digital life south africa event jan 2012 mark short
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Mark Molenaar's presentation at Digital Life South Africa event 25/26 January 2012TRANSCRIPT
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Digital Life
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The most comprehensive view of consumer attitudes and behaviour online
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Realising the opportunity
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Engage with the 'Digital Consumer', understand:
How are consumers interacting with brands online?
Should I build friends and fans on social networks?
What brand opinions are consumers forming through digital?
Identify & cultivate the 'Digital Advocate', understand:
What is the level and influence of buzz for my category?
Who is talking about my category and who is listening?
What„s the impact of negative conversation online?
Convert the 'Digital Customer', understand:
What is the role of online and offline channels throughout the path-to-purchase, for researching and buying products?
Are my customers using the Internet to purchase products?
Reach the 'Digital User', understand:
What‟s the reach, size, structure of the digital channel?
Can I get my message to users in new markets?
How do I communicate with my target group?
Advocates “I tell others online about brands”
Customers “I use online prior to and for purchase”
Consumers “I engage with brands online”
Users “I am online”
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Africa has the fastest internet growth in the
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2000 2011 Mobile subscriptions
Internet subscriptions
4.5 million
120 million 11.5% penetration
X 4327%
X 2527%
15 million 649 million 65% penetration
Sources: Internet world stats
GSMA
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Internet Penetration
Internet penetration (%)
Using daily (%)
Source [Internetworldstats; Digital Life] Base: Total Market Population; Min 500
…but, internet penetration is still low, and hence low frequency of use, limiting what internet is used for
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Growth in internet access in the region offers big opportunities for brands and marketers…
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…but, Digital marketing is wasted if not tailored to the local market Or worse, can actively create brand-resistant consumers
Consumers hold the power
Need to understand how consumers are using the internet and where they
are in their digital evolution
With strong internet growth in Africa, most users are new to the internet and still becoming acquainted – usage will be different to developed countries
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Internet Penetration
% Started using the internet less than two years ago
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mobile is key to Digital strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tanzania
Uganda
Kenya
Ghana
South Africa
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Different countries within SSA have different development paths – Mobile is key in SSA
Access internet via…
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1 1 PC at home PC at work PC at
school/university PC at Internet
café PC elsewhere Mobile phone Tablet Internet TV Games console
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Question: S5; Device use for Internet access in past 4 weeks Base: All respondents;
Used to access internet in last month (%)
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Mobile is emerging as the key access point for internet users in South Africa
Accessed the internet via…
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15-20 years 21-24 years 25-34 years 35-44 years 45-54 years 55-65 years
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PC
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Younger and older internet users experience the internet differently – take this into account when designing digital strategies
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“I would be happy doing all my Internet surfing via my mobile”
“I would like to access the Internet more on my mobile phone, if it were more convenient, or had higher speed or connectivity”
Question: H4, A2; Mobility attitudes, Internet attitudes Base: Mobile users;
Mobile internet users prefer mobile as an internet access point - and this will increase as access speeds increase
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TV Internet for leisure Radio Internet for work Newspapers Magazines
Question: M1; Media use Base: All respondents; Size
Daily users (%)
1000
Once adopted, digital media is close to traditional media in terms of daily users on board
Offline activities done whilst also online (%)
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Find out more information just seen advertised
Listening to radio
Watching TV
Reading magazine/newspaper
Playing video games
Shopping (not on the Internet)
Find out info about product in-store
PC Mobile
Question: [H3]; [Device use for Internet access in past 4 weeks] Base: [All respondents]; 605,686
And there is a strong incidence of people engaging in entertainment media (TV & radio) whilst accessing internet on mobile
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Social networking is seen to be the most important online activity in most of Africa
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Internet Penetration
% Most important online activity – social networking
Sub-Saharan Africa
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In contrast to Global internet use, Social is far more relevant than e-mail
Key activities on internet (% use)
Facebook is visited weekly by three quarters of internet users
Visit daily:
Visit weekly:
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Question: [B6]; [Frequency of visiting websites] Base: [Total];1000
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Write a post / message / status update on my social network
Comment or respond to other people on my social network
Use online chat / instant messaging
Post comments on, or rate other people's blogs, forums or reviews
Upload photos
Write my own blog
Upload video or music
Forward / share a link
Post Status updates or messages on a micro-blog
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Check my social network accounts
Visit / check / read other people’s blog or forum
Stream music
Download videos / movies / TV shows or music
Stream video
Download photos or look at pictures at photo sharing websites
Download an “App” or application
Visit / read / other people´s micro blog
Active Passive
Question: B12; DL Sub-activity usage Base: All respondents;
Weekly users (%)
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Social networking users are highly active online, but it is all about communicating with their network – brands need relevance to become a part of the conversation
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Go online daily
Are brand fans on SN
Write about brands online
Research brands online
% of internet users that:
% of internet users that:
While a significant proportion of internet users in SA go online daily, interaction with brands is still quite limited, with researching brands being the main brand-related activity
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Are part of Social Network
The higher the internet penetration, the more likely internet users are to read about brands on the internet – In Africa, brand presence on the internet is still under-developed
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Internet Penetration
% reading about brands
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Messages are not in the control of brands Even a stranger on the other side of the world is trusted more…
“What other people say about brands can be trusted more than what the brand says themselves”
“I trust the comments my friends write about brands”
“I trust the comments people I don‟t know write about brands”
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Question: [I8a]; [Attitudes to comments & reviews] Base: [All Writers];
“Posting comments online is an effective way to influence companies”
“I expect companies to contact me if I write something about them”
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Very few consumers write about brands, but those who do believe their interaction influences the brand
68%
34%
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To praise a brand
To criticise a brand
Ask advice
Offer advice
Share answers/opinions
Share opinions w/communities
To share cool stuff brands produce
To receive customer service
Because I‟m rewarded for doing so
Question: [I8]; [Reasons to write about a category] Base: [All Writers];
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Though there are many reasons to express the opinion online, main causes are to praise, to seek advice and to share opinions
*base size for this demographic is between 30 and 74. Results are therefore for illustrative purposes only *
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Promotion/special offer
Competitions/prizes
More information about products/services
Information about brand ethics
Connect with people behind the brand
Access brand content
Passionate about the brand
Show that brand is important to me
Give brands input
Receive customer service
Friends doing the same
Connect with other fans
Use specific apps/games
Support a cause
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Further Research
Brand Interaction
Giving & Receiving Feedback
Friend Interaction
What’s in it for me?
Miscellaneous
Question: [I3a/I3b]; [Reasons to join a brand group/community] Base: [Social Networkers & Micro Bloggers];
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891
Information on products and peers as reference groups motivate consumers to join a brand community
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SSA
TV ad
Product review website
Expert review website
Consumer opinion blog
Price comparison website
Recommendations from
friends/family
Recommendations from sales assistant
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TV Ad 39
Recommendations from friends/family 31
Ads in newspapers/magazines 22
Digital needs to play a supportive/complementary role to traditional media in Sub-Saharan Africa
Consumer journey touchpoints – influence on product choice
Nigeria
Tanzania
Uganda
Kenya
Ghana
South Africa
Global 62
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Mobile PC
Pre-purchase browsing is relatively low in SSA compared to global norms. Lower incomes and cost of internet access are holding back interest
Ever browse or pre-purchase shop via…
Nigeria
Tanzania
Uganda
Kenya
Ghana
South Africa
Global 50
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Online shopping is still under-developed in Sub-Saharan Africa. But, mobile shopping likely to play a bigger role in online shopping in future
Ever shop via…
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1%
1%
1%
1%
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Bought online
Question: E6; Purchased on or offline Base: Category Purchasers;,
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52%
54%
57%
78%
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12%
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Bought offline
Music
Travel
Movies
Software
ISP
Cosmetics
Skin Care
Hair Care
Clothes & Shoes
Insurance Policy
Banking
PC
1000
Preference for offline purchasing is strikingly high compared to online across all categories
The Digital Growth Index utilises these four components to provide a single KPI to describe the size of the opportunity in each market
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The Digital Growth Index
Size of audience
Opportunity to engage
A single number KPI score
Brand Building
Consumers
Scale, Motivations, Behaviours
Users
Brand Buzz
Advocates
Path to Purchase
Customers
The Global Digital Growth Index
31
High Growth
Index
High Internet
Penetration
Low Growth
Index
Low Internet
Penetration
Low Penetration, High Index –
Drive growth through engaged early
adopters
Low Penetration, Low Index–
Tap into latent demand, plan for
future opportunity
High Penetration, Low Index –
Utilise large reach, engage outliers
High Penetration, High Index–
Major opportunity, invest heavily
South Africa
Developing markets
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Argentina Peru
Egypt Philippines Ghana Romania
Indonesia South Africa Kenya Tanzania
Morocco Thailand
Nigeria Uganda
Pakistan
Digital Growth Index
Inte
rnet P
enetra
tion
Low
Low
These markets are held back by either low access to digital, poorer infrastructures or low incomes reducing the relevancy of a brand conversation
Yet aspirations run high, and huge latent demand exists
Mobile has provided a gateway to access in many of these markets. Marketing communications must also be delivered through this channel
The desire to communicate, and join social networks is a key driver in these markets
Give them the means to talk about your brand; being seen as a brand that directly empowers users by partnering with these social networks / content providers and sponsoring access
To sum up…
• Internet growth and evolution offers new opportunities for marketers to engage with consumers
• But, internet penetration in SA still low and growth behind the rest of the continent. For most people the experience of the internet is new, is different to what it was before, is mobile and is social
• High costs and barriers of access mean internet penetration and usage is still low and other traditional media still play a dominant role
• The future of internet in South Africa is clearly mobile and marketers need to focus on interactions in the mobile space, with different strategies for mobile internet and fixed line, targeting different audiences and needs
• Brand interactions via internet in SA are still very low. What works elsewhere will not necessarily work here.
and…
• Digital marketing in SA has to incorporate social media and traditional media
• Encouragement and incentivisation need to be used to overcome barriers to experiment and expand use of internet via mobile (other than social networking) – “whats in it for me” should be asked of any digital campaign
• Social networks can have a big influence on brand perceptions and people trust comments people say about brands online – need to ensure brands have an active social media and Customer Experience Management strategy
• Online purchasing still low in SA – need to make people more familiar and confident in using internet – need to bring down data costs before this can happen
…and online pre-shop and shopping is likely to be predominantly via mobile phone in future – need to be thinking mobile in terms of design and consumer interaction