Here's the slides that helped me along at the December Brighton Social Media meet up where I spoke publicly for the first time :) If you came along - I hope you liked it! Connect with me on Twitter @digitaldabbler
10. “Epidemics are a function of the
people who transmit infectious agents,
the infectious agent itself and the
environment in which the infectious
agent is operating.”
11. Tipping Point Occurs When…
“change has occurred in one (or
two or three) of those areas”
12. “Epidemics are a function of the
people who transmit infectious
agents, the infectious agent itself and
the environment in which the
infectious agent is operating.”
24. Content that targets all 3
• Include figures, statistics,
Maven growth rates, comparisons
Connector • Make it sharable
Salesperson • Effective copywriting
25. Social that targets all 3
• Include figures, statistics, growth
Maven rates, comparisons
Connector • +1, tweet, share
• Personal, connective, sympatheti
Salesperson c, ultimately persuasive
26. Marketing that targets all 3
• Email Marketing
Maven • Referral Bonuses
• Innovative, unique content
Connector • Interactive infographic
• Present and describe your idea as
Salesperson well as you possibly can
• Bulleted list / innovative content
Malcolm Gladwell – wrote blink, outliers and The Tipping Point (Gladderz)The reason I’m talking about this is to help you with approaching your audience with your marketing strategy
Tipping Point discusses inexplicable social movements and dwindles them down so they’re not so inexplicable. Hush Puppies, Fall of NYC crime.Epidemics
Law of the fewSuperheroes of your campaign80/20, “a tiny percentage of people do the majority of the work” “Social epidemics work in exactly the same way. They are also driven by the efforts of a handful of exceptional people”
If you’re lucky your guys won’t wear spandex
Strict ArchetypesMavens: do their thing with information, love for helping people, data banks, provide the messageConnectors: do their thing with their social presence, thrive on acquaintances, glue: they spread itSalesmen: do their thing with persuasion, persuade us when we are unconvinced of what we are hearingWordle.netdiscover, information, social, specialists, specialists, information, helped, intelligence, knowledge, information, information, information, fun, fun, fun, collectors, collectors, information, information, initiate, discussions, helpers, helpers, helpers, know, know, know, know, know, social, socially motivated, help, helpful, solve, solving, people, people, solves, solving, unselfish, saved, save, saved saved, helped, deal, deal, deal, deal, important, important, knowledge, social,
Not always so straight forwardMaven-salesperson - I’m all about this big idea, and I’m going to make sure everyone knows and can access itConnector-salesperson: Brody – knows them all and needs them all to believe his cover to get to his goalSalesperson-connector: Nazir – this is what I’m going to do, you should follow me
3 to 6But don’t worry, more birds and still one stonehttp://www.productiveflourishing.com/maven-connector-or-salesperson-whats-your-archetype/
Help them do their job Need to attract them not target them:Target is a bit offensive, asked a connector how they’d feel about it being obvious that a company was to target them, they said they’d be even more put off Content should be constructed to target all 3, well, 6:6 birds with 1 stoneAim to help them do their job as part of your campaignMaven:Include percentages, statistics of growth, comparison, performanceProvide accurate sourcesConnectors:Excellent sharabilityAllow content to be shared with plugins etc if you use WordPressCopy and paste is the most common Then email linkOutside of the box content is more likely to be shared, not always articlesSalespeople:Effective copywritingPersuasive, confident, arm twisting tone
Think about your social platforms Manage profiles with archetype specific content%, £+1, Tweet, SharePersonal, Connective, Sympathetic ultimately Persuasive
Salesmen – all about the idea, see the people and the information as secondary, see the hole of doubt in a person and fill it- Links in with innovative content, explain your product via a video maybe?