Pitching Social Media to Your Boss

If Everyone Jumped Off a BridgeWould Your Boss Join Them?

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1. Audience

2. Participation

3. Expectation


Audience


What is Your Boss Like? http://www.flickr.com/photos/deneyterrio/2327659041/


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Your Boss’s Past Internet Experiences


Internet Pre 2001: Crazy Sh*t


Internet 2001-2003: Information Architecture


Internet 2003-2006:Search


Internet 2006-2008:Social Web


Law of Commonalityhttp://www.universalmccann.com/Assets/2413%20-%20Wave%203%20complete%20document%20AW%203_20080418124523.pdf


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45% have started a blog, up 14%

184m started a blog http://technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/

comScore MediaMetrix (August 2008) Blogs: 77.7 million unique visitors in the USFacebook: 41.0 million | MySpace 75.1 millionTotal internet audience 188.9 million

eMarketer (May 2008) 94.1 million US blog readers in 2007 (50% of Internet users)22.6 million US bloggers in 2007 (12%)

Universal McCann (March 2008) 184 million WW have started a blog | 26.4 US346 million WW read blogs | 60.3 US77% of active Internet users read blogs


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Internet ?:All Your Base Are Belong to

Us


Visualizationhttp://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/posters


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Why? Connectors, Mavens, Salesmen


Why? Six Degrees


Why? Size Matters


Why? Target Acqusitionhttp://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006354


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Why? Target Acqusition Influencehttp://www.marketingcharts.com/television/millennials-demand-on-demand-content-4654/motorola-

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Why? Reputation Management http://nielsen-online.com/blog/2008/06/27/salmonella-buzz-spikes-after-recent-tomato-scare/


Participation


Recon: Know the Terrainhttp://www.pageflakes.com/


Recon: Bailout


Recon: Discovery Green


Recon: Get Trends = Obama, Mccain


Recon: Get Trends = Home for Sale


Recon: Get Trends = Turducken


Recon: Twitter Search = #ike


Recon: Twitter Search


It’s The Phone, Stupid!


Saved Our Asshttps://www.yammer.com/home


Follow: Sporty Tweets


Follow: Google Alerts / Blogs


Personal Brandhttp://usernamecheck.com/


Personal Brand = Man’s Man http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179038972/


Expectations


Offline Integration


Disclosure: Honest, Transparent and Authentic


Promote Others


Be Conversational, Not Editorial


Be Personal


Be Timely


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1. Audience - Visualization

2. Participation – High Ground

3. Expectation – Get Personal


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