4:00pm - 5:00pm (B)
Presenter: Pierre van der Hoven, CEO, SA Direct TV
This invaluable presentation will demonstrate a local initiative to drive tourism marketing through rich media.
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Content Driven Marketing
2. Structure
Global trends
Video in the online environment
How to market successfully:
Content (Message)
Distribution (Exposure)
SA Direct overview
SA Tourism partnership
Making a video
3. Successful Marketing
About getting the right message to the right
people at the right time in the most cost
effective way possible.
Must get two things right:
Content: message, context
Exposure: reach, frequency & context
First step is content video content
Second step is distribution (medium)
TV
Online (Web2.0 & 3.0)
(Brochures?)
4. Wikinomics
New Era of collaboration
New principles:
Openness
Boundaries porous, involve external
people, use external standards
Peering
Non hierarchical relationships, Linux,
Wikipedia
Sharing
IP, music industry, TV
Acting Globally
No physical or regional boundaries
5. Global Trends
Online trends: massive growth
Online travel:
Research
Bookings
Travel decision making process:
Africa has a challenge
Internet is used as a tool
3 screens: TV, Internet, Mobile (digital
signage)
Anywhere, anyhow, anytime
6. Video Online
Internet usage huge and growing
Video on the internet: 100 million / day
USA Statistics for April 09:
14.5 billion videos viewed
Grew by 26% from March 2009
YouTube / Google had 100 million unique
users
Content - Long tail, Travel
Must have video !
7. Video Content?
If you have no video content, you are
not in the game
The process starts with content
commissioning
And ends with cost effective distribution
/ exposure
Get both right and your business will be
successful !!
8. SA Direct
Vision: Showcase authentic Southern Africa
globally using multiple platforms.
Content: 25 countries south of equator
Programming: Lifestyle & Culture, Travel &
Tourism and Commerce
24/7 TV channel on SKY in the UK:
Accumulated reach 5,6 million people
Average 82,000 viewers per week
Average 18,000 viewers per day
Additional TV channels: Africa, India, other
Programme Distribution: China, other TV
channels
9. SA Direct (cont)
Own website: www.sadirect.com:
Research / information focused
Multimedia (incl. Video on Demand library)
76,000 page views / month
41,000 unique visitors / month
eNewsletter: database of 50,000
Other online: YouTube, Facebook, MySpace,
Myvideo, Twitter
Partnership: SA Tourism YouTube channel
PS: Indaba coverage: Go look !
PS: Want free web listing on our site?
10. SA Direct (Content)
Programme & video archive library
VoD library
Looking for more content
Non-commercial content user experience
Contextualise short commercial clips
Own largest library on topic
Always looking for more content:
DMOs: do job for you
Private sector:
11. Southern Africa Region
1.Congo DRC
2.Uganda
3.Kenya
4.Tanzania
5.Rwanda
6.Burundi
7.Angola
8.Zambia
9.Malawi
10.Namibia
11.Botswana
12.Zimbabwe
13.Mozambique
14.South Africa
15.Lesotho
16.Swaziland
17.Seychelles
18.Comoros
19.Madagascar
20.Reunion
21.Mauritius
22.Ascension Island
23.St. Helena
24. Gabon
25. Congo
12. PROGRAMMING
Gateway to the Undiscovered - The Authentic African Story
Destination
Marketing
Lifestyle & Culture Travel & Tourism Commerce
S S
Arts & Culture Accommodation Business & Industry
U U
Heritage & History Destination & Places Investment
B B
People & Profiles Tourism Property
G R
Recreation & Leisure Nature & Conservation Business Information
E E
Fashion & Design Travel Information Economic Opportunities
N G
Health & Beauty Wildlife Social Responsibility
R I
Music & Entertainment
E O
Food N
Call to Action
13. Competencies
Reach: Sell exposure on multiple platforms
TV Channels consume video
We therefore understand:
Video production (story)
Video editing (different versions)
On line video marketing
Video on Demand
Context (combine with text, photos)
Social Media
TV Broadcasting
14. Relevance?
Key message: Must have video!
If you do have existing video:
Check the legal rights
Get your hands on the original material
Get the content to us (and you may get lots
of free exposure!)
Focus on distribution / exposure
If you do NOT have video:
Get into production!
Talk to SA Direct or own supplier
But BEWARE !
15. Video production
Quality: technical, format, story
Rights: DVD or full rights
Cost: Long term relationships
Multiple Output at source: TVC, VoD, Long
form, promotional
Raw footage: Later use
Updating content: Multiple stories,
Contextualise: One the day, sell experience
Focus on Distribution: Broadcast, online,
syndication, SA Tourism
16. SA Tourism Partnership
SA Tourism online strategy
SA Direct has library of video content
SA Direct will source content:
Produce
Acquire rights
Supply content for use on SA Tourism
platforms
SA Tourism will deliver extended reach
Open to discussions with other sites /
organisations
17. TV viewing statistics
UK TV Viewership:
Accumulated 5,6 million
Average per day 18,000
Average weekly viewership 82,000
Profile:
ABC 1 (higher than UK average)
Male biased
18. Website Statistics
Website:
Average monthly 41,000
Page views 76,000
Hits 1,4 million since inception
Our website:
Competition - 4000 entries
Single article 700 views
Banner advert 5,500 in a month
White lable page view 1,800 in a month
Video on Deman 76 times in a month
Other video views:
YouTube 5,000 views in month
Myvideo 1,400 views in month
19. Other
Sections within website:
Destinations (with Google maps)
Articles, features
Online TV, TV schedule, VoD
Holidays (various sections)
Forums / blogs / feedback
Shop Direct: Wine
Web listings
Specialist sections
2010
Casinos & Resorts
Mobiguides
Social Media: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
21. Conclusion
Must have content
Must have rights
Objective is marketing / exposure
Distribution is therefore key
Collaboration is the future
SA Direct can assist in:
Production
TV Exposure (Distribution)
Online Exposure on www.sadirect.com
Other online distribution:
SA Tourism
Social Media
22. Thank You !
Any Questions ?
Contact details:
Office telephone: +27 (0) 11 275 0366
Pierre van der Hoven (CEO) Elizma Nolte (Online)
pierre@sadirect.tv elizma@sadirect.tv
+27 (0) 83 632 3296
www.southernafricadirect.com
www.sadirect.com