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May 6th, 2014
CONNECTING TO CONSUMERS BRAND INNOVATION SUMMIT
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Brendan Gahan!@brendangahan
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THE AGENDA
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LESSONS LEARNED
THE AGENDATHE CHALLENGEWHAT’S NOW
THE SOLUTION
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THE CHALLENGE
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As content has grown increasingly abundant and immediately available, attention becomes the limiting factor in the consumption of information. !
-Thomas H. Davenport
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2MM+ BLOG
5.3 TRILLION DISPLAY ADS SHOWN ONLINE EACH YEAR
500 million tweets daily4.75 BILLION SHARED ON FACEBOOK EVERY DAY PIECES OF CONTENT
posts per day
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WHAT’S NEXT NOW
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Tech is making everything accessible !
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The number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits will double. !
-Moore’s Law
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SOCIAL COMPUTING
TEXTIMAGES
VIDEO
TEXTIMAGES
VIDEO?
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THE IMPLICATIONS
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Consumers are content creators and media networks. !
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MEDIA CONSUMPTION
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8.2 Million (premiere)10.6 Million (one channel)brendangahan.com
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LESSONS LEARNED
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Singular metrics do not define success
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The more any quantitative social indicator (or even some qualitative indicator) is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures !
-Campbell’s Law
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WE CAN GROW A COMMUNITY, BUT CAN WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM?
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WE CAN GET VIEWS, BUT IS ANYONE WATCHING?
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WE CAN SCALE, BUT IS ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION? !
86% of internet users suffer from ‘banner blindness’
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SOLUTIONS: HUMAN BEHAVOR
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3. NOTHING DRAWS A CROWD LIKE A CROWD
WHAT WE KNOW WORKS1. EMOTIONS ARE ENGAGING
2. INVITE AN AUDIENCE ALONG
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EMOTIONS ARE ENGAGING
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PROBABILITY OF MAKING THE ‘MOST EMAILED’ LIST
Anxiety
Anger
Sadness
Awe
Time at top of home page
21%
34%
30%
20%
-16%
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AVERAGE SHARES PER DAY
POSITIVE NEGATIVE
!2,581
HIGH AROUSAL Exhilaration Hilarity Astonishment Inspiration
LOW AROUSAL Happiness Amusement Surprise Calmness
!3,152
!2,422
HIGH AROUSAL Anger Disgust Shock Frustration
LOW AROUSAL Sadness Irritation Discomfort Boredom
!4,080
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INVITE AN AUDIENCE ALONG
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Build in-roads to audiences via exclusives, integrations, or collaborations.
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NOTHING DRAWS A CROWD
LIKE A CROWD
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Generate momentum early on - creating a snowball effect and self-fulfilling prophecy
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RATE OF SHARES OVER TIME
Views per day
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THE TAKEAWAYS
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EMOTIONS ARE ENGAGING
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"Content that evokes high arousal emotions, regardless of their valiance, is more viral."
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- Jonah Berger & Katherine L. Milkman
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NOTHING DRAWS A CROWD
LIKE A CROWD
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“You don’t want everyone to see a piece of content. You want the people who are really excited about the content to see it.” !
- Jonah Peretti
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INVITE AN AUDIENCE ALONG
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Individuals' probability of starting clapping increased in proportion to the number of other audience members already ‘infected’ by this social contagion
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- RICHARD P MANN
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