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FIVE YEARS OF INNOVATION MISSIONS WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? Nancy Lane, President, Local Media Associa4on, Mark Poss, CEO, Big Fish Works, Edwin Ruis, Integrated Revenue Director, SwiE Communica4ons and Shannon Kinney, Client Success Officer, Dream Local Digital

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FIVE  YEARS  OF  INNOVATION  MISSIONS  -­‐    WHAT  HAVE  WE  LEARNED?    

Nancy  Lane,  President,  Local  Media  Associa4on,  Mark  Poss,  CEO,  Big  Fish  Works,  Edwin  Ruis,  Integrated  Revenue  Director,  SwiE  Communica4ons  and  Shannon  Kinney,  Client  Success  Officer,  Dream  Local  Digital  

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12  Innova:on  Missions  for  Our  Panelists  –  What  Stands  Out?  

 

Nancy  Lane  –  Led  five  IM’s:  2008,  2011,  2012,  2013,  2014  Mark  Poss  –  ASended  three  IM’s:  2012,  2013,  2014  Shannon  Kinney  –  ASended  two  IM’s:  2013,  2014  

Edwin  Ruis  –  ASended  two  IM’s:  2013,  2014  

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Collec:ve  Top  Six  List  

•  The  Importance  of  Culture    •  Think  Bigger  When  It  Comes  to  Digital    •  Content  Strategies  Must  Change    •  SMBs  Need  Help  More  Than  Ever;  Double  Down  on  Digital  Agency  

Services    •  The  Importance  of  Big  and  Small  Data    •  Local  Media  Execs  Need  to  Be  More  Engaged/Ac4ve  on  ALL  Social  Media  

Pla\orms  

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Culture Matters  Crea:ng  a  Culture  of  Innova:on  Requires  Major  Changes:    

•  Open  &  Transparent  Work  Space  •  Importance  of  teams/collabora4on  –  no  silos  

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INNOVATION  MISSION  2014  

   

Culture Matters  •  Non-­‐tradi4onal  perks  (food,  crea4ve  

days  off,  etc.)  Fun  atmosphere!    •  Importance  of  vision/mission  (pos4ng  

on  the  wall;  employees  know  it    and  can  recite  it)  

•  It  all  starts  with  leadership;  must  be  visible  &  accessible  

•  Trust  &  inves4ng  in  staff  –  empowerment!  Test  and  learn  then  scale.    

   

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Open & Transparent First step to building innovative culture

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The  importance  of  culture  What’s  up  with  the  #honeybadger?  

   hSp://youtu.be/CUrLlOa_AQc  

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Think  Bigger  When  It  Comes  to  Digital  

•  The  IM  gave  our  panelists  the  “strength/courage  to  think  bigger  and  put  a  greater  emphasis  on  all  things  digital”  

•  More  hiring  of  digital-­‐only  reps  (integrated  sales  teams  don’t  work!)  •  Bigger  commitment/investment  in  digital  agencies  •  Think  bigger/think  together  –  networking  among  IM  aSendees  among  the  

most  valued  part  of  the  experience  

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Content  Strategies  Must  Change  

•  BuzzFeed  is  “a  lot  more  than  cute  cat  videos”  •  Shareability  is  the  new  KPI  •  Russmedia  dual  strategy  to  reach  “the  heads  down  genera4on”  (shorter,  

larger  photos,  made  for  mobile)  •  Na4ve  adver4sing  is  in  demand  •  Visual  journalism  –  visuals  are  processed  60,000  4mes  faster  in  the  brain  

than  text  (BuzzFeed,  Russmedia,  Instagram,  Pinterest,  Tumblr,  eBay…)  

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Become  the  Local  BuzzFeed  for  Your  Market  

 

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SMBs  Want  Na4ve  Adver4sing  Opportuni4es;  Create  Them  

•  Na4ve  was  a  focus  during  EVERY  visit  of  this  year’s  Innova4on  Mission.    •  Facebook,  TwiSer  &  BuzzFeed’s  en4re  business  models  are  focused  on  

na4ve.  •  SMBs  want  and  need  local  opportuni4es.    

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Native Case Study: Hampton Inn Shows  as  ‘Promoted  by’  on  their  home  page;  Slide  show  features  19  awesome  vaca4on  images  with  the  ‘Stay  with  Hampton’  slide  at  #20.  Ave  campaign  cost  is  $100,000.  Think  about  the  many  applica:ons  for  local/regional  adver:sers  (top  10  ways  to  lower  blood  pressure  –  sponsored  by  local  hospital  for  example!)  

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SMBs  Need  Our  Help  More  Than  Ever  “They  are  going  to  find  someone  to  help  them  –  it  beSer  be  us”  –  Edwin  Ruis  

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Double  Down  on  Digital  Agencies  

•  SMBs  are  going  to  get  more  and  more  confused  with  the  new  technology  and  tools  entering  the  market  

•  This  is  great  news  for  local  media  companies  that  have  or  will  launch  digital  agency  services  •  Google+  is  much  more  than  a  social  network;  it's  an  SEO  play  and  is  a  must  for  SMBs    •  YouTube  is  second  largest  search  engine  in  the  world;  videos  need  to  be  presented  there    •  LinkedIn's  new  Sales  Navigator  tool  is  about  to  disrupt  sales  prospec4ng;  'social  selling'  is  the  

new  buzzword  

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Double  Down  on  Digital  Agencies  

•  WordPress  pla\orm  is  perfect  for  SMBs  but  they  don't  have  the  4me  or  inclina4on  to  build  the  site  or  post  blogs  

•  PayPal  is  about  to  make  the  mobile  device  the  wallet  of  the  future;  serious  implica4ons  for  SMBs  (Apple’s  recent  announcement  will  trump  these  efforts)  

•  Na4ve  is  exploding  and  SMBs  don't  know  where  to  start  •  Mobile  is  about  to  explode;  18%  of  local  searches  result  in  a  purchase.  SMBs  need  

strong,  compelling  mobile  presence  •  Offline  shopping  is  becoming  a  new  trend  with  eBay  leading  the  way  •  "Propel's  growth  has  been  extraordinary;  we  are  inves4ng  even  more"  -­‐  Kirk  Davis,  CEO,  

GateHouse  Media  

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The  Importance  of  Big  and  Small  Data  •  “I  appreciated  seeing  how  the  different  companies  are  using  data.  At  Google,  

it’s  very  much  about  watching  everything.  At  eBay  they  said  trust  is  the  most  important  thing  when  it  comes  to  data.  It  is  clear  to  me  that  data  is  the  new  currency  and  it  will  be  interes4ng  to  see  how  companies  spend  it.”  –  Ruth  Presslaff,  President,  Presslaff  Interac4ve  

•  “I  am  going  to  shi\  a  posi:on  in  our  company  to  analyze  data  aEer  aSending  this  year’s  Innova4on  Mission”  –  Terry  Ward,  COO,  KPC  Media  Group  

•  “Big  data  has  dominated  the  scene  for  a  long  4me  now  but  small  data  is  where  you  can  leverage  and  innovate”  –  Eric  Bright,  VP  E-­‐Commerce,  Deseret  Digital  

•  “Proper  use  of  data  was  a  big  takeaway  for  me.  Our  editors  are  not  using  data  in  the  right  way  (BuzzFeed  has  a  criteria  on  how  they  approach  stories  –  we  need  to  implement  something  similar).  BuzzFeed  is  obsessed  with  shares/engagement  and  we  can  learn  from  that  as  well.  The  CBS  Local  visit  also  touched  on  data  and  I  par4cularly  like  the  tailgate  videos.”  –  David  Arkin,  VP  Content,  GateHouse  Media  

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The  Importance  of  Big  and  Small  Data  

•  Measuring/using  internal  data  to  iden4fy  opportuni4es,  beSer  understand  your  audience  and  make  good  strategic  decisions  

•  Metrics/analy4cs  for  SMB  clients  –  the  focus  is  shiEing  beyond  traffic  to  conversions  

•  Client  dashboard  is  a  must!  Measure,  share,  learn,  tweak.    

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Our  Social  Media  Challenge  to  Industry  Execu4ves  

We  believe  that  you  can  no  longer  run  a  local  media  company  without  being  engaged  and  ac:ve  on  social  media.  It  is  no  longer  a  luxury;  it’s  a  requirement  of  your  job.    

•  Our  recommenda4on  is  a  minimum  of  five  social  media  networks:  Facebook,  TwiSer,  LinkedIn,  Instagram  and  Google+.  From  there,  you  can  and  should  experiment  with  others:  Pinterest,  Foursquare/Squarm,  Tumblr,  Snapchat  &  more.  

 •  Minimum  goals:  tweet  three  4mes/day;  engage  on  your  FB  page;  post  stories/ar4cles  to  G+;  maintain  all-­‐star  

profile  on  LinkedIn  and  use  the  pla\orm  to  engage  with  others;  post  photos  on  Instagram.      

•  “Walk  the  walk;  our  clients  and  consumers  are  using  these  channels;  we  can’t  ignore  them!”  

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It’s  Like  Being  a  Publisher  &  Never  Reading  the  Paper!  

 This  post  had  nearly  1,700  views;  170  shares  on  LinkedIn  &  29  likes/comments.    Here’s  what  people  had  to  say:  •  Thank  you  for  saying  what  some  of  

us  cannot  say...at  least  not  directly  :-­‐)  

•  This  needed  to  be  said!  •  "If  I  look  at  a  person's  LinkedIn  

account  and  they  haven't  taken  the  4me  to  add  a  profile  picture,  I  don't  do  business  with  them”  –  owner  of  large  car  dealerships  

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LinkedIn  Publisher  Tool  

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Goodbye  Cold  Calling…Hello  Social  Selling  

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   Local  Media  Innova:on  Mission  June  1-­‐6,  2014    

Report  includes  11  top  takeaways,  suggested  ac4on  plans  and  other  resources.    Order  at  www.localmedia.org    

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Ques4ons?