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TREND 3 OF 7:SOCIAL SEARCH AND A SHIFT BACK TO USER PAID CONTENT

Saturday, December 1, 2012

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Giving away content that isnʼt worth consuming doesnʼt offer value just because itʼs free.


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Social search technology is being integrated to include results from Facebook, Twitter and Google+ to improve relevance.

I care more about what my friend thinks than what Google shows me.

People are starting on social platforms now.



































































































































































































































































































































































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Digital Content & Subscriptions is the fastest growing retail e-commerce category in 2011 with a 26% growth rate.

Made up by downloaded subscriptions, music, movies, TV shows and e-books.

Propelled by tablets and e-readers. Category growth will accelerate as these devices enter the mainstream.



































































































































































































































































































































































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Free Blog vs. Paid App

Napster vs. iTunes

Inbound Marketing vs. Paid Content

Publishers vs. Product Companies



































































































































































































































































































































































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Newspapers were forced to sell to everyone. Now social is the distribution and a niche strategy is crucial. The niche increases relevance and value. People pay for value.



































































































































































































































































































































































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Print went wide instead of deep due to distribution costs

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Google systematically gave away content

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Publishers couldnʼt make money anymore

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Inbound marketingtakes off

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Appleʼs model takes off

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Appleʼs model takes off

Apple sells 100 million internet connected devices

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90% of devices accessed internet here 3-4 years ago

1-5% of searches

Googleʼs main business

50% of devices access internet here now



































































































































































































































































































































































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Weʼve found other ways to find what we want

Trip Advisor

LinkedIn

Realtor.com

GoodReads.com

Yelp

Match.com Pinterest

Spotify

Weather MapsEmail



































































































































































































































































































































































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These now make up half of searches

15 Billion apps have been downloaded

App usage (47.6%) beats out mobile browser usage (47.5%) for the first time



































































































































































































































































































































































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vs.Google Apple

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Paid, copyrighted, professional content

Content commoditization,

open source

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Paid, copyrighted, professional content

Content commoditization,

open source

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Commoditized

Google Apple

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vs. Marginally differentiated content

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Next 3 years

vs.Highly differentiated content

Marginally differentiated

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Next 3 years

vs.Highly differentiated content

Marginally differentiated

content

HTML 5 makes this possible for big and small alike



































































































































































































































































































































































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Jeremiah Owyang

Some inspiration, ideas and research from:

Thomas Baekdal

McKinsey

ComScore

Altimiter Group

Richard Bartel

Gabe Zicherman Roger McNamee




































































































































































































































































































































































Questions?

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