Agenda MySpace: Four Short Years Growth of Social Networks From Portals to Community Media Fragmentation Audience Insights Who are they (Future Laboratory & Never Ending Friending Research) Why do they use Social Network? Community Case Studies The Momentum Effect The Future of the Social Web Personal Portable Collaborative Innovations

MySpace: Four Short Years

Growth of Social Networks

From Portals to Community

Media Fragmentation

Audience Insights

Who are they (Future Laboratory & Never Ending Friending Research)

Why do they use Social Network?

Community Case Studies

The Momentum Effect

The Future of the Social Web

Personal

Portable

Collaborative

Innovations

MySpace: Four Years On

MySpace Overview Founded 4 years ago in Santa Monica, California with the goal to create the next generation portal Take some of the most exciting features on the web, and integrate them together in one place Unparalleled growth 225 million+ registered users 115 million monthly unique visitors 50 billion page views 22% Reach Globally 11% Reach Pan-Euro Continuing to grow Signing up 250K users per day

Founded 4 years ago in Santa Monica, California with the goal to create the next generation portal

Take some of the most exciting features on the web, and integrate them together in one place

Unparalleled growth

225 million+ registered users

115 million monthly unique visitors

50 billion page views

22% Reach Globally

11% Reach Pan-Euro

Continuing to grow

Signing up 250K users per day

A Global Community 30 Localized Versions 15 Languages

30 Localized Versions 15 Languages

The Pan European Social Network United Kingdom (April ’06) Ireland (June ’06) France (Sept ’06) Germany (Sept ’06) Spain (Jan ’07) Italy (Jan ’07) Netherlands (April ’07) Sweden (June ’07) Austria (June ’07) Switzerland (July ’07) Denmark (Jan ’08) Finland (Jan ’08) Norway (Jan ’08) Portugal (May ’08) Russia - Beta

United Kingdom (April ’06)

Ireland (June ’06)

France (Sept ’06)

Germany (Sept ’06)

Spain (Jan ’07)

Italy (Jan ’07)

Netherlands (April ’07)

Sweden (June ’07)

Austria (June ’07)

Switzerland (July ’07)

Denmark (Jan ’08)

Finland (Jan ’08)

Norway (Jan ’08)

Portugal (May ’08)

Russia - Beta

Social Networks are Driving EU Online Usage Source: ComScore Apr 08

Audience Insights

Meeting the Needs of The Internet Generation A Generation that has grown up online More choice and control than ever before Mobile Phones iPods Digital Cameras Satellite TV with DVR They Have a Deep Desire to Express Themselves Creatively Blogging Uploading videos Sharing musical playlists

A Generation that has grown up online

More choice and control than ever before

Mobile Phones

iPods

Digital Cameras

Satellite TV with DVR

They Have a Deep Desire to Express Themselves Creatively

Blogging

Uploading videos

Sharing musical playlists

A Place for Self-expression

The Tools Necessary to Live Your Life Online MySpace user 210MM profiles Photos 17MM+ photos per day Blogs 175MM blogs Groups 4.8MM interests Mobile 60MM SMS monthly Videos 32MM viewed per day Instant messaging 28MM users to date Bulletins 51MM posts Classifieds 2MM listings

What Kind of Social Networker are You An Essentialist Essentialists keep in touch with my friends and family, but don't bother with any of the other options on offer 32% A Consumer Takers but not givers. Consumers engage and interact with networks etc without always putting something back in 25% A Connector Always connecting people with other people/sites/ groups I feel they should know about and can enjoy) 9% An Early Adopter Constantly on the look out for what's new and net, before friends do. Often leaders 5%

What Kind of Social Networker are You A Promoter Promoters are always sending people things via my group, web ring, or friends network 4% A Collaborator This creative group creates ideas, events and activities etc by collaborating with other people 4% A Netrepreneur The business brains of social networking. They social networks to generate an income 3% A Cultrepreneur In comparison to netrprenuers, this group generaest creative and cultural capital and connection, not cash 2% None of these 15%

Have You Ever…?

Social Networking Experience “ If you’re not on there, you’re missing out on something in your real life.” “ MySpace is My Life.” I am never bored when using social networking sites There are just so many things to do The site adds fun to going out I’ve been having more fun in life in general I’ve been more plugged into the music scene I’ve felt more on top of trends and what’s new It makes my life more exciting I’ve discovered brands and products that I really like 73% 66% 56% 48% 47% 46% 45% 40% Base: Social networking users, ages 14-34 (2,605) Enhancing Life Offline

Media Consumption & Fragmentation

Q: During the past week, approximately how many hours did you spend doing the following activities? Base = SN users 14-40; n=2,605 non-users 14-34; n=431 Social Networking: Altering the Media Mix Weekly hours spent… SN users more engaged

You have 15 minutes of time. What do you do? Source: Never Ending Friending, Apr 2007 , Commissioned by MySpace, Isobar & Carat If you had 15 minutes of time, which activity would you most like to do? (Base: SN users age 14-29 n=2,801)

You have 15 minutes of time. What do you do?

Since you’ve been social networking... ...how has your use of the following media changed?

Change in Media Consumption Patterns

Case Studies

Case Study: Cloverfield Objective: Mass engagement of European users to raise awareness on opening weekend Drive trailer plays amongst t arget 17-34 males Enrich Cloverfield buzz on MySpace Create viral element to campaign Engage audience to deliver expectation and excitement through the BCS events

Objective:

Mass engagement of European users to raise awareness on opening weekend

Drive trailer plays amongst t arget 17-34 males

Enrich Cloverfield buzz on MySpace

Create viral element to campaign

Engage audience to deliver expectation and excitement through the BCS events

Case Study: Cloverfield Campaign Duration: Approximately 2 months Target Territories: UK, Spain, Germany, France, Australia Traffic Drivers: 300x250s (User Home Page, Music, Film, and TV) and Featured Profile Homepage Takeovers in each territory Black Curtain Screening

Campaign Duration:

Approximately 2 months

Target Territories:

UK, Spain, Germany, France, Australia

Traffic Drivers:

300x250s (User Home Page, Music, Film, and TV) and Featured Profile

Homepage Takeovers in each territory

Black Curtain Screening

Case Study: Intel Objectives Show how Intel “multiplies entertainment” Build relationships between bands and music technology Stress that music creation requires high quality digital technology Demonstrate Intel to be a cool brand among influencers

Objectives

Show how Intel “multiplies entertainment”

Build relationships between bands and music technology

Stress that music creation requires high quality digital technology

Demonstrate Intel to be a cool brand among influencers

Case Study: Intel Solution: MySpace boosted existing music player to an Intel branded five track player These influencers were able to extend the campaign to the masses. End users prompted by bands to create the Intel Supergroup Consumers also decided band name and produced artwork for their single Results: MySpace’s first Pan European community 19,000 bands and 42,000 fans befriended Intel Powers Music community 33.5% recalled Intel’s MySpace activity (versus 5.3% pre-campaign)

Solution:

MySpace boosted existing music player to an Intel branded five track player

These influencers were able to extend the campaign to the masses.

End users prompted by bands to create the Intel Supergroup

Consumers also decided band name and produced artwork for their single

Results:

MySpace’s first Pan European community

19,000 bands and 42,000 fans befriended Intel Powers Music community

33.5% recalled Intel’s MySpace activity (versus 5.3% pre-campaign)

Case Study: e4 Skins Campaign Objective Create a buzz leading to the airing of Skins on e4 Drive MySpace users to watch Skins on e4 Create a dialogue with MySpace users and create affinity with the Skins cast member profiles ‘ If you can't wait until Jan 25, catch the first episode of Skins on MySpace. Go to myspace.com/e4skins for more details’

Campaign Objective

Create a buzz leading to the airing of Skins on e4

Drive MySpace users to watch Skins on e4

Create a dialogue with MySpace users and create affinity with the Skins cast member profiles

Case Study: e4 Skins Solution: Watch first episode of Skins on MySpace before it aired on e4 Download music from series, post comments, subscribe to blogs, interact with case members Drive traffic to community via channel4.com banners, Channel 4 newsletter and presence on channel4.com and channel4.com/entertainment Results Rapidly became one of the largest MySpace UK promotions (150k friends) 87% Awareness of Skins amongst 16-34’s on MySpace Audience for the first episode of 1.6m (0.5m expected)

Solution:

Watch first episode of Skins on MySpace before it aired on e4

Download music from series, post comments, subscribe to blogs, interact with case members

Drive traffic to community via channel4.com banners, Channel 4 newsletter and presence on channel4.com and channel4.com/entertainment

Results

Rapidly became one of the largest MySpace UK promotions (150k friends)

87% Awareness of Skins amongst 16-34’s on MySpace

Audience for the first episode of 1.6m (0.5m expected)

Case Study: e4 Skins Conclusion Skins the highest-ever rated e4 show outside of Big Brother and the highest-selling show on Channel 4’s video-on-demand site As a direct result of the campaign, e4 chose to screen a 10 minute special for the second series of Skins exclusively on MySpace and invite competition winners from the Skins profile to party with cast members. Shows how social networks form an integral part of media plan, supporting e4’s in-house media to drive engagement with Skins even before launch

Conclusion

Skins the highest-ever rated e4 show outside of Big Brother and the highest-selling show on Channel 4’s video-on-demand site

As a direct result of the campaign, e4 chose to screen a 10 minute special for the second series of Skins exclusively on MySpace and invite competition winners from the Skins profile to party with cast members.

Shows how social networks form an integral part of media plan, supporting e4’s in-house media to drive engagement with Skins even before launch

The Momentum Effect

Momentum Effect Summary The New Value Creation Model Is Captured In Social Media Before, most online evaluation models only looked at the B2C advertising value B2C + C2C = Value Creation The C2C (pass-along effect, consumer to consumer) generated over 70% of the total ROI The ROI From Advertising On MySpace Is Competitive The average cost to influence each person on purchase intent is stronger than most online properties This cost is within the range of television ROI

The New Value Creation Model Is Captured In Social Media

Before, most online evaluation models only looked at the B2C advertising value

B2C + C2C = Value Creation

The C2C (pass-along effect, consumer to consumer) generated over 70% of the total ROI

The ROI From Advertising On MySpace Is Competitive

The average cost to influence each person on purchase intent is stronger than most online properties

This cost is within the range of television ROI

Social Networks are giving brands a new way to engage with audiences, but they are raising the bar – people expect more from brands in social networks Brand Perceptions

Future of the Social Web

Personal Friend Categorisation 00/00/2008 © MySpace International Your address on the internet For Friends For Family For Work

Your address on the internet

Personal User Home Page Theme Picker User Homepage Skins and Themes Allows users to customise their view of their MySpace home base User Homepage View Customization Users can shift the UHP ‘Networking’ content modules (middle column) around to best fit their usage habits Example: I like to stay up to date with my friends’ profiles, so I would opt to shift my ‘Friend Space’ up to where ‘Friend Status’ currently is Theme Library

User Homepage Skins and Themes

Allows users to customise their view of their MySpace home base

User Homepage View Customization

Users can shift the UHP ‘Networking’ content modules (middle column) around to best fit their usage habits

Example: I like to stay up to date with my friends’ profiles, so I would opt to shift my ‘Friend Space’ up to where ‘Friend Status’ currently is

Personal User Home Page Theme Picker

Personal Profile Editor

MySpace: Anytime, Anywhere MySpace Mobile is an unprecedented opportunity to reach young adults wherever they are New cross-carrier, OFF-Deck, WAP interface means any user can access MySpace on their phone at any time On deck with carriers in 10 countries Portable Mobile

MySpace: Anytime, Anywhere

MySpace Mobile is an unprecedented opportunity to reach young adults wherever they are

New cross-carrier, OFF-Deck, WAP interface means any user can access MySpace on their phone at any time

On deck with carriers in 10 countries

Portable Post to MySpace $18.5MM $25.5MM Share Button

Portable Post to MySpace $18.5MM $25.5MM “ Post To” Button

Portable Post to MySpace $18.5MM $25.5MM Confirmation verification Edit Window Preview Window User confirms which part of profile to post to

Portable Data Availability A More Fluid Internet Experience Access to information that the User chooses to share Basic Profile Info Photos Videos Friends Control Panel Gives User Complete Control Information hosted only on MySpace 4 Launch Partners Ebay Yahoo! Twitter Photobucket

A More Fluid Internet Experience

Access to information that the User chooses to share

Basic Profile Info

Photos

Videos

Friends

Control Panel Gives User Complete Control

Information hosted only on MySpace

4 Launch Partners

Ebay

Yahoo!

Twitter

Photobucket

Collaborative Developer Platform 00/00/2008 © MySpace International

Innovation

A new, flexible platform, that gives brands ultimate freedom and creative control to build and update Brand Community For clients that want around-the-clock access to their community and edit the profile MySpace support services including user-content monitoring and community reporting, if interested Innovation Community Builder

A new, flexible platform, that gives brands ultimate freedom and creative control to build and update Brand Community

For clients that want around-the-clock access to their community and edit the profile

MySpace support services including user-content monitoring and community reporting, if interested

Innovation HyperTargeting REGISTRATION DATA Personal demographic information provided by MySpace users when they become members. + = MYSPACE PROFILE DATA Freely expressed information by consumers about their passions and interests. NEXT GENERATION TARGETING

Innovation HyperTargeting – Enthusiast Segments Enthusiast targeting enables you to segment consumers based on their freely expressed interests Aggregates consumers with shared interests into 10 enthusiast segments Offers efficient means of targeting people around their passions TARGET DAVE: DJ & MUSIC FAN TARGET JOE: GAMER TARGET JILL: FASHION QUEEN TARGET MATT: CAR BUFF TARGET MARK: WORLD TRAVELER TARGET MELISSA: ELECTRONICS EXPERT TARGET BRENDA: FINANCIAL EXPERT TARGET MIKE: SPORTS FAN TARGET STACY: FITNESS FANATIC TARGET RICK: MOVIE FANATIC

Enthusiast targeting enables you to segment consumers based on their freely expressed interests

Aggregates consumers with shared interests into 10 enthusiast segments

Offers efficient means of targeting people around their passions

867 specialized segments reaching hand-raisers across 7 key categories, built from keywords expressed by users within profiles and blogs Innovation HyperTargeting – Specialised Segments BOOKS 59 Segments Sample Segments Dan Brown Rich Dad Poor Dad Sample Segments SPORTS 41 Segments College Football Baseball Soccer NASCAR Running GAMING 13 Segments PC Games Playstation (all) Nintendo (all) Xbox (All) MMOs Sample Segments MOVIES 346 Segments Thrillers Animal House Romance Finding Nemo Casablanca Sample Segments The Beatles Hard Rock Electronic Radiohead Dr. Dre MUSIC 278 Segments Sample Segments The Family Guy Grey’s Anatomy Sopranos SportsCenter Arrested Development TELEVISION 77 Segments Sample Segments Sample Segments GENERAL INTERESTS 53 Segments pets live music and concerts shoes poker yoga muscle cars photography

Innovation HyperTargeting – LifeStages Life Stages Life Events High School Birth of Child Get Married/Wedding High School Graduation College Graduation Grad School Graduation New/Change of Job Move/Relocate Loss of Job Relationship Break-Up Become Engaged Major School Type Status Current Student Alumni College Degree Type Status Current Student Alumni Grad School Job Category Status Employed Unemployed Self-Employed Retired Employment Status Single In Relationship Engaged Married Parent Status Expecting By Age of Child Marital Status Events contain timeframes to target pre- & post- event Life Stage Products: Target users by Stages and by Events

Major

School Type

Status

Current Student

Alumni

Degree Type

Status

Current Student

Alumni

Job Category

Status

Employed

Unemployed

Self-Employed

Retired

Status

Single

In Relationship

Engaged

Married

Parent Status

Expecting

By Age of Child

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