page 1 Social Media and GCU Stephen Robertson, Web and Digital Marketing Manager
Dec 20, 2015
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Contents
What we’ll cover
• What is social media?
• The social media landscape
• Future trends
• Social media at GCU
• Next steps
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What is social media?
“A group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, which allows the creation and exchange of user-generated content.”
Kaplan, Andreas M.; Michael Haenlein2010
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The social media landscape
Some key stats
• Social networking accounts for 23% of all online time.
• 800 million+ people now on social networking sites
• 500 million on facebook
• 83 tweets a second reference a product
• 35 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube
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The social media landscape
It’s not just the kids
• The average social network user is 37 years old.
• Facebook: 38.
• LinkedIn: 44.
• Twitter: 39.
• MySpace: 31.
• Bebo: 28.
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Future trends
“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.”
Neils Bohr(1885 - 1962)
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Future trends
Where things are heading
• Geo-location
• Mobile! Mobile! Mobile!
• Instant interaction with brands
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Future trends
Where things are heading
• Geo-location
• Mobile! Mobile! Mobile!
• Instant interaction with brands
• Ever greater increase in uptake – Silver Surfers
• Stay flexible and aware
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Social media and GCU
How are we represented out there?
• Facebook: 14 pages, 159 groups
• YouTube: 550 videos under “glasgow caledonian”
• Twitter: ?
• Ning: ?