TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 04/14/15 — Technology and data company, (TSX VENTURE: EL), creator of the score, today released the top ten Canadian retail bank institutions based on their social media performance on Facebook and Twitter over the last month.
According to the eValue data, the top ten retail banks in Canada are:
“Canadian banks are shifting away from the heavily finance-focused conversation on social media and highlighting moments in their customers– lives where their offerings may be applicable. As social media has become a tool for brands to communicate with their customers, these banks are using the platforms to support their customers in attaining goals and milestones such as purchasing their first home, saving for their children–s education, or planning for retirement,” said Bryan Segal, CEO of Engagement Labs.
Segal continued, “By measuring the banks– eValue scores, we see that top “Big 6″ banks Royal Bank of Canada and TD Canada Trust are leading the pack while Mouvement Desjardins and Vancity follow closely behind on both social media platforms.”
Engagement
The eValue tool allows for a more in depth social media analysis by measuring brands– performance based on multiple metrics. One of the measurements examined was Engagement which is defined by how well the brand–s audience on social media engages with its content. The following chart ranks the Canadian retail banks in terms of the Engagement metric.
Vancity, a member-owned financial co-operative and the largest credit union in Canada, has outperformed the “Big 6” banks according to the Engagement score. This indicates that Vancity has content that resonates with their followers who are also members. Interestingly enough, many of the Vancity–s most engaging posts are not heavily finance-oriented. Many posts focus on promoting their contributions to local initiatives and their “Shared Success” program which donates 30% of their net profits to local charities such as affordable housing initiatives and environmental organizations.
RBC–s top posts on Facebook were in regards to their sponsorship of “We Day.” TD Canada Trust–s top post on Facebook was about their Aeroplan Miles program. Scotiabank has been using its Facebook page as a promotional tool to inform its audience about its Instagram contest by asking users to redirect to that page and to get involved. Their strategy during this period was likely to increase Engagement in other channels beyond Facebook.
About Engagement Labs
Engagement Labs– eValue Score is the global benchmark for social media scoring. eValue Analytics Pro, an enterprise-grade social media analytics platform, scores brands between 0-100. eValue measures brands– social media and digital marketing efforts. It–s composed of a series of metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs), including Engagement, Responsiveness and Impact, which is benchmarked against 75,000+ handpicked and verified brands.
The eValue score is composed of Engagement, Impact and Responsiveness metrics. Engagement is the level of interaction content receives on a specific social network, Impact is the reach content receives on a specific social network, and Responsiveness measures how much, how fast and how well a brand responds to actual conversations amongst its users.
Engagement Labs (TSX VENTURE: EL) offers intelligent social data, analytics and insights for organizations that are actively engaging on social networks. Offered as a SaaS or through an API, the eValue analytics platform allows brands to measure and maximize the effectiveness of their social media marketing campaigns, as well as measure that of their competitors across major social networks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Engagement Labs maintains offices in Montreal, Toronto and Paris. / .
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