The fanbase is the core of your whole work online, and there is nothing better than converting your fans into loyal brand ambassadors and customers. The eVisions, a Prague-based digital marketing agency, set this as one of their prime goals of a strategy made for MAN Trucks & Bus Czech Republic. And how did it go?
In times when eVisions took care of the MAN Trucks Facebook Page, it was the time when all marketers freaked out about lost organic reach (2018, you have to remember). The starting point wasn’t ideal, but it made the whole cooperation way more interesting. Besides creating a new content plan and strategy, the team needed to find a way to “hack” the new Facebook algorithm.
As you may already assume, the trick for brands’ success on social media is building good relationships with your fans and a strong community. And eVisions succeeded in this using their creativity and professional content together with the technology – ZoomSphere social media management tool. Let’s have a look at how to step by step.
Firstly, the agency had to come up with the main goals of the cooperation. Those were (and still are):
Before starting creating the content itself, eVisions did an intense analysis of their target group for MAN. They analyzed former social media posts and surveyed their competition. Thanks to this, they gained a pretty clear understanding of what type of content is the most engaged and started to create a strong strategy.
💡Tip: Besides the above mentioned, eVisions also met few MAN fans face-to-face. As they say, “Such meetings give you insight like nothing else! It perfectly approved our strategy built on the data we collected online.”
The next step for eVisions was getting to know their fans. There are different types of social media users, often with different motivations and actions they take. Here is the basic categorization (according to a COBRA conception = Consumer Online Brand-Related Activity).
Putting those three parts together, you can divide fans into four groups differentiating in the relationship to your brand and develop the ideal content for each of the segments. Here they are:
Those fans see your content, but that’s pretty much it, you can’t expect more. But it’s alright, don’t beg! Rather keep on posting entertaining content and build trust. When you keep their attention, the interest will grow gradually, and you can turn them from consuming into contributing fans.
The next group consists of fans looking for some benefit. Their motivation is a reward and desire for information. They simply know what they want.
For those, you create special offers, organize a competition or invite them to a special event. Most probably, they will share it with their friends, so your posts will spread. But that’s all you can expect, no more engagement like likes or comments won’t happen here.
Those fans react from their own will – if they like the post, they will let you and others know. Their primary motivation is the social factor, becoming a part of the community. It’s also the reason for their creations, so-called user-generated content.
Don’t hesitate and ask them to share their opinion and relation to the brand. They will! Those fans are essential for the brand, they are the ones spreading positive vibes.
Keep in mind that the brand companions deserve to receive some of the energy back. In the MANS fanbase case, eVisions are sending branded hats, or just resharing their UGC, increasing their popularity. This can convert them to the ultimate segment – the brand ambassadors👇
And finally – the VIP fans! Those fans react to all your content. They give you likes, comment under posts, share them, or from time to time, send some of their images and videos. Brand ambassadors deserve excellent care; after all, they probably have the brand in their profile picture (MAN car).
The agency recognizes their brand ambassadors on the first sight, and not because eVisions marketers necessarily remember them all, but thanks to the VIP label they use in the ZoomSphere Community Management App.
The main goal of the cooperation with MAN was (and still is) to convert brand detached fans, brand profiteers, and brand companions into brand ambassadors. To do so, eVisions makes high-quality content together with a high-level of firm engagement.
Because the power of social media isn’t only in sharing content hoping for fans to react. Successful brands are more than aware of a principle called the Iceberg theory – only 7 % of the whole communication is done from brand to the entire community. The rest 93 % of interactions are from brand to fan.
This may be a huge game-changer for many because it affects marketing activity on several levels. From a higher budget – you need to count with more time and energy spent with the community management, to the right tone of voice – for example, get ready to advice when a fan wants to lend a tractor, can’t find a pole for his jack or need to activate PDF regeneration.
In eVisions, they achieved to convert tens of fans into brand ambassadors. But more importantly, the team built a community of MAN lovers gathering on the MAN Truck & Bus Czech Republic Facebook Page. The fans actively share their attitude and feelings towards the brand, but also share their adventures, travels, and life stories.
After a few months, years, social media marketers can quite easily say which type of content will rock and which not. Together with the global brand communication regulations, this became the ultimate bulletproof strategy.
But enough sentiment, what said the hard data?
To analyze the data, eVisions uses the Social Media Analytics App. All data are from date range 1.4-31.10. 2018.
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The marketing agency eVisions uses the all-in-one social media management tool ZoomSphere. The apps used for all above mentiones activities are the Social Media Scheduler (a core for all social media planning and publishing), the Community Management App (tool gathering all social media comments, mentions or messages in one place), and Social Media Analytics with more than 150 metrics.
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