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Friday Roundup: Selling Community to the C-Suite

August 12, 2016 By Amy Turner

By Amy Turner, The Community Roundtable

Need some help convincing executives why your organization needs to be more active in social media and community? TheCR Network spoke with Jaime Punishill (Head of Digital Marketing & Channel Management for TIAA) to discuss practical strategies for selling these important social functions to the C-Suite. Although these roundtable calls are exclusive to members of TheCR Network, we summarized highlights and insights in a recent post: “Six Tips for Selling Social Media and Community to the C-Suite”.

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Tips include:

  • Set the Control Function Areas of the Organization Up for “Wins”
  • Ask for Probability and Worst Case Magnitude
  • Translate Social Media to the Organization’s Business Objectives
  • Frame up the Risk
  • Show the C-Suite What your Competitors are Doing with Social Media
  • Skinny Down the Ask

Remember, it takes a risk-taker to sell social media and community to the C-Suite. If that is not you, find a risk-taker in your organization who can support you. Read the full post here.

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