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Emerging Business Models

Building brands

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Media is now global

Diverse communities
linked by the internet

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Fragmentation of audiences

Mass audience Global niche audiences

Hundreds of Millions of
audiences of audiences of
millions hundreds *

* Tony Surtees - Director, Santa Clara Group


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Programs/Books/Films/Games

Properties
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The Cross Media World


Games Console Print Media
23 million blogs worldwide - doubling every five
months - American Life DVD
Office PC Cinema
Increasingly consumers use media simultaneously -
they fit up to 44 hours of activity intoWireless
one daylaptops

Free to Air TV Public Space


Mobile Games/Media/Pods

Mobile Phones
Water Cooler

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Access to a global audience is a big opportunity

Challenges
- Being visible on the global stage
- Creating strong brands
- Being relevant on the global stage
- Accessing revenue streams

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The successes so far?

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BIG
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BIG
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Blockbusters

Features
Peter Jackson - Lord of the Rings
Wachowski Brothers - The Matrix Franchise

Documentary
Michael Moore - Fahrenheit 911

TV
Lost, The Apprentice, Big Brother

Games
Lara Croft, Resident Evil

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small

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Music
The Arctic Monkeys

Animation
Jibjab
Happy Tree Friends
small

Documentary
Outfoxed
Supersize me

Blogs/VLOGS
Drudge Report, Baghdad Blogger, Crikey.com
Rocketboom

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The Long Tail

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Playground of the Converged Producer

First published 1989 First published 1999

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Playground of the Converged Producer

The Long Tail -


Niche Products
Chris Anderson, wired Magazine, Nov 2004

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Playground of the Converged Producer

The Long Tail - Niche Products

Chris Anderson, wired Magazine, Nov 2004


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Chris Anderson, Editor of Wired


Interview for The Economist

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Everyone is now a media producer

Our jobs are under threat

Our new creative challenge is to aggregrate,


activate and measure audiences/users

Create frameworks which invite contribution

Our future as curators/facilitators rather than


sole creative source

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Harnessing the creative power of your


audience/users to extend your reach

Wikipedia, YouTube, MySpace, Flickr

A contributing audience has a sense of


ownership and loyalty

Every post that mentions your brand grows


your brand

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Starwars

LEGO

What do these brands have


in common?

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Two brands that are competitors in kid’s


toys, games and merchandise

Fan filmmaking history

Promoting merchandise through fan films,


gaming and brand partnership

LEGO STARWARS

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User generated content can help


you build your brand

The more active your users, the


more visible and findable your
brand

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Why is Google valued so highly?

In a world of billions of channels of content the


ability to find what you want becomes a
valuable commodity

Findability
* Ability to be located in a sea of content
* Navigation of the system
* Navigation of the property
* Consistency of branding
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Successful brands must be findable

Carefully select your property name

Carefully select meta tags - descriptions for


search engines to find you

- Google it, who comes up on top of the list?


- consider the strengths and weaknesses of your
opponents
- is the domain name available?
- why just one domain name?

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Create a blog and regularly submit posts

2 x 250 words min per week


(This will draw search engine bots and get you a higher
search engine ranking)

Search engine optimisation

Look at your server logs - this is feedback from


your users

More links to you means higher page rank


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Establishing a brand
A brand brings consistency to disparate
content

A brand has longevity beyond a single ‘project’

A brand is about building a business

Who are your customers?

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21st Century Brands


Should recruit active users to help build
presence

Should be findable

Should build partnerships with other brands

Should be easily and quickly understood

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The four M’s of a successful service

Movement
Management
Monetisation
Measurement

Ken Rutkowski - Ken Radio Broadcasting

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The four M’s of a successful service

Movement
Management
Monetisation
Measurement

Ken Rutkowski - Ken Radio Broadcasting

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TV ratings are notoriously inaccurate

The internet allows accurate


measurement of user behaviour

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Upstream

Affiliates Pay per click/sale

YOUR
CONTENT
Syndication Income per click

Downstream

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RSS Feeds
REALLY SIMPLE SYNDICATION

Subscribing to updates

Content that finds you

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What are the Business Models?

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What are the Business Models?

Advertising vs. Subscription

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What are the Business Models?

Advertising vs. Subscription

A combination of methods

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Streamed
Video with Ads

egs.
AOL/TW In2TV
US Network ABC
CBS Innertube

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Jibjab

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Emerging cross media business models

Subscription - pay for download

Streaming internet TV services with ads

Branded content and embedded advertising

Syndication and affiliates

Don’t forget Direct to consumer


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Direct to consumer

Sanity records - digital media downloads to


ipod at point of sale

Niche DVD content at point of sale/at events

Make content available for download at wifi


points (internet cafes)

iTunes gift cards - consider retail billing system


for downloads
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