REDWOOD SHORES, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/17/13 — Oracle (NYSE: ORCL)
To demonstrate how organizations are leveraging social technologies and practices, Oracle partnered with Social Media Today and Leader Networks to survey more than 900 marketing and technology executives from organizations around the world. The results showed that transitioning to a socially enabled enterprise, also known as a social business, is a key priority for business executives. The study also highlighted the challenges organizations need to overcome to realize the potential of social technologies and practices.
During a panel today at the event in Atlanta, Oracle announced the results of a sponsored study with Social Media Today and Leader Networks titled “.”
The global survey of more than 900 marketing and technology executives looked at the challenges and opportunities that organizations face when integrating social technologies and practices.
Overall the findings revealed that the transition to a socially enabled enterprise is a key priority for marketing and technology executives as they see social media playing an increasingly significant role in future business success.
Oracle defines a socially enabled enterprise or social business as an organization with social capabilities woven into the fabric of its daily business operations, from consumer marketing and sales, to customer service and research, to employee communications and collaboration.
: Nearly all executives (97 percent) surveyed believe it will be important for successful organizations to transition to being socially enabled enterprises. In fact, 72 percent reported that leveraging social media will be very important for their organizations to be successful in the future.
: Organizations with 50,000 or more employees are much further along the path to becoming social businesses. In fact, 46 percent of organizations in that 50,000+ employee category reported that they are already socially enabled, compared to nearly one-third of companies with less than 5,000 employees.
: 43 percent of executives stated that it would take their organizations more than a year to truly leverage social throughout their businesses.
60 percent of respondents plan to integrate social business metrics into customer care initiatives in the next 12 months.
: While companies consider a wide array of social business performance metrics, currently marketing metrics (awareness, customer satisfaction, and share of voice) are the leading performance metrics, followed by lead generation and sales and new product development.
: Organizations outside of the U.S. are significantly more likely to use social business insights for new product development and R&D: Non-U.S. at 38.6% compared to 29.5% for U.S.
“By weaving social capabilities into the fabric of their daily operations, organizations can achieve significant improvements in areas ranging from marketing and sales to customer service and employee collaboration,” said Meg Bear, Group Vice President of Oracle Social Cloud Platform. “As this study shows, business executives now understand that creating a socially enabled enterprise can create better customer experiences, enable more responsive internal networks and drive organizational efficiencies. This combination gives organizations of all sizes a significant competitive advantage.”
Social Media Today is an independent, online community for professionals in PR, marketing, advertising or any other discipline where a thorough understanding of social media is mission-critical. Every day, we provide insight and host lively debate about the tools, platforms, companies and personalities that are revolutionizing the way we consume information.
Leader Networks is a research and strategy consulting group focused on helping organizations build deeper B2B relationships with key stakeholders, thus creating significant competitive advantage and outstanding business results. We guide firms in the strategic use and deployment of online social tools and techniques, including developing innovative ways to listen to, learn about, interact with and build trust across a wide range of constituencies including prospective and current customers, suppliers, partners, and employees via B2B online communities and social business initiatives.
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