What Social Media Tells Us About U.S. Bank – 3 Key Insights

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Social media is full of valuable insights about consumers, but sorting through the noise is no easy task. The key is to collect the right data, filter it intelligently, and use the appropriate text analytics tools to let the data speak. Beyond the Arc performed an analysis on social media data about U.S. Bank to [...]

The new Facebook: 3 tips to help financial services maximize the value of Timeline

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Just when you were getting used to Facebook, it’s changing…  Yet with the new Timeline interface, financial institutions can leverage a number of new features to increase engagement with customers. Here are a few practical tips you can easily put into action.

1.  Increase engagement for hot topics.

With the new “Pin to Top” [...]

Are banks and credit unions ready for Pinterest?

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There’s no doubt that Pinterest is an exciting new social media platform. With over 11 million unique visitors a month (and growing fast!), banks and credit unions are wondering if they should start to “pin”. Ron Shevlin, Senior Analyst with the Aite Group, sparked a great conversation on The Financial Brand blog. His article prompts [...]

2012: Customer experience is the new brand

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Co-author: Dana Roytenberg

Lessons for financial institutions to increase brand impact

Most companies spend a lot of time defining their brand – the values they want people to associate with their business – and market to promote that perception. But these days, companies face challenges in controlling how their brand is perceived, because customers have [...]

Emerging Issues – Stay ahead of the curve with your Voice of the Customer program

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2011 was an important year for Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs in the financial services industry.  Many banks and credit unions adopted new Voice of the Customer initiatives, and companies with existing VoC programs began to harness their full potential with new types of analyses.  Some companies monitor customer feedback to determine the top [...]

Social media – reflecting and planning for 2012

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Where we are in 2011

Social media is providing retail banking with a highly valuable opportunity as millions of consumers are engaging on numerous public forums. Ponder these stats for a moment:

1,000,000+ RSVPs in 2011 for events promoted through LinkedIn, a professional social network. (Source: LinkedIn) 81% of small businesses now use social media, [...]

How social media fueled Bank Transfer Day

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Co-author: Brandon Purcell

Social media analytics of Twitter comments provide answers

By now, you’ve probably heard of Bank Transfer Day, a grassroots movement launched on Facebook® by a disgruntled Bank of America customer. The event, which prompted people to move their accounts from “big banks” to community banks and credit unions, generated a groundswell of [...]

How financial services organizations can leverage YouTube

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As YouTube™ has gained overwhelming popularity as a video sharing platform for consumers, businesses have been quick to recognize the marketing potential. Reaching nearly 500 million users worldwide each month in 2011, YouTube now sees over 3 billion page views per day on their site alone; with hundreds of millions more videos watched on mobile [...]

How financial services organizations can leverage Facebook

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With over 800 million users as of October 2011, Facebook® has become one of the most powerful business tools for reaching new customers and building relationships. More than two billion posts are “liked” and commented on each day, and the average user –strongest in the 18-44 age group– connects to up to 80 community pages, [...]

The state of social media in financial services

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Retail banking is now witnessing a change similar to when banks began embracing the Internet in the 1990s. Back then, banks actively pursued the opportunity but their efforts lagged that of other industries and consumer demand.

Fast-forward to 2011, where social media is providing retail banking with a similar opportunity; some 750 million consumers spend [...]