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Cape May. Donald Hoover and Rich Higginson Fairleigh Dickinson University. Social Media and FaceBook. 500 million active users 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day
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Cape May Donald Hoover and Rich Higginson Fairleigh Dickinson University
Social Media and FaceBook • 500 million active users • 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day • More than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month • More than 70 translations available on the site • About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States • People on Facebook install 20 million applications every day • There are more than 250 million active users currently accessing Facebook through mobile devices. • People that use Facebook on mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users. • FaceBook Website (2011) Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
Have You Seen This Lately? Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
QR Code • “Quick Response” • Can be read quickly from most cell phones. • Used to give details about a business, link to your website, YouTube video, driving directions, geo coordinates, or for coupons. Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
Make your own App. • Mobileroadie • Link to your site • Great for Smart Phones • Retention and Engagement Tool Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
Are You Square? Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
Really Out There? • FourSQUARE • https://foursquare.com/business/ • Signing up for foursquare’s free Merchant Platform also allows you access to your Venue Stats dashboard, allowing you to track your customer foot traffic over time. • Mobile coupons, prizes or discounts – which are presented to users when they check in at or near your venue (through GPS). Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
FOURSQUARE Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
21Share 2 EGGS, OVR EZ, HLD BCN Parade, May 1, 2011 Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
Casting the Net • How do you tell time? • Sun Dial, Clock, Watch and Cell Phone • How do you communicate to customers? • Hard Copy, E-mail, FB, Twitter, and FourSquare Hit all audiences with Hard Copy and QR code reader linked to your website or YouTube video. Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
Casino Destination Survey Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
Casino Destination Survey • Nationwide telephone poll of 711 Adults 18+ • Asked 3 Questions: • If you had to spend a couple of days at a casino destination, at which one of these would you prefer to spend it…? • What is the main reason you do not prefer AC to these others? • What is AC’s BEST characteristic? Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
First Choice - Total • Las Vegas (47%) 0verwhelming first choice • Followed by New Orleans (10%) and Atlantic City (8%) • 1 in 5 (21%) said “None” or “Don’t Know” Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
First Choice - Region • AC fares much better in the Northeast than in other regions. Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
Second Choice - Total • Atlantic City (23%) rates as well as New Orleans (22%) and Las Vegas (21%) as second choice. Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
Reasons Why Not AC – Top 5 • ‘Just like others better’ (11%) and ‘It’s too far’ (10%) top list. • On the positive side, few have negative comments. • 1 in 4 (24%) Don’t Know. Possible opportunity. Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
AC’s Best Characteristic – Top 5 • Those who picked AC are twice as likely to say the ‘Beach’ (26%) as say ‘Casinos’ (11%) as AC’s best characteristic. • ‘It’s Close’ (11%), ‘It’s Some Place New’ (8%) and the Entertainment (6%) round out the Top 5. Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
Wrap Up • Don’t be surprised. • You need to speak with customers to understand their perceptions. Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind
Contact Information • Peter Woolley woolley@fdu.edu (973) 443-8725 • Richard Higginson richard_higginson@fdu.edu (908) 213-1971 • Donald Hoover dhoover@fdu.edu (609) 432-7297 Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind