community support case study: microsoft developers
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A case study from my time at Microsoft when we launched community support for our developer audience. Overview of our approach and learnings.TRANSCRIPT
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A Case Study: Microsoft Community Support
Dustin JohnsonPrincipal at Ant’s Eye View
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Our Story Begins in the Summer of 2006 with a Realization…
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90% of the investment helped 1% of the customers
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Also, Developers Don’t Want to Use the Phone…
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…But They Love the Forums
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So, What Did We Do?
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#1: We Dove In and Learned on the Fly
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#2: We Created a Brand New Team
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#3: We Kept The MVPs Happy
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#4: We Sold, and Resold, and Resold
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What Was The Impact?
+ 10M Page views+ 1M New Users+ 10k Answers+ 44% Answer Rate+ 100% Answers from Community
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International English
Simplified Chinese
Expansion!
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What does this all mean to you?
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Customers Are Here
Companies Have Invested In Contact Centers
Knowledge Base
+
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Integrating the Cloud is 10% Technology, 90% People and Processes
Knowledge Base
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1. Agility2. Resources3. Vision4. Operations
Knowledge Base
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Exec Measure
Ideal Exec Goal
Theme
Community Behavior
Awareness
Unique Visitors
20% of Potential Audience Visit The Community
Phase One: 12-18 Months
Consumption
• Content Seeding• SME Participation
Participation
Community Posts
1% of Unique Visitors Post
Phase Two: 12-18 Months
Contribution
• Reputation System• Product Integration
Maturity
Success Rate
50% Success Rate
Phase Three: 12-18 Months
Champion
• Influencer Outreach and Engagement• Broad Integration
Levers
Opportunity!
Maturity Model
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• Knowledge of social web norms is helpful and hard to teach
• Ego is an incredibly powerful motivator• Traditional support tone is not as
effective as conversational tone• Business success is tied to customer
participation, so play nice
If Only I Had Known…