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WHAT TRAVEL PAYMENT IS ALL ABOUT.
TBTA /17 March 2011
Social Media in Business Travel:Why give a tweet?
17 March 2011 / Virginia Business Travel Association
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By: Rana Walker / AirPlus International, Inc.
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The Social Media phenomenom
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Teens today do not know life without the Internet or mobile phones
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96% of Millennials have joined a social media platform (Source: socialenomics.com)
Only 11% of teenagers today use e-mail – they SMS/text & use social media instead (Source: Insights Consulting Study, 2010)
In Q4 2010, more smart phones were shipped than PCs – a jump 87% year-over-year and a historical first (Source: Associated Press, Feb. 2011)
Social media connections build your sphere of trusted influence – the most important factor for buying decisions in the future!
New technologies provide virtual, robust info accessible in real-time:
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Social Media is not simply fun and games - it’s smart business!
Two-sided
conversations bring
insight, clarity &
understanding
Web 2.0 platforms
allow for better
collaboration &
knowledge-sharing
Receive customer feedback without delay …and before it’s too late!
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Social Media Prism
Content
Conver
sation
Experie
nce
Relatio
nship
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Mapping the Social Internet– Harvard Business Review, July-Aug. 2010
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The Wire…from AirPlus
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Business Travel & Social Media - The Wire…from AirPlus
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Social Media is evolving and changing the way we communicate and conduct business.
It’s benefits are external, internal and beyond our imaginations.
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If Facebook were a
country, it would be
the 3rd most
populated in the world!
Only China & India are more populated – the
USA is 4th
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End of 2010:
585 MillionA growth of +74%
Beginning 2010:
337 Million
Facebook Profiles
Source: Facebook
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Why Facebook?
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Utilize pictures of staff and events to show your company culture
Highlight CRS activities to show your company philosophy
Share research and knowledge – link to additional resources
Promote upcoming events to gain attention and attendance
Highlight partner activities to enhance relationships
Promote industry news, blog & comment to show your company as a thought-leader or with an opinion
Provide a place for employees to feel connected online. Inter-company relations provide a global virtual forum for staff
Utilize security settings to vary your communications to specific groups
Project a more human face to your company to 585+ million users:
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Business Travel Suppliers on Facebook
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Social Commitment & Online Gaming
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The amount of video uploaded
to YouTube every minute!
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YouTube statistics
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Today, YouTube alone uses the same amount of bandwidth as the entire Internet used in year 2000
YouTube receives more than 2 billion viewers per day
YouTube is available in 19 countries and 12 languages
Half of YouTube’s users are 20 years old or younger - (the future generation)
You would need to live for approx. 1,000 years to watch all the videos currently on YouTube
Source: YouTube
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Why YouTube?
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Customer testimonials are quite effective in video
Video blogs from your executives on:
the company activities/events
company financial results
industry topics
User tips/guides to your products – showcase products and tips for best in class use
Highlight events and philanthropic activities in an inspiring way
Marketing campaigns can go viral & obtain reach like never before
For the visual learners – seeing is believing:
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One YouTube example: Virgin Atlantic airline
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USA: 52%
CAN: 4%
BRZ:2%
EU: 22%
IND: 8%
AUS: 2%
90M+ members in over 200 countries
Source: LinkedIn
LinkedIn Worldwide
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LinkedIn Stats
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Management-level executives from all Fortune 500 companies have a profile on LinkedIn
LinkedIn receives almost 12 million unique visitors per day
+3M new members per month = over 1 new member per second
LinkedIn is available in 6 native languages – English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
80% of companies also use LinkedIn as a recruitment tool - Oracle’s CFO, Jeff Epstein, was headhunted for the position via his LinkedIn profile
Source: LinkedIn
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LinkedIn Pages
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GBTA LinkedIn Group
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Why LinkedIn?
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Keep track of contacts throughout their career & job moves
Build trust and rapport – therefore, influence for you & your company
Excellent for recruiting/qualifying a candidate
Share research, take polls and glean knowledge
Join Groups for collaboration with your industry’s like-minded individuals – share your knowledge and ask for others’ input
Gain transparency through insights into connections, partners, competitors, staff
Professional networking platform to supplement to the face-to-face events:
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Source: Twitter
That’s approximately 600 tweets
per second!
50 MILLION.The number of tweets per day on Twitter.
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A few Twitter Stats
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Over 60% of Twitter use is outside the U.S.
Twitter has more than 300,000 new users join every day
There are currently over 110 million users of Twitter’s services
Twitter receives 180 million unique visits each month
There are more than 600 million searches on Twitter every day
There are more than 50,000 third-party apps for Twitter
More than a third of users access Twitter via their mobile phone
Source: Twitter
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Why Twitter?
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Straight to the point, 140 characters only means no room for fluff
Detect industry trends and take polls/surveys in real-time
Terrific for customer service – make contact with end-user (not often possible in B2B environment)
Disseminate insightful information quickly and effectively
Share knowledge readily – while it’s still relevant
Glean and pass along other interesting industry news to show depth
Promotion of partner activities for enhanced relationships
Fast, efficient, economical and viral:
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Examples of partner and industry interactions
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Recruitment & staff interaction!
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Allow your staff to be your online brand ambassadors!
Establish social media guidelines & teach them how to share your already published public information!
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Staff promotion through Facebook!
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Staff promotion through LinkedIn!
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Staff promotion through Twitter!
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Social Media for use in business travel
Viral
Mobile
Global
Crisis Communication
Customer Service
Collaboration
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What we lose in control – we gain in transparency!
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Twitter per minute- within an hour after the Japan earthquake
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US Embassy encourages social media in wake of quake!
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Google reacts to Crises with Person Finder pages
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Twitter for crisis communication – customer service interactions
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Eurocontrol responds rapidly to the Ash Cloud chaos
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Tweetdeck – track & update all sites in one place
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Ignoring it won’t make it go away….
If we want to know what’s ahead (future) – we must watch the generation behind us.
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Future Themes for Social Media
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Mobile technology & development of apps will continue at time-warp speed
Location-based marketing gains traction
Increased “personalization” & the “one log-in” concept
“Trusted” networking gains importance
Web-conferencing & telepresence technology will improve & advance
More Security, new laws & regulations will bring clarity
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Social MEdia
Share your personality, NOT your personal information!
Share your company’s philosophy, NOT proprietary information!
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Links to interesting online articles, other industry resources
Observations on travel industry trends & pain points for business travelers
Share your personality & always be genuine- a fraud is easy to spot online!
Ask questions, answer questions – share your expertise & knowledge!
Invitations to events & activities where you/your company will be present
Share your promotional activities, online contests, employee recognition
Highlight your CSR efforts
Link to your partner’s social media pages when they post something valuable
Suggestions for Twitter, LinkedIn & Facebook include:
Ideas for posts on Social Media platforms
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Many thanks & let’s connect!
Rana Walker
AirPlus International, Inc.
www.linkedin.com/in/ranawalker
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