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Tracking Business Value and Measurement of Brand Communities THE 2017 COMMUNITY VALUE AND METRICS REPORT Tracking Business Value and Measurement of Brand Communities

The 2017 Community Value and Metrics Report

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Page 1: The 2017 Community Value and Metrics Report

Tracking Business Value and Measurement of Brand Communities

THE 2017 COMMUNITY VALUE

AND METRICS REPORT Tracking Business Value and Measurement of Brand Communities

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DEFINING COMMUNITY

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How do you define a brand community in your organization? (select all that apply) (% of respondents)

Has measurable goals

and objectives

56%

Is a line of business or a strategic initiative for the organization

54%

Has members who develop relationships with each other online

or offline

66%

Other6%

I don’t know how to define my brand

community

14%

Has a dedicated community manager

59%

Has an executive sponsor

21%

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THE SPACE MODEL: The 5 Dimensions of Community Strategy

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Community’s Business Value

1%

4%4%

18%

13%13%

23%26%

What is the single most important value that your community drives for your organization?(% of respondents)

Customer Support or Customer

Success

Product Ideation, Innovation and

Feedback

Acquisition and Advocacy

Content andProgramming

ExternalEngagement

InternalEngagement

Other I am not sure what business value our community drives

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Changing Priorities Has the above always been the most important value that community drives for your organization, or has it changed over time?(Number of respondents)

65%This has always been

the most important value

35%Our most important value

has changed

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Changing Priorities % that switched to this business value

(% of respondents)

% who have always had this business value(% of respondents)

Customer Support or Customer Success

85%15%

Product Ideation, Innovation & Feedback

53%47%

Acquisition & Advocacy

60%40%

Content & Programming

76%24%

External Engagement

72%28%

Internal Engagement

82%18%

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MEASURING VALUE

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The Most Popular Metrics

31%

What metrics do you measure to demonstrate your community’s business value?(Only those options available to all participants)(% of respondents)

Retention

New customers

Customer satisfaction ratings

Customer loyalty

NPS score

Customer lifetime value

Change in sales revenue

Cost savings

54%

37%

37%

28%

24%

24%

14%

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The Most Popular Metrics

8%

Among the metrics you measure to show your effect on business value, what is the most important one?(Only those options available to all participants)(% of respondents)

Retention

Change in sales revenue

Customer lifetime value

Customer loyalty

Customer satisfaction ratings

New customers

NPS score

Cost savings

14%

13%

8%

7%

6%

6%

3%

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Most Popular Metrics by Community's Business Value

Value Most Popular Metric

Customer Support or Customer Success # or % of answered questions (65%)

Product Ideation, Innovation and Feedback Product Ideas (60%)

Acquisition and Advocacy New user/member sign-ups (62%)

Content and Programming Number of active users/members (74%)

External Engagement Retention (20%)

Internal Engagement Retention (25%)

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How Long It Takes to Decide on Metrics

Less than1 month

1-2 months 3-4 months 5-6 months More than 6 months

I don’t know

12%15% 14%

6%

21%

How long did it take you to decide that these were the correct metrics to measure?(% of respondents)

32%

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Plan vs. Reality

24%

14%

12%

29%

50%

55%

55%

60%

28%

59%

24%

31%

37%

37%

28%

54%

% of respondents who measure the metric vs plan on measuring the metric(% of respondents)

Change in sales revenue

Cost savings

Customer lifetime value

Customer loyalty

% of respondents who measure the metric % of respondents who plan on measuring the metric

Customer satisfaction ratings

New customers

NPS score

Retention

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Measurement Success

2.44%

2.00%

2.83%

2.42%

2.59%

2.71%

2.50% 2.50%

2.71%

3.00%(Weighted Confidence vs. Revenue)

$0 - $250k

$250k - $500k

$500k - $1m$1m - $10m

$10m - $50m

$50m - $100m

$100m - $500m

$500m - $2b$2b - $10b

Over $10b

On a scale from 1 to 4, how confident are you that you have the right metrics in place todetermine the business value of your community?

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INTERNAL EFFECT

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Running Reports

3% 1%5%

11%

21%18%

42%

How important is it to have the ability to quickly run reports?(% of respondents)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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The Role of the Community Manager Is your community staffed with a dedicated Community Manager?(Number of respondents)

71%Yes

29%No

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The Role of the Community Manager

22%

38%

69%

71%

69%

79%

80%

91%

94%

67%

Is your community staffed with a dedicated Community Manager?(Responses from particpants who have a community manager)(% of respondents)

$0 - $250k

$250k - $500k

$500k - $1m

$1m - $10m

$10m - $50m

$50m - $100m

$100m - $500m

$500m - $2b

$2b - $10b

Over $10b

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Organizational impact How have these metrics affected your organization internally?Please rate the degree to which you've seen these effects (if at all).(% of respondents)

Increased headcount onthe CM team

Increasedleadership support

Increased budget

Spread of community into other departments

Increased interest in community from

other departments

Yes No

7%93%

18%82%

27%73%

10%90%

41%59%

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CONCLUSION What’s Next?