{"id":2716,"date":"2011-08-01T09:32:27","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/?p=2716"},"modified":"2011-08-01T00:32:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T07:32:55","slug":"dominos-taking-transparency-to-a-new-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/dominos-taking-transparency-to-a-new-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Domino&#8217;s: Taking Transparency to a New Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/dominos-taking-transparency-to-a-new-level\/dominos\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2717\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2717\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/dominos-taking-transparency-to-a-new-level\/dominos\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/dominos.jpeg?fit=193%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"193,261\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dominos\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/dominos.jpeg?fit=193%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2717\" title=\"dominos\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/dominos.jpeg?resize=193%2C261&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"dominos\" width=\"193\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>How would you feel if every comment about your company, positive or negative, were displayed in a giant billboard for all to see?<\/p>\n<p>At Domino&#8217;s, this kind of transparency is embraced wholeheartedly. In fact, according to\u00a0<a title=\"Fast Company article on Domino's newest advertising campaign\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1768899\/dominos-ups-the-transparency-ante-with-times-square-reviews?partner=gnews\">Fast Company<\/a>,\u00a0Domino&#8217;s is now paying top dollar to have real live reviews of their service stream above Times Square.<\/p>\n<p>Purchasing this type of advertising real estate is not a new tactic for large brands. Broadcasting 700 customer ratings per day, however, is a different story. According to the article, &#8220;Barring profanity and irrelevant rants, no comments will be excluded, no matter how negative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Transparency is central to creating an engaging social media campaign. Why? Because it creates trust for your brand. A simple and apt definition of a brand is a <em>reputation<\/em> based on a collection of memories. By being totally transparent in customer interactions, brands build a reputation of being trustworthy. Even if some less-than-flattering information comes to light due to\u00a0transparency\u00a0(imagine the following floating over Times Square: &#8220;my pizza was delivered 20 minutes late and cold!!!&#8221;), the brand is still building customer trust by openly addressing any shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, transparency makes a brand seem more authentic. One of our favorite examples of this principle is <a title=\"Case study on Kiva.org\" href=\"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/dragonfly-in-action\/case-studies\/kiva-org\/\">Kiva<\/a>. Much of Kiva&#8217;s success has been due to its authenticity. Kiva&#8217;s philosophy and culture were built on trust and what its founders call &#8220;radical transparency.&#8221; The model is based on\u00a0disseminating\u00a0real information about the\u00a0entrepreneurs\u2013not marketing them.<\/p>\n<p>While Dominos&#8217; new venture may sound scary, it&#8217;s a smart move. After a <a title=\"Article about Domino's social media fiasco\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/16\/business\/media\/16dominos.html\">video of Domino&#8217;s employees<\/a> doing some pretty awful things in the kitchen went viral a few years ago, the company realized that, in the age of social media, covering up any flaws was simply not an option. Rather than retreating into their cave, Domino&#8217;s has turned around and become a pioneer of transparency through social channels.<\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s your turn: how have you embraced transparency in your social media efforts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How would you feel if every comment about your company, positive or negative, were displayed in a giant billboard for all to see? At Domino&#8217;s, this kind of transparency is embraced wholeheartedly. In fact, according to\u00a0Fast Company,\u00a0Domino&#8217;s is now paying top dollar to have real live reviews of their service stream above Times Square. Purchasing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/dominos-taking-transparency-to-a-new-level\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Domino&#8217;s: Taking Transparency to a New Level&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[134],"tags":[195,194,28,37,88],"class_list":["post-2716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-studies","tag-case-study","tag-dominos","tag-engage","tag-social-media-2","tag-transparency"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BBCq-HO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2716"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2726,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716\/revisions\/2726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyeffect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}