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the current state of sharing


                                                         100                    million                               90            million
                                          monthly active Twitter users                              total Google + users *
                                                                                                         SOURCE: thenextweb.com

                                                                                                         * Monthly active Google+ users
                                              SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal                                not publicly available




                                              Facebook made up 52.1% of all sharing online in 2011, though
                                              Twitter and Tumblr grew their volume of shares by 576.9% and
845 million monthly active users on                                         1299.5% respectively
Facebook, more than half of which login
           every single day                                                     SOURCE: thenextweb.com


 SOURCE: Facebook Newsroom




                                                                 Sharing via mobile devices grew
                                                                                 6X in 2011
                                                                           SOURCE: thenextweb.com
Sharing is at the heart of the consumer journey




                       Consideration      Action/
                       Share of search;   Purchase
                       brand evaluation   Conversion;
                       attributes         Traffic


Pre Purchase                                     Enjoy
                Awareness                        User
                Share of                         conversations
                conversation                     on product
                                                 performance



                     Advocate             Bond
                     Recommendation       Engagement


                                                             post Purchase
Title Goes Here...




                     the uk social Consumer
                                   consumer
                     How has social media changed the way consumers make
                     purchase decisions? We asked 1,500 UK and 1,500 US
                     consumers in two surveys what most influenced them
                     online, as well as how and why they influenced others.
                     What we found was that consumer recommendations
                     are an increasingly influential part of the conversation.
uk high sharers are 3x more likely to
                                   recommend a product
                YOUNGER                                                                    OLDER




    RESEARCH                                                                                            RESEARCH
      LOW                                                                                                 HIGH
  INVOLVEMENT                                                                                         INVOLVEMENT
    PRODUCTS                                                                                            PRODUCTS




RECOMMEND
 PRODUCTS



                                      HIGH
                                                         vs          LOW
                                                                                                         CARE MORE
                                                                                                        ABOUT QUALITY
                                                                                                         THAN BRAND
                                                                                                            IMAGE


                                      SHARERS                        SHARERS
                                                                    more likely to...



                               20% OF ONLINE CONSUMERS        80% OF ONLINE CONSUMERS
                                                                                                       OPEN TO
  BRAND LOYAL                                                                                          CHANGE
                                                                                                       BRANDS




                   OWN
                                                                                        MORE LIKELY
                MULTIPLE
                                                                                        TO PURCHASE
                INTERNET
                                                                                        RESEARCHED
                 DEVICES
                                                                                         PRODUCTS
comparing the uk & us social consumers




40%        vs        53%      47%        vs           33%   43%        vs         31%
 UK                    Usa     UK                     Usa    UK                     Usa


  have interacted with a            wrote a product           prompted to purchase
  brand using Facebook               review online            after online interaction
Low vs High involvement products




        HIGH                               LOW
LESS FREQUENTLY PURCHASED

       MORE COMPLEX

    EXPENSIVE IN NATURE
                               vs    BOUGHT MORE FREQUENTLY

                                           LESS COSTLY

                                       USUALLY BOUGHT WITH A
                                    MINIMUM AMOUNT OF THOUGHT
  REQUIRING MORE TIME AND                   AND EFFORT
EFFORT IN THE RESEARCH PHASE
What Influences THE Social Consumer?
                                  Ra#ngs'and'review'(Amazon)''                                                 Search'results'
                                  Facebook'friends'                                                            News'ar#cles'
                                  Twi@er'                                                                      Blog'posts'
                                  YouTube'or'Vimeo'Videos'
                                                             EARNED CHANNELS            OWNED CHANNELS              SEARCH CHANNELS
                                                                                                               Informa#on'on'a'product'or'brand'website'              EARNED
                                  Talking'with'friends'or'family'
HIGH




                                                                                                                                                       RATINGS AND REVIEW SITES
                                                                                                                                                                     NEWS ARTICLES
                                                                                                                                                                     WORD OF MOUTH
                                                                                                                                                                      BLOG POSTS
CHANNEL INFLUENCE




                                                                                                                                                                       OWNED
                                                                                                                                                                      BRAND WEBSITE
                                                                                                                                                                         TWITTER
                                                                                                                                                                        FACEBOOK
                                                                                                                                                                     YOUTUBE VIDEOS




                                                                                                                                                                      SEARCH
                     Automotive



                                      Products


                                                  Beauty



                                                             Cookware




                                                                                       Fashion



                                                                                                 Improvement




                                                                                                                              Music/Films


                                                                                                                                            Personal




                                                                                                                                                                           Travel
                                                                                                                Appliances




                                                                                                                                                       Restaurants
                                                                         Electronics




                                                                                                                                            Finance
                                                                                                                 Kitchen
                                       Baby




                    BABY                 BEAUTY       ELECTRONICS       MUSIC          PERSONAL         RESTAURANTS          TRAVEL
                                                                                                                                                                      PAID SEARCH



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                                                                                        FINANCE
                                                                                                                                                                     ORGANIC SEARCH
THE 7 TYPES OF SOCIAL SHARER




 ALTRUISTS        SELECTIVES      PASSIONATES      CONNECTORS       TRENDSPOTTERS     PROVOCATEURS     CAREERISTS
share because    share because    share because      share to        share because    share because    share because
  they want       it’s relevant     they share        inspire       it shows others     they want      it helps them
   to help         to a friend    a passion with   socializing      they are on top     a reaction       in business
                                  someone else     with friends      of what’s new



39.6%            26.1%            16.7%             7.9%              5.6%             2.6%             2.5%
 of the UK’s      of the UK’s      of the UK’s      of the UK’s       of the UK’s      of the UK’s      of the UK’s
social sharers   social sharers   social sharers   social sharers    social sharers   social sharers   social sharers
WHERE THEY SHARE
              ALTRUISTS   SELECTIVES   PASSIONATES   CONNECTORS TRENDSPOTTERS PROVOCATEURS   CAREERISTS

   YOUTUBE


WORDPRESS/
  BLOGGER


   TWITTER



   LINKEDIN



FOURSQUARE


     FLICKR



 FACEBOOK


     EMAIL



  DELICIOUS


 CUSTOMER
    REVIEW
Actions Taken after ONLINE inTERACTION
           PROMPTED
          TO PURCHASE


                                43% uk
                                                           PROMPTED
                                31% usa                  TO RECOMMEND
                                                                        20%   uk

                                                                        20%   usa

                    CHANGED
                   IMPRESSION
                                4%    uk
                                3%   usa
                                                                         INCREASED
                                                                         AWARENESS
                                                                                     8%        usa
                                                                                     6%   uk

              9%
ENCOURAGED
   TO VISIT
                   uk
   OPEN       9%   usa                                              TAKE NO
                                                                     ACTION

                                                                               26% usa
                                                                               15%   uk
                                ENCOURAGED
                                 TO CONTACT
                                              3%   uk
                                              3%   usa
facebook sharing




rate of activity on facebook
rate of activity on facebook                                                                                                  usage
                                                                                                                             frequency
                                                                                                                              of logins




                                                                                                                             sharing



                                                         Data is based on per-user activity, not aggregate volumes




                               less than         3-6                              6-12                                1-2                  2+
                               3 months         months                           months                              years                years

                                                         Age of Facebook account
                                           According to Facebook, only 16% of fans see organic posts
frictionless sharing (Automatic sharing)

Frictionless sharing is here to stay, but it will need to get much, much better. Ultimately, just about everything we do in a




                                                                            67%
     day will have the capacity to be shared online, but with accuracy and without needing to actively think about it.




                                                                           of people have done at least one of the
                                                                                      following things:




                                                      listened to a song that
                                                                                                                read an automatically
                                                     was automatically shared      allowed an application
                                                                                                                shared article (online
                                                            (spotify, etc)        to post automatically to


    61 %
                                                                                                                       reader)
                of people are annoyed by                                                their profile
                applications
FUTURE SHARING ACTIVITIES
Offline social experiences will be brought online, growing the volume of shared content focused on
                            daily achievements and personal milestones.


WHAT WILL PEOPLE SHARE IN THE FUTURE?

   43%
                             30%                        28% 27%


  PERSONAL                TRAVEL PLANS                    TICKET               CHARITABLE
 MILESTONES                                             PURCHASES              DONATIONS
         The percentages above reflect the proportion of people who indicated their
                           preference to share these activities.
segmenting friends



                                              Segmenting your social networks into disparate
                                             friend groups to selectively share content (ie. the
                                            Google+ model) is likely to catch on – but needs to
                                                       be simple to manage for users




only40%     of people have created
subgroups to selectively share posts
                                              62% said that that the idea
                                                 appeals to them
THANK YOU
Nils Mork-Ulnes       Judith Lewis
Head of Analytics     Head of Search

+44 (0)207 908 6557   +44 (0)20 7908 6573
+44 (0)771 307 7994   +44 (0)79 7416 1212
nils@bynd.com         judith@bynd.com
@nilsmu               @judithlewis

Beyond's Presentation at Internet World on Science of Sharing #bynd

  • 2.
    About Marketing Agency DigitalUs Using insight and analytics, we create digital experiences people want to share. © Copyright 2012 Beyond. All rights reserved. Private and Confidential
  • 3.
    the current stateof sharing 100 million 90 million monthly active Twitter users total Google + users * SOURCE: thenextweb.com * Monthly active Google+ users SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal not publicly available Facebook made up 52.1% of all sharing online in 2011, though Twitter and Tumblr grew their volume of shares by 576.9% and 845 million monthly active users on 1299.5% respectively Facebook, more than half of which login every single day SOURCE: thenextweb.com SOURCE: Facebook Newsroom Sharing via mobile devices grew 6X in 2011 SOURCE: thenextweb.com
  • 4.
    Sharing is atthe heart of the consumer journey Consideration Action/ Share of search; Purchase brand evaluation Conversion; attributes Traffic Pre Purchase Enjoy Awareness User Share of conversations conversation on product performance Advocate Bond Recommendation Engagement post Purchase
  • 5.
    Title Goes Here... the uk social Consumer consumer How has social media changed the way consumers make purchase decisions? We asked 1,500 UK and 1,500 US consumers in two surveys what most influenced them online, as well as how and why they influenced others. What we found was that consumer recommendations are an increasingly influential part of the conversation.
  • 6.
    uk high sharersare 3x more likely to recommend a product YOUNGER OLDER RESEARCH RESEARCH LOW HIGH INVOLVEMENT INVOLVEMENT PRODUCTS PRODUCTS RECOMMEND PRODUCTS HIGH vs LOW CARE MORE ABOUT QUALITY THAN BRAND IMAGE SHARERS SHARERS more likely to... 20% OF ONLINE CONSUMERS 80% OF ONLINE CONSUMERS OPEN TO BRAND LOYAL CHANGE BRANDS OWN MORE LIKELY MULTIPLE TO PURCHASE INTERNET RESEARCHED DEVICES PRODUCTS
  • 7.
    comparing the uk& us social consumers 40% vs 53% 47% vs 33% 43% vs 31% UK Usa UK Usa UK Usa have interacted with a wrote a product prompted to purchase brand using Facebook review online after online interaction
  • 8.
    Low vs Highinvolvement products HIGH LOW LESS FREQUENTLY PURCHASED MORE COMPLEX EXPENSIVE IN NATURE vs BOUGHT MORE FREQUENTLY LESS COSTLY USUALLY BOUGHT WITH A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF THOUGHT REQUIRING MORE TIME AND AND EFFORT EFFORT IN THE RESEARCH PHASE
  • 9.
    What Influences THESocial Consumer? Ra#ngs'and'review'(Amazon)'' Search'results' Facebook'friends' News'ar#cles' Twi@er' Blog'posts' YouTube'or'Vimeo'Videos' EARNED CHANNELS OWNED CHANNELS SEARCH CHANNELS Informa#on'on'a'product'or'brand'website' EARNED Talking'with'friends'or'family' HIGH RATINGS AND REVIEW SITES NEWS ARTICLES WORD OF MOUTH BLOG POSTS CHANNEL INFLUENCE OWNED BRAND WEBSITE TWITTER FACEBOOK YOUTUBE VIDEOS SEARCH Automotive Products Beauty Cookware Fashion Improvement Music/Films Personal Travel Appliances Restaurants Electronics Finance Kitchen Baby BABY BEAUTY ELECTRONICS MUSIC PERSONAL RESTAURANTS TRAVEL PAID SEARCH Home FINANCE ORGANIC SEARCH
  • 10.
    THE 7 TYPESOF SOCIAL SHARER ALTRUISTS SELECTIVES PASSIONATES CONNECTORS TRENDSPOTTERS PROVOCATEURS CAREERISTS share because share because share because share to share because share because share because they want it’s relevant they share inspire it shows others they want it helps them to help to a friend a passion with socializing they are on top a reaction in business someone else with friends of what’s new 39.6% 26.1% 16.7% 7.9% 5.6% 2.6% 2.5% of the UK’s of the UK’s of the UK’s of the UK’s of the UK’s of the UK’s of the UK’s social sharers social sharers social sharers social sharers social sharers social sharers social sharers
  • 11.
    WHERE THEY SHARE ALTRUISTS SELECTIVES PASSIONATES CONNECTORS TRENDSPOTTERS PROVOCATEURS CAREERISTS YOUTUBE WORDPRESS/ BLOGGER TWITTER LINKEDIN FOURSQUARE FLICKR FACEBOOK EMAIL DELICIOUS CUSTOMER REVIEW
  • 12.
    Actions Taken afterONLINE inTERACTION PROMPTED TO PURCHASE 43% uk PROMPTED 31% usa TO RECOMMEND 20% uk 20% usa CHANGED IMPRESSION 4% uk 3% usa INCREASED AWARENESS 8% usa 6% uk 9% ENCOURAGED TO VISIT uk OPEN 9% usa TAKE NO ACTION 26% usa 15% uk ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT 3% uk 3% usa
  • 14.
    facebook sharing rate ofactivity on facebook rate of activity on facebook usage frequency of logins sharing Data is based on per-user activity, not aggregate volumes less than 3-6 6-12 1-2 2+ 3 months months months years years Age of Facebook account According to Facebook, only 16% of fans see organic posts
  • 15.
    frictionless sharing (Automaticsharing) Frictionless sharing is here to stay, but it will need to get much, much better. Ultimately, just about everything we do in a 67% day will have the capacity to be shared online, but with accuracy and without needing to actively think about it. of people have done at least one of the following things: listened to a song that read an automatically was automatically shared allowed an application shared article (online (spotify, etc) to post automatically to 61 % reader) of people are annoyed by their profile applications
  • 16.
    FUTURE SHARING ACTIVITIES Offlinesocial experiences will be brought online, growing the volume of shared content focused on daily achievements and personal milestones. WHAT WILL PEOPLE SHARE IN THE FUTURE? 43% 30% 28% 27% PERSONAL TRAVEL PLANS TICKET CHARITABLE MILESTONES PURCHASES DONATIONS The percentages above reflect the proportion of people who indicated their preference to share these activities.
  • 17.
    segmenting friends Segmenting your social networks into disparate friend groups to selectively share content (ie. the Google+ model) is likely to catch on – but needs to be simple to manage for users only40% of people have created subgroups to selectively share posts 62% said that that the idea appeals to them
  • 18.
    THANK YOU Nils Mork-Ulnes Judith Lewis Head of Analytics Head of Search +44 (0)207 908 6557 +44 (0)20 7908 6573 +44 (0)771 307 7994 +44 (0)79 7416 1212 nils@bynd.com judith@bynd.com @nilsmu @judithlewis