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Some Thoughts on the
                           Future of Marketing
                                March 2011
                                The Big Jump




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@herbkim                 @ThinkingDigital

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@herbkim                 @ThinkingDigital

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ADL Report
                         Recommended that the digital technology and
                          media cluster be named a priority business cluster

                         Advised that we focus on the facilitation of
                          networking on a regional basis

                         Recommended that a dedicated organisation be
                          formed with staff who command con鍖dence and
                          credibility and who are themselves extremely well
                          networked.



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 Support the Growth of the Digital &
                          Creative Industries of North East England
                             2002

                             Not for Pro鍖t

                             Software development

                             Networks & collaboration



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 FP6; TSB wins
                     3 spinouts
                     From 30 to 130 paying company members
                     Successful audits
                     Life is Good!... until

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 Audits
                     Outputs/Results
                     Costs
                     Economic Impact
                     Industry support
                     But.. private income v low
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The Big Society: 2006

                     Our Core Costs funding is cut with little
                          warning from 贈1.6m per year to 贈600k in
                          06/07
                     Then from 贈600k to 贈0k in 07/08
                     Future funding dependent on increasing
                          cash income by 400% in a single year



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Geordie TED



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 Go BIG or Go HOME
                     Bet the company


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 Invested in Branding
                     Great Sponsors - Microsoft, Cisco, BT
                     New Website; First Blog
                     Print; Online; Email
                     Lea鍖et Drops
                     Direct Sales
                     Dozen Marketing Partners

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With this Huge
                              Investment

                     Thinking Digital was a great success
                          from Day One




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Despite the Investment


                     We were really struggling



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Good to Great
                          The TED Conference



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Survival
                          Saving Face



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2008 Negatives

                     Got There in the End but..
                     Didnt Sellout
                     Massive Resource Black Hole
                     Financial Loss Double the Forecast
                     BUT we survived

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Roll the Dice for 2009



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2009 Marketing

                     Print Ads cancelled
                     Online Ads cancelled
                     Telesales cancelled
                     50% of marketing budget unspent
                     Sellout 2 months early

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2009

                     Attendance 70%+
                     Ticket Revenue 89%+
                     Overall Revenue 40%+
                     Convert a big loss into a near breakeven

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2010

                     Expanded conference by further 100 seats
                     Soldout 4 months early
                     贈0.00 in media spend
                     Most popular topic on Twitter for 2 days

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So How Did This
                              Happen?



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2008 Negatives

                     Got There in the End but..
                     Didnt Sellout
                     Massive Resource Black Hole
                     Financial Loss 2x Bigger than Forecast

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2008 Positives
                     Stellar Feedback
                     78% Respond to Online Survey
                     50% De鍖nitely Would Return
                     30% Probably Would Return
                     0% Would Not Return
                     Dedication to Content & UX Noticed!
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 Invested in Branding
                     Great Sponsors - Microsoft, Cisco, BT
                     New Website; First Blog
                     Print; Online; Email
                     Lea鍖et Drops
                     Direct Sales
                     Dozen Marketing Partners

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 Almost 0 in social media




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2008 Social Media Luck

                     Blogs
                     Shareable Online Video
                     Twitter


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2008 Luck




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2008 Luck




                          www.#nyurl.com/3rgn9n




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2008 Luck




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Thank You Twitter!
                     2008 Google top referring website
                     2009 Google still no 1
                     2008 Twitter accounted for 3.1% of all
                          referrals
                     2009 Twitter accounted for 21.2% of
                          all referrals


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Social Media & the
                          Future of Marketing



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Theory of Marketing
                     Market Segmentation: Who is your
                          customer? What is your target market?
                     Needs Analysis: What do they want/need/
                          desire?
                     What is your product/service offering?
                     How will/can you communicate your value?
                          Advertising, PR, sales, promotion, etc.


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Theory of Marketing
                        - subverted
                     How will/can you communicate your value?
                          Advertising, PR, sales, promotion, etc.
                     What is your product/service offering?
                     Market Segmentation: Who is your
                          customer? What is your target market?
                     Needs Analysis: What do they want/need/
                          desire?


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The US Pharma
                                Industry
                     York University, 2008
                     贈60bn in sales promotion &
                          advertising
                     贈32bn on actual drug R&D

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The power of
                          word of mouth



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Word of Mouth

                     Free
                     Highly credible & in鍖uential
                     Bottom up instead of top down

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Social Tools:
                          putting the power of
                           word of mouth on
                                 steroids


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Theory of Marketing
                     Market Segmentation: Who is your
                          customer? What is your target market?
                     Needs Analysis: What do they want/need/
                          desire?
                     What is your product/service offering?
                     How will/can you communicate your value?
                          Advertising, PR, sales, promotion, etc.


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Less Promotion
                          Better Marketing
                          Better Products
                            More Truth
                           Happier People

Wednesday, 6 April 2011                      59
Social Enterprise &
                             Social Media
                     More for Less
                     Increasingly time-rich but cash-poor
                     More important than ever to
                          understand and connect with funders,
                          investors, customers, partners, etc.


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Wanna Discuss More?
                           www.thinkingdigital.co.uk
                             herb@codeworks.net
                               @ThinkingDigital
                          LinkedIn: search Herb Kim



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