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Chances are that if your organization is involved in social customer engagement that it can be grouped into one of four scenarios. But what are these scenarios and what exactly do they mean?
Based on work that we have been doing with clients (and some research), the Chess and Metz team have put together what we believe to be the four social customer engagement scenarios. These scenarios are going to be discussed in greater depth in Adam’s upcoming book on the Social Customer which is due out in the middle of next year.
We tried to keep the visual simple to understand and welcome any feedback to improve it in any way. This means feel free to critique it and tear it to shreds! The goal for any organization is to get to scenario 4. It’s important to note however that just because your organization is in scenario 4 doesn't mean that you've reached the pinnacle of social customer strategy. This model is purely focused on social customer engagement.
Typically these scenarios are discussed with clients and are accompanied with a roadmap on how to move from one scenario to the next. We have found that developing this as a part of a social customer engagement assessment is effective and well received.
Here's an overview of the four scenarios, some of the text can be found above in the image:
1. No Engagement
Typically organizations in this scenario may be actively educating themselves and/or learning about social customer engagement. We typically see pockets of social experimentation on a select group of channels but there is no process or infrastructure of any kind that is in place to support any type of a social customer strategy.
No model or strategic framework exists in this scenario. Some organizations may just be in the listening/monitoring stages collecting feedback and research to help plan their social customer engagement strategy.
2. Partial Engagement
This is a tricky spot to be in but it’s still farther along than scenario 1. Typically in this scenario, departments within organizations have a hard time agreeing on the value and the desired business outcomes of social customer engagement. Turf wars usually arise here as well as departments try to control this initiative to serve their own agendas.
At this stage an organization is most likely using multiple or disjointed CRM/technology solutions. Engagement with the customer may be a bit more active but the infrastructure and strategy framework still does not exist here.
3. Modeled Engagement
The organization has developed and is implementing a strategic model for customer engagement. Typically we see this as a cross-functional effort, this is a big hurdle to overcome as most organizations immediately defer to their marketing and/or PR teams the second they hear the word “social.”
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