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• Multiple Personalities–Not a Disorder but the Norm

  by Amy Parnell, Benjamin Smithee, Elizabeth Sartin and Thomas Marks

  In today’s online social world, most people maintain several different social profiles that span across friends, business networking, online dating and entertainment/lifestyle. One person’s public persona on each of these different types of social sites could be vastly different than the information they will share on the others. What are the psychologies and mental models at play that provide a preconceived notion of what personal information should be shared in different contexts? What challenges does each profile team face in overcoming such pre-existing beliefs?

  Discuss why online social users create unique personas between these different sites, why the content that is shared across these different communities can be so dramatically different and what challenges the social media industry faces in regards to contending with fundamental human psychology. Particants on this panel include leads from Match.com, LinkedIn and TripIt.

  • Community
  • LinkedIn
  • Match.com
  • Online Dating
  • personalities
  • profiles
  • Social

  At 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Longhorn, Omni Downtown

  Coverage audio clip

• Social + Location + Mobile = The Perfect Beer

  by Mike Schneider, Hanna Laney, John Vajda, Melani Gordon and Terry Lozoff

  How can the Foursquare-ification of our world change the way we get access to our favorite products to explore and discover new ones? What can brands learn about highly engaged users in niche markets, like beer enthusiasts, who use social networks and check-in services? This panel will focus on: Conversion/ROI: How can businesses in beer and other niche markets tap into the passion of consumers to find successful paths to conversion. Data: The importance of meaningful (semantic) data vs unstructured (not meaningful) data and how this information plays an important yet unique role for consumers, brands and vendors in a niche market like the beer industry. Decisions: How key data points can drive critical business decisions in niche markets like the beer industry. User Behavior: What we (marketers, product developers, businesses) can learn from highly engaged users in a niche market with these specific interests.

  • Data
  • Location
  • Mobile
  • Social

  At 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Salon J, Hilton Austin Downtown