3. Overview
• Amazon, the first entrant in the e-book category
• Yearly sales exceed prior sales in the past 5 yrs
• Kindle sales dropped because of arriving of iPad
• Younger buyers went to iPad, while 40+ buyers
stayed with Kindle
• Two years to develop the next product – the Fire
4. Kindle Fire
• Released on Nov. 15, 2011
• $199
• A tablet version of Kindle e-reader
• Color 7” multi-touch screen
• Android operation system
• Online service, movies, TV shows, music, web, apps,
games, and reading
5. Business Goal
• Introduce a product with enough innovation, while
maintain core base buyers
• At the same time, sway over any potential Apple
buyers
• Low price, name brand, and ease of use to sell
million of product
6. Media Goal
• Build awareness of Kindle Fire
• Take advantage of holiday shopping season
• Turn e-reader owners into tablet buyers
• Solidify the thought that Kindle Fire reaches iconic
status
• Not compete with iPad
8. Newspaper
• Compensate for the absence of TV
• High circulation reaching the massive audience
• Audiences tend to have regular reading habit
• Some newspapers can be downloaded to Kindle
Fire
• Target specific cities
9. Magazine
• Specific audiences
• Aim at target audience by different titles and
interest
• Visual means of communication with crisp and
colorful image
• Also can be downloaded to Kindle Fire
• Repeat exposure
10. Internet
• Inexpensive and broad audiences
• Bring traffic to website right away
• User accustomed to technology
• Interactive platform
11. Out of Home
• Right spot, right place
• High frequency and repetition
• Large audience with low cost
• Versatility of the visual and appearance
14. Assigned Target
• Male and Female
• 40+
• HHI: $65,000
• Reads 2+ books per month
• Own a cell phone , but not a smartphone
• Convert his/her book buying to e-reading via
Amazon bookstore.
15. Consumer Insight
• If I can have one device that accomplish
everything, why carry another?
• “The tablet is really killing the e-reader”
(FastCompany)
• Sales of tablets v.s. e-readers of 2011:
24.1 million and 11.8 million (Mintel)
• Amazon Kindle gets 62% of U.S. e-reader usage, and
Kindle Fire is 14% of tablet (GeekWire)
• Apple user tend to be younger (nielsen)
16. New Target Audience
• Male & Female
• 45 – 64
• Graduated college+
• Professional, management, business, and financial
operations
• HHI: $75,000 +
• Marital: Married
• Region: West coast and East coast
• E-reader owner: 11.8 million
17. Media Usage
• Magazine: Heavy usage (Index= 131)
• Newspaper: Heavy usage (Index= 158)
• Internet: Heavy usage (Index= 167)
• Outdoor: Slightly heavy usage (Index= 116)
• Consider but not recommend: Radio
18. Psychographics & Lifestyle
• New to tablet
• Used to buy books on Amazon
• Digital immigrants: consumers who grew up with old
technologies, such as TV or print, and adapted to
newer one
• Frequent flyer
• Enjoy life – gourmet, home décor, and travel.
• Luxury sport
19. Who are they?
Luxury Sport
Enjoy Life Amazoner
Frequent Flyer
Digital Immigrant
E-Reader Reader
Michael & Jennifer
21. Seasonality
• Time Frame: July to December
• Center on holiday shopping season
• Gift for family, friends, and even themselves
• Pulsing Scheduling - Travel season
• Frequency > Reach
Emphasis
Frequency
Reach
Behavioral Change/
Purchase
27. Newspaper
Wall
Street
Journal
2,096,000
Index=260
Travel for Vacation
in Last 3 Months:
Index=153
USA
Today
1,829,000
Index=172
New
York
Times
1,600,000
Index=330
Los
Angeles
Times
850,000
Index=246
Chicago
Tribune
700,000
Index=276
Affluent Adults:
Career and family
focused. Educated.
Active.
90% made at least
one domestic trip in
the past year
Circulation
Index