tessa sproule | building communities: lessons from prime time
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Building Communi,es: Lessons from Prime Time
“The medium is the message.” #CM1TO @TessaSproule
Today, the audience is oEen the message too.
Are you listening?
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#ImWatchingTV #CM1TO @TessaSproule
#ImWatchingTV #CM1TO @TessaSproule
#ImWatchingTV #CM1TO @TessaSproule
#ImWatchingTV #CM1TO @TessaSproule
Back to this guy… #CM1TO @TessaSproule
Death of TV? #CM1TO @TessaSproule
We’re watching in different ways #CM1TO @TessaSproule
We’re watching in different ways #CM1TO @TessaSproule
We’re watching in different ways #CM1TO @TessaSproule
Which is the second screen? #CM1TO @TessaSproule
Which is the first? #ctvs13 @TessaSproule
What’s a network? #CM1TO @TessaSproule
The audience is the network (distribu,on)
Community is marke,ng
(discovery)
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Is social the new remote control? #CM1TO @TessaSproule
How do we get anything discovered? #CM1TO @TessaSproule
Can you hear a raindrop in a storm? #CM1TO @TessaSproule
Cau,on! #CM1TO @TessaSproule
“Social is like a thermometer. It can tell you if it’s hot outside, but it doesn’t make it hot outside.” -‐ Greg Dinsmore, CBC
Research
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“S,ll, it’s doing something; let’s give them something to talk
about.”
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-‐ Tessa Sproule, CBC Digital Content
#1 RULE: It’s not about the show or the brand. It’s about the fans.
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It’s their story, however they get into it.
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Focus on fans and keep it simple #CM1TO @TessaSproule
Follow their lead, stoke their enthusiasm
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But… old habits die hard #CM1TO @TessaSproule
But… old habits die hard #CM1TO @TessaSproule
Watching TV is easy #CM1TO @TessaSproule
Who is big media watching? #CM1TO @TessaSproule
The audience (your show/brand’s community) has control.
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The audience is the message.
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Thank you! Ques,ons? Want to debate? Find me
@TessaSproule + ca.linkedin.com/in/tessasproule/
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