1. Distinguishing Hype from Useful Trends
Determining which digital tools matter to e-campaigning
By Duane Raymond
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Hashtag: #no2hype
London, UK
6 March 2012
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3. We used to have a few choices…
Rémih
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4. …now we have too many
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5. It depends on where we want to go
Trevor Rickard
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6. We need a strategy FIRST
1. What do you want to achieve?
2. Who do you need to influence?
3. How are they influenced?
4. How can you influence them with minimal effort?
Throughout this process we ignore the tools.
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8. Are you the customer or product?
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9. ‘New’ is sexier than reliable
• Journalists cover new
stories
• Pioneers self-worth
boosted by being first
• ‘First-mover advantage’
blurs distinction between
leading-edge and
bleeding-edge
Yet new isn’t always better
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10. The “milkshake test”
Scenario:
•Imagine fast-food execs want to sell more milkshakes
•Milkshakes not new
•Research showed must milkshakes drunk in the morning
•Realised busy people were drinking milkshakes as
substitute for breakfast. Deliciousness not factor.
•Created drive through and put more fruit in milkshakes
Source: “Why Second Life Failed”, Slade, 8 Nov 2011
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11. New needs to improve on old
When evaluating new tools/networks ask
•What is the purpose/job of this tool/network
•What do people using it get out of it?
•Does campaigning on that tool/network support or
diverge from why people use it?
•What would campaigning via that tool/network look like if
aligned with why people use it?
•Would be it be worth it for each specific campaign?
…and still try stuff – but see if it is working for you before
investing too much time!
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12. Time to practice!
Cases:
•Second Life
•Facebook
•Twitter
•Email
•Blogging
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13. Second Life
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