Sample document from Econsultancy's Future Trends in Digital Marketing Innovation Briefing, London 2011. The media and communications landscape continues to develop at a blistering pace, with consumer behaviour adapting rapidly to new technologies and platforms, making it critical for brands to be ready for the future. As clients play an ever more active role in the content ecosystem, new opportunities are opening up for brands to connect and interact with their customers in new and exciting ways. Packed with cutting edge examples, the presentation will challenge the way you approach your communication strategy and stimulate you to think laterally about your brand's presence in an ever-changing world.

1. Future Trends Innovation Briefing February 2011 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mojodenbowsphotostudio/

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3. neilperkin.typepad.com @neilperkin

4. What I’m going to talk to you about today New and interesting digital models, ideas New processes, techniques and ways of working Ideas that are not new, but which are being applied in new ways …and are informed by a close understanding of consumer needs

5. Opportunity often sits at the confluence of two or more trends Social Data Gaming Mobile Content Utility Agile working http://www.flickr.com/photos/8340753@N04/501465437/

6. WHAT IS INNOVATION? http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabiano/

7. …originating ideas INVENTION INNOVATION DIFFUSION …commercialisation of ideas …spread, adoption, imitation http://www.noahbrier.com/archives/2010/04/thinking_about_innovation.php

8. 2011 will be about putting all the thinking into action “2011 will be somewhat less about talk and more about action. We should know by now what we need to be doing, the challenge is about execution. And that’s about good old fashioned things like people, process and technology.” Ashley Friedlein http://www.oneeyeland.com/member/member_home.php?pgrid=3&imgid=270

9. 2011 will be about true innovation: the commercialisation of principles or ideas 'arranging the economic requirements for implementing an invention’ http://www.noahbrier.com/archives/2010/04/thinking_about_innovation.php http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/

10. But focus on ‘doing’ doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pause to reflect… “The steeper the curve of change, the more we need a little time to digest; work out what's a fad versus what's really interesting.” Mel Exon, BBH Labs http://www.flickr.com/photos/publicdesigncenter/ http://bbh-labs.com/think-while-you-make-make-while-you-think

12. 8 out of 10 CEOs saw significant change ahead, and yet the gap between the expected level of change and the ability to manage it had almost tripled since the previous study in 2006http://www-935.ibm.com/services/uk/gbs/html/ceostudy2008.html

13. It will be increasingly important for businesses to focus on ways to unlock innovation http://www.flickr.com/photos/62586822@N00/3852562268/

14. INNOVATION IN THE SOCIAL WEB We will get past the endless babble about social media platforms, and more companies will begin embedding it into practices, strategies and workflows

15. Engagement with ‘social’ will increasingly be more than just comms… Gartner predicts that by 2016, social technologies will be integrated with most business applications bringing social CRM, internal communications and collaboration, and public social site initiatives into a coordinated strategy. http://mashable.com/2010/12/08/dell-social-listening-center/ http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1454221

16. Porous Enterprise - Chance favours the connected mind The Eureka Myth – the myth of the lone-creative genius with a spark of sudden inspiration Ideas take a long time to mature, sometimes laying dormant (in the form of 'partial hunches' or half-ideas) for years. It is the collision of these half-ideas, whether our own or from others, that enables breakthroughs to happen. Rather than being a single thing, ideas are networks, or new configurations.

17. Porous Enterprise - Chance favours the connected mind The great driver of innovation has been the historic increase in connectivity between us that creates infinite possibilities for ideas to be swapped Agile enterprises that understand this create and enable spaces (physical and virtual) where ideas can mingle (in the way that coffee houses did in The Enlightenment)

18. Enterprises will become increasingly ‘porous’ Employees who increasingly recognise the value of being connected to the interesting ideas in their own and related markets Employers who encourage their employees to connect http://thisisindexed.com/

20. Allows for innovation at the edges – non-core thinking

21. Relationships seen as valuable assets

22. Flow of ideas into and within organisations

24. But content on the social web will continue to become ever more important…

25. campaignsite(s) corporatewebsite Spend will grow in earned and owned media initiatives faster than bought media radio mags newspapers online ads outdoor television THE NEW CONTENT ECOSYSTEM EARNED MEDIA First-person commentary and content about the brand posted and shared across a variety of venues “Social Media” outlets also support both Bought Media (e.g., ad banners, sem/ppc, etc.) and Owned Media (e.g., widgets, apps, etc.) productsite(s) ‘advertising’ OWNED MEDIA natural search campaigns All media directly owned by the brand. These destinations provide a platform to drive marketing messages and tools to create Earned Media affiliates video sharing social networks blogs forums personal pages BOUGHT MEDIA socialmedia community Typical corporate media spend Drives people to Owned Media email Brands taking an ever more significant, diverse and assured role as content producers

26. The web is inherently social Building platforms for longer-term, sustainable relationships with customers Morgan Stanley Internet Trends Report 2010

27. “Communities already exist. Instead, think about how you can help that community do what it wants to do” Mark Zuckerberg

28. The spreadability of ideas and content If the web is a mass of conversations, then get talked about Make it as easy as possible for your fans to find it and spread the word http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldflints/

29. Developing strategies to turn followers into advocates Marketing spend generates traffic Some of that traffic sticks Users are inspired and enabled to talk about your product They spread the message around the network Ref: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/files/flippingfunnelPRO.pdf

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