4. Internet trends in India
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In a span of four years (2008-2012) India
added 88 Million internet users reaching to
total of 137 Million internet, growing 26%
In 2013, there are 67 million smartphone
subscribers, which is 6% of the total
subscribers in India, growing at the rate of
52% .
More than 50% of Indians share almost
everything or most things online in
comparison to 15 % in US and 24%
Globally
5. Challenges & Problems faced by
internet marketing
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Creating Content
Converting leads to sales
Reliability And Security Issues
Technical skills
Keeping pace with market and technological
change
Abiding by laws and legislations
Ensuring maximum access
6. Contribution to GDP
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Internet services and devices industry has potential to increase
its contribution to up to 3.3 per cent to India's Gross domestic
product by 2015, a report by McKinsey & Company.
"The Internet currently contributes a modest 1.6 per cent to
India's GDP in line with most aspiring countries.
This could grow to 2.8-3.3 per cent by 2015, if India achieves its
potential for growth in the number of Internet users and Internet
technology related consumption and investment over this period
11. SNAPCHAT
May 2009 | Co-founders Bobby Murphy and
Evan Spiegel meet at Stanford
February 2011 | Version 1.0 of the Snapchat
Prototype is tested
June 2011 | Version 2.0 (official) of Snapchat is
tested
September 2011 | Initial Launch of Snapchat App
June 2012 | Over 100 million photos have been
shared over Snapchat
September 26, 2012 | Snapchat celebrates its 1-
year birthday
October, 2012 | Snapchat releases version for
Android platform
Developers
Evan Spiegel David Kravitz
Bobby Murphy Daniel Smith
• Photos shared through
Snapchat are known as
“SNAPS”.
• Time limit for view of snaps
then that snap will be hidden
and deleted from server.
• Began under the name of
“Picaboo”
• App’s mascot is "Ghostface
Chillah“
14. Brand Milestones
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Dosomething.Org Taps Snapchat For Teen-Centric Valentine’s
Campaign
Snapchat to Celebrate 1 Billionth Snap Shared with Massive
“Group Snap” in Times Square
Snapchat Named Best Mobile App | Crunchies Awards 2013
18. BRAND STRATEGIES :
Logo : Change in Logo
Tagline : “Real-Time Picture Chatting”
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Distribution Of SnapChat :
Available on Android , iOS ,
Absent onWindows and BlackBerry
27. Instagram
Instagram is a photo sharing app that connect users.
Instant photo uploads with real time comments and feedbacks.
Launched in October 2010.
150 million users worldwide.
3 million photos uploaded daily.
28. Swot analysis of Instagram
Strenght
• Instant action
• Connecting people through hash
tag
• Free application
• Easy to use application
weakness
• No revenue .
• Occasional bugs and crashes
Opportunities
• Purchased by Social Gient
facebook Inc.
• Most popular photo app in the
market
• Development of mobile web
Threats
Competition getting more and more
serious
Rising interest in videos than
pictures
29. WeChat
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It is a mobile text and voice messaging application.
Launched in October 2010 by Tencent naming
Weixin.
Rebranded as WeChat in April 2012 for
international market.
Had 300 million users by January 2013.
31. Swot analysis of WeChat
Strength
Allows to send
videos,voice notes,
pictures.
Profile Picture Facility
No need to add friends
Available for all
platforms
Weakness
Not diversified
Weak distribution of
network
32. Opportunities
Advanced technology
Recognized application
Modernization of people
Increased demand for
smartphones
Threats
Competition
Product substitution
Similar applications for
free too.
33. Business Plan for India
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Objectives
Establishing the brand
Penetrating the big Indian youth market
Segmentation
Mainly targeting the teens and the 20's users
Psychographic Segmentation
Positioning
Creating a brand image of SnapChat through Celebrity
Endorsements
35. 4Ps
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Product
Direct addition of a friend list
Profile Picture and with a Status Facility.
Conversation (self destructive in nature) features
More Security Options to curb Sexting Issues
Place
Metropolitan Cities, Followed by Other Major Cities
Rural India