Sponsorship
                                                 • News




                         Crisis                                      Campaign
                           • Outages                         • Energy Efficiency
                           • Storms                          • Distributed Gen
                           • Dangerous Areas                 • AMI
                           • Communication                   • Customer Education




          Your social engagement will always start in one of three
                                   areas.
Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                                              4
The Pillars of Social Success




Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                         5
Social Communication as
                                        Hub and Spoke




      Move from fragmentation and decentralization to
   coordinated, controlled and aligned with your approved
                         messages.

Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                       6
The Key to Making Social Work
      Publishing
      • Schedule messages to calendar
        with one click to thousands
        of Facebook Pages, Twitter, and
        YouTube
      • Assign tags to messages for
        specific tracking of posts
      • Dynamic linking allows a multi-
        page post to link to unique URL
        per page
      • Real Time Preview of Facebook
        and Twitter posts at actual size




Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                      7
The Key to Making Social Work
        Governance
        •   User roles are personalized for specific
            permissions and access
        •   Each user has an unique ID for activity
            tracking and HR compliance
        •   Set user restriction for publishing and
            moderation
        •   Monitoring of all employee
            conversations (included deleted)
        •   Email alerts for customer complaints,
            curse, SPAM ,etc. by page and profile
        •   Require employee photo/video
            uploads to be approved
        •   Assign custom alerts to any person or
            level in the company




Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                      8
The Key to Making Social Work
       Workflow Control
       • Multi-user access with personalized
         home screen based on user role
       • Drag and drop home screen design by
         user role for simple navigation
       • Single platform to gather, stage and
         share content between agency and
         brand
       • Task management system to assign
         work, seek content approval and route
         messages
       • User inbox/outbox for task
         management of content and
         moderation
       • Assign user roles for drafting, editing,
         approval, and scheduling

Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                      9
The Key to Making Social Work
      Content Planning
      • Centralized library allows collaboration
        eliminates email
      • Calendar view with drag/drop scheduling
        with hover preview
      • Assign tasks to a draft for multi-step
        editing and approval in bulk
      • Internal notes feature captures revision
        history for drafting and approving
      • Private image and YouTube video gallery
        for storing and sharing multi-media




Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                      10
The Key to Making Social Work
     Moderation
     • Filter thousands of messages for identification,
       categorization and response
     • Comment with context by viewing fan profile and
       message history
     • Assign messages as tasks across your team for
       escalation and handling
     • Create keyword sentiment alerts based on fan
       posts/comments
     • Moderate messages in up to 48 languages
     • Remove SPAM from all of your pages with a single
       click




Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                      11
The Key to Making Social Work
       Social Analytics
       • The most comprehensive Facebook
         metrics available for your company
         and tracking your competitors
       • Over 20 pre-calculated metrics for
         reach and engagement
       • Real time analytics (updated every
         10 minutes)
       • Code messages to classify
         sentiment and filter for
         comparison
       • Create custom dashboards with
         filter pre-sets tailored to user role
       • Multiple display (grid/graph) with
         CSV and PDF export options


Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                      12
Social Engagement Lifecycle
            Discovery &       Implementation     Engagement        Efficiency
             Planning           & Content        & Validation      & Metrics



              Define goals      Implement         Publish,         Establish
                                platform          engage,          metrics for all
              Assign a team
                                                  moderate         points in
                                Define content
              Establish                                            social
                                themes and        Adjust themes
              governance                                           engagement
                                creative          and creative
                                including FB,     based on         Report and
                                Twitter, Etc.     success          measure all
                                                                   interactions
                                Establish         Utilize
                                publishing        analytics and    Compare and
                                calendar          reports to       adjust as
                                                  optimize         necessary
                                                  social ads and
                                                                   Focus on
                                                  content
                                                                   moving
                                                                   community
                                                                   members from
                                                                   engaged to
                                                                   advocates




Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                                               13
• An example of actual an
  actual campaign calendar
  built out for a utility’s solar
  PV campaign.
• Planning ahead using
  Facebook and Twitter
  messages and seeing them
  as they would appear in the
  social media medium.




Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com   14
Best Practices

                                    Who’s saying what and what works?




        The ability to monitor the best users of Social Media makes everyone stronger.



Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                                                   15
Service Audits
                                    Do you reply?




                                                               How long does it
                                                                    take?


                      The numbers don’t lie – how effective is your communication
                                    strategy using this powerful channel?


Zeethos Inc. - chris.lewis@zeethos.com                                              16

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Social engagement intro zeethos

  • 1. Social Engagement and the Utility Sector Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 1
  • 2. The Growth of Social Engagement in Utilities and Energy • Customer engagement with utilities via social media is expected to grow from 57M people in 2011 to 624M people in 2017. • Current statistics show 11% of people interacted with their utility (power, gas or water) via social media in 2011. • For each person who interacts via social media 1-1 includes that persons 200 friends • 1 to 1 to many is the true power of social media • Top reasons for interaction 1. Billing Issue 2. Programs 3. Service *Pike Research Social Media in Utilities Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 2
  • 3. Why Is Social Media A Big Deal? • 850 Million active users • Each user has an average of 130 friends • Available in 70 languages • Average user connected to 80 community pages, groups and events • 350 Million users currently access through their mobile devices • 100 Million active users • 50% of users log on every day • 250 Million tweets per day • 40% access Twitter via mobile devices • 800 Million unique users visit YouTube monthly • Over 3 Billion videos are viewed a day • YouTube is localized in 25 countries across 43 languages • YouTube mobile gets 400 Million views a day • 100 Million take a social action (like, share, etc.) every week Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 3
  • 4. So What? Community • Events • Sponsorship • News Crisis Campaign • Outages • Energy Efficiency • Storms • Distributed Gen • Dangerous Areas • AMI • Communication • Customer Education Your social engagement will always start in one of three areas. Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 4
  • 5. The Pillars of Social Success Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 5
  • 6. Social Communication as Hub and Spoke Move from fragmentation and decentralization to coordinated, controlled and aligned with your approved messages. Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 6
  • 7. The Key to Making Social Work Publishing • Schedule messages to calendar with one click to thousands of Facebook Pages, Twitter, and YouTube • Assign tags to messages for specific tracking of posts • Dynamic linking allows a multi- page post to link to unique URL per page • Real Time Preview of Facebook and Twitter posts at actual size Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 7
  • 8. The Key to Making Social Work Governance • User roles are personalized for specific permissions and access • Each user has an unique ID for activity tracking and HR compliance • Set user restriction for publishing and moderation • Monitoring of all employee conversations (included deleted) • Email alerts for customer complaints, curse, SPAM ,etc. by page and profile • Require employee photo/video uploads to be approved • Assign custom alerts to any person or level in the company Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 8
  • 9. The Key to Making Social Work Workflow Control • Multi-user access with personalized home screen based on user role • Drag and drop home screen design by user role for simple navigation • Single platform to gather, stage and share content between agency and brand • Task management system to assign work, seek content approval and route messages • User inbox/outbox for task management of content and moderation • Assign user roles for drafting, editing, approval, and scheduling Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 9
  • 10. The Key to Making Social Work Content Planning • Centralized library allows collaboration eliminates email • Calendar view with drag/drop scheduling with hover preview • Assign tasks to a draft for multi-step editing and approval in bulk • Internal notes feature captures revision history for drafting and approving • Private image and YouTube video gallery for storing and sharing multi-media Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 10
  • 11. The Key to Making Social Work Moderation • Filter thousands of messages for identification, categorization and response • Comment with context by viewing fan profile and message history • Assign messages as tasks across your team for escalation and handling • Create keyword sentiment alerts based on fan posts/comments • Moderate messages in up to 48 languages • Remove SPAM from all of your pages with a single click Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 11
  • 12. The Key to Making Social Work Social Analytics • The most comprehensive Facebook metrics available for your company and tracking your competitors • Over 20 pre-calculated metrics for reach and engagement • Real time analytics (updated every 10 minutes) • Code messages to classify sentiment and filter for comparison • Create custom dashboards with filter pre-sets tailored to user role • Multiple display (grid/graph) with CSV and PDF export options Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 12
  • 13. Social Engagement Lifecycle Discovery & Implementation Engagement Efficiency Planning & Content & Validation & Metrics Define goals Implement Publish, Establish platform engage, metrics for all Assign a team moderate points in Define content Establish social themes and Adjust themes governance engagement creative and creative including FB, based on Report and Twitter, Etc. success measure all interactions Establish Utilize publishing analytics and Compare and calendar reports to adjust as optimize necessary social ads and Focus on content moving community members from engaged to advocates Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 13
  • 14. • An example of actual an actual campaign calendar built out for a utility’s solar PV campaign. • Planning ahead using Facebook and Twitter messages and seeing them as they would appear in the social media medium. Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 14
  • 15. Best Practices Who’s saying what and what works? The ability to monitor the best users of Social Media makes everyone stronger. Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 15
  • 16. Service Audits Do you reply? How long does it take? The numbers don’t lie – how effective is your communication strategy using this powerful channel? Zeethos Inc. - [email protected] 16