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SEARCHLOVE DAN DIEGO 2013-Ian Lurie
Weird, Useful, Significant Internet Marketing in 2013
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WEIRD, USEFUL, SIGNIFICANT INTERNET MARKETING IN 2013 Related links at:
portent.co/sigannt
Ian Lurie @portentint
[email protected]
Before I was I spent time at
I DO MY OWN STUNTS portent.co/sigannt
60 TIPS. 30 MINUTES. portent.co/sigannt
0 even gods fail on a 1. 1
aka: HAPPENS
PART 1: IN WHICH I INTRODUCE A STORY AS OLD
AS CIVILIZATION
MARKETING TIP GETS ATTENTION twerk
Has a marketing great idea Now it's a gimmick Company
A Company C Company E THE GRAPH HAS A DECENT MARKETING IDEA GOOD STUFF HAPPENS
EVERYONE GETS PUMPED tweeeerrrrrrk!!!
twerk! twerk! twerk! twerk!
300 in 2 days
twerk! twerk! twerk! twerk! twerk! twerk! twerk! twerk! twerk! twerk!
twerk! twerk! erk! twerk! twerk! twerk! twerk!
If you’re going to flog the crap out of a
word 0 2
LOOK IT UP FIRST. 0 2
Has a marketing great idea Now it's a gimmick Company
A Company C Company E THE GRAPH HAS A DECENT MARKETING IDEA GOOD STUFF HAPPENS
Has a marketing great idea Now it's a gimmick Company
A Company C Company E THE GRAPH OF SHAME HAS A DECENT MARKETING IDEA
TOTAL FAILURE
WRITE _____ IS DEAD BLOG POST
I MAY GET VIOLENT 0 3
MARKETING HAS NOT CHANGED 0 4
MARKETING IS ABOUT SIGNIFICANCE 0 5
SIGNIFICANCE THE QUALITY OF BEING WORTHY OF ATTENTION FROM THE
DICTIONARY:
SIGNIFICANCE THE QUALITY OF BEING WORTHY OF ATTENTION TO PEOPLE
WHO MAY NEVER BUY, BUT WILL ALWAYS SPREAD THE WORD. IAN’S MARKETING VERSION:
YOU CANNOT BUY OR FORCE SIGNIFICANCE 0 6
YOU CAN’T GET IT WITH ‘CONTENT MARKETING’
YOU INVITE SIGNIFICANCE
YOU INVITE SIGNIFICANCE BY STANDING OUT TO THOSE WHO ARE
COMPELLED TO RESPOND… (aka THE WEIRD) --from Seth Godin’s We Are All Weird
…BY MAKING YOURSELF USEFUL…
…AND THROUGH CONSISTENCY.
USEFUL CONSISTENT SIGNIFICANT + WEIRD 0 7
WEIRD
READ WE ARE ALL WEIRD (Seth Godin) 0 8
IT’S HARD TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD. SO DON’T
HANG OUT WITH THE CROWD.
INSTEAD, CHOOSE THE WEIRD. REALLY LIKES WAFFLES IT'S TRUE. 0
9
WEIRD = A NICHE. ANY NICHE. ALLERGIC TO WOOL DUDE.
THAT'S PERSONAL.
WEIRD DOESN’T MEAN CRAZY 1 0
SO HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR IDEAL WEIRD? i can't
believe a grown man is playing this game. i know, right?
LOOK FOR OVERLAP 1 1
NEED APPLIANCES LIKE TO SEE STUFF GET SMASHED WILL IT
BLEND
MARKETERS GAMER NERDS MARKETERS WHO ARE GAMER NERDS
None
SELLING TO THE WEIRD USING OVERLAP IS GOOD FOR EVERY
TACTIC & CHANNEL 1 2
LOTSA MENTIONS
LOTSA LINKS
LOTSA HAPPY SOCIAL STUFF
LIKES CARTOONS LIKES STAR WARS DRAW STAR WARS CARTOONS
None
None
FINDING OVERLAP
ONE WAY TO FIND OVERLAP: THINK 1 3
DOG OWNERS
OUT OF SHAPE DOG OWNERS WHO NEED EXERCISE DOG OWNERS
DOG OWNERS OUT OF SHAPE DOG OWNERS WHO NEED EXERCISE
I DON’T NEED TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS 1 4
DOG OWNERS OUT OF SHAPE DOG OWNERS WHO NEED EXERCISE
I JUST NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS
CHECK CHATTER: GOOGLE 1 5
Checking for questions & discussion: phrase + “ “ +
? 1 6
Checking for questions & discussion: phrase + “ “ +
? site:quora.com 1 7
CHECK CHATTER: TOPSY 1 8
AUDIENCE OF 3? THAT’S FINE 1 9
They’re more likely to spread the word. well golly, that's
swell! the warts are all gone! Didn't even leave a scar!
ANOTHER WAY TO FIND OVERLAP:
RANDOM AFFINITY 2 0 ANOTHER WAY TO FIND OVERLAP:
RANDOM AFFINITY: TWO IDEAS LINKED ONLY BY THE FACT THAT
A GROUP OF PEOPLE LIKE THEM BOTH.
“PEOPLE WHO LIKE SCRABBLE ARE 2X MORE LIKELY TO LIKE
LIME JELLO.”
TELEPATHY NOT REQUIRED
STEP 1: PICK NETWORKS ANYWHERE PEOPLE PARTICIPATE
AMAZON.COM FACEBOOK REDDIT 2 1
THINK: “PEOPLE WHO LIKED ALSO LIKED” STEP 2: RESEARCH
SEEK THE RANDOM 2 2
YOU’RE A TRAVEL COMPANY. YOU WANT TO COMPETE WITH THE
LONELY PLANET.
None
SORTA RANDOM
RANDOM AFFINITIES CAN DRIVE CONTENT
10 GREAT TRAVEL SMOOTHIES BEST SMOOTHIES IN EUROPE SMOOTHIE CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA BY COUNTRY
2 3 RANDOM AFFINITIES CAN DRIVE AD TARGETING
TEST ADS TARGETING THEM 2 4
TEST ADS TARGETING THEM 2 5
FACEBOOK AD PLANNER 2 6
SOMETIMES FACEBOOK IS INSANE 2 7
LOOKING TO START A GAMING GROUP? 2 8
START A BRUCE CAMPBELL FAN CLUB
sorry, no data, no budget. This is still not truly
data, right?
2 9
3 0 LIKESTER.COM
5335 4462 4352 4202 4179 4042 3894 3825 3764 3651
3642 3632 National Geographic Barack Obama The Beatles Starbucks Traveling Music Photography Coldplay Michael Jackson Lady Gaga Bob Marley Coca-Cola Observed overlap with 'The Lonely Planet'
LIKES THE BEATLES LIKES TO TRAVEL ADS ON SPOTIFY
WISDOM.COM 3 1 GREAT DATA…
WISDOM.COM …ROUGH BUSINESS MODEL
3 2 DON’T LOOK AT LIKES LOOK AT ACTIVITY
3 2 DON’T LOOK AT LIKES LOOK AT ACTIVITY
HOW MANY POST TO PAGE A? AND PAGE B? ON
REDDIT? ON FACEBOOK? ON TWITTER?
A GUY CAN DREAM…
…OR START CODING.
USEFUL CONSISTENT SIGNIFICANT + WEIRD
BUT WEIRD ONLY GETS YOU SO FAR.
BE USEFUL SIGNIFICANT MUST HAVE REAL VALUE TO THE AUDIENCE
3 3
WEIRD GUIDES AUDIENCE
USEFUL PROVIDES DEFINITE VALUE THAT RETAINS AUDIENCE
FIND QUESTIONS ANSWER QUESTIONS 3 4
GOOGLE SUGGEST, OF COURSE 3 5
QUORA.COM 3 6
QUORA.COM IS LIKE FOCUS GROUPS, BUT DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE.
FIRST, GET SCRAPER (CHROME REQUIRED) 3 7
FIND A TOPIC
VIEW QUESTIONS
3 8
SCROLL A BIT LOADS MORE QUESTIONS
HIGHLIGHT 1 QUESTION
None
KILL ALL OF THE CHARACTERS AT LEAST ONCE. 3 9
None
INTJ = CHAOTIC GOOD 4 0
EXPORT/PASTE TO EXCEL
TEXT TO COLUMNS
COPY/PASTE THE BULLET
REMOVE ‘FOLLOWERS’
SORT
A LESS WEIRD EXAMPLE: 300+ QUESTIONS
GETTING FANCY: PULLING OUT ANSWER COUNT 4 1
IT’S EASY!!! ! =IF(ISERROR(SUM(MID(A2,FI ND("Answer",A2)-3,3), 1)),REPLACE(MID(A2,FIND(" Answer",A2)-3,3), 1,1,""),MID(A2,FIND("Answ er",A2)-3,3))!
IT’S EASY!!! hahaha i just kidding. check the link bundle.
NOW, I CAN FIND QUESTIONS WITH LOTS OF FOLLOWERS/FEW ANSWERS.
MAKING WAVES ENTERTAINMENT 4 2
“WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON…”
4 3 NO ONE IS BORING
None
None
DON’T LET CHANNEL DRIVE MESSAGE 4 4
USEFUL GETS HEARD
FOLLOWERWONK SEARCH BIOS 4 5
STALK REACH OUT TO THESE FOLK
SLIDESHARE.NET 4 6
None
FREE EBOOKS ON KINDLE 4 7
20,000+ people get auto- notifications.
OUTBRAIN.COM STUMBLEUPON PAID DISCOVERY FACEBOOK RETARGETING 4 8
None
None
None
None
ZERO CLICKS
72 CLICKS IN 2 HOURS 4 9
ISN’T SIGNIFICANCE JUST ABOUT CONTENT?
ISN’T SIGNIFICANCE JUST ABOUT CONTENT?
significance is about everything 5 0
BE CONSISTENT DON’T PROMISE ME CHOCOLATE CHIP AND GIVE ME
OATMEAL RAISIN 5 0
USABILITY MATTERS 5 1
SPEED’S KIND OF IMPORTANT CORRELATION TO CONVERSIONS 5 2
CONSISTENCY IN ALL THINGS CEMENTS SIGNIFICANCE
MESSAGE BEHAVIOR PLATFORM DELIVERY WIBBLY WOBBLY STUFF from dr. who
LOCATION 5 3
None
RESPONSE 5 4
None
None
5 5
CONVERSATION-BUILDING
None
None
STICKY
WON’T TRIGGER THE SAME RESPONSE AS CONVERSATION-BUILDING 5 6
WEIRD USEFUL SIGNIFICANT +
SIGNIFICANT CONSISTENT + RANKINGS SOCIAL SALES BRAND 5 7
INSPIRATIONAL CONCLUSION
THIS STUFF IS REALLY HARD
SIGNIFICANCE TAKES WORK
SIGNIFICANCE ALWAYS WORKS
SIGNIFICANCE PAYS OFF
AND THE ROI IS DAMNED GOOD 5 8
None
1 PRINT AD PUBLICATION: $50,000 REACH: 250,000 COST: $.20/PERSON ROI:
$0.0000000000000000
MESSAGING, 10 CREATIVE, ADJUST EXISTING: $30,000 REACH: 250,000 COST: $.04/PERSON
ROI: 10:1
HOW MUCH WOULD THESE COST?
DA 70+ 8 LINKS x $100/link $800 PENGUIN DISCOUNT
DA 70+ 8 LINKS x $100/link $800 PER MONTH $9600
PER YEAR
DA 70+ 3 tries $2000/try $6000 PER YEAR
DA 70+ 3 tries $2000/try $6000 PER YEAR No pissed
penguins? Priceless.
SIGNIFICANCE FILTERS THE SHINY THINGS 5 9
WILL THIS BUILD SIGNIFICANCE?
HOW ABOUT THIS?
OR THIS?
DON’T QUIT THIS
NEVER, EVER SPLIT THE (ADVENTURING) PARTY 6 0 you
handle the dragon. i'm going to search for gold. this won't end well.
aka STAY FOCUSED 6 0
THE SIGNIFICANT SHALL INHERIT THE INTERNET YEAH BABY.
@PORTENTINT
[email protected]
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