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Sustainability in Social Media @geoffliving on Twitter
“Social” Is About People & Orgs Are a Part of Communities
“There’s Nothing Cheap About Loyalty” • Research conducted with Care2; Dell; the Humane Society, LinkedIn, and Wiser Earth • Measurement drives knowledge • Relentless focus on community’s actual use of new media forms • Willingness to experiment • Focus on mission, serve to sustain
Adding New Tech • Decade old, most relevant now? • Provides pros ability to find one another, connect & discuss • Groups, shares, company profiles, people you may know • Competitive API
Integrating Major SocNets • Every player (except LinkedIn) moved to integrate Facebook & Twitter • WE understands beachheads, fluid conversation • Extremely interactive feature development • Responsive content development for timely matters
Evolutions • Care2 took a backwards step to keep people engaged, focused on blogging content • Found over interference from org hurt conversations • Focuses on conflict resolution within topic communities • Well integrated into other social networks
How the Humane Society Continues to Evolve • Started with Facebook • Every person must be self sustaining financially • Social extends to volunteers • Challenges with community (700k) • “Build a loyal community so if Facebook disappears…” • Eighth person just hired… A mobile media manager
The Tech to Adapt • 47% of Americans get news on mobile (Pew) • 1in 5 use an app for news • Mobile traffic to surpass desktop in 2014 • 40% of Google Maps page views on the phone • 27% of Americans have smartphones, 4% tablets • New uses arising – LBS, group texting
Early Majority Phase of Adoption • 4G will spark more development use • Expect shorter media • More visual with pics and videos • Less user input because of input method • Heavy text is not your friend with mobile