Influence Landscape

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A few quick comments on the framework:

DRIVING FORCES:
A wide array of forces are shifting value and attention to the influence landscape and from traditional media, advertising, and marketing.
– Democratization of media
– Social media aggregation
– Mass media fragmentation
– Decline of advertising impact
– Peer trust

INFLUENCERS:
There are a wide variety of roles played by influencers, with different dynamics for each in how they influence and how they can be reached.
– Everyone
– Analysts
– Journalists
– Bloggers/Twitterers
– Experts
– Celebrities

INFLUENCE MECHANISMS:
Influence requires communication, and today a wide and ever-increasing range of channels, from face-to-face meetings to broadcast TV, are mechanisms to spread influence.
– Mass media: TV, Radio, Print
– Social media: Twitter, Blogs, Social Networks
– Personal interaction: Email, Phone, Meet

INFLUENCE AGGREGATORS:
While influence flows through many channels, one of the drivers making social media more important is that influence of many is aggregated through a variety of tools.
– Digg
– delicious
– Tweetmeme
– Stumble Upon
– techmeme

INFLUENCE NETWORKS:
Influence flows through networks – it cannot be understood as a linear mechanism focused on individual influencers. There are a number of key aspects of influence networks that need to be addressed to tap the power of influence.
– Cascade windows
– Influence agents
– Transmission ratios
– Network density

DISCUSSION
* How can the framework be improved?

* What is missing from the framework

* Are the elements of the influence landscape changing?