Earlier this year I noticed an exodus of marketers, techies and PR types flocking towards Google+. Along with their experience and interests they brought conversations, content and insight to the table which helped Google+ reach new heights of activity. Google+ also received a lot of flak for its slow adoption rate, when in reality it's actually one of the fastest growing social networks out there! But how did they do it?
Google+ built a creeping strategy around the assumption that their incentives would attract a certain type of person. Their target market shared mutual interests for marketing, PR, technology, and blogging. Together the users of Google+ proudly create, share and +1 content because Google rewards it's users with SEO benefits from +1's and higher exposure through Authorship. Writers are also very eager to have their faces beside their work as it increases familiarity and works towards a sense of credibility and trust with the specific author.
I'm sure all of you know that Yahoo recently acquired Tumblr and is showing signs of having learned from Google's creeping strategy. But instead of going after the techies and marketing types it's focusing its reach on the creatives of cyberspace.
While marketers are said to a harmonious blend of scientist and artist it's evident by the platforms being fought for that you can't find a harmonious blend of interests in a single platform. While Google is building its foundation of users at an alarming rate, Yahoo is strategizing against its competitors by claiming a very valuable resource: creativity.
Even though their contributors are painfully tacky in their articles I haven't lost faith in this old gem, Yahoo -because with the help of Tumblr finding creative writers will be a cinch.
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