RENFE-SNCF

Social Media Strategy

INTRODUCTION

Collaboration between the 2 railway companies Renfe and SNCF under the name Elipsos. The entity is in charge of all the cross border train traffic between Spain and France.
www.renfe-sncf.com
ANALISIS
Renfe-SNCF en Cooperación was present in all principals social networks.
A very quite presence. High activity on facebook and Blog with very few interactivity on Instagram.
· Very low engagement rate
· A maximum of 30 likes per post
· Commercial offer VS interesting content ratio imbalance (Brand content)
· Poor use of the potential of their Instagram account
STRATEGY
Creation of a communication strategy:
1. Make known Renfe-SNCF en Cooperación: Share with customers all possible destinations available
2. Communicate, amplify and potentiate Renfe-SNCF values
3. The train + than a way of transportation: Reach, engagement with social network users
4. Create user involvement: listen to them 
Generate interest - Attractive posts and actions - The destination as a reference topic - Listen to users
FACEBOOK
Facebook  ⟶ ENGAGEMENT

OBJECTIVES

· Increase interaction
· Increase number of likes
· Traffic generation to other channels 
· + Reputation (engagement)





STRATEGY

· Develop an active community
· 1 post per day
· Combine both facebook pages
· Facebook as a communication channel
· Management of the Corporate image
· Dynamization
· Calendar


ACTIONS
· Creation of relevant posts
· Involve the user
· First person stories
· Monitorization
· Innovative format and photos
INSTAGRAM
INSTAGRAM  ⟶ Harness the potential  

OBJECTIVES

· Increase the number of followers
· Positionated as a touristic photographic guide





STRATEGY

· Use of strong photos, of travels, funny
· Creation of a dream universe
· Create own #hashtags of the adventure
· Strategic #Hashtags


ACTIONS
· Impact with the use of photography
· Campaign teasers
· Creation of a photographic calendar
Monday: Photo from the train window Tuesday: Train stations
Wednesday: Life in the train
Thursday: City to visit
Friday: Suitcases around the world
Saturday: Traditional food
Sunday: Smiles and tears
TWITTER
TWITTER ⟶ Harness the potential  

OBJECTIVES

· Grow replies (mentions-engagement)
· Get more followers thanks to retweets
· Increase presence in this social network





STRATEGY

· Own # creation, associated, that our target is willing to share.
· Funny tweets, newsworthy and inspiring.
· Tweets promoting direct responses


ACTIONS
· Start conversations - mentions
· Leverage a news to relate it with RenfeSNCF · Use the train journey as a central theme 
TWITTER ACCOUNT FR: https://twitter.com/Renfe_SNCF_Fr
TWITTER ACCOUNT ESP: https://twitter.com/Renfe_SNCF_Es
YOUTUBE
YOUTUBE  ⟶ QUALITATIVE CONTENT

OBJECTIVES

· Increase number of followers
· Build traffic from other social networks





STRATEGY

· Storytelling creation for videos
· Involve travelers
· Create own #hashtags of the adventure
· Strategic #Hashtags


ACTIONS
· Home-made videos : users walking explaining their trip. Promote do it yourself, travel blog
· Linguistic exchange
· Stories in the train. (Partnership with travelers)
· Mix & Match : Bilingual videos where a French and a Spanish discover the city.
Style : L'auberge Espagnole. Sabe a mixto (Damm)
BLOG
BLOG  ⟶ CONCEPT: MORE THAN A TRAIN 

OBJECTIVES

· Create a tourist guide
· Incentivar a los viajeros a coger el tren 


STRATEGY

· Create qualitative tourist content (destination guides)
· Post competitions and promotions
POST DESIGN
The key was to give relevant information to users, easy to understand and user friendly. Together with powerful images we managed to create a common thread that proved to be a success! MUST SEE, MUST VISIT, French-Spanish dictionary and vice versa,  MUST EAT, Postcards from France, Postcards from Spain and its weather forecast.