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SAFEGUARDING
CORPORATE
REPUTATION
IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Charlie Pownall | CPC & Associates Ltd
DUBAI | January 2014
“It takes 20 years to build a
reputation and five minutes to
ruin it. If you think about that,
you'll do things differently.”
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Reputation is the #1 business risk
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Source: Deloitte, 2013
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Social media is a top 5 business risk
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Source: Deloitte - 2012
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Especially in emerging markets
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Source: Deloitte, 2013
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The #1 social media risk is reputation
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Source: Altimeter, 2012
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Types of social media risk
OPERATIONAL
TECHNOLOGICAL
STRATEGIC
BEHAVIOURAL
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LEGAL/
REGULATORY
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STRATEGIC _
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Make social media a top business priority
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Focus on relationships, not numbers
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Ensure that social media is about communication, collaboration and
service
as much as marketing and promotion
Align with broader reputation management
& communications activities
Lead from the top, grow from the bottom
Listen actively and be seen to respond
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OPERATIONAL _
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Create multi-disciplinary social media
Steering Committee
Build social media capabilities deep and wide
Staff with experienced professionals,
not juniors and interns
Focus on what customers/stakeholders want, not what the company
wants
Strengthen crisis & issues management and communications
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BEHAVIOURAL _
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Institute & champion social media governance
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Closely manage external and employee online behaviour, especially on
owned channels
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Train all employees from induction to departure
Extol the importance of good employee behaviour professionally and
personally
Encourage employee listening & vigilantism
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TECHNOLOGICAL_
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Control employee access to social media profiles and management tools
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Scan regularly for leaks or inappropriate sharing of customer/stakeholder
data
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Track official, unauthorised and fake social media profiles
Develop social community and content guidelines and ensure they are
enforced
Understand social platform complaint procedures
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LEGAL/
REGULATORY _
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Get lawyers involved in social media from the start
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Monitor for IP abuse regularly
Understand, enforce and track existing
& emerging compliance issues
Use legal soft touch wherever possible
Ensure official statements are user-friendly
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