Grouped: How small groups of friends are the key to influence on the social web
The web is undergoing a fundamental change. It is moving away from its current structure of documents and pages linked together, and towards a new structure that is built around people. This is a profound change that will affect how we create business strategy, design, marketing, and advertising. The reason for this shift is simple. For tens of thousands of years we’ve been social animals. The web, which is only 20 years old, is simply catching up with offline life.
From travel to news to commerce, smart businesses are reorienting their efforts around people–around the social behavior of their customers and potential customers. In order to be successful, businesses will need to understand how people are connected, how their social network influences them, how the people closest to them influence them the most, and how it’s more important for marketers to focus on small, connected groups of friends rather than looking for overly influential individuals.
This book pulls together the latest research from leading universities and technology companies to describe how people are connected, and how ideas and brand messages spread through social networks. It shows readers how to rebuild their business around social behavior, and create products that people tell their friends about.
Table of Contents
1. The web is changing
2. How and why we communicate with others
3. How we’re connected influences us
4. How our relationships influence us
5. The myth of the “influentials”
6. We are influenced by what is around us
7. How our brain influences us
8. How our biases influence us
9. Marketing and advertising on the social web
10. Conclusion
Book Details
- Paperback: 168 pages
- Publisher: New Riders Press (November 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0321804112
- ISBN-13: 978-0321804112
