website 2.0 - creating a conversational web
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Websites as brochureware aren't credible as society embraces social media to validate brands, products and services. Companies must incorporate social media systems into their online strategies in order to market effectively.TRANSCRIPT
Website 2.0
Pat KitanoMediaTransparent.com
TransparentRealEstate.com
Making Websites Conversational
Upgrade your 1.0 Website!
We’ll explain how Social Media Systems are Powering a New
Paradigm of Viral Marketing
Corporate Websites haven’t Changed
1999
$1,399 for a
Desktop?!
They are Functional
Search
They are Entertaining
Listen!
They Facilitate Sales
Buy!
But Most are Online Brochures
Marketing
Brochureware is a Commercial
“One-way media”
essentially
Consumers are Rethinking Advertising
“What worked in 1958”
“May be considered
crass in 2008”
The Internet is Two-Way Media
“I like Elton John”
“How does a company make
great pianos and motorcycles?”
“Yamaha makes excellent pianos”
Consumers Want Affirmation
“I still like Elton John”
“Am I going to buy ProActive skin care products because Jessica Simpson endorses them?”
“She’s pretty!”
They Want to Know What Others Think
“It’s called ‘Wisdom of
Crowds’ Intelligence”
They Want to Converse with You
“An interactive website is like a 24-hour press conference”
Now, about your Corporate Website…
“Make it more credible with your readers”
Make it a Two-Way Medium
Take a page out of USA Today’s book. Engage your readers.
Involve your Employees
They Don’t Need to Blog
Very few people can consistently maintain a well
written blog
unless they want to
They Survey for Relevant News
They Broadcast their News to their Clients and Colleagues
They Create Conversations
Examples of Website Socialization
Facebook pioneered the
“News Feed” in Social Networks
News Sites are Building Communities
Many have Free Blogging Platforms
Real Time Market Feeds
Real estate sites offer real time market information via Broker Twitters and bookmarking tools like
Del.icio.us
The New Yahoo! will be Widgetized
Will be adding communities from
“rival” services
Books
Movies
Music
Welcome
Googlers
Instant Community Anywhere
Widgetized Communities
embeddable on any Website
Ready to turn your Website into a Social Media System?
“It’s not hard to do…”
Domus Media Builds Social Media Systems
Pat Kitano, Domus Mediapkitano (at) gmail.com, (415) 320-2844
We’ll explain how