Slide 1: How organisations can harness the power of Web 2.0
NASSCOM, 14th March’ 08, New Delhi
Lessons learnt in creating SlideShare
Slide 2: Presentation Flow
Quick background - SlideShare Web 2.0 - its genesis Global Web 2.0 Trends & Business Models Early trends in Indian Web 2.0 Should organisations care about Web 2.0? Harnessing Web 2.0 for business goals What is Enterprise 2.0? Presentation Credits
Slide 3: Who am I ?
Co-founder, SlideShare (www.slideshare.net) My Indian Web 2.0 blog : Webyantra (www.webyantra.net) My hangouts: BarCamp, MobileMonday etc Techie turned marketer turned entrepreneur
Slide 4: What is SlideShare?
The world’s largest community for sharing presentations on the web Launched Oct’ 06 New Delhi & U.S. based startup Global users: > 60 languages, >100 countries
Slide 5: Global social sharing site
for photos for video for presentations
Slide 6: What people use SlideShare for?
Activism
Mother’s day cards
Movie reviews
Lesson plans
Cartoons
Paintings
Humor
Talk slides
Sermons
Standalone presentations
Love Songs
Images of women
Slide 7: Web 2.0 & it’s genesis
Slide 8: Web 2.0 – the buzzword
…..Web 2.0 is like pornography… difficult to describe, but you know it when you see it..
….Web 2.0 is like the lyrics of a Pink Floyd number, it means different things to different people, depending upon the state of your mind…..
Slide 9: Web 1.0 was Commerce Web 2.0 is People
- Ross Mayfield
(CEO, SocialText)
Slide 10: slightly modified…..
Web 0.0 was Technology Web 1.0 was Commerce Web 2.0 is People
Web 0.0 = pre Web 1.0
Slide 11: Web 2.0 – The genesis
The term ‘Web 2.0’ introduced by Time O’Reilly at a conference in 2004 ‘Web 2.0’ - an improved form of the World Wide Web Emphasizing tools/platforms that enable users to tag, blog, comment, modify, augment, rank etc. Notion of The ‘Participatory Web’
Slide 12: Web 2.0 : Key Principles
Read V/s Read & Write
Slide 13: Web 2.0 : Key Principles
User Generated Content
Slide 14: Web 2.0 : Key Principles
Experts V/s Wisdom of Crowds
Slide 15: Web 2.0 : Key Principles
80:20 V/s The Long Tail
Slide 16: Web 2.0 : Key Principles
…the content comes to you…
Slide 17: Global Trends in Web 2.0
Slide 18: Global Web 2.0 Landscape
Slide 19: Global Web 2.0 Business Models
Step 1 : Create a large/focused niche user community Step 2 : Monetize once the community reaches critical mass
Sell special services targeted at community (LinkedIn) Sell services to a large group of SMEs (Salesforce.com) Sell data to partners (Facebook) Get a revenue share from transactions (eBay) Sell advertisements (Google Adwords) Freemium: Sell premium memberships (Flickr) Sell your company (Youtube)
Slide 20: Show me the money…..
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$15 billion
Slide 21: Early trends in Indian Web 2.0
Slide 22: Status Check - Indian Web 2.0 Currently in nascent stage Internet penetration is bottleneck
– critical mass for monetization is far away
Estimated numbers
– 30 mn Indian internet users – 10 mn users of social networks
Orkut 7.1 mn, Facebook 1.6 mn, BharatStudent 1.7mn, Fropper 1.0 mn, BigAdda 1.4 mn, Minglebox 0.6 mn
– 1-2 mn users of Indian social networks – 1.5 mn users of Indian Web 2.0 startups
Slide 23: What’s buzzing in Indian Web 2.0?
Blogs
– ~500,000 blogs ; 15% active
News & Social Media
– CNN-IBN citizen journalism
Long tailed communities
– e.g. Indiemusic, online gaming
Social networks
– Orkut, Yaari, MingleBox, Facebook
Slide 24: Genres of Web 2.0
Pure Social networks
– Orkut, Facebook, Friendster, Yaari, Minglebox
Media oriented online communities
– Youtube, Flickr, SlideShare
Web 2.0 websites with transactional (Web 1.0) business models
– Online gifting, online photo printing & delivery
Web 1.0 companies leveraging Web 2.0 Internet portals with Web 2.0 features
Slide 25: Are these websites Web 2.0 ?
Slide 26: Naukri.com is not, but Brijj is Web 2.0….
Slide 27: ….Rediff is not Web 2.0 but makes generous use it..
Slide 28: MakeMyTrip is not, but OkTataByeBye is Web 2.0….
Slide 29: Web2.0 websites with transactional (Web 1.0) business models
Slide 30: Should organisations even care about Web 2.0?
Slide 31: The world we live in.. …the consumer is in control
Slide 32: …..they have unlimited options
Slide 33: …and are avoiding advertising
Pop-up Blocker
Do Not Call Registry
Slide 34: Markets are Conversations
Companies must – Pay attention – Participate
Slide 35: Who do consumers trust ?
The CEO / Ad agencies / marketers
Or
“a person like me” i.e. other consumers or peers
Slide 36: Web 2.0 has put consumers in control of the conversation
Every consumer is…
Slide 37: … a publisher
Slide 38: …a DJ
Slide 39: …an expert
Slide 40: …a broadcaster
Slide 41: …an editor
Slide 42: …a network
Slide 43: …a critic
Slide 44: …if organisations want to participate in this conversation, they must acknowledge and facilitate consumer control...
Slide 45: How organisations can harness Web 2.0 ?
Slide 46: Web 2.0 opportunities
Brand Building – promotions, advertising, events Social Media / PR Direct Sales – Referrals, lead generation Mediated Marketing Research
Slide 47: Advertising / Branding
Internet advertising on social networks
– banner / text ads – demographically targeted audience
Viral Marketing campaigns
– MakeMyTrip
Celebrity Branded Channels Celebrity endorsed communities Co-Branded Events
examples follow…..
Slide 48: Facebook – Targeted Advertising
Slide 49: Viral Marketing Campaign
Makaan’s “Kahani Mein Twist” Viral Campaign
Slide 50: Celebrity Endorsed Communities
IBIBO’s Ravi Shastri Sawaal Channel
Slide 51: Celebrity Branded Channels
Yahoo’s Sunil Gavaskar Podcasting Channel
Slide 52: Co-Branded Events
SaReGaMa’s Branded Contest on Rediff iShare
Slide 53: Social Media / PR
Blogs as a continuing conversation
– corporate blog – conversation with consumers, employees, media
Coverage on high traffic blogs
– new media style PR – may have higher ROI than traditional media
Blogs as integral part of marketing strategy
– blogosphere driven virality – widget strategy for rich media players – videos, images, slidehows, podcasts
examples follow…..
Slide 54: Blogs : Personification of the Organisation’s Human Face
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Environmental Sensitivity
Customer Sensitivity + Behind the “Corporate Wall” insights
(via corporate blog)
Slide 55: SlideShare Blog
- corporate news - feature releases - maintenance notices - guest articles from experts - contributions from users - contest launch / result - photos / videos from parties, retreats
….. helps the customers know the people behind the company…
Slide 56: Blogs as Mainstream Media
Slide 57: Blogospheric virality through widgets
Slide 58: Mediated Product Research
Gather consumer insights through
– sponsored communities on social networks – customized website or microsite
examples follow…..
Slide 59: SunSilk Gang of Girls (Hindustan Levers)
Slide 60: FaceBook Page – Force India F1
Slide 61: Direct Sales
Direct sales through advertising Lead Generation/ Sales Leads
Slide 62: Web 2.0- Ancillary benefits
Lower marketing costs
– most things in Web 2.0 are free
Better than other media vehicles
– lower perishability & long tailed search – always on, universally accessible – eternal archiving
Slide 63: What is Enterprise 2.0?
Application of Web 2.0 within the enterprise to solve / improve internal work practises Collection of Web 2.0 tools/platforms for increased productivity e.g. blogs, wikis, project management tools, SAAS Driver: remote collaboration requirements across different locations / time zones
Slide 64: Thank You
Questions?
Slides available on www.slideshare.net www.webyantra.net
Slide 65: Presentation Credits
http://www.slideshare.net/satyajeet_02/web-20-5316 by ‘satyajeet_02’ http://www.slideshare.net/nschock/web-20-and-the-online-conversation by ‘nschock’ http://www.slideshare.net/infe/web-20-business-models-270855 by ‘infe’ http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/whats-wrong-with-indian-social-networking-sites/ http://jensthraenhart.com/cblog/uploads/web20.jpg http://www.experientia.com/blog/uploads/2006/09/user_generated.jpg http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/clerk/rss_bbc.gif