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Sticky Thump

Content, Ads and Leads come together in a radical sticky web

Addressing the Question

…we need to take a hard look at what content we believe will drive the most traffic and connect consumers to listings, rentals or mortgages as well as drive revenue growth. I also believe we should have a unique angle on this type of content that provides more value than the standard fare that exists today – (and) use internal data to write unique articles and drive traffic – Scott Boecker

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And here’s one look at an answer –a different way of mining Move Network’s content assets, and turning them into something unique

The Aim: Alignment

Create a perfect alignment of content, ad sales and lead generation

“Previously our emphasis was on the accuracy of our content. The context of the experience is what is important now” -- Steve Berkowitz, Sept 16, 2010

Content – drives organic search traffic and engagementAd Sales – monetizes the traffic and engagementLeads – our business depends on leads …

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… and these leads can be generated through an exciting and unique

means of curating content

The Editorial Component

We have millions of content assets – photos and home data

Normally the way users access these is through searches on the site to SRPs and LDPs

But these are for the most part search results pages and – especially until the Redux change that gave a distinct indexable url to properties – could not be indexed in search engines and enlarge our search engine footprint.

However, if we add some editorial – a way of curating our content into unique pages – then we benefit, not only from being able to put new context around our content assets, but by also creating distinct and unique content units that are searchable and will direct traffic to the site, and even leads for our listings.

Think of it this way: While you can search for fashion and furniture in thousands of online shopping sites, the magazine Lucky became successful by adding editorial around the very same photos and copy. The magazine made editorial selection and made the content assets more easily digestible.

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The Essential Tool

In this proposal the essential presentation tool we will use to harness the power of editorial and content -- to generate ad impressions and leads -- is the SLIDESHOW

This deck will show how existing content assets on Move.com and Realtor.com, as well as other assets that are available to us, can be turned into a unique content product for ALL our sites

It’s a product that mixes traditional editorial expertise with machine selection logic of tagged assets

Most of the slide components described here will be generated automatically once we’ve set the rules

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Why Slideshows? … Traffic!

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“Yahoo’s up again in comScore’s latest search rankings. Reason? It seems largely due to non-search ‘slideshow’ activity … Each click to get a new picture changes the URL to a new search query, thus making it seem the person did a new search — even though they really didn’t.” -- Jun 11, 2010

Not just Yahoos!

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Andrew Meares, chief photographer at The Sydney Morning Herald, reports that slideshows, which magnify ad impressions, have become very popular with online site visitors — more so than video.

“Our video team pop the champagne with 5000+ views.Our top text stories of the week rate 80,000+,” he says. “Total slides pageviews to date are 1,214,918.”

– Teaching Online Journalism

And besides traffic?

The SLIDESHOW as we envisage its use here is the perfect tool to make use of what is the Move Network’s principal store of freely available content assets – photos and home data

The unique Move Network slideshow can take these assets and use editorial context to enable them to generate engagement in a new, user friendly way – and, most importantly, provide an exciting way of generating leads for our consumers

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We have libraries of photos – and associated data -- that other content sites can only dream about

Here’s something basic

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Simple Ad integration in Slideshow

Here’s anotherAdverts are inserted throughout the slideshow

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Sponsorship applicationHere’s a sponsorship for J C Penney integrated into the slideshow

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Packing them inKeep the ads coming in all locations

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Banner and separate right rail

Buyout of both positions

Google Banner

Google Ads all over

So …

It’s easy to see how useful such curation of content – adding editorial to content assets -- is to Consumer Ad Sales, since you can slip ad into the slideshows and have them sponsored.

But what about Lead Generation?Yes. That’s possible too since the photo in the slideshows can link to LDPs

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Only one example of this tactic

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The slideshow example that follows in the next section is just one way of providing context to our existing assets with editorial curation.

Also, while this slideshow is an advanced example of what’s possible, and would depend on us making a commitment to tag our photos more extensively, we can start small using existing tags (some later slide show ideas in this deck will show this) to use curated content in slideshows to back campaigns, or to disseminate data, and from there iterate to the more complex products

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The Full Picture

What a Move Network slideshow might look like

Editorial sets the story

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Slide created by editors

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Slide using Realtor.com content assets

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Click photo to

see full house

An advertizing slide

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Using Realtor.com assets

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An advertizing slide

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Keep on clicking …..

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The Elements

The Move Slideshow’s component parts

The Slide Types

Three main types

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• The Realtor.com assets slide• The Editorial slide• The Advertising slide

The Editorial SlideTwo types here

They set and maintain the theme for the slideshow

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Header Slide

Tells the viewer what the slideshow is about– it’s the “cover,” the “front page”

It is created by a Content Team Editor

• It will have a short engaging title• A subtitle to carry relevant keywords associated with the theme of the slideshow• An “upfront” paragraph – expanding the theme, encouraging viewing/action and value prop

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Body Slide

Basic components are a photo, related text and ad unit

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Other Elements

Like/dislike buttonFacebookShare buttonLinks – both to content and other areas of Move Network sites and outside courtesy links

This content is created by an editor

2 copy elements• Engaging magazine-style

long photo caption

• Related “TIP”

Photos for Editorial Slides

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We already have access to Remodelista home design photos and use them in blogs

Also if we set up and encouraged a designer community on Move.com, (just like ELLE magazine)

– with profile pages and links to design sites – we could build and access a major library of photos

Ad Photos for Editorial Slides

Killing two birds with one stone we can also arrange with companies to use their catalogue photos in advertorial/editor selected advertising slides to a consumer sales opportunity as well as an editorial experience a la Lucky.

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IKEA smartsThe Swedish powerhouse, a go-to source for inexpensive, well-designed furniture and accessories, proves once again that its products are as clever as they are functional with its line of slim, space saving, wall-mounted bins in its RETUR recycling line, $7.99-$19.99

Tip: With recycling rules varying from town to town, IKEA’s RETUR bins can create a custom sorting area that blends right into the wall of a bright and lively kitchen like this one.

It’s even possible to make full slideshows in conjunction with companies like Target, Home Depot, IKEA and others

Ad SlidesWe sell the full slide space to an advertiser, a sponsor or use house ads

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To take full advantage we should build to allow the inclusion of interactive ads that encourage viewers to click these ads to see video, download apps etc.

Realtor generated slides

Same look as editorial body slide but with a bit more back end complexity

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Data Merge

Tagged Photo

Content Unit

The Realtor PhotosPhotos we have – plenty of themNeed to tag so we program editorial selections – “kitchen” “bedroom” “modern” etc

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Important tag-- is photo good?

Sales force first line of editorial controlEditorial Mechanical Turk second – how we ensure tagging and photo quality of available library

Realtor Copy

Two components – the slide description and the filler (tip, fact or other tagged micro content unit)

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Slide Description CopyWe will not use Realtor’s beauty descriptions but plug data into a variety of templated forms

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Facts and TipsContent units used to fill in under a minimal house slide text.

We can write a 100 or more of these and they can be called to fill space and provide sales or link ops.

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Note About Use: So for instance, if the bathroom we show in the slide is from a “ranch” home, rules will specify that a fact or tip related to “ranch” will be the first fact/tip called to the space. If a “ranch” tagged fact or tip doesn’t exist, or the ones tagged in that “ranch” category that have been used previously in the same slide show, rules will cause a more general fact/tip related to homes or real estate will be called.

Realtor Slide Functionality

Two cases:House on MarketHouse not on Market

This is a decision we can make later on

Obviously we would program to use photos from houses on market first

But we may want to feature houses (with a link to the realtor’s profile page) that a lot of people like. And we may need these photos to fill out a slideshow theme.

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The invitation – Click Candy

Speaks for itselfInvitation to view more slideshows

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The Anatomy of a Show

Putting it all together

Slideshow size

Ideally it should be about 15 slides• Cover and final• Ad Sales slides (2)• Edit “Body” slides (4)• Realtor.com photo assets slides (6/7)

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Sequencing

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A suggested sequence:1. Header2. Editorial body slide3. Editorial body slide4. Realtor photo slide5. Ad slide6. Editorial body slide7. Realtor photo slide8. Realtor photo slide9. Editorial body slide10. Ad slide11. Realtor photo slide12. Realtor photo slide13. Realtor photo slide14. Final – Invitation to click more

Sequence is important to set and keep focus and maintain engagement

What to do with it?

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Link it from a homepage

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Facebook, Blogs and Syndication

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Can use slide show tool for other content

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The most expensive U.S. housing markets

Newport Beach, Calif.Homes for sale in Newport Beach, Calif., have an average listing price of $1.83 million, the highest in the U.S., according to Coldwell Banker’s Home Listing Report. The data cover February to August and specifically look at four-bedroom, two-bath houses.Tip: With recycling rules varying from town to town, IKEA’s RETUR bins can create a custom sorting area that blends right into the wall of a bright and lively kitchen like this one.

Palo Alto, Calif. In Palo Alto, Calif., the average listing price is $1.48 million, according to the Coldwell Banker Home Listing Report. in its RETUR recycling line, $7.99-$19.99


Rye, N.Y. Rye, N.Y., homes for sale list for an average price of $1.33 million, according to the Coldwell Banker Home Listing Report.


San Francisco A home is shown for sale in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood in San Francisco. Average listing prices there are $1.33 million, according to the Coldwell Banker Home Listing Report.r


La Jolla, Calif. In La Jolla, Calif., the average listing price for homes is $1.21 million, according to the Coldwell Banker Home Listing Report.


A Slideshow can be used to back a campaign

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Say we want to target foreclosures:Slideshows can be created mixing foreclosure information and tips under a title such as: Foreclosures for $200,000 in AtlantaForeclosures you can get for $300,000

Foreclosure ValueThis 5-bedroom house in an upscale community in south Lincoln has a sprawling, open floor plan. Each of the five bedrooms has a private bath and walk-in closet. Built in 2003, on a 3.25 acre lot the property lists for $192,500.

Foreclosure Tip: When scouting decide whether the house is something you will resell or keep. Some houses can easily be repaired for reselling purposes because the next buyer can take care of the other details.

iPhone and iPad

We can put the slideshow on apps – iPhone, Android and the iPadAnd of course the photos link back to the Realtor.com listing pages.

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iPhone Design Aps

People are already paying for aps that are in essence slideshows of well designed homes

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Rollout

Content, Ad Sales and Leads together in a Sticky Web

Ready

Content is available to do slideshows immediately

Basically if we have a slideshow set up – WLV devs say it’s a 1 week/2 week build – we can go ahead and start creating slideshows with Remodelista content adding ads/sponsorship from Consumer Sales

We can also leverage any sales related content into slideshows – IKEA, Target and so on

And we can do editorial news slides based on Realtor.com photos and data filtering using their existing tags for slideshows such as “Homes for Under $250,000 in Los Angeles,” “The Most Expensive Homes in America” “Foreclosures for under $200,000 in Georgia” and so on.

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Steady

I we get the basic slide out on pages and they generate traffic and PVs we can decide to invest in more extensive tagging of Realtor.com photos and data to generate more slideshows.

Couple of things here:

Tagging process – sales level and Mechanical TurkData merge for content – pretty simple but copy needs to be clever to coverRules to ensure valid “live” photo selection availability

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Go!

Builds to put it all together

Editorial photo search (“lightbox”) to ensure photo availability – need to have 8/9CMS able to set rules for photo selection in each Slideshow Create CMS templates for editorial content – photos and copyCreate Tip/Fact copy – build ability to merge to slides

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You’ve all seen slideshowsYou’ve played with them

You’ve wasted time on them

They suck you in

They’re click candy

“The crack cocaine of the Web” sez Shannah Pittman, SEO

They’re searchable pages for UU traffic and they generate more PVs than article pages

They’re very monetizable for ad sales and sponsorship

…. so let’s get clicking59

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