3. Quick reminder : Why doing it ?
New, trendy
Adapted medium – audience
Additional way to talk to your
audience
Engagement program
WWW.F5DC.COM
5. Wedding between 3 parties
Today Tomorrow
Brand Brand
SNW
SNW
Consumer Consumer
Consumer evolve over time
What do you do to catch up ?
How to avoid divorce
Don’t wait to find the perfect wife
Launch it and adapt
WWW.F5DC.COM
6. What needs to change ?
Content
Way to access it
Design
Engagement method
Style
Include new features…
WWW.F5DC.COM
7. Focus points, first impression
Technology : 7%
Navigation : 12%
Links relevant
Design : 18% Easy
Taste audience Help
Support only Contact
Internet friendly TsCs
Content : 64% Speed
Sitemap
Targeted
Relevant
Updated
Accurate
easy to find
Data source from http://www.contentmanager.net/magazine/article_1082_success_website.html
WWW.F5DC.COM
10. Warnings
The idea might be simple
Time – Quality – Money
Changes
Modifications
Updates
Content
Next steps
The first step is the easiest
WWW.F5DC.COM
11. Why monetize?
In Second Life the
• Facebook, Skype and why • High operations cost
virtual currency a
YouTube were not
planned to bring in cash • understandable that the
• Facebook: $200 million user can obtain
per year for server
from the beginning users received the
monetization attempts
maintenance and throughout his or
electricity
with a bit of distrust and
annoyance
hers experience
is transferable in
Initial But real life currency
WWW.F5DC.COM
14. How to make money ?
Be clear to your audience
Same old school Share part of it Sell it !
Smile
Banners y bad Localize / adapt part of it Get enough traffic
Advertising Include dedicated offer Regular members - visitors
Subscription model Data mining
Special offers
Affiliate
Merchandising
WWW.F5DC.COM
15. You do not need direct sales impact
Visibility Action Sales engagement
But you need to be able to measure it
Indirect sales impact
Online sales
Generate brand visibility
Generate communication
Generate engagement
WWW.F5DC.COM
16. Success keys
Planning site Maintenance
Very clear objectives and stick to it Updates
Technical background Focus
Content Google Analytics
Design Fine tuning
Flow Keep it alive
SEO
Communication
Partners
Planning
Do not aim100% perfection
WWW.F5DC.COM
17. Study case
Dedicated Community
Singapore & F1
Created 2008
33 000 visits
150 000 pages views
350 members
WWW.F5DC.COM
19. What went wrong with
Beginning: Finding "lost" friends was a fun game but it was not meant to last
As it evolved, people did new things with it. myspace.com allow users freedom to
create.
Was launched in 2002 when economy was slow and many web-minded 20-
somethings slacking at work
Was seen as a dating site
server slowness discourage members to log in regularly
Did not grow with users, restricted its users notably Fakesters and those with more
creative non-photorealistic profiles
Did not try to understand its users
WWW.F5DC.COM
21. Case Study: Why F1GPSG did not get
the ‘hoo-ha’ that was expected?
Relating to the success factors of social networking website, f1gpsg.com did
achieve
- Content: Yes. Updated news on F1, relevant and informative details on
Singapore Grand Prix during the race season. Clear text, images and links.
- Design: Yes, pretty cool and stylish.
- Navigation: Not really, gets pretty confusing on 1st visit. There’s no
presence of directed surf/exploration routing.
- Community: f1 fans scattered but exists. Where do f1 fans in Singapore
gather before Singapore Grand Prix?
- Technology: forum based, stable but has yet to establish other more
interactive applications.
WWW.F5DC.COM
22. Contrast with the Steps of setting a social
networking website
" Failed to capture good 1st impression
" Didn’t entice members to refer others
" No objectives for members to make repeat visits. Current member size is <400. Regular contests are set up
but only a couple of active members are participating. No value add for passive members
" Blocked out intrusive advertising.
" Did not source out existing f1 fan base and tap from them
" Lacked entertainment, only forums to let them express their opinions but lacked visual and audio stimulation.
" Invited the right people. Start from outside circle and still remain outside. Where is the core?
" keep it small and private
" viewed members as advisors to the community
" Social glue is missing after race season
" Managed in sporadic functions; lacked control and planning
" Focus on building the portal this year on, with goals and objectives set across and resources allocated.
" Rewards and reciprocity; but doesn’t encourage community building
WWW.F5DC.COM
23. Recommendations
Create a purpose. If forum is the core activity, it should be
positioned at a ‘eye-catching’ location.
Currently, the ‘forum’ link is hidden under ‘community’ tab
Create a logical navigation flow. Current site is too ‘haphazard’
& ‘crowded” & confusing, 1st time user is ‘lost’
Statistics doesn’t reflect well on the site, affect visitor’s
judgment.
WWW.F5DC.COM
24. Design & layout of site is not visually appealing (maybe
a bigger font size)
Element of ‘Personality’ is missing. Other than posts by
members, the site seems to be merely ‘copy & paste’
or feeds from other site. Can have a section on
f1gpsg activities.
Assess the needs of functions such as inbox, search,
member list, user groups as they are not optimized.
Gallery should be organized.
Pre-requisites for downloads should be made known.
WWW.F5DC.COM
26. API based sales
eBay allows members to trade on their own sites rather than forcing
them to set up their stores on eBay. Their revenues increased by 86%.
40% of Salesforce revenue comes from external sites that use their
API, not their own website.
$490 million per quarter comes from Amazon’s API, not their site.
Virtual Worlds
Gigaom forecasts Virtual World revenues to be $6 Billion by 2012.
Anything from Virtual goods, virtual real estate, & product placement and
endorsements can be a great source of revenue.
http://www.webgrrls.com/blog/2008/12/11/monetizing-social-mediabeyond-the-ad-model/
WWW.F5DC.COM
27. CPC (Cost Per
Click) Campaigns
traffic personal/lifestyle blogs have
are of value to advertisers
different targeting method to
bring the best out of its
audience
Various levels of
CPM (Cost Per Impression)
“Audience Targeting”
campaigns
WWW.F5DC.COM
28. Sponsored Philantrophic
Multi-Layered Advertising
Polls
Less intrusive Demographics Artwork
visually Targeted Guidelines &
Advertising Unintrusive
Minimum Sophistication
Required Visitors
ISP-backed Geolocation
Per Day = ZERO
Visitors Can
Comment On Ads,
Full Support and Rotate Which
System Ads Are Being Show
WWW.F5DC.COM