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Yelvington

Feb. 1, 2017
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Yelvington

  1. Steve Yelvington 8 April 2005
  2. What business are you in?
  3. The audience business • Aggregate an audience that is of commercial interest • Sell the attention of that audience to an advertiser • On the web, that means targeted marketing, not just mass marketing
  4. Forget about paid content • Charging for content works only when there is a shortage of content • We now live in a world where information is in extreme surplus • The very few paid-content success stories all exploit spot shortages • Print is going free
  5. Info scarcity <-> Info overload Our products, processes, organizational structures and basic journalistic forms all evolved in an environment of scarcity Today's scarce resource isn't information ... it's time and attention
  6. 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Compound growth is a cool thing Column B Column C Column D
  7. A $1.5 billion business in 2005 • Most reporting profit margins > 50% • Targeting, search, CPC-based “mom and pop” ads still largely untapped potentials • Most laggards have internal issues in committment, compensation
  8. Source: Phillip Meyer, “The Vanishing Newspaper
  9. Take it seriously, but don't panic • Even if practically nobody reads a paper every day, newspapers are still likely to be the strongest mass ad vehicle, because all other media are suffering the same way • Supporting the print edition is still a viable business model for the web
  10. Why targeted advertising is key to our future We must break the connection between sponsorships and content We can now focus on building an audience with features the audience wants and delivering that audience in ways the advertiser wants
  11. News junkies are a niche market 12-17 18-24 25-34 35-49 50-64 65-74 75-84 85-up 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 Registrants vs actives, 1 week, Athens Registrants Audience Population
  12. The participative network It's a many to many world. Anyone can play. Eventually anyone will play.
  13. An emerging view It's all about ME!World Local ME
  14. It's all about ... • Me • My family • My friends • My neighborhood • My little circle ME
  15. Participation • 'Citizen journalism' • User-contributed content • Weblogs • Photo blogging
  16. Bluffton, SC • Adjacent to Hilton Head • 15,000 households, mostly high-end • Extraordinarily high broadband penetration • Explosive growth – planned/gated developments, golf courses • Morris plan of attack: Free daily newspaper with a participative website, flowing web content to print
  17.  Major Communities Bluffton Beaufort Hilton Head Rural Areas
  18. Everything has changed Guides not gatekeepers Facilitators and participants
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