Social Media Marketing Capability Assessment Tool

1. Social media marketing strategy*

Do you have a comprehensive social media marketing strategy developed and regularly reviewed?

Passive

• No social media marketing strategy
Initiated

• No review on social media marketing strategy conducted since its first development
Enabled

• At least one review and update of social media marketing strategy document
Optimised

• Ad-hoc to regular review of social media marketing strategy especially after a social media audit, competitor analysis, and evaluation of data analytics
Ideal

• Ongoing review and enhancements to social media marketing strategy

2. Social media governance*

How prepared are you in managing social media risk?

Passive

• No policies or guidelines in place
Initiated

• Basic social media policy written and abided by communications teams
Enabled

• Deployment of social media listening and monitoring tools

• At least one specialist assigned to manage and respond to crisis

Optimised

•	Frequent monitoring of customer complaints
•	Information confidentiality and security protocols in place in case of a cyber attack
•	Team of social media specialists and/or external risk experts monitoring enterprise social platform

Ideal

• Real-time monitoring of all social media activity for immediate response to any crisis

• Detailed continuity plan ready to activate in case of a disaster

3. Social media marketing management*

What are the areas of capabilities within your social media marketing function? (E.g. management of: social media community, content planning, advertising, influencer marketing)

Passive

• No social media marketing management in place
Initiated

• At least one in-house specialist managing certain aspects of social media marketing (e.g. social media influencers, content creation, advertising, etc.)

Enabled

•	Adoption of social media management tools (e.g. Buffer, Sprout Social, etc.)
•	Expanded scope of social media marketing management (e.g. social media monitoring, content distribution, community management, etc.)

Optimised

• Enterprise level social media management tools powered by AI

Ideal

•	A team of fully competent cross-functional specialists (in-house and/or external) managing all aspects of social media marketing (social media sentiment analysis, content inspiration, performance, etc.)

4. Social media branding*

How established is your brand on social media?

Passive

• No presence on social media
Initiated

• Social media brand guidelines created and adhered to
Enabled

• Multiple social media accounts (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc.) with consistent brand visuals and voice
Optimised

• Different accounts within the same social media networks are created with hyper-specific content and branding to cater to specific audiences
Ideal

• Brand is the authority in the industry in the social space and every post is well received (heavily shared with lots of engagement) by audience

5. Social media marketing analytics*

Are there ongoing systems and processes for reporting social media marketing campaign performance and return on investment?

Passive

• No social media analytics set up
Initiated

• Basic social media reporting across different platforms (e.g. Facebook Insights, YouTube Analytics, etc.)

Enabled

•	Central dashboard setup to report performance across different social media channels (e.g. Google Analytics, Google Data Studio, other social media analytics tools)
•	Ongoing competitor analysis and audit of brand’s social media profiles

Optimised

•	Social media listening and sentiment analysis monitored in real time with constant feedback to the product improvement team
•	Tracking of advanced ROI-driven social media metrics across different social media platforms, enabling more efficient and effective allocation of budgets

Ideal

• ROI can be proven and attributed more accurately to the best performing social media campaigns and channels through advanced social media analytics tools powered by AI and machine learning

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•	Real-time monitoring of all social media activity for immediate response to any crisis
•	Detailed continuity plan ready to activate in case of a disaster

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

M – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

BUSINESS

M – BUSINESS

CYBERSECURITY

M – CYBERSECURITY

DATA ANALYTICS

M – DATA ANALYTICS

DESIGN

M – DESIGN

DIGITAL MARKETING

M – DIGITAL MARKETING

ECOMMERCE

M -ECOMMERCE

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY (MEDIA)

M – PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY (MEDIA)

SALES

M – SALES

SOFT SKILLS

M – SOFT SKILLS

USER EXPERIENCE (UX)

M – USER EXPERIENCE (UX)

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1. Social media marketing strategy

2. Social media governance

3. Social media marketing management

4. Social media branding

5. Social media marketing analytics

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