3 Users Walk Into a Bar
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Dan Gill, co-founder/CEO of Huddler.com, emphasizes the importance of creating a personalized internet experience through user preferences and relevant advertising, aiming to foster community engagement. With 18 million unique visitors and 6.5 million ongoing conversations, the platform seeks to leverage direct feedback from users to improve content relevance and stimulate participation. The document discusses strategies for monetization and engagement, focusing on understanding user motivations and promoting content contributions.
3 Users Walk Into a Bar
- 1. DAN GILL - CO-FOUNDER/CEO HUDDLER.COM MAKE IT PERSONAL Fostering a more personal Internet experience through advanced user preferences, relevant advertising, and unique browsing experiences based on content and expressed user interests. Make it personal. FOSTERING A MORE PERSONAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE 18M unique visitors per month 6.5M ongoing conversations 8.1M members and growing Monday, October 3, 2011
- 2. 3 USERS WALK INTO A BAR FOSTERING A MORE PERSONAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE 18M unique visitors per month 6.5M ongoing conversations 8.1M members and growing Monday, October 3, 2011
- 3. LURKER LOGGED-IN POWER USER FOSTERING A MORE PERSONAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE 18M unique visitors per month 6.5M ongoing conversations 8.1M members and growing Monday, October 3, 2011
- 4. WHAT IS PERSONALIZATION? THE DESIRE FOR PERSONALIZATION Yahoo serves 6 MILLION versions of its homepage daily. IS NOT NEW, BUT Facebook’s personalized activity feed is the most popular page THE INTERNET in the history of the Internet. LETS IT SCALE We can find, write, or curate great personalized content to grow our communities and stimulate our users. FOSTERING A MORE PERSONAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE 18M unique visitors per month 6.5M ongoing conversations 8.1M members and growing Monday, October 3, 2011
- 5. WHAT DO I PUT IN THE BIG, EMPTY BOX?!?! FOSTERING A MORE PERSONAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE 18M unique visitors per month 6.5M ongoing conversations 8.1M members and growing Monday, October 3, 2011
- 6. INDIRECT FEEDBACK FIND CONTENT INSPIRATION IN FORUM ROOT (10 SECONDS) LEVERAGING GOOGLE ANALYTICS LET THE CONTENT OF THE PAGE BE YOUR GUIDE Monday, October 3, 2011
- 7. INSPIRATION IN 10 SECONDS CHECK YOUR FORUM ROOT FOSTERING A MORE PERSONAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE 18M unique visitors per month 6.5M ongoing conversations 8.1M members and growing Monday, October 3, 2011
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- 9. VIDEO CONTENT, GEAR, THREADS, AND MORE RELATE YOUR CONTENT FOSTERING A MORE PERSONAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE 18M unique visitors per month 6.5M ongoing conversations 8.1M members and growing Monday, October 3, 2011
- 10. DIRECT FEEDBACK LET USERS TELL YOU WHAT THEY WANT ENABLE THEM TO REQUEST MORE WHILE BROWSING LEVERAGE INCENTIVES Monday, October 3, 2011
- 11. ASKING YOUR USERS WHAT DO THEY WANT? Ask. FOSTERING A MORE PERSONAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE 18M unique visitors per month 6.5M ongoing conversations 8.1M members and growing Monday, October 3, 2011
- 12. CONTEXTUAL RELEVANCE RELEVANT EMAIL UPDATES FOSTERING A MORE PERSONAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE 18M unique visitors per month 6.5M ongoing conversations 8.1M members and growing Monday, October 3, 2011
- 13. LET THE USERS BRING IT TO YOU THE CONTENT THEY WANT Reputations systems at their best. Users are incentivized to not just contribute, but to contribute content to get others to participate. Structure around formatting and quality of news submissions. Users want to be the first to post interesting content. FOSTERING A MORE PERSONAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE 18M unique visitors per month 6.5M ongoing conversations 8.1M members and growing Monday, October 3, 2011
- 14. CREATING A WIN-WIN PERSONALIZATION IN MONETIZATION Understand your users’ motivations and create a win for both users and advertisers. FOSTERING A MORE PERSONAL INTERNET EXPERIENCE 18M unique visitors per month 6.5M ongoing conversations 8.1M members and growing Monday, October 3, 2011
- 15. POWER USERS Arguably, don’t monetize them - let them participate with as little friction as possible. Alternatively: Premium Memberships Gear & Schwag Monday, October 3, 2011
- 16. MODERATE USERS/REGULARS Leverage the site’s brand in your sponsorship. Be as relevant as possible. Focus on engagement. Monday, October 3, 2011
- 17. SEARCH VISITORS Target campaigns based on content to improve performance and justify premium pricing. Lead generation/Affiliate Marketing Monday, October 3, 2011
- 18. SOMETIMES YOUR FRIENDS DON’T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS QUESTIONS? Monday, October 3, 2011