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Michael Lazerow, CEO & Founder, Buddy Media Linda Abraham, CMO & Co-Founder, comScore How Social Media Influences Consumer Behavior

Buddy Media DLD Keynote: How Social Media Influences Consumer Behavior

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Buddy Media founder and CEO Michael Lazerow's 2012 DLD keynote presentation. Along with comScore Co-Founder and CMO Linda Abraham, Michael delivered brand new research around social marketing for the 2011 holiday retail season. This data gives a good sense for the way social media strategies helped both overall social impressions and the bottom line for four of the world’s biggest retailers.Below are the highlights of the data released for Walmart, Best Buy, Target and Amazon:The research analyzed paid media versus earned media for the above retailers. The data shows that earned social media impressions can stack up favorably against paid ads for brands who maximize their efforts. Using an estimated value for earned impressions of $3.55 CPM, Walmart earned $417,000 worth of impressions while Best Buy earned $86,000 in impressions.Promotions can significantly expand the viral impact of social media to friends of fans. When looking at the lift received from promotions that started in November, all four brands received a lift of 2.2x or higher. Target received the highest lift between October and the end of November at 3.5x.For most retailers, a significantly higher percentage of fans and friends of fans visited the retailer’s website, as compared to the rest of the Internet. A whopping 64% of Amazon’s fans visited Amazon.com, compared to 27% of the total Internet. For Best Buy, 18% of fans and 13% of friends of fans went to BestBuy.com, compared to 8% of the total Internet.

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Michael Lazerow, CEO & Founder, Buddy MediaLinda Abraham, CMO & Co-Founder, comScore

How Social Media Influences Consumer Behavior

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2008 2009 2010 2011

Time Spent on Key Categories OnlineWorldwide Hours per Month (Billions)

35

30

25

Nearly in 5 minutes online is spent on social networks.1

Social Networking

Search/Navigation

Retail

Communications (Email/IM)

Other Content

Source: comScore Media Metrix, March 2007 - October 2011

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Facebook’s worldwide site rank

55% Facebook’s global penetration

Source: comScore Media Metrix, October 2011

#3

3 in 4 minutes on social networking sites are spent on Facebook

1 in 7 minutes spent onlineare spent on Facebook

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Propel Crowd-Sources Its Holiday Content

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Lexus Uses Facebook To Raise Money For Charity

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Walmart Provides Gift Recommendations From Friends

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Best Buy And Leading Retailers Made Effective Use Of Facebook To Promote Their Black Friday Doorbusters

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The Fan Page Is A Great Starting Point… But Remember That Most Brand Exposures Happen On The News Feed!

27%

21%17%

10%25%

Share of Time Spent on Facebook

Homepage/NewsfeedProfilesPhotosApps/ToolsAll Other

Source: comScore Mediabuilder, U.S., May 2011

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You’ve got fans.And they’ve got friends.

How can you measure the impact on both?

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Those you seek might be different than those who seek you

Age 18-24

Age 25-34

Age 35-44

Age 45-54

Age 55-64

Age 65+

31%

29%

19%

15%

5%

2%

20%

26%

20%

19%

10%

5%

% of Starbucks Store Visitors % of Starbucks Fans

Source: comScore Social Essentials and comScore Plan Metrix, U.S., May 2011

Starbucks: Demographic Analysis% of Starbucks Store Visitors vs. % of Brand-Exposed Starbucks Facebook Fans

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Get Fans(Who are

they?)

Brand Messages

Reach Fans in News Feed

Fans “Talk About”

News Feed Content

News Feed Content

Spreads to Friends

Goal: Max Reach,

ROI

2. Engagement 3. Amplification1. Cut-Through

Many brands don’t considerthese intermediary steps

Brands control the three basic levers that will determine social media marketing success.

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Earned Value Can Be Significant

Walmart

117.3

275.4

Earned Impressions (MM) Paid Impressions (MM)

Source: comScore Social Essentials, U.S., October 2011

Walmart: Paid Media vs. Earned Media AnalysisSocial Media Impressions (MM) vs. Display Ad Impressions (MM)

Estimated Value of Earned ImpressionsBased on $3.55 CPM

$417,000

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When Messages Are Good, Fans Will Tell Their Friends

Amazon Best Buy Target Walmart

0.31 0.340.50 0.45

0.670.92

1.761.53

Week Ending Oct. 19 Week Ending Nov. 30

Source: comScore Social Essentials, U.S., October and November 2011

2011 Holiday Retail Promotion AnalysisRatio of Friends of Fans Reached to Fans Reached for Leading U.S. Retailers

Lift from Promotions

2.2x

2.7x

3.5x 3.4

x

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Friends of Fans Tend to Behave Like Fans(Birds of a Feather)

Amazon Best Buy Target Walmart

27%

8% 9%14%

36%

13% 12%

22%

64%

18%12%

21%

Total Internet Friend of Fan Fan

Source: comScore Social Essentials, U.S., November 2011

2011 Holiday Retail Promotion Impact Analysis: Week Ending Nov. 30Percentage of Brand-Exposed Fans & Friends of Fans Who Visited Retailer Website

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In Retail, Social Promise is Delivering

Amazon Walmart Best Buy Target

9.07.3

4.1 4.6

14.5

9.6

6.65.1

Black Friday 2010 Black Friday 2011Source: comScore Social Essentials, U.S., November 2011

Black Friday: Web Traffic Analysis for Leading RetailersUnique Visitors (MM) on Black Friday 2011 vs. Black Friday 2010

61%

32%

61% 11

%

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So remember, to optimize social media

1. know your fans 2. know their friends

3. right creative message 4. analyze, optimize, …monetize