A free Crach course in internet-seminar high lighting global Internet trends and focusing on Internet development in Africa and Ethiopia etc. The second part of the seminar demonstration of how to built a web page was in WordPress is done and how to open a online shop in Tictail.
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2. Learn more...
Internet in Africa/Ethiopia + Mobile Internet,
Internet evolution and trends + Search engine
optimisation + E-commerce and WordPress
Do more...
Build a free website + Open up a free online store.
4. HIGH LEVEL USERS/
USAGE TRENDS
INTERNET USAGE GROWING
Fastest growth in more difficult to monetize developing markets like India /
Indonesia / Nigeria
SMARTPHONE SUBSCRIBERS GROWING
20% strong growth though slowing...fastest growth in underpenetrated markets like China / India /
Brazil / Indonesia
TABLETS INCREASING
+52% early stage rapid unit growth
MOBILE DATA INCREASING
+81% accelerating growth...video = strong driver
Source: KPCB
5. GLOBAL PC AND TABLET
SHIPMENTS BY QUATER Q1-95-Q413
Source: KPCB
11. CYPERSECURITY TRENDS
1) # of Active Threat Groups Rising Rapidly =300 (+4x since 2011)
per Mandiant tracking
1) Increased Nation - State Activities*
2) Vulnerable Systems Placed on Internet Compromised in <15 Minutes
3) + 95% of Networks Compromised in Some Way
4) As Mobile Platforms Grow, Directed Attacks Will Risea
Source: * FireEye Operation Saffron Rose, **Honeynet Project.
15. SOCIAL DISTRUBUTION
Social Media Traffic Referral Leaders = Facebook /
Pinterest / Twitter with estimated 21%, 7%, 1% of
global referrals, per Shareaholic 3/14.
Social Distribution Happens Quickly =Average article
reaches half total social referrals in 6.5 hours on
Twitter, 9 hours on Facebook, per SimpleReach 5/14
22. CHANING BEHAVIOUR
• Remember MySpace, Alta Vista, Bebo…
• Perhaps social network is sticky as nightclubs – not like
banks
• Vastly little friction to adopt social apps on mobile
• People jump from network to network and abondon old ones
• People dont use Instagram for photos, Whatsup for text etc they
are using everything for everything
• All what matter is where your friends use today
People happily abandon history
26. THE MOBILE SHIFT
PC INDUSTRY
-350 m PCs sold in 2012
- 1.6bn units in use
-Replaced every 4-5 years
-Shared
MOBILE INDUSTRY
-1,7bn phones sold in 2012
- 3.2bn mobile users
- Replaced every 2 year
- One person/unit
29. MOBILE DENSITY +
TOP 10 COUNTRIES IN INTERNET USE
ETHIOPIA
Mobile – 25%
Internet – 1,2%
Estimated market penetration rates
in Ethiopia’s telecoms sector – end-
2013
30. CONDITIONS FOR REALISING
THE IMPACT OF INTERNET
”Two key pillars provide the basis for a well-functioning Internet
economy: “core infrastructure” and “conditions for usage.”
Source: impactoftheinternet.com
31. ETHIOPIA CONDITIONS
•Mobile penetration remains one of the lowest in the world
•International internet bandwidth has increased more than six-fold in two years
•Significant improvements in broadband
•Ethio Telecom extends telecom network access to over 16,000 of 18,000 settlements
•The fastest growing mobile market in Africa
Source: BUDDECOME
32. ETHIOPIA/USER SURVERY
Source: http://bit.ly/ethiopiaonline
What device do you most frequntly use for surfing online?
55% uses a computer, 21% smartphone and 2% tab
When do you surf mostly during a day?
28% at nighttime, 27% when every I can, 15 % during working
Hours and 13% in the afternoon
For you, which is the biggest obstcal surfing online?
62 % connection, 12% expensive connection,
3% lack of computer competens
41. WEB 3.0 – SEMANTIC WEB
“The semantic web is a vision of information that is
understandable by computers, so computers can perform
more of the tedious work involved in finding, combining, and
acting upon information on the web.”
42. WEB 4.0
INTERNET OF THINGS/EVERYTHING
• WebOS - the entire web being a single operating system where
information flows from any one point to any other.
• Devices connected to Internet
43. WEB 4.0
INTERNET OF THINGS (EVERYTHING)
Twine listens to your home and contacts you via email, Twitter, text message*,
phone call*, or HTTP GET and POST requests.
46. WHAT IS SEARCH ENGINE
OPTIMISATION?
The process of getting traffic from the “free,” “organic,”
“editorial” or “natural” search results on search engines.
48. IMPORTANCE OF RANKING
OVERALL AIM:
To be among the top 10 = increases the
VISIBILITY, builds TRADEMARK and
drives TRAFIC
49. BLACK vs WHITE HAT
BLACK HAT
• Wrongly presents content
via search engines
• Tricks search engines
• Fast and short results
WHITE HAT
• Follows the guidelines
• Aims to get the best ranking
*Tip: Google’s guide
52. 5 GREAT TIPS FOR SEO
CONTENT
Google likes specific content, so keep topics clear and on point. Update qualiative
Content regularly
PAGE SPEED
Check your site on the Google Page Speed tool. Speed matters especially in mobile.
Get your site score above an 85-90
KEYWORDS
Select the right keywords.
IMAGES
Don´t forget to optimize images with keywords
ANALYTICS
Measure. Measure. Test. And measure again…
56. WHAT PEOPLE IN ETHIOPIA
WOULD LIKE TO BUY ONLINE
Source: http://bit.ly/ethiopiaonline
57. WORLD´S BIGGEST E-COMMERCE
2011-2012 - Alibaba’s portals together handled 1.1 trillion yuan
($170 billion) in sales, more than eBay and Amazon combined.
58. NEW SHOPPING BEHAVIOURS
Same shoping basket on two
devices
Social shopping
Let others see what you
shop
Mobil shopping
Increasing e-commerce
Close
Shop on your way
home
59. E-COMMERCE TRENDS
Mobile optimized, not just mobil friendly
Mobile advertising
Targeted wearable devices
More social and search ads
Better delivery
Local branding and marketing
Marketing automation
Source: Brandwatch
61. WHERE TO START?
Start defining, modeling and research following:
BUSINESS MODEL, LAWS, DELIVERY, PAYMENT, DEALS WITH
PARTNERS MARKETING + RIGHT ONLINE PLATTFORM
62. DON´T MISS THESE SEMINARS
18 /8 + 20/8 – MASTER CLASS WORDPRESS (full)
20/8 – 6 – 8 pm DISCOVER WORDPRESS or WHY WP IS THE WORLD´S MOST
POPULAR FREE WEBSITE TOOL
21/8 – 10-12 am GET MORE OUT OF INTERNET AS AN ORGANISATION/NGO
21/8 – 1:30-4:30 pm DIGITAL MARKETING CRASH COURSE
21/8 – 6-8 pm – E-COMMERCE – OPEN UP YOUR OWN ONLINE SHOP!
Register today > http://bit.ly/openseminars
Notas del editor
A hosted solution. I did not want to deal with installing software, renting servers, etc.
Great looking design templates (themes). I did not want to have to hire a designer at this stage.
Lots of possibilities for upgrading. I wanted a solution that would allow us to pay for upgrades as needed.
Reasonable monthly fees, with tiered pricing
An ecosystem of 3rd party companies creating plug-in’s and add-ons