ideas to enhance your lifestyle www.pondera.me @PonderaForMe
Jun 29, 2015
ideas to enhance your lifestyle
www.pondera.me @PonderaForMe
Market size
Personal Development
2011 2020
$12 Billion $23 Billion
Top 3 books
116 Million copies
Suppliers
10,000s @PonderaForMe
Some examples
Top search phrases
“How to be happy” 56M searches / month
“Leadership” 7M searches / month
“Life balance” 5M searches / month
@PonderaForMe
Problem
No central place to
discover or purchase
Personal Development
content and services @PonderaForMe
Pondera is…
Bringing the Personal Development industry together- Suppliers- Customers- Community
Personalised and relevant- Tailored Ideas
@PonderaForMe
Our product
Our product
Our product
Our product
@PonderaForMe
Competitors
Content- SelfGrowth.com
Substitutes- Facebook Groups
Individual speakers- Thousands of motivational
speaker sites
@PonderaForMe
Route to market
Experts’ databases
180 affiliates
SEO and PPC
- Broad, keyword-rich site
- SEO/content growth loop
- PPC: low competition
@PonderaForMe
Revenue model
Affiliates
5% on books
50% on conferences
Paid communities
Segmentation data
@PonderaForMe
Development Timeline
2012 so far
28 May Development started
3 JunRecommendation engine
21 Jun Discovery stream
2 Jul Community Idea Filters
23 Jul Onsite notifications
6 Aug Email notifications
@PonderaForMe
Results so far
Building up communities
Increasing metrics
2,300 - registered users
31% - come back weekly
180 - affiliate experts companies
@PonderaForMe
Next steps
Volume
- Facebook OpenGraph- Expert Engagement
Traction
- Events Solution- Dashboard / Trending
For You
Revenue
- Paid Communities- Hosting Paid Content
@PonderaForMe
The Pondera team
Carl Dan Claire
Bill
Ivan
Carlos UX Design Expert Relations