Ohio Library Council 2013 Keynote: Face-2-Facebook

1. FACE-2-FACEBOOK How Digital, Social & Mobile Connect Real World Communities

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3. culture + media + content MICRO MICRO MICRO

4. Source: Intel Corporation

5. mass communications media networks interruption prime time reach awareness the one big thing masses of communicators the network effect interactions real time relationships attention lots of small things 7 SHIFTS FROM MASS TO MICRO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

6. your library has a marketing problem

7. 53% of americans have visited the library in the past year Source: Pew Research Center; Tech Trends and Library Services in the Digital Age (2013) 91% of americans say that the library is important to their community

8. Source: Pew Research Center; Tech Trends and Library Services in the Digital Age (2013) 62% of Americans do not know if their library lends out e-books

9. Search Engine Wikipedia Social Media Librarian 94% 75% 52% 16% “VERY LIKELY” TO USE IN A TYPICAL RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT Source: Pew Research Center; Tech Trends and Library Services in the Digital Age (2013)

10. every business is a marketing business. if you don’t market, you’re out of business.

11. story + utility + experience ATTENTION VALUE DIFFERENTIATION

12. interest + expression + motivation

17. Search Engine Wikipedia Social Media Librarian 94% 75% 52% 16% “VERY LIKELY” TO USE IN A TYPICAL RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT Source: Pew Research Center; Tech Trends and Library Services in the Digital Age (2013)

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