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The Future of Social Media

Stephen Waddington@waddsManaging DirectorSpeed

A changing media landscape The rise of social media A shift to participation An opportunity for the PR industry

Agenda

1990: The birth of the Internet

ICCO Summit 2011 3Flickr: campuspartybrasil

1998: Google launched

ICCO Summit 2011 4Screen grab: WayBackMachine

“Networked markets are beginning to self-organize faster than the companies that have traditionally served them.”

“Thanks to the web, markets are becoming better informed, smarter, and more demanding of qualities missing from most business organizations.”

2000: Cluetrain Manifesto

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News print challenged

ICCO Summit 2011 6Flickr: frontlineblogger

Broadcast is booming

ICCO Summit 2011 7Flickr: jonnybaker

Our media appetite is insatiable

ICCO Summit 2011 8Flickr: Locator

The rise of social media

New influence flows

ICCO Summit 2011 10Source: www.philipsheldrake.com

New influencers

ICCO Summit 2011 11Flickr: br1dotcom

Facebook

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Awareness of Facebook is 100%. More than 400m users for an average of 37 minutes

Twitter

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200m users on Twitter for an average of 23 minutes

Vkontake

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Vkontake has 39% penetration in Eastern Europe

Tuenti

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In Spain Facebook is the largest social media site followed by Tuenti

Mobile (and location)

ICCO Summit 2011 16Flickr: macanudos.es

A shift to participation

User generated content

ICCO Summit 2011 18Flickr: Kordian

Radical transparency

ICCO Summit 2011 19Flickr: acidpolly

Loss of control: people talk

ICCO Summit 2011 20Flickr: duncan

Interplay with traditional media

ICCO Summit 2011 21Flickr: alinababafriend

Reality versus expectation = conversation

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An opportunity for the PR industry

Public fooled via spin

Information through communication

Public engagement via two way communication

Back to the future

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Content creation

ICCO Summit 2011 25Flickr: kwl

Authenticity

ICCO Summit 2011 26Source: http://www.alastaircampbell.org

Radical shift in organisational communication

ICCO Summit 2011 27Flickr: stewartmorris

Engagement and participation

ICCO Summit 2011 28Flickr: chrisjohnbeckett

Monitoring

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Social relationship management

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Open business

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49% integrate social media with traditional PR, across practice areas

31% rely on a dedicated social media team within the consultancy

11% rely on external partners

9% use a combination of the approaches above

An opportunity recognised

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UK search marketing worth $5.8 billion in 2010

US market worth $16.6 billion in 2010

But we’ve been here before

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54% of consultancy heads believe clients have mixed views as to which communications discipline owns social media

27% of respondents believe clients see social media communications as part of PR activity

19% feel that a majority of clients do not view such services as part of public relations

It’s time to claim our ground

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Images sourced from Flickr with thanks to: acidpolly, alinababafriend, br1dotcom, campuspartybrasil, chrisjohnbeckett, donsolo, duncan, frontlineblogger, jonnybaker, Kordian, kwl, Locator, macanudos.es, and stewartmorris.

Other images with thanks to: Alistair Campbell, Phillip Sheldrake, and WayBackMachine.

Photo credits

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The Future of Social Media

Stephen Waddington@waddsManaging DirectorSpeed

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