Mobile Social Networking

Mobile Social Networks Social Media Club Kansas City June 22, 2010 1

DEFINITIONS Mobile social networking is social networking where one or more individuals of similar interests or commonalities, conversing and connecting with one another using the mobile phone. 2

AREAS OF FOCUS • Web based social networks extended to mobile Facebook, Yelp • Native mobile social networks Location-based services (LBS), augmented reality (AR): Foursquare, Layar Lines are being blurred 3

USER POLL How many people: 1. Have a smart phone: iPhone BlackBerry Android 2. Browse the mobile web 3. Use applications 4

USAGE As of March 2010 (comScore): 30% browse the mobile web 20% of interacted with social networks via mobile device Social networking users are showing the highest gains with 80% YoY growth 5

ADVERTISING VS. MARKETING Marketing: delivering requested promotional messages directly to potential customers who have opted in to receive them. Primarily used by marketers as retention tool. Advertising: delivering text or images attached to desired content on mobile web pages or in applications where user views ads in exchange for free/subsidized content. Used by marketers to acquire new customers. 6

LOCATION TECHNOLOGIES • GPS (foreground: iPhone; background: BlackBerry, Android, Palm, iPhone 4) • Triangulation (active, passive) • User designated (check-in, zip code) • IP address reverse lookup • Wi-Fi Note: companies such as AirSage offer predictive algorithms based on movement and speed. 7

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Apps Social Networks (Check-in) M C A O R Local Augmented N K Location- based Discovery Reality SMS S E U T M E E Networks R R S S White-Label Navigation 9

ENGAGEMENT MODELS • Direct / white label vs. platform • Media buy vs. rewards / incentives / coupons • Brands interact with users who check-in vs. managing locations within platform 10

CHECK IN SERVICES • Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt Star, Whrrl, Brightkite, MyTown Mashable:Which App Does Checkins Best? 11

USAGE • Foursquare: approaching 2 million global • Gowalla: 250,000? (150,000 in March) • Brightkite: 2 million global • Whrrl: 300,000 13

FOURSQUARE • Can check in to location through “around me” search or venues can be added with address or just lat/long • Venue tagging (but no rating) • Minimal website functionality • Growing user generated venue database 14

YELP • 32 million unique website visitors in May 2010 Top 100 website • 1.4 million unique iPhone users 27% of all Yelp searches come from the iPhone app 500,000 phone calls 1 million point-to-point directions 15

YELP DETAILS • Users & businesses can build proﬁles • Rewards, leader board, incentives • Social sharing & integration • Sales team to support • Declined $500 million Google buyout • Augmented reality functionality (Monocle) • Analytics 16

INTEGRATION Friends can be invited through Twitter integration (friend search), Facebook integration, email address book integration, basic email invite Check-ins can be private, shared within the network or sent to other networks (Twitter, Facebook) 17

BUT ALSO 19

GETTING STARTED • Research competition & trends • Install mobile applications • Claim venue: add / validate Twitter handle, location address, phone number, categories and tags • Test specials, tips, trips & rewards 20

PICK A NUMBER 1. Who has been on Twitter the longest? 21

SPECIALS • Mayor: user who has checked in the most • Check-in: unlocked when a user checks in to your venue a certain number of times • Frequency-based: unlocked every X check ins • Wildcard: always unlocked but store staff has to verify some extra conditions before awarding 22

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WEREWARD • Mobile incentive platform that pays consumers for actions • Sharing experiences through Facebook, Twitter & Foursquare • Sponsored CheckinTM • Purchase • Pictures 25

CHALLENGES • Fragmentation • Many small, disjointed players deploying different technologies • Challenges to scale • Still very tech-focused • Many startups lack the resources to work effectively with brands & advertisers • Only about 18% of mobile subscribers across all devices and carriers download apps (comScore, Dec. 2009) 26

SAMPLE CAMPAIGNS • Brands, small & large are testing 27

TASTI D-LITE Point based loyalty By automatically sharing your Tasti experience with friends and followers through Twitter & Foursquare, you can earn extra rewards toward free Tasti You earn a point every time you make a purchase for each social network connection you setup When you accumulate 50 points, you are eligible to receive a free medium Tasti cup or cone. 28

KEEP IT INTERESTING • http://wheretheladies.at/ • http://kansas-city.snacksquare.com/ • http://www.fourwhere.com/ 29

CONTACT Dustin Jacobsen Director of Social Media & Technology, Barkley Email: djacobsen@barkleyus.com Phone: (816) 423-6063 Twitter – http://twitter.com/dustinj Facebook – http://facebook.com/dustinjacobsen LinkedIn – http://linkedin.com/in/dustinjdotcom Blog – http://shakegently.com Website – http://barkleyus.com 30

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