getting social - social media in construction communications

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Sage Construction Summit - Winnersh, 23 June 2011

Getting Socialor: using social media as part of your communication mix

Paul Wilkinson(pwcom.co.uk)

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• Who am I?

• Why does Web 2.0 matter?

• What is Web 2.0– a quick tour

• AEC 2.0: applying Web 2.0 to construction

• Getting social– audit, engage, influence, measure

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AEC 2.0 Q & ATODAY WHO, ME? TOURWEB 2.0 GETTING SOCIAL?

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TTODAY WHO, ME?

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Who am I?• B2B PR professional since 1987

– in-house: Halcrow, Tarmac, BIW– consultancy clients, include:

4Projects, BIW, Codebook, Sypro,tCn, Woobius

• Author and technology consultant• And in B2B, a Wikipedian (2003),

blogger (2005) and tweeter (2008)

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video – mobile - telephones - ICQ - IM – email – EDMS - groupware – FTP – websites – texts

- intranets – portals video-conferences –

extranets – web-conferences –file-sharing (P2P) – discussion forums

– homepages – wikis VOIP -

podcasts - blogs – Twitter – RSS –

Facebook – web communities –

RFID - tagging – GPS – IoT – QR

codes - mashups –virtual worlds –

Augmented reality – Web 3.0 – etc

Face-to-face

Hand drawings

Physical models

Telegraph

Photography

Written word

Messengers

Printing

Telephone

- Telex

- Fax Radio – TV

computers

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Why does Web 2.0 matter?

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Direct… real-time!

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• 71% UK homesnow havebroadband internet access

• Will top 80% withinthree years

Source: Ofcom CommunicationsMarket Report 2010

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Why does Web 2.0 matter?• biggest driver of UK mobile internet

adoption is social media • 70% of daily mobile internet users use

social media• 26% of UK people

have smartphones

Source: Ofcom Communications Market Report 2010

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Why does Worldwide Web 2.0 matter?

• Sales of smartphones (100m) passed sales of laptops (94m) in Q4 2010

• Smartphones represented 24%of total mobile phone sales inQ1 2011, up from 15% in 2010(but almost half in Europe)

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• 29.8m UK people profiled on Facebook

• 58% of 51.4m UKpeople online areon Facebook

UK users Oct 2010 – Mar 2011

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Why does Web 2.0 matter?• In December 2010, LinkedIn

passed five million UK members• 1m members added in six months• One third of UK professionals profiled• 25% of FTSE100 companies hire via

LinkedIn• 5% of LinkedIn users account for 49% of

UK LinkedIn activity

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• UK = third most active Twitter population

• c. 4.5m UK users (June 2010)

• 7% of Tweeters account for 79% of UK Twitter traffic

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• In February 2010, 5.5 billion online videos watched in UK

• 17.4m unique UK visitors to YouTube (June 2010; up 17% on 2009)

• Facebook now 4th mostimportant for video (up 205%)

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Why does Web 2.0 matter?• Decline of traditional print circulation, eg:

– Building 2010 : 21,271(down 15% from 25,017 in 2006)

– Construction News 2010 : 13,850(down 42% from 23,728 in 2006)

– Contract Journal – closed 2009

• Shift from print to online– Paywalled websites, e-newsletters

webinars, digital editions, etc

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Why does Web 2.0 matter?• Rise of new online media, eg:

– The Construction Index –c. 1.7m page impressions/month

(03/11)

– Construction Enquirer – c. 300k/month

• Old and new media adopting Web 2.0– Blogs, Twitter, video, RSS, etc

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Why does Web 2.0 matter?• increasing thirst for richer, more real-time

information– any information, anywhere, anytime, and on

any device– support for ‘lean’, low-carbon, collaborative

working• BIM ‘push’ likely to accelerate trend)

– link information to asset by geo-location

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What’s Web 2.0?

A Web 2.0 revolution!

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‘pre-web’Print and face-to-face:• print advertising• brochures, magazines• PR, media relations• direct marketing• market research• events

NB: still important

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• Web 1.0 - Mid 1990s …• first generation websites• static pages• HTML ‘brochure-ware’• later PDFs• limited interaction• email integration• … and pre-Google


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• Web 2.0 or social media – What is it?

(Sources:Wikipedia; Kaizo; Euan Semple)

“People having conversations online”

• the use of web technologies and web design to enhance creativity, information sharing and collaboration among users.

• “globally distributed, near instant, person to person conversations”


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(Source: Role of Social Media in Commercial Property

RICS 2009 – Remit Consulting)


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• Discussion forums


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• Wikis– open – Wikipedia– professional –

RIBApedia– internal knowledge

management• Fielden Clegg

Bradley

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• Blogs• Individual• Corporate• Media

• Podcasts


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• Twitter• Personal• Corporate• Media


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• RSS– RSS publishing, from:

• Bloggers• Media• Corporate• Search

– Feed-readers• local or web-based: Google Reader, etc


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• Social networking– from personal

(eg: Facebook) …

– to professional(less Facebook, more LinkedIn) …

– to AEC focused (some in Facebook, LinkedIn,or built on Ning, Elgg, socialGo)


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www.tcn.uk.com

www.reorb.com

2855 members

4041 sign-ups


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• Tagging/sharing


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• Sharing:– Presentations– Travel– Reviews– Photos– Video– etc


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• Location:– Real world– Augmented reality– Virtual world


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• Changing PR– Digital news release issued as a webpage, linked

via RSS or a URL• URL disseminated by email, Twitter, SMS, IM

• easily monitored – eg: unique visitors, time on page, downloads

• bespoke pages for different journalists –with different URLs for distribution

• Associated multimedia

– Opinion piece written in blog• RSS, tweeted, shared, etc

• We are all publishers now!


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• Changing events

Hybrid = online + face-2-face

• Real-time sharing/feedback

• Multiple locations

• We are all broadcasters now!


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• Changing events

– Virtual events

• virtual stands

• no travel

• interact online


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New construction communications….

A Web 2.0 revolution!

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Changing AEC services, new opportunitiesExamples:

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Changing AEC services, new opportunitiesMore examples:


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tCn: the Construction Network• independent• business focused• content-sharing• engagement via

– association– company– profession/community– individual


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tCn – supporting AEC 2.0• AEC industry focus = differentiation• built Web 2.0 ‘ecoystem’ around tCn• identified influencers

– trade bodies– PR/marcoms agencies– More recently, publications

• 3000 registered membersin 14 months


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Woobius Showcase• Application to create

iPhone/iPad apps for construction businesses

• “portfolio in your pocket”

• Innovation = differentiation


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Senubo (in Beta)

• Social business for construction

• PC and smartphone• On-site data

download and data capture

• Real-time reporting and status updates


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AEC 2.0: Embracing Web 2.0

• Audit

• Engage

• Influence

• Measure

• Not ‘getting’ social (anti-social?)

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Audit

• perceptions

• opportunities

• audience

• competitors

• existing advocates

• resources

• corporate readiness

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Engage

• update and communicate policy

• integrate offline PR/marketing

• adapt strategy

• employ ‘netiquette’

• be responsive

• remain honest, transparent

• recognise and reward engagement


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Influence

• Participate

• identify influencers and opinion-formers

• establish and nurture relationships

• stay relevant

• feedback

• monitor, adjust …


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Monitor and measure the online ‘buzz’• not just quantity – look at quality, eg:

– sentiment– increased media coverage (eg: thought leadership)– ‘crowd-sourced’ feedback on company/products– customer loyalty, word of mouth recommendations

• but above all: business outcomes, eg:– number of qualified sales leads– software or white-paper downloads, event

registrations, etc


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Not getting social? Know the risks• Are you monitoring what might be said

online about your business?• Do you have people who are “web 2.0-

savvy” and know their ‘netiquette’?• Can you respond quickly and appropriately

in the event of potentially damaging online publicity?

• Are your competitors engaging with stakeholders online?


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Summary/final points• like it or not, Web 2.0 matters• multiple channels need more long-term, strategic

approach• need to integrate online and offline• authenticity is vital• in B2B, it’s about:

“People having useful conversations online”

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Sage Construction Summit - Winnersh, 23 June 2011

Q&AThank you

Contact: Paul WilkinsonWebsite: www.pwcom.co.uk

PR blog: www.blog.pwcom.co.ukTech blog: www.extranetevolution.comEmail: [email protected]

Tel: +44 (0)20 8858 1104mob: 07788 445920Twitter: @EEPaul

http://www.google.com/profiles/paul.wilkinson19

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