POST method
POST method: this article explains the POST method, developed by Forrester Research, in a practical way. After reading you will understand the basics of this powerful social media tool.
Introduction
Forrester Research has, in addition to the Social Technographics Profile, also developed a method (POST method) to carefully set up Social Media in an organization. It’s presented as the acronym POST.
POST method
The acronym POST stands for:
People
What kind of clients and prospects do you have? How do they behave online? For determining your target group, there is a reference to the Social Technographics Profile.
Objectives
What are your goals? Are you more interested in listening in order to gain insights? Or do you want to enable your customers to generate more awareness?
Strategy
How do you change your relationship with customers? What do you want to get out of these relationships? Which direction do you want to take and what is the underlying proposition?
Technologies
What applications should you use? How much time should this take? This step reflects the choices you make in the first three steps.
These four elements are very important in developing a Social Media strategy.
More information
- Bernoff, J. (2007). The POST Method: A systematic approach to social strategy. Forrester.typepad.com.
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