AOP London: Solve problems: treating content as a product

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This is a recent presentation to members of the Association of Online Publishers in London. I looked at publishing and content through the filter of product development. In this way, we saw content delivered to solve user problems; eg. the evening leisure problem, the morning 'need to know' problem. I also shared the idea of Content as a Service (courtesy of Jeff Jarvis).

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Solve problems

@martinbailiecommercial strategy director

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innovation =a process of trial and errorin search of a product/market fit

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problems

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pure pain and frustration

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“The basic idea is that people don’t go around looking for products to buy.

Instead, they take life as it comes and when they encounter a problem, they look for a solution—and at that point, they’ll hire a product or service.

It is the job, and not the customer or the product, that should be the fundamental unit of analysis.”

Clayton Christensen — author of The Innovator’s Dilemma

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what problems do users of content have?

what are the frustrations? the pain points?

what emotional need does content answer?

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the search to solve problems drives behaviour change.

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“angry people dictate the future of technology”

and we’re all in the technology business.

Jeff Bonforte via Marty Cagan

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platform

content

hardware

user

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perceived pain

the lovers

the irrationals

Everett Rogers Technology Adoption Lifecycle model

the efficients

the laughers

the comfortables

Jeff Bonforte via Marty Cagan

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problems

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themorning must-know problem

quicktopics I wantoffline!

Glue isobar survey n150 UK adult respondents, November 2012

45% twitter is first source of breaking news

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themorning must-know problem

Glue isobar survey n150 UK adult respondents, November 2012

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theevening pleasure problem

1 hr 40 mins of opportunity

Glue isobar survey n150 UK adult respondents, November 2012

40% of tablet owners only read news in the evening on their tablets

When the laptop is open, TV is the second screen

15Thinkbox 2012/ Cog research

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thequality reads problem

topics I like, when I want themserendipity but limited waste

Glue isobar survey n150 UK adult respondents, November 2012

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thewaste problem

learning what I likePAYGbeautifully presented

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thewaste problem

RSS users are more risk averse than average(control AND content)

Aegis CCS 2012 survey (n10k UK adults)

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thebeing part of… problem

for a community, not for subject news

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“Content is that which fills something.

Service is that which accomplishes something.”

Jeff Jarvis

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SaaS

WaaS

CaaS?

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“We hope to rewire the way people spread and consume

information.”

Mark Zuckerberg, May 2012

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Go forth and experiment!

@martinbailie