the digital nomad strategy

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Geoffrey Colon, Communications Designer, MicrosoftThe Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

Slide 12 and 13: Im wondering if you should have slide 12 focused on Influencer and slide 13 focused on Contributor. Thoughts? They are really two different programs.Slide 12: influencer marketingYou may want to reduce the amount to points below the graph to the top 5 takeawaysWe dont mention how many influencers we have, what our global coverage is (very US-centric, yet we will have Axel on the call), and the specific audience this group reachesWe do not articulate what our strategy is for FY16/H2 > where do we see the greatest opportunity. Know that I have mentioned to these leaders so for this information to be missing would be a big disconnect (and I would ask you in the meeting J). You should consider how you would articulate our progress against these focus areas, as well.We should apply this to the Contributor deep-dive as well.The chart on slide 14 is quite blurry, can you get a sharper screen shot?Slides 28-30, can we put these in the Appendix?

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For much of the history of the world we lived in communal yet nomadic fashion. We went where we could find or cultivate food

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During the Agricultural Age, most people were merchants, craftspeople, farmers, or farm workers. Creative ideas and skill were rewarded as more people would buy from you if your product was made better. Being entrepreneurial was important because most people worked for themselves.3The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

Then civilization moved from the agricultural age to the industrial age. People migrated to where they could find work@djgeoffe

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During the Industrial Age, few people worked for themselves due to the large capital required to operate a factory or business operation. During this era most people worked in factories. Creative thoughts were frowned upon in favor of scale and efficiency. Only the wealthy had capital to own businesses.5The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

Then civilization once again faced a cataclysmic shift from industrial age to information age. People migrated to the internet where information, knowledge and connections were in abundance

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During the Information Age, people began to migrate back to an era where many worked for themselves but most still relied heavily on scarce capital due to the large resources required to operate a technical business. Cognitive capital was the main commodity but was owned by the corporation. Venture capitalists had the most to benefit in this age.7The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

We now are at a new chasm we are crossing and one that you need to understand in order to connect with people, customers, and influencers during the shift from the information age to a new creative age

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During the Creative Age, people can work anywhere and for themselves due to the advent of cloud computing. Tools are in abundance. Creativity and imagination are the new commodities. Businesses can crop up in days, not years. Anyone can own a business. Anything you imagine is no longer a wasted thought. The world is moving toward a meritocracy. Purpose, potential and inspiration are the new goals.9The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

You and me. We or Us all have come full circle to live in a new normal once again.10@djgeoffe

I grew up in a physical world, and I speak English. The next generation is growing up in a digital world, and they speak social.Angela Ahrendts, Apple senior vice president

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We live in public.We live in the physical world.We live in the digital world.We live anywhere and everywhere.We can do everything and anything we IMAGINE.11The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

While we enter this new era, we also have been changing our outlooks and habits due to technology12@djgeoffe


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Everything today is temporary.Nothing is permanent.

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Home ownership is at an all time low of 64%More than 50% of urbanites do NOT own a car.The majority of Millennials do NOT pay for cable TV.The majority of people do NOT purchase music.45% of Americans pirate entertainment content.0% pay to use services like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.Even Windows 10 is free.*

14The Digital Nomad Strategy Source: http://www.umtri.umich.edu/what-were-doing/news/hitchin-ride-fewer-americans-have-their-own-vehicle*Upgrade ends July 29, 2016 unless you use assistive technologies more info at https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/accessibility/2016/05/06/accessibility-and-the-windows-10-free-upgrade/

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If this trend continues, we may be an ownerless society in the next 20 years. Especially with new creative ideas yet to be established or adopted.15@djgeoffe


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What does this behavior mean for analyzing how we have marketed on the web for the last 20 years?16@djgeoffe


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For much of our lives weve been told the following:Establish a site (Buy a Home vs. Rent in order to move where work is)Build community (Build Your Skills vs. Build Your Ideas)Earn followers (Earn Income vs. Earn Reputation)Engage (Network vs. Build Influence)Watch the $$$$ roll in (Become Successful vs. Sustain Success)


But that was in a world with scarce solutions and scarce business inhabiting the web. It was also in a desktop-oriented world where many people used just a few tools like this:



Similar to how automation transformed past industries, the ability to find information in new ways is in abundance due to the overpopulation of people on the internet.


In a nomadic approach, being where your customers are but also using what you feel most comfortable with to help nourish customer relationships in order to collect proper data points helps foster learnings.


There is no one proper tool to use in communications in the 21st Century. Whatever does the job is the best tool. Its measuring the output based on the feelings of people toward you and your product, organization or service.22@djgeoffe


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A Guru told me I was doing it wrong for my own website. But am I? Who wants to visit my site as an author when they can converse with me in real time?23@djgeoffe


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Contact forms are the new snail mail. Messenger apps are how all savvy businesses are designing experiences around because it truly helps in both our real time and on-demand world27The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

The shift from open social platforms to messenger apps is a prime example of nomadic behavior in action. 28@djgeoffe


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Similar to how the agricultural age ceded to the industrial age which ceded to the information age which is now ceding to the creative age, digital marketing is as antiquated as the industrial era.29@djgeoffe


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Ask yourself. Are you an expert?


Many forms of expertise and skills ultimately become outmoded and outdated due to technical automation.



I know what youre thinking, but that will only affect certain jobs, Ill be fine33@djgeoffe


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But this isnt a presentation about fear. Its about how to adapt and be empowered in a world that is changing by the millisecond.37@djgeoffe


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In order to understand the new normal we live in, lets explain this new world via five quotes:38@djgeoffe


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Get into the habit of imagining an alternate scenario. By posing such imagine if questionswe can distance ourselves from the frames, cues, anchors and rhetoric that might be affecting us. Noreena Hertz39@djgeoffe


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Business has only two functions marketing and innovation. Milan Kundera40@djgeoffe


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The most disruptive thing in the market is not technology, but rather the customer. Tiffani Bova, Salesforce41@djgeoffe


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Species go extinct because there are historical constraints built into a given body or a given design. Kevin Kelly42@djgeoffe


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The true scarce commodity is increasingly human attention. Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft43@djgeoffe


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Modern Marketers need to understand technology, platforms, emerging media, analytics, holistic decision-making journeys and44@djgeoffe

more importantly something more complex than all of that combined. What is more complex than all of those things?45@djgeoffe

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Aspire and live with an attitude like my four-year-old daughter Tillie who wants to be both a unicorn and a scientist when she grows up(because imagination is our true north and customers are more sophisticated than companies)


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Questions to Ask Yourself Before Marketing Anything in the Here and Now48The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

What Culturally and Ethically Matters to Your Customers?Question 1:49The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

Where Do Your Customers or Potential Customers Live Both Online and Offline?Question 2:50The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

Are Your Customers Producers?Question 3:51The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

In Aggregate, are Those Customers Creating Qualitative Conversations That Tie Into Your Company Vision, Culture and Ethics and Go Beyond Product?Question 4:52The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

Four Goals for the Nomadic Strategy:

Communications Design that meets the demand of an emerging market with a different vision of the worldReshaping the world so that it meets the ethical narratives of peoplePlatform agnosticConversation is the barometerCreative Disruption in the Anti-Organization Age53The Digital Nomad Strategy

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Four Metrics to Measure54The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

How do you check your pulse? Your heartbeat right? The same is true now in business.

Net Promoter ScoreThe Four Metrics to Measure in a Nomadic Strategy55The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

How do you check what people are saying? Social listening that can check for:

Qualitative Sentiment

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Conversion may help with revenue but leave that for a separate KPI. For predictive analysis around nomadic behavior track:Brand/Product Mentions and Where Those Mentions OccurThe Four Metrics to Measure in a Nomadic Strategy57The Digital Nomad Strategy

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Finally, in order to get a good idea of what will move your audience in the future in terms of content, track:InterestsJob TitlesGeographyThe Four Metrics to Measure in a Nomadic Strategy58The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

Net Promoter Score Why? Gives indicators if people will recommend your products to others (social by design)Qualitative Sentiment Why? Its not the amount of people saying things, but what they are saying. Besides, you only need 120 connections* to create a word of mouth business

Four Metrics to Measure59The Digital Nomad Strategy - *Based on research by British Anthropologist Robin Dunbar who noted that 120 connections were the most any person or company could realistically manage and know who those people. Software will scale this number of course.

3. Brand/Product Mentions Why? Makes sense to know where these are taking place regardless of what people are actually saying. This helps you map where to ultimately be rather than hedging bets on platform blindness.4. Interests Why? Unlike CTRs and conversion rates, people data will help with personalization in a people-centric fueled future where conversation is the platform.

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What mistake did I make in this video?Mistakes of Conventional Marketers61The Digital Nomad Strategy

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Socialcam isnt a dominant platform but the behavior it was capturing now is:

Video Messaging!!!Live video streaming!!!Video remixing!!!Study Behavior, Not Platforms62The Digital Nomad Strategy

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Netnography: The freely expressed opinion of individuals on the social web provides researchers with data coming from thousands of individuals behaving freely. It also allows researchers to keep record of these interactions, quantify changes over time, and perform insightful analysis using a variety of tools and methods.Word of the Century63The Digital Nomad Strategy@djgeoffe

What you have learned today will be irrelevant in a matter of daysand no one is an expert in a constantly evolving world!But Dont Take My Word For It64The Digital Nomad Strategy

Part of learning, unlearning and relearning is where we stand now in the world of modern marketing65@djgeoffe

The most disruptive thing in the market is not technology, but rather the customer.Tiffani Bova

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So ask yourself this question to help you rethink your view of the world and your place in it66@djgeoffe


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When was the last time you did something for the first time?67@djgeoffe


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My Name Is Geoffrey Colonand I Work at Microsoft68@djgeoffe

Web: geoffreycolon.netTwitter: @djgeoffeLinkedIn: Geoffrey ColonSlideShare: slideshare.net/geoffreycolonPodcast: Disruptive FMBook: Disruptive Marketing

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Geoffrey Colon Life ShieldFamily & FunProfessional3 years at Microsoft7 years in agency world4 years running my own business (Creative Solutions Marketing Agency)10 years in the Music IndustryProfessional DJ

Interests: diversity in the workplace, women in tech, futurology, social media, mobile technology, digital media, blogging, international travel, music production, DJing, reading, soccer (playing and watching), podcasting, fashion, art, music, politics, philosophy, yoga, cooking, running, boxing, MMA, cycling, swimming, physical conditioningPast Roles: landscaping, DJ, radio sales, promotions manager, creative director, event director, agency entrepreneur, social strategist, client solutions director, vice president of digital strategyPersonalGoalsBorn in Bethlehem, PALehigh University alumLived 20 years in Brooklyn, NYMarried to the Allison DunmireTwo daughters: Olive & MatildaServe on a non-profit boardBring design thinking through diversity Speak at more events, publish more booksCreate new and innovative business models and products around human behaviorsDestroy poverty, hate, racism, sexism

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