Sift presentation for Open Co Bristol and Bath October 2014

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Presentation by Sift for Open Co Bristol and Bath October 2014 highlighting some of our recent developments.

Transcript of Sift presentation for Open Co Bristol and Bath October 2014

Open Co

Building sustainable communities…

B2B publisher

Full service digital agency

Subscription platform

SOMETIMES, WE DON’T GET IT RIGHT...

ABOUT SIFT DIGITAL

ABOUT PRACTICEWEB

2 sectors- Accounting - Financial

Marketing and business development platform- web presence- business content- publishing- news

ABOUT SIFT MEDIA

3 Publishing sectors- Accounting & Finance- Small Business- Enterprise

Industry leading events- Business Pitching- Conferences- Dinners & Online events

Talent Acquisition Agency- Established April 2014

4,000,000page views per month

42,000posts each month

114,800Twitter followers

ACCOUNTING & SMALL BUSINESS TITLES/EVENTS

ENTERPRISE TITLES

CHANGING LANDSCAPE:

SITE-AS-A-SERVICE

“SITE-as-a-SERVICE”

“One in which the reader’s needs or desires are paramount, rather than the journalistic instincts of the author.”

https://medium.com/whither-news/content-vs-service-ddbb432ab77

STARTING WITH OUR WHY:

OUR PURPOSE

THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

Inspiring people to take the actions that improve their

lives and livelihoods, every day.

OUR ‘WHY’

THE APPROACH WE TAKE:

OUR HOW

OUR ‘HOW’

INSIGHT

THOUGHT PROVOKING CONTENT

COMMUNITY DEBATEDRIVING ACTION

THE APPROACH WE TAKE:

OUR WHAT

THE APPROACH WE TAKE:

OUR WHAT

OUR ‘WHAT’

Our 5product areas that support people's’ daily workflow

Our current product set is designed to positively impact on the daily workflows on the people we work with and for.

1. We always put people first.

2. We are relentless in pursuing our purpose in everything we do.

3. We obsess over our audiences.

4. We are autonomous with purpose.

5. We foster a mindset of curiosity to continually improve.

6. We measure the metrics that reveal the insights that matter.

7. We believe in being transparent and honest at all times.

8. We do it all so we can have a little fun along the way.

SIFT MEDIA CULTURE CODEOUR BELIEFS, VALUES AND PRACTICES

USING DATA TO DEVELOP GREATER

ENGAGEMENT

Communitieshave always been at the heart of what we do.

We’re trying to support the daily workflows of our communities.

We’re on a journey to creating greater community engagement.

We’ve been asking ourselves...

How might we...?

Create the content that people need.

Build better experiences and services.

Measure the metrics that really matter.

Become audience experts in the markets we serve.

It’s all about

Data

Data Management Platform

Real-time analytics with trending content

Deliver real-time, relevant content to each individual through content widgets

Understand behaviours and interests

Develop deeper engagement

Develop audience segments

Putting the building blocks in place

Our approach

GOAL:

To increase our community engagement by developing greater relevancancy and personalised experiences.

Agile project approach.

Starting to identify the metrics that matter for engagement.

Focusing on our data strategy.

First few audience segments in place, and we’ve implemented our first content widget.

Where we are heading:

Integrating our data management platform into our publishing platform.

THE APPROACH WE TAKE:

OUR WHAT

The Pitch:Empowering Britain’s small businesses

23 October, 9am - 8pm, Paintworks, Bristol

Buy a ticket for £10 at www.thepitch.uk

@The_Pitch #thepitch14