2. Nology Media | Seattle
• Social Media Program Management
and Social Public Relations Firm
• End-to-end Social Media Integration,
Content Development, Monitoring, and
Measurement for Business
• Primary Focus Technology, Healthcare,
Non-Profit, and Consumer Brands
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6. A Conversation Prism
• Social media is defined by
conversation, interaction, & discovery
• Early efforts personal (email, IM)
• Today, social media has evolved into
every facet of interpersonal
communication and commerce.
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7. You + Me + Mutual Value = <3>
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14. • 400 Million Active Users
• Median Age 33
• 1 in 3 US Residents
• 50% of Users Log In Any
Given Day
• 55 Million Status Updates
Each Day
• 3.5B Content Items
Shared Each Week Source: FastCompany, March 2010
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17. • 3rd Most Visited Destination on Internet
for over 65 demographic
• Fastest Growing Segment is women 55
years and older - 514% 1H 2009
• More Users 35-54 than under 17
• Will Surpasses Google as Most Popular
Site on Internet
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24. • A Round: $500K from Peter Theil, Reid
Hoffman (ʼ04)
• B Round: $12.7M Accel Partners (ʼ05)
• C Round: $27.5M Greylock, et al
• MSFT $240M for 1.6% stake (ʼ07)
• $10-$15B Current Valuation
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33. • A Round: $5M from Charles River, Mark
Andreessen, etc. (ʼ07)
• B Round: $15M Union Square, Bezos
Expeditions, etc. (ʼ08)
• C Round: $35M Benchmark, et al (ʼ09)
• D Round: $100M Insight VP, et al(ʼ09)
• $1B+ Current Valuation
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39. • 10.4 Billion Videos served October,
2009
• 84.4% US Online Audience Views
Videos
• Average Length of Online Video 3.7 Min
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41. Agenda
• The Platforms
• The Business Case
• How to Make Social Media Work
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42. therefore
build tra c.
SOLUTIONS:
Digg.
Reddit.
Newsvine.
StumbleUpon. I want to know and respond
YouTube. to what the public is saying
about our products and
services.
SOLUTIONS:
Technorati.
Amazon.
I want Comments on
networking Digg, Reddit,
tools to create Newsvine, YouTube,
new business StumbleUpon.
and locate new
employees.
SOLUTIONS:
LinkedIN.
Facebook.
43. I am a opinion leader
with a robust knowledge
base, I want to raise
awareness.
SOLUTIONS:
Create a Blog.
I need channels Twitter.
to place our
content, and
therefore
build tra c.
SOLUTIONS:
Digg.
Reddit.
Newsvine.
StumbleUpon. I want to know and respond
YouTube. to what the public is saying
about our products and
services.
SOLUTIONS:
44. Agenda
• The Platforms
• The Business Case
• How to Make Social Media Work
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45. Keys to Great
Conversation
• LISTEN
• ENGAGE
• LEARN
• REACH
• BE TRANSPARENT
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46. Keys to Social Media
Success
• Social media requires work
• Nothing beats a great email list
• Not all tools are necessary
• Very, Very Targeted Advertising is
Available, and Cheap
• Basic Marketing Strategy Still Applies
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