SOCIAL MEDIA 101
CREATED FOR HAVAS MEDIA SINGAPORE
outline

       A brief history of social media

    What is it and why should we care?

         Social media in Singapore

A quick look at various social media channels

                Case studies
Lets start from the very
       beginning
A brief history
1971: the first email was delivered
1989: CERN engineers start developing the world wide web
1995: Newsweek headlines disses the internet
A brief history
1997: Google opens
2004: Facebook opens
2006: Twitter launches
2009: “Unfriend” was the New Oxford American
  Dictionary’s ‘word of the year’
2010: The internet surpassed newspapers as the primary
  news source for Americans
Today
       Over  50%       of people have learned about
       breaking news via social media rather than
       official news sources

46% of people get their news online at least
3x a week

        As of 2012, online news revenue has
        surpassed print newspaper revenue
                       Via mashable
 
We cant live without it
Every   one minute in social media:
Every   one minute in social media:




                 Via mashable
Every   one minute in social media:




                       See what I mean
                 Via mashable
But what is social?
Social Media
is basically about online conversations
Via
Via


Communities of real voices
A fundamental shift in
 the way we
 communicate: from
 monologue to
 dialogue
Via Tara Hunt in The Social Retailer
So what
Why
should
we
care?
Because they do
>95% of consumers in APAC trust companies
 with a responsible social profile over those that
 don’t




                  Via asiamediajournal
What going social can
     do for you
Make life simpler, less
 alienating, and more
 efficient.
Give your brand a personality
 and identity
“Focus on how to be social, not on how to do
                    social.”
       - Jay Baer, Convince & Convert
Know
what
you
want
Two questions
Largely visual

                                bookish




      Interested in
      culture




                                          bold




Who is your consumer?
 
	
  


Who are you?
       Brand identity is more important than ever
       now. If you don’t know who you are, how do


      you expect your customers to identify with
       you?
Be aspirational
All clients want the same thing
	
  
                       (Really)
All clients want the same thing
	
  
                        (Really)



            “I wanna
            go viral”
All consumers want the same
 thing too (it’s not complicated)
	
  
All consumers want the same
 thing too (it’s not complicated)
	
  


             “an easier
             life”
Your underlying goal should
 be to make life easier for
 your consumer.


     Make this
     guy happy
It’s like being in a relationship

Let them…
                 ... Finish your sentences
Be Relevant
Give them conversation starters
Provide high quality content that
consumers want to talk about
Ask questions
Listen to them: what are they saying about
your brand?
Understand your
 social media
 channels
	
  
How do you get noticed?
Create content that is relevant and interesting
(more on this later)
Lets get a bit more technical




Deciphering jargon so even grandpa can understand it
edgerank




Why some stuff appears on your newsfeed and
                                some doesnt
Social impressions
influencers




!    Key influencers in specific fields have an
     outsized influence on brand affinity and
     purchasing decisions on social platforms. Key
     influencers typically have their own blogs,
     huge Twitter followings and rarely know their
     audiences personally.
blogs
A personal journal published on the
  internet
microblogs
!    Microblog- a form of blogging that allows users to
     exchange small elements of content such as short
     sentences, individual images or video links

!    Tweet- a message sent via twitter. 140 characters
     long

!    Retweet - tweeting something that was posted by
     another user

!    Hashtag: a way of organising updates for twitter
     search engines. Users prefix the message with a
     community driven hashtagto enable others to
     discover relevant posts
Social media in singapore
2.7 Mn
Singapore internet users
on social networks

26 mins
Avg time spent per visit per
month


50 times
Visited social media sites in a
month
Social media supporting consumer
    decision making – participation in past 12
                   months




Source:	
  The	
  Digital	
  Media	
  Habits	
  and	
  A8tudes	
  of	
  Southeast	
  Asian	
  Consumers	
  ,October	
  2011,	
  
Key Platforms

                Reach	
  per	
  month	
     Avg	
  Time	
  Spent	
   Frequency	
  of	
  
                                            per	
  month	
           Visit	
  per	
  month	
  
Facebook	
      2184	
                      10.2	
                    26	
  
TwiOer	
        567	
                       2.7	
                     11	
  
Linkedin	
      369	
                       4.3	
                     3.9	
  
Youtube	
       1771	
                      16.4	
                    13.2	
  
Wikipedia	
     976	
                       2.8	
                     5	
  
Blogger	
       1243	
                      2.4	
                     5.8	
  

                                                                       Comscore	
  Dec	
  2011	
  
Previously: the need to go social
Vs
Now: the need to differentiate yourself
Understanding the different
social media channels and what
they cater for
The usual suspects
facebook
“You are what you
tweet.”

- Alex Tew, Monkey
Inferno
twitter
twiOer	
  
youtube
linkedIN	
  
Google+


Just kidding.
G+ is useless.
GENRE SPECIALIZED
UP AND COMING/ UNUSUAL




    The New Kid on the Social Media Block
                        Beta site launched in 2010
Basically
 A content curation
site where you can
‘pin’ images to your
     own boards
    organized by
       themes
Brands big on pinterest
Integration with Instagam makes it a very popular
   medium for brands of a primarily visual nature
Ie. Fashion labels: Topshop and Alexander Mc Queen
Examples
 of social
  media
campaigns
What you can do
Run competitions on Social media
channels




“Pin it to win it” as seen from Barneys, New York
Gamify your campaign
Example:
Foursquare
Engage Influencers and
collaborators
But
create brand advocates
Short term goals:
Measurables: likes, followers,
 retweets, reach, brand keyword
 association
Long term goals
Turn your customers into advocates
(remember- making life easier for
  them?)

If they like you
They will talk
Case
studies
What They Did
ASOS makes life easier (and more
affordable) with free worldwide
            shipping
IKEA uses facebook tags




   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yc8tlT2_6w
MINICOOPER gamifying their entire campaign




 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMWu1h_6OfE
Oldspice creates conversation




 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdJWrphD7aAa
Finally,
Its supposed to make life easier
            Enjoy it
THANK YOU
     JEMIMAH WEI
     COPYWRITER & SOCIAL
       MEDIA STRATEGIST
         HA AS MEDIA
           V
                    
         Jemmawei.com

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