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Table of Contents
Foreword
By Steve Rubel
A few years ago at a 2007 Paley 04 05 07 08 10 12 14
Center confab, Cisco executive
Steve Rubel is EVP Daniel Scheinman predicted that, Whatever New How to Operational A Day in the 8 Critical Elements to A Day in the
of Global Strategy in the future, content would find us
Happened Entrants Organize models Life of... Scaling Globally Life of...
and Insights for through our social networks, rather
Edelman. He is than requiring us to seek it out. to…? by Brad Internally By Jeremiah Scott by Ekaterina Walker & Adam
a highly visible Flash forward four years later by Jesse Cohen by Joe Owyang Monty Bryan Rhoads Singer
thought leader and and there’s no doubt he was right. Thomas Chernov
writer on media, Increasingly relevant information -
technology and whether it be from brands, the media or
digital culture. individuals - is finding us through our
His insights can social networks. However, with everyone
be found at www. and their mother creating content,
steverubel.me. standing out is becoming only more
challenging.
Enter this guide. Eloqua and JESS3
have once again pulled together an all-
star team to share their best practices in
social media. However, talk is one thing. 16 17 18 20 22 24 25
Action is another.
Thankfully, the the team proved it With this resource, Usage Writing for A Day in the Practical A Day in the Influencers Infographics
had the know-how to stand out in an
age of too much content and not enough
time. They cleverly gave custom avatars
it’s clear that you’re Guidelines
by Leslie
Facebook
by Jeff
Life of...
Liz
Uses for
Geo
Life of...
Jamie
by Leslie Bradshaw &
Joe Chernov
by Robin
Richards
to each author. When I saw these
popping up on Facebook I was curious in good hands Bradshaw Widman Philips by Chris
Thompson
Grenney
where they came from and was able to
track down the source - and of course get
my own.
to navigate the
challenges.
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A Day in the How PR Do You Wikipedia 10 “Rules” Index Epilogue
Life of... people Believe in Funda- for Social All people By Leslie
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Frank should Life After mentals Advertising mentioned Bradshaw
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Flickr: The popular photo and FriendFeed: FriendFeed Google Wave: Google April 2008. Later that year, the
video sharing site launched out of launched in 2007 as a social networking Wave is – err, was – a real-time company introduced MySpace
Vancouver in 2004. Acquired by Yahoo! aggregator that connected a user’s communication and collaboration Music, driving new traffic to the site.
just one year later, Flickr grew into an profiles across multiple social networks platform that launched in May 2009. An By 2011, however, MySpace had laid
online home for more than 51 million to display information in a single, invitation-only roll-out led to high off more than half of its workforce
users and 5 billion images. But as Facebook-like feed. Facebook acquired demand, with some users auctioning off and has since dropped from a top 10
Facebook and mobile photo services the service in 2009. Today, FriendFeed. their invitations. Once the initial buzz site in the Alexa rankings down to
like Twitpic and Yfrog add options to com receives about 270,000 unique dissipated, users were slow to adopt the #77. At the time of this writing, News
the photo-sharing market, Flickr has visitors per month, but because it’s a service and Google eventually stopped Corp. appears to be trying to sell
seen a decline in their audience over the content / news aggregator, it shouldn’t developing Wave, citing a lack of MySpace for a fraction of its original
past two years. The site is far from dead, be considered a priority social outpost interest. In late 2010, Google Wave purchase price.
however, as accounts like The Official for marketers in the way that the moved into the open source Apache
White House Photostream continue to “source” networks are. Software Foundation’s incubator and it Bebo: Launched in January
drive traffic to Flickr. In some ways, it’s was renamed Apache Wave. 2005, Bebo was particularly popular
returned to the purest version of itself Google Buzz: Google Buzz outside of America and appealed to a
– that is, a hub for photography is a social network that utilizes Google’s MySpace: MySpace was younger audience. The social network
enthusiasts. It never became the Gmail interface and Google Profiles. founded in 2004 and grew into one of hoped to distinguish itself from
Jesse Thomas is corporate marketing “outpost” some When launched in 2010 it was dubbed “a the world’s largest social networks. rival social networks through its
JESS3’s founder, originally imagined. Google approach to sharing” and Less than a year after its launch, development of original content.
CEO and executive generated a great deal of media coverage. MySpace had more than 5 million AOL acquired Bebo in March 2008
creative director. StumbleUpon: The Significant questions about privacy led members and, as a result of its for $850 million, but sold it for less
He ensures that the StumbleUpon toolbar is an in-browser to lawsuits and complaints to the Federal (ephemeral) dominance, was than $10 million just two years later.
highest levels of “engine” that helps users discover new Trade Commission. Though some issues purchased by News Corp. in 2006 for Since their purchase, Criterion
excellence and Websites and rate them based on their have been resolved, current speculation $580 million. MySpace remained the Capital Partners has revamped
innovation go into preferences. The service was founded is that Google Buzz may be scrapped in largest social network in America and re-launched Bebo with
every JESS3 project in 2001 and grew to more than 2 million the near future. until being overtaken by Facebook in new features.
and is considered users before being sold to eBay in 2007.
one of the pioneers The founders have since reacquired the
in the field of social company and increased the service’s
New
media data user base to nearly 13 million.
visualization. Jesse StumbleUpon has surged ahead of
regularly shares his Facebook to account for 43% of all social
insights at his media site referral traffic. The
Forbes blog. community remains prominent in the
field of social bookmarking (along with
sites like Reddit and Digg).
Entrants
Digg: Digg is the original social
news Website. It allows users to submit
and “vote up” stories that interest them.
A darling of the early Web 2.0
community, Digg repeatedly decided
against selling, preferring to remain
independent. Though it raised
additional funding and released By Brad Cohen
Whatever
numerous new features, Digg has Brad Cohen is the
hemorrhaged users and talent, director of strategy
including founder and Valley superstar The most interesting discussions always begin at JESS3. He has
Kevin Rose, who left in March 2011. As with the question: “What’s next?” The following is a experience
services like Twitter help users handful of tools, technologies and social networks designing strategies
consume news more efficiently, this that are making headlines. Note that we attempted that utilize social
Happened
downward trend is likely to continue. to focus on platforms that offer significant media to leverage
potential for marketers. As a result, some of our and coordinate
Delicious:
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Delicious, a social personal favorites – such as stylized photo-sharing assets across an
bookmarking Website, was founded in networks like Instagram and picplz – regrettably enterprise,
2003 and acquired by Yahoo! just two didn’t make the list. campaign, or
years later. Its easy interface and initiative and
cloud-based approach to bookmarking
Micro-blogging services
creating social
To...?
made it one of the most popular online objects that resonate
services of its time. After considerable
liKe PosTerous and TuMblr within a target
TweeT This!
drama surrounding its fate, Delicious community while
Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter was recently purchased and will become conveying messages
weren’t always the social media part of AVOS, an Internet venture Posterous: Posterous, like competitor Tumblr that are core to
trinity. Any number of networks started by YouTube founders Chad (see below), is a micro-blogging platform that allows users brand initiatives.
paved the way for their success. Hurley and Steve Chen. It’s unclear to upload and publish content – text, photo, audio, video He has worked with
By Jesse Thomas Here’s the latest on a few
foundational platforms.
what will become of Delicious, though it
has a sizable community pulling for it.
– via browser, email, or mobile app. What distinguishes
Posterous is its ability to allow users to publish blog
Intel, Adobe, IBM
and Nestle.
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4. entries simply by emailing the text and Qik: Qik allows users to record As public social networks are evolving, items and promoting products like shoes
corresponding media to their account. and upload video directly from a mobile so too are their behind-the-firewall and apparel that can be worn or used in the
Using a distribution platform similar to phone. The popular service is easy to counterparts. Services like Yammer game.
Ping.fm, Posterous also enables users use with YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Chatter allow for secure business
to “autopost” their articles / media to
all major social platforms. Posterous’s
strategic advantage is its ease-of-use for
and other video-sharing platforms.
Having won numerous awards for its
functionality and technology, Qik was
communications to happen in an
environment that has all of the earmarks
of social media.
social neTworKs
content creators and distributors. acquired by Skype for more than $100 Google+ Less than three
Tumblr: According to many,
million. It remains to be seen what
the future of Qik will be now that its
Tumblr is the preeminent micro-blogging parent is a part of Microsoft. What is
social Q&a siTes
months after Google CEO Larry Page
famously tied employee bonuses to social
networking product success, Google
platform on the Web. Similar to Posterous, not in doubt, however, is that the mobile Quora: Quora has taken the unveiled Google+ (which, incidentally,
Tumblr makes it easy to publish multiple broadcasting services Qik pioneered will media by storm. Although Q&A sounds startlingly similar to “Google
media types (text, photos, quotes, links, be significant for consumers, advertisers sites have long lived on the Internet Circles,” a rumored social platform first
music and videos) in a dashboard that and technologists. (Yahoo! Answers, for example), there reported by ReadWriteWeb’s Marshall
experts like Mashable superstar Jennifer is something provocative about Quora. Kirkpatrick covered at SXSW 2011).
van Grove have described as “killer.” YouTube Live: Recently, Given the company’s background – it Google+ is a new social network that
While Tumblr also accepts entries from YouTube began the slow rollout of was founded by Facebook alums – it’s promises to make it easier for members
email and mobile, the service’s true YouTube Live, a service that enables no surprise that Quora has been able to share information to “circles” of
strength is found in its active community users to host a real-time video stream. to attract top business leaders and friends to whom that update is relevant.
and design features. Tumblr allows users YouTube has been developing the service contributors. The mix of quality content Whether that differentiator is sufficient
to customize their blogs into a remarkable for some time, grabbing headlines with social networking tool integration to lure people away from the familiar
number of layouts, called “themes.” The when it live-streamed a U2 concert in has created a unique repository of blue halls of Facebook is, of course,
tight-knit Tumblr community also allows 2009. Currently, YouTube has agreed to expertise. Quora has kicked the ball anyone’s guess. Google seems serious
app development by third parties. provide live-streaming capabilities for forward for online Q&A sites. Will any this time. But history is not on their side.
certain content partners with an eye on of their competitors still want to play?
As corporate blogs become more, well,
“corporate,” forward-looking brands are
beginning to use hosted services like Posterous
expanding it to the public.
Brands are starting to adapt to live video,
Focus: Focus has been around
for longer than Quora, and, like Quora,
grouP buying
Joe Chernov is VP
of Content Marketing
for Eloqua. He owns
and Tumblr to establish “lightweight” blogs. and that’s where services like Ustream, it is an active site with a highly engaged Groupon: Groupon is a public relations,
These properties help companies get messages Justin.tv, Qik and YouTube Live enter community. In addition to the Q&A deal-of-the-day Website that features analyst relations and
and digital assets to market faster than they the picture. As bandwidth and streaming format, Focus also taps its “expert” discounted gift certificates usable at local social media strategy.
could on a more rigorously managed corporate technology improve, the barriers between community to participate in online or national companies. It made headlines He blogs regularly on
blog or Website. They are also valuable tools the consumer and content will continue Webinars, which are then turned into several times recently: once when it the company’s It’s All
for organizations that support the “personal to fall. Companies will stream their own content marketing assets. The assets turned down a rumored $6 billion offer About Revenue blog
brands” of select executives and spokespeople. corporate events, as well as interviews from are available for download, and Focus from Google, next when it aired Super (blog.eloqua.com)
Think of them as occupying the space between conferences. Feeds can run on the streaming uses them to capture leads to sell to Bowl ads many found offensive, and, and speaks pretty
full-featured blogging platforms and Twitter. provider’s site, YouTube, the corporate advertising partners. most recently, in June 2011 when it much everywhere.
Website, a microsite, blog, or a Facebook filed its S-1 in preparation for an IPO.
“live sTreaMing” Fan page. People have questions, and Quora
and Focus are two of the top sites for
The Wall Street Journal estimated that
Groupon could raise as much as $1 billion
services liKe enTerPrise social both individuals and businesses to get
answers. LinkedIn Answers and Facebook
on a valuation of $20 billion. Despite,
or perhaps because of, these front-page
usTreaM, JusTin.Tv coMMunicaTions Questions are also part of this booming
sector.
news stories, Groupon remains the front-
runner in the increasingly popular daily
and QuiK Tools
social gaMing
deals / group buying category.
LivingSocial: LivingSocial
How to Organize
Ustream: Like its competitors Yammer: Yammer is a tool for is generally considered to be the biggest
Justin.tv and Livestream, Ustream making companies and organizations Empire Avenue: threat to Groupon. The premise and
provides video streaming for live online more productive through the exchange Empire Avenue is a stock market execution are similar to Groupon
events. Originally conceived as a service of short, frequent answers to one simple simulation social game network. If that (Altimeter Group analyst Jeremiah
Internally
to allow military members to talk to their question: What are you doing? Despite sounds like a mouthful, here’s a simpler Owyang has pointed out that there
families while overseas, Ustream has the emergence of competing tools, explanation: It’s an online community is virtually no barrier to entry in this
grown to include more than 10 million Yammer continues to grow rapidly and where members buy (using faux currency, category), but LivingSocial offers more
registered broadcasters. Since 2007, introduce new features. It took top prize called “Eaves”) and sell virtual stock in deals focused on travel and hospitality.
political, technology and lifecasting stars at the prestigious TechCunch50 in 2008 real people and companies. The game LivingSocial’s daily deal “experiences”
have used Ustream to get their message and was used by 80% of Fortune 500 can be shared with friends for
By Joe Chernov
makes use of all of the tried-and-true
out. The site is supported by in-video companies by September 2010. forms of social currency – badges, status additional benefits.
advertising and will likely continue tiers, shout-outs – to create a “sticky”
Chatter: Salesforce.com’s
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growing as its technology improves. community. It has been described as If you need more evidence that this is a “Organic” is generally themselves caught in operational
answer to Yammer is Chatter, a “FarmVille for professionals.” hot space, consider this: by some accounts, considered to be a favorable weeds. Their efforts are likely to be
Justin.tv: The Justin of Justin. real-time collaboration tool for the there are as many as 100 different daily adjective. It connotes impeded by inefficiency, inconsistency
tv fame started the live video site as a enterprise. Chatter, which allows Speaking of FarmVille, there any number deals companies in the United States alone. a healthy, maybe even and possibly even a lack of compliance
24/7 lifecasting stream in 2007. Justin. employees to share information of social games – many of which are Groupon and LivingSocial have combined to sustainable, product or with government requirements.
tv has since moved beyond its self- securely with colleagues, may be one published by powerhouse Zynga and run raise more than a billion dollars in venture practice. But when used to Since this is the “professional
referential beginnings to expand into of the building blocks of the cloud on the Facebook platform – that marketers funding. Moreover, existing Web 2.0 describe your company’s edition” of the Social Media Playbook,
TweeT This!
a site on which anyone can set up a computing giant’s long-awaited have begun to incorporate into their mix. giants are taking notice of the marketplace. social media structure, we will assume your organization
channel. Like YouTube, the streams “Marketing Cloud” initiative. Salesforce. One technique is for a brand to subsidize Facebook made a big splash with Facebook organic is code for “chaos.” is committed to participating in the
– and accompanying chat – are fully com appears to have doubled down on the cost of the participant “leveling up” in Deals, and services like Foursquare and Yelp Whether by design or by social Web. It simply may be trying
embeddable. Justin.tv is ad-supported, this push, with a Chatter Super Bowl game-play if the individual watches an ad, are also working on their own variations. indifference, companies that to determine a safer, more efficient or
but the open platform has periodically commercial and the acquisition of takes a poll or views a video published by Retailers and consumer brands need to think take a “let a thousand flowers more scalable model. Fortunately for
led to challenges with policing Radian6 in early 2011. the marketer. Other integration techniques seriously about the role this new wave of bloom” approach to social media you, much of the heavy lifting has been
copyrighted content. involve allowing users to buy branded group buying will have on their business. participation will quickly find performed already. Jeremiah Owyang of
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