Qual o potencial do conteúdo digital no Brasil?

Em dezembro do ano passado, o Ibope Media divulgou um relatório apontando que o Brasil tem 94,2 milhões de usuários de internet. Este número, entretanto, já deve ter sido ultrapassado, visto que foi registrado no terceiro trimestre de 2012. Mas, por que raios estamos falando em números? Porque estes números representam pessoas e todas estas pessoas estão consumindo conteúdo online – inclusive você, neste exato momento. Se há consumidores, então existe um mercado e, consequentemente, a demanda por produtos – e também por produtores.

É aí que começa a seguinte reflexão: qual o futuro deste ramo de negócios no país e onde entram os blogs nesta história toda?

Segundo pesquisadores do Ipea, nos Estados Unidos a indústria de conteúdos digitais chega a representar 10% de um PIB que ultrapassa os US$ 15 trilhões. É só fazer as contas e ver que, por lá, o segmento é bem rentável. Apesar de ainda estar engatinhando, o mercado brasileiro também já dá sinais de seu grande potencial, como bem observou Gaby Darbyshire, COO da Gawker Media.

Há alguns dias, ela esteve no Brasil para visitar os parceiros da F451, responsáveis pelas versões nacionais do Gizmodo, Kotaku, Jalopnik e do recém-finado Jezebel. Em um papo exclusivo com o B9, Gaby contou que há um plano de ampliar este leque – afinal os negócios vão bem por aqui -, mas que o projeto ainda está em fase de estudos. Todo esse tato tem explicação: se por um lado as oportunidades existem, por outro também há a preocupação se público e anunciantes estão preparados para determinados títulos, especialmente após o fim de Jezebel.

Em 2012, a boo-box analisou a audiência de blogs brasileiros com base nos dados de 80 milhões de usuários. As categorias mais acessadas são entretenimento, esporte, tecnologia, automotivos, moda e beleza, que juntos correspondem a 94% dos acessos – um prato cheio para anunciantes. A blogosfera se tornou um segmento tão atraente que não faltam pessoas querendo largar tudo para virar blogueiro profissional, com a ilusão de que o sucesso é instantâneo. Mas não é bem assim.

Se olharmos a trajetória dos principais blogs brasileiros, a maioria está por aí há pelo menos uns 10 anos, como o próprio B9. É claro que há casos daqueles que estouram do dia para a noite, mas nem todos conseguem se manter relevantes sem conteúdo de qualidade.

“É uma verdade imutável que se você produz um conteúdo bom, as pessoas vão querer acessá-lo e retornarão todos os dias, fazendo com que sua audiência cresça”, observa Gaby.

A pegadinha é que “bom” e “ruim” são coisas subjetivas e o que pode ser bom para alguns é ruim para outros, e vice-versa. Então o bom, segundo ela, é aquele que consegue se destacar dos demais e despertar o interesse do leitor dentro de seu segmento, tornando-se relevante. A combinação de relevância, interesse e audiência é o que define a viabilidade comercial da publicação. No caso da Gawker Media, isso se traduz em 40 milhões de leitores mensais, presença em nove países e um faturamento anual de US$ 26 milhões. Nada mal para o que começou em 2002 como um blog de entretenimento criado por Nick Denton, para se transformar em um grupo com 8 publicações – 3 delas (Deadspin, Gawker e Gizmodo) entre as 10 mais lidas do mundo.

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Mas nem tudo é perfeito. Apesar de ser um dos títulos de maior sucesso da Gawker Media no exterior, o site Jezebel não deu certo no Brasil. A proposta de abordar cultura, moda, sexo e celebridades com um olhar mais crítico, acompanhando a realidade da mulher contemporânea, acabou não funcionando por aqui e o blog foi desativado no final do ano passado. Talvez o maior pecado de Jezebel tenha sido a incompreensão de seu posicionamento independente, pioneirismo punido com o fim da publicação.

“Nos EUA, Jezebel é gigante. Acreditamos que foi cedo demais para trazê-lo para cá, mas também acreditamos que o Brasil precisa de algo assim. Em algum momento, nós vamos tentar novamente”.

Estratégia & Futuro

Há algumas semanas, o Braincast 47 discutiu a realidade das pequenas e médias agências do Brasil, que atendem clientes locais, com um orçamento bem diferente das polpudas contas do eixo Rio-São Paulo. No mercado da produção de conteúdo digital, mais especificamente dos blogs, a realidade é parecida. É cada vez mais comum blogs que atraem anunciantes locais (e em alguns momentos até mesmo nacionais) por ter um conteúdo regionalizado.

Guardadas as devidas proporções, a estratégia da Gawker Media é bastante parecida ao permitir que seus parceiros trabalhem localmente, de maneira independente, mas sem perder a identidade original das publicações que representam. E mesmo que nem todo mundo goste, é preciso levar em conta que muitos internautas preferem acessar blogs em seu próprio idioma. Se este não é o seu caso e você prefere ler o Gizmodo original, mas fica incomodado com o direcionamento para a versão brasileira, basta alterar os cookies do computador, utilizando os links para os sites norte-americanos presentes em todos os blogs.

Mas, e daí, os blogs vão substituir os meios tradicionais de informação?

Essa conversa de que a internet vai substituir jornais, livros, televisão e rádio rola há anos, mas pelo que pudemos ver até agora, melhor seria dizer que a internet é cada vez mais uma ferramenta para a integração do digital e do analógico. Saber combinar o melhor dos dois mundos é muito mais eficaz do que optar por apenas um e dizer que o outro vai acabar. Tanto para quem produz conteúdo, quanto para quem anuncia e consome.

No caso de quem produz, há incontáveis ferramentas à disposição que facilitam o dia a dia, queimando inúmeras etapas e reduzindo custos. É claro que é preciso desenvolver múltiplas habilidades, mas isso também é benéfico. Para os anunciantes, as possibilidades de envolver o público e criar experiências únicas parecem não ter fim, enquanto o consumidor passa a ser o maior beneficiado com tantas opções.

E mesmo toda essa concorrência é vista com bons olhos pela executiva da Gawker Media. “Tem espaço para todo mundo. Isso nos estimula a nos dedicarmos mais, é o que nos torna melhores”.

Depois disso tudo, dá para concluir que o mercado de conteúdo digital no Brasil tem potencial – senão não chamaria a atenção de grupos internacionais – e que a concorrência existe e pode ser positiva, mas saber explorar vantagens como a produção local é fator determinante em qualquer estratégia.

 

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Eyeballs Yes, But Publishers Need The Rest of You Too

In the old days, editors assigned stories to reporters, then made suggestions for improvement as the copy came in. Today, it’s a bit more complicated. Today, an editor needs to have the capacity to run the presses.

Paul Smalera, tech editor at Reuters, warns on Medium that editors need to know some code and possess a working knowledge of design, or risk forfeiting maximum exposure for their stories.

…Readers are being trained to expect simple yet elegant complexity in their online experiences. Woe to the media company that is not scrambling to deliver both.

Smalera points to a few examples, including “Snowfall,” a brilliantly executed multimedia story from The New York Times.

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I’m also fascinated by this additional bit of insight from Smalera: “Cultivating reader relationships on an editorial level can unlock all sorts of value, understanding, and yes, even revenue. But only an editor who understands how to demand that data, from a team willing to provide it, will ever get it. Then she has to figure out how to use it.”

As editor and partner in this micro media property, I’d love to “unlock all sorts of value” right here, right now. Speaking of that, I listened to an interesting audiocast last night where USA Today Columnist Steve Strauss interviews Brian Clark, the CEO and Founder of Copyblogger Media.

“You have to demonstrate that you’re valuable enough to pay attention to,” Clark advises. Of course you do. But being interesting, and consistently providing interesting content is no guarantee of a pay day. To get paid, you have to sell something people are buying. You might be super interesting in a topic that doesn’t monetize.


AdPulp has always made “some money” from advertising and sponsored content, but I’ve never been an A-list blogger and I’ve never seen the cash windfalls that can come from it. Clark mentions on Strauss’ show that his 20-person company now brings in $5 mil a year in revenue. I’m as impressed as anyone that a great business can spring from a blog’s fertile soils. Just know the type of success that Clark, Chris Brogan, David Meerman Scott and others have found is the exception, not the rule. To make it big online or off, you also need talent, timing, luck, connections and the drive to work and never give up, plus several other intangibles.

While Shawn and I haven’t yet found the money-tree in the digital forest that we keep hearing about, unlike Sasquatch, it is there to be found. Sometimes, we say to ourselves it’s the topic — Advertising — that’s the problem, but I’m resistant to this because Advertising is huge, and we provide a valuable service to the practitioners, students of and professors of Advertising, plus many others with an interest in the business and ads.

As long as you’re here, there is market value here. I’m convinced AdPulp can get bigger, do more, and serve you in new and exciting ways, but first I have to get busy and become an editor who “understands data and cultivates reader relationships.” Doesn’t sound too difficult. But please, send me any advice you might have.

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Windows 7: Saltando de para-quédas e fazendo um post ao mesmo tempo

Microsoft Windows 7 Para-Quedas

Para provar o slogan do novo Windows 7, “Incrivelmente Simples”, a Microsoft propôs um desafio para o blogueiro Rodolfo Castrezana, do Omedi.net: saltar de para-quédas e fazer um post ao mesmo tempo.

Em queda livre, uma trajetória com 12 mil pés de altura, Castrezana (de Guararema para o mundo) tinha que logar no Windows 7, tirar uma foto, abrir o Windows Live Writer para escrever o texto, tratar a imagem no Windows Live Galeria de Fotos, publicar o post e, finalmente, utilizar o recurso Aeroshake para organizar a área de trabalho.

O resultado foi esse post, e abaixo você confere o vídeo que conta todo o processo da ação. A criação é da Wunderman.

E já pode fazer as piadinhas: se fosse o Windows Vista, travava no meio do caminho. Tela azul durante o salto de para-quédas seria o suprasumo em na história dos travamentos históricos.

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The Design Chapel 2

One of my favorite designers, Robert Lindström, has just updated his amazing DesignChapel after well over a year and pops back with a fresh new blog to keep track of his doings.

Showcasing some of his personal work and the ones made with NorthKingdom. 100% quality on every project.

The KDU is back online

After a long time in the making, The KDU is finally back online and bigger than ever. We now hold a collective website to showcase the very best of the KDU’s work in a well balanced, beautifully planned and direct way.

It’s been 5 long years put together in one place for you to see the highlights of what’s been going down in the KDU trenches. HOTTTTT STUFF!

We’ll also be having our own personal blogs soon so keep your eyes open for any new intel.

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Limité Magazine

As of today I am a contributing author to the fresh digital magazine/blog Limité Magazine.

In its own words, Limité is “… dedicated to capturing the echelon of modern world culture‹elevating the unique and inspiring in fashion, design, travel, the arts, and pure expression. Fueled by a desire to serve as the voice uniting cultures from around the globe, Limité celebrates diversity, creativity, and a passionate lifestyle for the modern man and woman.

Be sure to check it out!

LaMalla.cl

Today, after a couple months of organizing, programming and designing, a brand new project of mine sees the light of day: LaMalla.cl

LaMalla (or TheGrid) is born as a simple blog between friends, a bit of a programming experiment, a place for us to showcase those who inspire us and should continue to inspire even more people.

The idea is fairly simple, a dynamic grid with customizable contents that fit your browser for best viewing of the content.

We’re of course a spanish-speaking website. But if you’d like to contribute to our project and think language should be no barrier, then hit us up at hello@lamalla.cl and we’ll see what we can do so you too can be part of the family.

Of course we’ve been running several tests these last few days, but there’s always a few loose ends. So if you happen to come across some dead end, please don’t hesitate to let us know at feedback@lamalla.cl.

Of course any comments, opinions, critics, etc, are always welcome.

Cheers!.

Thanks Matt!

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WordPress functions help sheet

I’m a fan of WordPress.

I started using it a couple years ago and from then on I’ve applied it to almost every website I’ve developed. Its capacities are just huge, plus it has an enormous community willing to help you out whenever you get stuck.

Today via Design:Float I came across this nifty help guide that the guys from DBS Interactive just released for free.

A list eith several functions you’ll use oftenly when it comes to create or edit your templates on WordPress.

I’m sure it’ll come in handy to more than one out there.

Next Up: Think It And A Blogging Service Will Capture It

Posterous is a new blogging service that has taken the “Simplify” process to its ultimate conclusion, and given email a much needed boost in the process.

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Interactive agency Big Spaceship is on board, and Newsweek is writing about it.

The new kid on the block is Posterous, which made its debut last week and is already making Tumblr seem archaic by bypassing the need to go to a Web site to write a post—or even embed a video. On Posterous, users start an account and publish new posts entirely via e-mail. All you need to do to launch a new blog—and update it—is send an e-mail to post@posterous.com. In its first week 6,000 bloggers registered with Posterous, according to cofounder Sachin Agarwal.

Blah Blah Blahgs

Digg’s founder, Kevin Rose, wonders if blogs have jumped the shark. I wonder if the phrase “jumped the shark” has jumped the shark, but I digress.

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Picking up on this is Kansas City-based creative generalist Jeremy Fuksa.

It seems there’s a better way to share information. I hardly read RSS feeds anymore. I get all my links and information from tweets. All the blogs I truly care about tweet links to their posts, so RSS reading has almost fallen by the wayside for me as well.

So, you tell me. Am I jumping the gun here, or have blogs as we know them begun to lose their relevancy?

I’ll try to answer that. Linking to stories on Digg or another site isn’t the same as commenting on stories, or writing original pieces on one’s site. And microbursts on Twitter are not comprehensive enough to replace more in depth posts on one’s site. It seems to me that these things work best, when they work together.

Street People Claim Authorship of Anonymous Blog

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Delta Gets A ‘Cue

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‘Cue Confessions is a new BBQ blog written by David Bailey and sponsored by Delta’s “Sky Magazine.”

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In related news, Danny G. has been busy shooting and editing footage of BBQ expert David Gelin visiting famous Georgia smokemarks.

Nothing But Net

Daniel Turman of Organic has an interesting side project going. It’s called Fear the Beard.

The blog quickly took on a life of its own. While it often functions as the “junk drawer” of my (and our) collective consciousness (thanks Misha), it has also developed a surprisingly ardent following and opened some interesting doors. I was interviewed for a French basketball magazine, Reverse. I was invited to play in a blogger all-star game at the Oracle Arena. And, at our urging people grew beards for the playoff push and sent in pictures from around the country. Finally, our DIY PaperBeardâ„¢ (for the less hirsute) was featured on Yahoo Sports and even more improbably in the pages of Fortune.

But all of that pales in comparison to the events of some two weeks ago. After a few phone calls, we managed to secure an interview with the man some call Boom Dizzle. The rub? We only had one-day’s notice. To shoot. Video. Oh, and it turned out he was “open” to hearing ideas for doing something on the street. Out with the people. All viral like. Tomorrow.

In other words, Baron Davis is down. He’s negotiating a $17 mil contract, but really, it’s the little things that matter.

Don’t Want To Be On Camera? Walk Away.

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch grills Chris Alden, CEO of blogging service SixApart, at Apple’s iPhone 2.0 coming out party last week.

It’s good to see some tough questions from a blogger. And it’s funny to see the culture of transparency (as represented by Arrington) bump up against Apple’s closed-source reality.

Blogs and Candy

This script would not have been written, nor sold to a client, two years ago.

The Advertiser’s Bill Of Rights

I just came across Creative Director George Tannenbaum’s blog Ad Aged and there are some interesting thoughts there. Like this, The Advertiser’s Bill of Rights. Of course, it’s not exactly written from an advertiser’s point of view, or let’s just say a client would never write it like this:

1. You have the right to be spared the expense and time in having us attend endless meetings with people who can only say no. You have the right to have us present only to top decision-makers and take direction, in person, only from them.

2. You have the right to hear the word “no.” No is harder to say than yes and more important. It is not necessarily what you want to hear. But it’s often what you need to hear. In other words, and perhaps more precisely, we will be unfailingly, unflinchingly honest with you.

3. You have the right to disavow anything cheap. Cheap brands do cheap work. You are not a cheap brand, we will spare you from the temptation of cheap by simply refusing to comply.

There’s more. It’s worth a read.

Wherefore Art Thou, Hill | Holliday?

Hill | Holliday hasn’t updated their website since April 11th. I’m certain there are good reasons for it. Most likely the people who have been chosen to update the site are busy solving client problems (like finding Rachel Ray a new scarf). I get it. But, I also get that a blog as agency site isn’t the right answer if you can’t keep it up to date.

I don’t mean to pick on Hill | Holliday. They are far from the only agency with this problem. They’re just the most prominent.

If you ask Steve Rubel, he’d suggest putting some so-called “Millennials” on the job. If you ask me, I’d say it’s not about age, it’s about commitment to the form.

My Suggestion: Dry Aged Beef

Ad blogs are becoming commodities, but today I stumbled on one that’s worth noting. It’s called Creative Beef. It’s written by an anonymous copywriter who offers insightful analysis wrapped in biting humor.

Check this:

1) An ad agency is like a collection of small hostile tribes that are constantly battling each other for resources, power, etc. To succeed you must prove your loyalty to all of them.

2) Unless you are the star Creative Director, keep your brilliant ideas to yourself. New ideas are dangerous and indentify you as a trouble-maker.

3) All deadlines are lies.

4) Most of the changes that come from the client don’t really come from the client. Learn to identify your coworkers’ handwriting.

5) The harder you work, the harder they’ll make you work.

There’s more. Much more. So get over there.

Turning Tide

It’s a story that ad bloggers don’t like WPP’s “Synarchy” Name?

Apparently so. Ad Age named George Parker and High Jive as sources.