Rob Fuggetta, Founder & CEO, Zuberance, talked about the marketing power of Energizing Brand Advocates to drive sales and ROI for brands on March 1st at the Liquid Brand Summit.
7. 5 Advocates are Most Trusted Source Sources Consumers Trust Source: Nielsen
8. 6 An Army of Advocates 1 in 4 people in US (60M) are Brand Advocates Source: Multiple
9. 7 Social Media Amplifies Advocates 60MTrusted WOMImpressions 100,000Energized Advocates Sources: Forrester, Comscore; Note: Estimated # of Trusted WOM Impressions over 12-month period
10. 8 5X More Valuable than Ave Customers $565,000 Value of one Advocate for enterprise software company Advocacy Value 3X Spend Value 2X Spend Value Sources: Deloitte; Owen, Brooks Ave Customer Brand Advocates
11. 9 Turn Advocates into Marketing Force Zuberance Advocate Platform
12. 10 Identify Brand Advocates… Ultimate Question for Customer Loyalty How likely are you to recommend our brand or products to your friends? 50%
18. 13 Brand Advocate Segments Power Advocates Have created & published content plus share brand-created content and offers at least once in last 90 days Have created reviews, stories, answers, blog posts, etc. at least once in last 90 days Creators Have shared Advocate-created content or brand-created content and offers at least once in last 90 days Sharers Have not created, shared, or published content and/or offers in last 90 days Inactives 9’s & 10’s or 8’s, 9’s, & 10’s on Advocate ID survey Identified Advocates