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• Understanding the impact social media is having on financial journalism
Sarah Evans-Toyne
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Survey:
Views of financial journalists: • Newsgathering• Use of social networking tools• Company web sites and newsrooms• Participatory journalism
Insight
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Survey:
This year’s survey: • Smartphones• Facebook ‘front door’• Multimedia and interactivity• Community management
Insight
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Where do journalists research online?
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Company websites –
97%
Blogs – 59%Twitter – 54% Li
nked
In
– 50
%Forums –
45% Facebook – 15%
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How often do you read blogs and visit social media sites?
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Once a day – 32% More than
5 times a day – 29%
2 or 3 times a day – 23%
Never – 16%
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Best social media sites for receiving news
Twitter - 45.5%
LinkedIn - 36.8%
YouTube - 16.7%
Facebook - 11.2%
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How best should companies use social media?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%In
form
al
conv
ersa
-tio
ns –
82%
Answer journalist requests –
54%Pr
ess
re-
leas
e di
s-tr
ibuti
on –
43
%
Pitching story ideas
– 35%
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Journalists as Twitter ‘voyeurs’
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Listen in on conversations
– 56%
Research stories – 48%
Chat with friends or col-leagues – 47%
Tweet through
company feed – 46%
Twee
t th
roug
h
pers
onal
fe
ed –
41%
Chat with Spokespeople
– 28%
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How do spokespeople influence on Twitter?
Slightly - 33%
Not at all - 65%
It plays a big role – 2%
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What’s the best way to pitch?
Email - 81%
Phone – 19%
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How do journalists measure success?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Number of hits - 70% Seeing it
being shared -
52%
Prominent in print
edition - 45%
Re-tweets - 30%
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Adapting your editorial content to smartphones?
Yes - 49%No – 51%
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Are you optimising stories for SEO?
Yes - 55%
No - 45%
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Journalists becoming community managers
Yes - 81%No - 19%
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Financial services:
“I see our title as being embedded in the audience’s daily workflow. I think we are part of the conversation with the audience.”
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Greater Transparency
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#Delighted campaign
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@pensionsmonkey
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Communities Map: An example
High intensity forums
Blogs
‘Geek’ communities
Trade
Search
Closed networks
Traditional press online
Social networks
Brand
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Influencers
Amplifiers
Target Audiences
Building
endorsement
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In Summary:
• Interaction boundaries• 2Ps – Personal & Preference • Don’t be ‘tool’ blinded• Tone and style• Company websites
Lessons:
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Future:
How?
Next trends
‘How Social’: • Growing confidence• Stronger virtual relationships• Competition• Privacy & fatigue
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Sarah Evans-Toyne @anthrodigitalBroadgate Mainland @BM_PRNewshttp://www.broadgatemainland.com