Social Technographics™ Defined Josh Bernoff, co-author of Groundswell.

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Social Technographics™ Defined Josh Bernoff, co-author of Groundswell

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Social Technographics™ DefinedJosh Bernoff, co-author of Groundswell

Page 2: Social Technographics™ Defined Josh Bernoff, co-author of Groundswell.

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Creators

Critics

Collectors

Joiners

Spectators

Inactives

The Social Technographics™ Ladder

Social Technographics classifies people according to how they use social technologies.

Forrester can quantify the number of online consumers within these groups using our consumer surveys.

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Creators

Publish a blogPublish your own Web pagesUpload video you created Upload audio/music you createdWrite articles or stories and post them

The Social Technographics ™ Ladder

Creators make social content go. They write blogs or upload video, music, or text.

Groups include people participating in at least one of the activities monthly.

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Creators

Critics

Publish a blogPublish your own Web pagesUpload video you created Upload audio/music you createdWrite articles or stories and post them

Post ratings/reviews of products/servicesComment on someone else’s blogContribute to online forumsContribute to/edit articles in a wiki

The Social Technographics ™ Ladder

Critics respond to content from others. They post reviews, comment on blogs, participate in forums, and edit wiki articles.

Groups include people participating in at least one of the activities monthly.

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Creators

Critics

Collectors

Publish a blogPublish your own Web pagesUpload video you created Upload audio/music you createdWrite articles or stories and post them

Post ratings/reviews of products/servicesComment on someone else’s blogContribute to online forumsContribute to/edit articles in a wiki

Use RSS feedsAdd “tags” to Web pages or photos“Vote” for Web sites online

The Social Technographics ™ Ladder

Collectors organize content for themselves or others using RSS feeds, tags, and voting sites like Digg.com

Groups include people participating in at least one of the activities monthly.

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Creators

Critics

Collectors

Joiners

Publish a blogPublish your own Web pagesUpload video you created Upload audio/music you createdWrite articles or stories and post them

Post ratings/reviews of products/servicesComment on someone else’s blogContribute to online forumsContribute to/edit articles in a wiki

Use RSS feedsAdd “tags” to Web pages or photos“Vote” for Web sites online

Maintain profile on a social networking siteVisit social networking sites

The Social Technographics ™ Ladder

Joiners connect in social networks like MySpace and Facebook

Groups include people participating in at least one of the activities monthly.

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Creators

Critics

Collectors

Joiners

Spectators

Publish a blogPublish your own Web pagesUpload video you created Upload audio/music you createdWrite articles or stories and post them

Post ratings/reviews of products/servicesComment on someone else’s blogContribute to online forumsContribute to/edit articles in a wiki

Use RSS feedsAdd “tags” to Web pages or photos“Vote” for Web sites online

Maintain profile on a social networking siteVisit social networking sites

Read blogsWatch video from other usersListen to podcastsRead online forumsRead customer ratings/reviews

The Social Technographics ™ Ladder

Spectators consumer social content including blogs, user-generated video, podcasts, forums, or reviews

Groups include people participating in at least one of the activities monthly.

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Creators

Critics

Collectors

Joiners

Spectators

Inactives

Publish a blogPublish your own Web pagesUpload video you created Upload audio/music you createdWrite articles or stories and post them

Post ratings/reviews of products/servicesComment on someone else’s blogContribute to online forumsContribute to/edit articles in a wiki

Use RSS feedsAdd “tags” to Web pages or photos“Vote” for Web sites online

Maintain profile on a social networking siteVisit social networking sites

Read blogsWatch video from other usersListen to podcastsRead online forumsRead customer ratings/reviews

None of the above

The Social Technographics ™ Ladder

Inactives neither create nor consumer social content of any kind

Groups include people participating in at least one of the activities monthly.

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Creators

Critics

Collectors

Joiners

Spectators

Inactives

Publish a blogPublish your own Web pagesUpload video you created Upload audio/music you createdWrite articles or stories and post them

Post ratings/reviews of products/servicesComment on someone else’s blogContribute to online forumsContribute to/edit articles in a wiki

Use RSS feedsAdd “tags” to Web pages or photos“Vote” for Web sites online

Maintain profile on a social networking siteVisit social networking sites

Read blogsWatch video from other usersListen to podcastsRead online forumsRead customer ratings/reviews

None of the above

The Social Technographics ™ Ladder

Groups include people participating in at least one of the activities monthly.

Taken together, these groups make up the ecosystem that forms the groundswell.

By examining how they are represented in any subgroup, strategists can determine which sorts of strategies make sense to reach their customers.

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