istrategy melbourne - australia, the land of digital opportunity - austin bryan, singtel/optus
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In this keynote session, Austin Bryan, Vice President of Digital Communities and Ecosystems at SingTel & Optus, will provide an insight into how Australians are approaching digital mobile content – what’s of interest to them now, and what are they expecting in the future? The local environment and trends in digital shopping, hyper-local services and video on mobile devices will be dissected and illustrated to provide a greater understanding of the generous opportunities available to reach customers. Austin will delve deep into the digital world and showcase how companies can provide their customers with less friction and more value through digital advertising.TRANSCRIPT
Australia: the land of digital opportunity
Making it relevant and personal for customers with digital advertising
Austin R. BryanVP, L!festream,
SingTel Group Digital L!fe
The Digital Experience
Allowing people to communicate and engage with your brand
Operate in both the ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ worlds
Australia’s Digital
Landscape
Mobile subscriber rates are over 130% of population
Australia has the second highest smartphone penetration in the world
Data used by Australians has doubled over the last year
Australia’s Digital
Landscape
This is only going to increase!
The Optus 4G network, rolled out across the country, provides superfast speeds
Customers have embraced this and will expect your brand to make the most of the digital world
How are Australians
using devices?
Multi-tasking with media consumption
Three in four Australians consume more than one type of media simultaneously
Soon, this will all happen on the one device
The retail revolution
7.8 million adult Australians used the internet to purchase something in the past year
The online world not only acts as the shop front and shopping guide, but as a platform for reviews
Sportsgirl
From 9 to 5 to 24/7
QR codes give customers the freedom to shop at anytime
Optus also uses QR codes for a superior customer experience
Combine the real and virtual world for more convenience
Kogan
Providing customers with discounts through ‘Live Pricing’
Streamline the supply chain
All online – get them involved, give them an incentive to buy early
Innovations in payments
Create a seamless shopping experience by reducing friction for customers
Five-fold growth in mobile payments by Australians in 2011
Cash-less, card-less
The wallet goes digital
Pay with a single swipe of your smartphone
Aggregate your bills in the digital world into one
This all revolves around convenience
Tough times for
telcos
Competition has expanded beyond traditional telcos
Focus on leveraging strengths to stay relevant
The digital space is filled with content producers, device manufacturers, over-the-top players
SingTel Group
Digital L!fe
Tasked with developing and delivering innovations on a global scale
30 products and services already launched
GDL holds the edge
Strong customer base – 463 million customers from Australia to Africa
Data retention and analysis of our customers’ behaviour
The goal: define the way people discover, share, and communicate
AdvertisingConsumers are being bombarded
Click-through rates are down from 7 per cent to 0.1 per cent
66% of consumers will actively unsubscribe from a brand with irrelevant ads
Mobile advertising
Australians are the most open in the world to receiving advertising on their mobiles
Asia Pacific region will have the largest mobile ad market in the world by 2015
Significant potential
Amobee, part of the SingTel Group, is a leader in mobile advertising
Australian innovation
We need to cultivate a culture that supports startups
Optus-Innov8 Seed Program fosters local innovation
Two investments announced last week
121cast and Venuemob: two Melbourne-based startups
The online experience
Do this for your customers:• Save time• Reduce friction
Be transparent and gain trust
Sharpen your customer focus
Be real but also be virtual
Thank you
Austin R. BryanVP, L!festream,
SingTel Group Digital L!fe