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Key Issue Presentation for the Big Jump Conference 31st March 2011 - The Future of Marketing and Social Enterprise by Herb Kim. Herb Kim is a leading player in the digital revolution in the UK. In this presentation he reveals the journey his extraordinary event Thinking Digital took to become a serious platform for leaders in future and emerging technology and the marketing tricks he learned along the way.

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Some Thoughts on the Future of Marketing

March 2011The 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 confidence 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 Profit

• 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 £1.6m per year to £600k in 06/07

• Then from £600k to £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

• Leaflet 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 GreatThe TED Conference

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SurvivalSaving Face

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2008 Negatives

• Got There in the End but..

• Didn’t 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

• £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..

• Didn’t 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% Definitely 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

• Leaflet 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

• £60bn in sales promotion & advertising

• £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 & influential

• 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 PromotionBetter MarketingBetter Products

More TruthHappier People

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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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