Social Media has come from a standing start to wielding immense influence over the past 4 years. Facebook grew from 0 to over 800m regular users and Linkedin has grown to a professional netwrking powerhouse of over 135m members, and that's just 2. YouTube, Twitter, Blogs and others all provide businesses with great marketing opportunities that could be fatal to ignore.
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Agenda
• The Web – Reality Check
• Networking
• Going Viral
• Video Marketing
• Blogging
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• Twitter
• Apps
• Location
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4. World Wide Web – Reality Check
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5. Search Engineis a Marathon
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Web 3 dot zero
The Internet is Evolving Superfast
Broadband
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Web 1 dot zero Web 2 dot zero
Websites and email User Generated Content
1990 • Blogs
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• Networking
2004
Bulletin Boards
1978
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Online Networks – Why
• Stay in touch with existing clients
• Reach out to new audiences and markets
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• Better understanding of related markets
• Relative low cost of entry
• Possible high return
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9. Average age distribution across social network sites
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25%
19%
18%
15%
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9%
3%
0-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
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Social Media is
the
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online activity
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10% of all
internet time is
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spent on Social
Networks
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If Facebook was a country it would be
1/ China 1.33 bn
2/ India 1.15 bn
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3/ Facebook 800 m
4/ USA 311 m
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Adds 1/2m
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users every
day
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5bn minutes
spent on
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Facebook
EVERY day
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1bn
• web links
• news stories
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• blog posts
shared each week
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Facebook now
has a greater
share of the
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internet than
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3 Types of presence
• Profile – personal
• Page – for businesses
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• Groups - for anyone
Each has unique benefits and negatives. Research to
ensure you choose what’s best for you.
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Build page
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Add some WOW
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Join the Conversation
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• Search for pages
• Search for groups
• Start your own group
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• Join the discussions
• Contribute and add value
• Link back to your website
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Linkedin – Networking for Professionals
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Linkedin – Networking for Professionals
More than 2m
companies have
a Free Linkedin
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Company Page
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Linkedin – Networking for Professionals
Adds 1m
new members
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every 12 days
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Develop Profile
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Build Free Business Page
Company Profile
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Build Networks
• Search for People
•Link to People
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•Search their Contacts
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Build Networks
• Search and Link
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Build Networks
• Browse their Contacts
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Find Groups
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Engage in Answers
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Viral Marketing – How & Why
• Get other people to do your marketing for you
• It’s free
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• Give them something in return if possible
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The Thresher ‘Virus’
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• Discount Voucher intended for
Suppliers and their Friends
• Circulated via chat-rooms, blogs
and email 800,000 times
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• Created queues outside stores
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• National TV news coverage
• National Radio coverage
• National Print news coverage
• Generated £15m T/O
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Viral Marketing – How & Why
• Refer a friend
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• Competitions
• Video
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2nd
most searched
site on the
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3bn
videos watched
every day
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YouTube clips
now
incorporated in
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Google Search
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Your Video
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• Outsource to Video Production Company
• DIY
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Your Video
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Your Video
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Your Video
• Get a feel for YouTube
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• Look at the competition
• Look for an angle
•Think how else it could be used
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• An easy way to update latest news
• An informal way of communicating
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• Helps with the search engine position of your website
• Opens your business to a wider audience
• Helps keep your clients updated
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When you have something to sell
When you have something new to offer
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When something changes
When you have some news
When you have something to say
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www.blogger.com
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www.wordpress.com
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TWITTER
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310m Businesses and Individuals
Informational Services
International companies Nasa
Cisco Marketing Donut
IBM Respected News Services Startup Donut
Dell BBC
CNN
Daily Telegraph
Bath Chronicle Celebrities
Small Businesses
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William Grant – FoxGrant Demi Moore
Warren Cass – Business Scene Oprah
Lindsay Smith – Team Pixie Stephen Fry
Fiona Davies – Flame Interiors Jonathan Ross
Anthony Lloyd – Fallowfields Hotel Britney Spears
Neil Ryder – If Only
Bryony Thomas – Clear Thought Consulting
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• Easy to use
• Easy way to keep in touch
• A way to reach potentially large market
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• Short sharp communication tool
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• Great for brand awareness
• Great for “going viral”
• Brand visibility every time someone uses their Mobile
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• Can cost as little as £5,000 to develop
• Even a bad app is downloaded 100,000 times
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www.foursquare.com
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Check In using an App on your phone
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At participating destinations
• Show your Check in Badge
• Show your Mayoral Badge
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• Earn Discount or Special Offer
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Email Marketing
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Why Email Marketing?
It’s
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Why Email Marketing?
It’s Not
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Email Marketing – Measure
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74. Agenda
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• The Web – Reality Check
• “Old Hat”
• Networking
• Going Viral
• Video Marketing
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• Blogging
• Twitter
• Apps
• Location
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Andy Poulton
M: 07966 547146
andy@159.be
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