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OACB MR/DD Conference 2007. Bill Balderaz Webbed Marketing www.webbedmarketing.com. Mentos and Diet Coke. Thunder!. Sony. Sony Style. Agenda. What is Online Buzz? Why Should I Care? Reputation Management Your Word Of Mouth Q&A. Web Results. What is Online Buzz?.
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OACBMR/DD Conference2007 Bill Balderaz Webbed Marketing www.webbedmarketing.com
Mentos and Diet Coke • Thunder!
Sony • Sony Style
Agenda What is Online Buzz? Why Should I Care? Reputation Management Your Word Of Mouth Q&A
What is Online Buzz? When consumers and influencers create or distribute content about a brand or organization for consumption by other consumers via online media
Why Should I Care? Consumers Make Decisions Based on Buzz • “An intelligent man learns from his experience a wise man learns from the experience of others” • As many as 2/3 of all purchase are influenced by WOM • 15% of all conversations involve a product or service • 40% of every WOM interaction includes communication about another media
All Marketing Is Search Marketing • About 60% of online shoppers start with search; 40% of shoppers start by typing a URL or company name into a search engine • 26% of all returned results are consumer generated content • Google is showing a preference to CGM
Customers Define Your Image • In 1917 George Smith wrote: “The best is that which the public determines is best.”
We Can’t Keep Up • Youtube.com is the new TV network, podcasts are the new radio, and blogs are the new newspapers • The blogosphere doubles every six months • Technorati it tracking 70+ million blogs
Crossover Factor • Bloggers blog about the news • The news reports on blogs
Online Buzz is about getting the online media and consumers communicating with an organization’s audience.
What are people talking about… MR/DD County Boards
Blog Search 300 blog posts
Mentos and Diet Coke • All Grown Up