Social Media Strategy

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Citizens Bank Social Strategy October 7, 2011


CURRENT: Roles of Social Media at Citizens Goals*

Benefits

Customer Relationship Building

Community Growth = More Impact

Marketing

Drive traffic to our web site

Corporate Affairs

Promote positive marketplace image

Customer Service

Manage corporate reputation, address complaints

(Also exploring opportunities to support Recruiting, in addition to existing efforts)

Social as an extension of marketing and internal departments


PROPOSED : Roles of Social Media at Citizens From brand-centric:

Extension of marketing and internal departments

To consumer-centric:

Enabler of connection & conversation around: Personal Finance Success

Being a Good Citizen

Realizing Your Goals

Financial Confidence


content strategy / content ecosystem Educate new, current and potential customers about Citizens Bank and its products

Relationships

Education

Build and grow relationships through customer service, and engagement around products, campaigns, and community

Enabler of connection & conversation around:

Create brand evangelists and advocates who use and love Citizens Bank products, and share information with friends

Loyalty

Personal Finance Success

Being a Good Citizen

Realizing Your Goals

Financial Confidence

Commerce

Drive traffic to Citizens website Influence intent to purchase within social communities


Analysis


ontent strategy / facebook content analysis Content Bucket Products & Campaigns Community Alerts Holidays Events & Sponsorships

Content Mix: Actual

Content Mix: Proposed

31%

60%

35% 8%

15% 5%

6%

5%

20%

15%

Source: Studiocom analysis and content audit of Facebook posts published by Citizens Bank during September 2011

On Facebook, only about 30% of content published focused on products and campaigns – Studiocom recommends increasing that to 60% to include plenty of support for Savings Community and Citizens for Homes campaigns

Community posts were much higher than the proposed amount and could be scaled in favor of product and campaign-related posts

To deal with upcoming holiday seasons, posts could feature both holiday and alert content to better fit proposed content mix


ontent strategy / facebook content analysis Content Bucket Products & Campaigns

Community

Alerts

Holidays

Events & Sponsorship s

Messaging Mix: Actual Push: 55%

Messaging Mix: Proposed Push: 50%

Conversational: 45%

Conversational: 50%

Push: 83%

Push: 50%

Conversational: 17%

Conversational: 50%

Push: 66%

Push: 100%

Conversational: 33%

Conversational: 0%

Push: 100%

Push: 0%

Conversational: 0%

Conversational: 100%

Push: 87%

Push: 25%

Conversational: 13%

Conversational: 75%

Source: Studiocom analysis and content audit of Facebook posts published by Citizens Bank during September 2011

• Overall Push vs. Conversational: 75% vs. 25% • Products & Campaigns bucket will require minor adjustments in messaging as it nearly matches the proposed messaging mix already • In general, conversational messages don’t have to directly align with a product or campaign to influence thinking in those directions • While community posts include announcements, there can still be elements of interaction for users • There were very limited posts around “holidays” during September, but there will be opportunities to craft engaging messages in Q4


ontent strategy / twitter content analysis Content Bucket Products & Campaigns Community

Content Mix: Actual

Content Mix: Proposed

62%

60%

10%

15%

Alerts

15%

5%

Holidays

0.5%

5%

Events & 12.5% 15% Source: Studiocom analysis and content audit of Twitter posts published by Citizens Bank during September 2011 Sponsorships •

Citizens Bank currently posts product- and campaign-related tweets in the same amount that Studiocom recommends.

Many of the tweets are repeated - presumably this is a compliance issue – but we feel this will be easily changed in Q4 and beyond with the launch of Savings Community and Citizens for Homes, along with additional quarterly campaign copy.


ontent strategy / twitter content analysis Content Bucket Products & Campaigns

Community

Alerts

Holidays

Events & Sponsorship s

Messaging Mix: Actual Push: 72%

Messaging Mix: Proposed Push: 50%

Conversational: 28%

Conversational: 50%

Push: 84%

Push: 50%

Conversational: 16%

Conversational: 50%

Push: 100%

Push: 100%

Conversational: 0%

Conversational: 0%

Push: 100%

Push: 0%

Conversational: 0%

Conversational: 100%

Push: 96%

Push: 25%

Conversational: 4%

Conversational: 75%

Source: Studiocom analysis and content audit of Twitter posts published by Citizens Bank during September 2011

• Overall Push vs. Conversational: 83% vs.17% • Studiocom recommends a more even distribution of Push and Conversational messaging for “Products & Campaigns,” “Community,” and “Events & Sponsorships” content buckets • There are opportunities to increase conversational posts across content buckets to improve interaction with Twitter followers • Holiday posts can be more interactive and can capitalize on the use of trending hashtags to increase visibility and attract new followers


content strategy / Q4 proposed post breakdown

Breakdown of proposed content posts for Q4


content strategy / proposed post features Content Bucket Products & Campaigns

Community

Holidays

Alerts

Events & Sponsorships

Post Themes Checking Citizens for Homes Savings Community Mobile Banking Champions in Action Citizen of the Week Gear for Grades 4th of July Thanksgiving Back to School Special hours Branch closings Citizens Bank Park Citizens Bank Performing Arts Series New branch openings Partnerships (Dunkin’)

Proposed Post Features Posts to educate and engage the audience • Use polls and ask questions to and encourage interaction •

Post Type Breakdown Engagement: 50% Push: 50%

Posts around cause marketing, featuring good works • Include photos with posts when possible

Engagement: 50%

Capitalize on people’s love of holidays for engagement opportunities • Pose questions and seek user-generated content

Engagement: 100%

Feature information such as holiday hours, contact information, etc. (Ex. Branch closings during hurricane) • These posts are intended to drive limited response

Engagement: 0%

Announce events and share news articles that feature CB sponsorships/write-ups • Ask fan base if they’re attending events and encourage user-generated content • Purpose of these posts are for engagement and to capitalize on chatter volume spikes – particularly with CBP •

Push: 50%

Push: 0%

Push:100% Engagement: 75% Push: 25%


Content Road Map / Content Evolution Subject to change as we listen and learn what the community wants/needs, and as marketplace changes. Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Products / Campaigns / Customer Service Activate Subject Matter Experts (internal & external) Commerce / Transactions / Activate Customer Advocates


Campaign Content Example


the real conversation is between consumers, about their stories and their vision made possible by Citizens


Make It Real / the map to scale 10/11

11/11

12/11

1/12

Awareness & Satisfaction (Holidays, Giving/Spending, New Year Goals)

PHASE 1

2/12

3/12

4/12

Planning projects, college acceptance letters, cabin fever

5/12

6/12

7/12

Accomplishing Goals

8/12

Finishing projects, kids to college

12/12

1/13

Holidays, Giving/Spending, New Year Goals

2/13

MAKE IT REAL: GETTING IT DONE MAKE IT REAL CELEBRATION

PHASE 5

PERSONAL, INVESTING, BUSINESS, BORROWING Paid Ad Buy

Paid Ad Buy

Paid Ad Buy

CITIZENS ONGOING COMMUNICATION STRATEGY

Paid Ad Buy

Paid Ad Buy

3/13

Planning projects, college acceptance letters, cabin fever

MAKE IT REAL PLANNING

PHASE 4

OTHER

11/12

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION

PHASE 3

MEDIA

10/12

BUILD & SEED ONGOING

PHASE 2

GENERAL

9/12

Paid Ad Buy


phase one / build foundation for make it real MAKE IT REAL INITIAL ENGAGEMENT TACTICS Use email to create dialogue with most valued customers around social and lending. Promote activity in social channels.

Tag as much of existing CFH assets as possible with social drivers to Facebook and Twitter.

Photo submission: Upload pic tied to lending projects, such as new house, new home project and more

Twitter: Lending-based conversation starters: Polls, questions, challenges. Start initiating use of #MIR and lending themes

Link to cool financial infographics and other content tied to lending.


phase two / introducing make it real MAKE IT REAL EARLY ENGAGEMENT TACTICS Launch Make It Real Manifesto. Push it out and create conversation and engagement around its contents.

MAKE IT REAL Manifesto

Monthly infographic that shows you how to Make It Real. Original creations tied to Citizens specific offerings and products.

Develop content relationship. Start search for internal and external subject matter experts.

Continue photo submission activity. Begin to reward participants with contest to win Home Depot Gift Cards, etc.


phase three / make it real engagements MAKE IT REAL SCALE ENGAGEMENT TACTICS

Planning

Getting It Done

Celebration

TACTICS DEPENDENT UPON LEARNINGS FROM EARLIER PHASES


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