Despite the recession, most companies are continuing to invest in social media tools and online communities, according to a new survey by Deloitte, Beeline Labs and the Society for New Communications Research.
The second annual survey of companies sponsoring online communities showed 94 percent of respondents plan to maintain or increase investment in their communities, while only 6 percent plan to decrease investment.
However, while businesses are using these tools to interact with customers, partners and employees, the survey also indicates that organizations continue to struggle with how to harness social media’s full potential.
Of the companies surveyed, a majority agreed that increasing word-of-mouth (38 percent), customer loyalty (34 percent) and brand awareness (30 percent) continue to be the top business objectives of online communities, followed by idea generation (29 percent) and improved customer support quality (23 percent).
The biggest obstacles to creating a successful community include getting people to join (24 percent), stay engaged (30 percent) and keep returning (21 percent).
The survey measured the responses of more than 400 companies, including Fortune 100 organizations, which have created and maintain online communities. The communities ranged from fewer than 100 members to more than 1 million members.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Firms still invest in social media - 94% plan to maintain or increase investment
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteThe information about how we can increase the investments on the company is good.
social media websites offer the option to give your real name as well as a user name and also the company name. The key is to give your real name where requested and also to use your company name as your user name. Even if you don’t plan on spend any time on the site or to use the domain or email, we want to set up a control over it. The goal is to obtain the investment on the company by the users.