This is the presentation Debra Askanese and Talia Klein gave at the Kishor Conference for Haredi Business Professionals.
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Social Media Overview
1. Social Media Overview Practical Information and Why You Should Care Kishor Social Media Conference
2. About the presenters Debra Askanase Creative Director and Social Strategist, Community Organizer 2.0 Former nonprofit executive director, program director, business strategist. Talia Klein Director of Community and Social Media, Sparkeo.com Formerly community manager at Metacafe and product manager at several international companies.
3. Post-presentation resources All referenced material is stored on Delicious.comhttp://delicious.com/tag/kishorjeru http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915514724/in/set-72157622354789320/
4. Social Media Is… http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915512820/in/set-72157622354789320/
5. A platform for conversation http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915515536/in/set-72157622354789320/
7. Utilizes the Power of Weak Ties http://www.flickr.com/photos/tierug/3154245590/in/set-72157611999817541/
8. Is organic and emergent http://www.flickr.com/photos/eelssej_/524781662/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915513242/in/set-72157622354789320/
22. First – a bit of history: Number of years to reach 50 million users Radio - 38 years TV - 13 years Internet - 4 years Facebook - Added 100 million users in less than 9 months Sources: United Nations Cyberschoolbus Document and Mashable
23. 90% of people trust recommendations by people they know (Nielsen report, Global Advertising: Consumers Trust Real Friends and Virtual Strangers the Most, 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915515338/in/set-72157622354789320/
24. 70% of consumers trust recommendations of consumers they don’t know (Nielsen report, Global Advertising: Consumers Trust Real Friends and Virtual Strangers the Most, 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915515338/in/set-72157622354789320/
25. Social network and blogging sites are now the 4th most popular activity online, even ahead of personal email (Nielsen Report, Global Faces and Networked Places, 2009)
26. Time spent on social networks and blogging sites is growing at over 3 times the rate of overall Internet growth (Nielsen Report, Global Faces and Networked Places, 2009) (Nielsen Report, Global Faces and Networked Places, 2009)
28. Social media is democratizing communications, making it all-to-all instead of one-to-all “Technology is shifting power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now it’s the people who are taking control.” – Rupert Murdoch http://www.flickr.com/photos/9359358@N06/2402909122/
29. 2/3 of the GLOBAL population visits social networks Social Media Trends 2006-2008 Source: Universal McCann Comparative Study on Social Media Trends, 2008 http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_networks_growing_while_other_social_media_sites_stagnate_and_decline.php
30. 2/3 of the GLOBAL population visits social networks (Nielsen Report, Global Faces and Networked Places, 2009) http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_networks_growing_while_other_social_media_sites_stagnate_and_decline.php
31. Estimated worldwide audience: 625 million http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2364696515/in/set-72157603545124242/
32. Estimated worldwide audience: 625 million That’s 1 in 13! http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2364696515/in/set-72157603545124242/
33. Social networking continues to lead http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915516172/in/set-72157622354789320/ … while other activities are stagnating
34. Social media adoption (Nielsen Report, Led by Facebook, Twitter, Global Time Spent on Social Media Sites up 82% Year over Year, 2010)
37. Old news: “If Facebook were a country, it would be the 8th most populated in the world” - Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder, Jan 7, 2009.
38. Old news: “If Facebook were a country, it would be the 8th most populated in the world” - Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder, Jan 7, 2009. New news: It’s number 4
41. * 93% of Americans believe that a company should have a presence on social media sites * 85% believe that these companies should use these services to interact with consumers Source: Cone Business in Social Media Study, 2008
56. Social Mentions http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915515846/in/set-72157622354789320/
57. Set the conversation free. Don’t try to control it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915515628/in/set-72157622354789320/
58. Most importantly, DO NOT assume social media will solve your problems. http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915515202/in/set-72157622354789320/
59. Most importantly, DO NOT assume social media will solve your problems. It won’t. http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3915515202/in/set-72157622354789320/
60. Don’t sit back and wait for things to happen. http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3914728739/in/set-72157622354789320/
61. Don’t sit back and wait for things to happen. They won’t. http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3914728739/in/set-72157622354789320/
Collaboration: Wikipedia, wikis, social bookmarkingMultimedia: photo sharing, video sharing, art sharing, livecasting, podcastingEntertainment: virtual worlds, online gamingReviews and opinions: product reviews, service or entertainment reviews (amazon, yelp epinions, eluna) and Q&A (yahoo answers, linkedin answers)
Radio – 38Tv – 13Internet 4Facebook – added 100 mil I less than 9 months
Worldwide study of active internet users in 38 countries 2008 – 2009-> Only 1% increase in blogging over last year-> Uploading to video sharing sites dipped but uploading to social networks climbed ffrom 16->9% to 33%->-> 2/3 of users have an online profile->
Wave4 Universal McCann study
US is 60% of active internet users have an online profile – was 43% last year-> While photo sharing and video sharing has stagnated, it has increased in popularity on social networking sites-> Example: 76% of social network users upload photos, and 33% upload videos, up from 45% and 16->9%->
2009:In the US, social technology Creators and Collectors grew slowly, and Critics didn't grow at all->In US, Joiner activity exploded and Spectators became nearly universalEuropeans continue to adopt these technologies more slowly than in the US, with about 40% Inactives in the countries where we do surveys-> The Netherlands and Sweden have the most participation, Italy has the most Creators, and social networks are most popular in the UK->Asian social participation is typically as high as or higher than in the US->
Dell: Cross platform – multiple twitter handles, a network of blogs, and active on Facebook-> ROI: Over $1 million through sale alerts-> People who sign up to follow Dell on Twitter receive messages when discounted products are available the company’s Home Outlet Store-> They can click over to purchase the product or forward the information to othersZappos: The reason why Zappos stands out on Twitter is because of their ability to bring the company to life-> The Zappos CEO has lent his personality to the company brand, a personality that is friendly, helpful, funny, and trustworthy-> They use Twitter to highlight interesting facts, and to talk to their consumers-> Talking to Zappos is like talking to a friend that happens to sell shoes->
Foursqure, GoWalla, Yelp – all geo basedApps, mobile web, mobile geo locationgBuzz, gWave, Linkedin now can Tweet, TweetDeck integrates WP, LI, FB, etc->