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Internet Boot Camp Session One: Structure Paige Miller, MultiPlanet Marketing, Inc. Your View of the Internet?. 1950-60s. 1980-90s. The Mall. 2009. Internet. The Internet is Main Street and the Mall. 2009. 1.6 billion people use the Internet worldwide. 1
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Internet Boot CampSession One: StructurePaige Miller, MultiPlanet Marketing, Inc.
1980-90s The Mall
2009 Internet The Internet is Main Street and the Mall
2009 • 1.6 billion people use the Internet worldwide.1 • Americans conducted 13.8 billion searches in Sept 09.2 • 231 million website names. 6 million+active sites.3 • 190 million Americans • spend 68 hours/month (avg.) online.4 The Internet is Main Street and the Mall 1Source: Internet World Statistics. www.internetworldstats.com . 2Source: comScore, Inc., Press release, Sept 2009 3Source: Netcraft: http://www.alootechie.com/content/46-million-websites-added-internet-jan-apr-2009-study 4.Source: Qualifying the Impact of the Internet, http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6268.html
What the Internet is Supplementing: 1. Entertainment - Radio, TV, Movies, Videos, Games 2. Communicate - Phone, Letter, Notes, Alerts, Collaboration 3. Research - Books, News, Articles, Magazines 4. Storage & Processing - Documents, Photos, Applications (“Clouds”) 5. Shopping - Personal, Commercial 6. Personal Contact - Friends, Family, Co-workers 7. Communities - Hobbies, Interests, Philanthropy, User Groups
What is the Impact on Business? • All markets are fragmenting. • All markets are global. • “Word of mouth” is back, but it’s called “social media.” • Consumers are knowledgeable. • The Sales Cycle has changed forever.
Next Time • How the sales cycle has changed. • How advertising has changed. • How social media comes into playwith free advertising.