Transcript Slide 1

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Randy Richter
Director, Technology Solutions/Partner
Association Technology Solutions
Authorized iMIS Service Provider of the Year
Former Director, Information Technology and
Member Services, EDUCAUSE
Former Chair of the ASAE technology council
[email protected]
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Everyone is doing it
Expectation to attract new/different members
Board members say you have to
We have extra money and don’t know what to
spend it on
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Let’s set the stage
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1999 PC vs. iPhone 4
iPhone 4
RAM
Top of the line
desktop 1999
128MB
Storage
20GB
32GB
Processor
500Mhz
1GHz
Screen Size
17in
3.5in
Weight
35 lbs
4.7 ounces
512MB
Mobile’s Amazing Growth
• Mobile device shipments will surpass PC
units by 2012
(est. 500MM shipped by 2012)
Source: Projections Morgan Stanley Research, dated June 7, 2010
• Update to above: Mobile device shipments
passed PCs in Q4 of 2010!
• Source: Kleiner Perkins: http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/10/meekermobile-slides/
Mobile’s Amazing Growth
• More than half of iPhone users are above 35:
• 35-54: 36%
• 55+: 17%
Source: http://techcrunchies.com/age-demographics-of-iphone-users/
Apple’s Amazing Growth
• Number of Days to Reach 1MM Units Sold:
• iPhone: 74 (shipped 6/29/07)*
• iPad: 28 (shipped 4/3/10)*
• iPhone 4: sold 1.7MM in 3 days*
• 100 Million – total number of iPhones
sold (through 2010)**
• 15 Million – total number iPads sold (in 9
months)**
*Source: Projections Morgan Stanley Research, dated June 7, 2010
**Source: TechCrunch March 2, 2011 http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/02/apple-announces-100-millioniphones-15-million-ipads-sold/
Top Smartphone Platforms
• 74.6 million U.S. owned smartphones (as
of April. 2011; up 13% since Jan 2011)
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Google – 36% (up 5.2% since Jan 2011)
iPhone – 26%
BlackBerry – 25.7%
Microsoft – 6.7%
Source: comScore (June 2011)
Mobile Users More Engaged
• Social Networking Fastest Growing Mobile Sector
• 240% increase in people accessing social
networking apps from phone vs. 124% increase
for News Source: comScore (June 2010)
• 69.6MM mobile users used Mobile Apps in April
2010 Source: comScore (June 2010)
• 76.9 billion apps expected to be downloaded by
2014 Source: IDC (Dec 2010)
Mobile App Usage
• 1 in 4 U.S. Adults now use Mobile Apps
Source: Pew Internet Project (Sept 2010)
• 43% of total U.S. cell phone users have Mobile
Apps on their phones
Source: Pew Internet Project (Sept 2010)
• Nearly 2/3rds use their apps daily and 1 in 4 use
their apps for more than 30 minutes per day
Source: Pew Internet Project (Sept 2010)
• 80% of smartphone users accessed apps in April
2010 (vs 78% accessing browser)
Source: comScore (June 2010)
iTunes Total Song Downloads vs Apps
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• No. of Songs downloaded: 624 million
• No. of Apps downloaded: 10 Billion
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Source: Kleiner Perkins:
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/10/meeker-mobile-slides/
Mobile Payments
• eBay: over $600MM in revenue from mobile
app in 2009/ $2 Billion in 2010
Source:http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/06/ebay-mobile-sales-2010/
• Amazon customers ordering more than $1
Billion worth of products per year via mobile
Source: http://mashable.com/2010/07/22/amazon-mobile-sales/
• Estimated mobile shopping will reach $119
Billion by 2015
Source:https://www.abiresearch.com/press/1605Shopping+by+Mobile+Will+Grow+to+$119+Billion+in+2015
Consumers Receptive to Mobile Marketing
• 34% more likely to visit company’s website due
to mobile message
• 28% more likely to make a purchase from
company website
• 37% those who opted to receive text alerts
thought location-based texts could be useful
Source: Social Times
Mobile vs. PC
• Mobile more powerful than PC
• Does your PC know your location?
• Does it go shopping with you or to bed? Your
phone is almost never out of sight.
• How soon before your laptop gets relegated
as checked airport baggage?
• Users are networking and buying from
mobile now
• Your members are mobile, but your
association isn’t
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Your members are mobile users
Your members use mobile applications
Your members buy things on line through
their mobile device
Your members connect to social networks
with mobile applications
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Mobile apps are a waste of time for associations
– Lindy Dreyer Nov 11, 2010
◦ There are too many barriers to using your app
(download, install, use)
◦ Popular app types don’t favor associations (games,
news, maps, social networking)
◦ Association members are not ready yet (38% of adult cell
phone users access the internet)
◦ By the time association members are ready, mobile apps
will be on the decline
◦ There are better ways to invest in mobile this year
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Source (http://www.socialfish.org/2010/11/mobile-appswaste-time-associations.html)
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Communicate with mobile devices
◦ Text Messaging
◦ Voice Mails
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Conference blasts
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Association Concerns
◦ Need to collect phone numbers
◦ Need permission to send blasts
◦ May not reach everyone
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As an example www.dialmycalls.com
◦ $10.00 for 140 credits
◦ $500 for 11,100 credits
◦ $3,500 for 100,000 credits
◦ A credit is one SMS or one voice mail and you only
pay for those that go through.
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Quick Response code – is a specific matrix
barcode that is readable by QR barcode
readers and camera telephones
Web pages, text
Put on conference materials
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Adapt your current website
Create entire new site
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Style for Mobile
Resize images
Automatically detect mobile devices
Rethink Navigation
Provide a clear path to the full site (non mobile)
Don’t break links
Measure the mobile audience
Source http://blogs.sitepoint.com/7-tips-tomake-your-web-site-mobile-friendly/
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What would you put on it?
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Member Directory
News
Events
Sponsorship Opportunities
Would it talk back to your association
management system?
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Many platforms
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iPhone
Blackberry
Android
WinMo
Symbian
Check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_application_
development for a list of mobile development
platforms and options
Emulators are available
Build for all or just for one?
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Case Study
Buy a MacBook and create an application.
How hard can it be?
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Challenging!
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http://www.poweredbydub.com/ *
Build one application in all platforms
One time and recurring costs
Integrates with some Association Management Systems
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http://socious.com/mobile **
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* ATS has relationship with Powered By Dub
** ATS has a relationship with Socious
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Conference itinerary and exhibit hall floor
plan
Association journals as e-books
Association specific tools – formulas,
calculators, estimating tools
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Companies are willing to pay to put their logo
on your mobile application reducing costs or
turning the mobile platform into a non dues
revenue generator.
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Mobile devices are becoming predominate in
the world
Think about when to have a mobile offering
not if
Consider what services/tools will be of
interest to members
Consider one single sign on and integration
with your association web site and
association management system
Carefully consider build verses buy
Consider sponsorships
Randy Richter
Directory, Technology Solutions
Association Technology Solutions
http://www.atsol.org/
[email protected]