Project rates for social media consulting. Strategy, user experience, and analysis. San Francisco, California

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Consulting and Engagements

I bring depth, 15 years of consulting experience, and a unique view of social media to client engagements. My social interaction design approach is holistic: design of experience, product, strategy, and outcomes.

I am available for a variety of engagements, from informal meetings and calls to white-boarding and brainstorming sessions, documentation, requirements specs, screen mockups, competitive analysis, and more.

I offer my services in several packages:

If you are in the social media business, or are considering it, it can't hurt to place a call! I deliver high value and responsive consultations by phone, email, and in person.

I am at 415. 516. 4442 and adrian [a t] gravity7 [ d o t ] com

Engagements

For social media startups, agencies, and industry

For more on how you will benefit from easy and responsive access to my observations of trends, user experiences, emerging social practices, and for access to my network, read here.

Early market research
Use cases and scenarios
Product and marketing requirement summaries
Preliminary feature specs
Design documents
User flow
Interaction and communication definitions
Screen mockups
Strategic partnerships and participation, networking, introductions, etc

Socially-mediated branding: sociability review

The sociability review for brands differs from sociability for social media tools and services in that it looks at the brand audience rather than application user base. Sociability is critical to brands interested in successfully using social media, and is intended to supplement the quantitative analysis and metrics offered by analytics vendors. This review of audience engagement looks at who's talking, to whom, about what, and why. It is intended to help brands focus on their audience, and to help craft strategies beginning with perceptive and insightful look at the relationships and conversation that exists within a marketplace and among those essential to brand visibility.

10 - 15 page write up plus meetings
summary of successes, failures, and opportunities
analysis of conversations
a study of topics, interests, sentiment, and values expressed by members of the audience
competitive review of products and brands and how they are talked about
an assessment of brand authority, credibility, trust, and believability
a look at relationships among consumers and their ways of using tools, as relevant to your brand
recommendations for conversational strategies, brand audience involvement, and content creation

Social media companies: forensic

The forensic audit is a review of participation success with your social media product, service, or campaign. The forensic offers you a unique analysis of user activity and behavior. it focuses on the things that are working well as well areas open for improvement. Opportunities and recommendations based on social media practices and competitive analysis are included.

10 - 15 page write up plus meetings
summary of user pariticipation and activity
analysis of behavior
comparison of user activity against personality types common on social media
review of communication practices
review of interaction practices and user habits
recommendations for improvement to social interface patterns and features

Social media companies: applications, sites, services audit

The site audit is an assessment and evaluation of your service from the perspective of user experiences, user interests, and social practices. Social media companies and services are increasingly recognizing the value of engaging social interaction specialists to frame what motivates users, who uses their service, and how design, architecture, and features will shape participation and social media use.

10 - 15 page write up plus meetings
strategic views of market opportunities and position
success in generating user engagement, audience participation, and gaining user adoption
recommendations for site revisions and improvements: UI, interaction design, user experience
commentary on use of web 2.0 applications and site features
recommendations for revised features and applications as well as new ones for the purpose of higher engagement and participation rates
recommendations for ongoing strategic decisions
recommendations for extended or diversified product and service offerings
references to sites and services that might integrate well with your site and service
analysis of interaction models and social action systems working on your site, including communication, sharing, and profiling, practices
analysis of economic and cultural exchange models working on your site (exchange, gift, pass-along, post, reciprocal, popular, and other common online practices)
analysis of interaction and conversation models working on your site

Social Interaction Design requirements specs, cases studies, feasibility studies

Contract out your social interaction design needs and supplement your team with expertise in user-centric analysis of social media performance and design.

For more on how you will benefit from easy and responsive access to my observations of trends, user experiences, emerging social practices, and for access to my network, read here.

help in selection and vetting of social media prospects
contribute site or service feedback
make specific suggestions and recommendations for improvement
offer strategic input into product development and market opportunities
offer recommendations for possible media, publishing, brand and product partnerships
assess social media site/service viability
assess social media site/service usability
detail use cases, user personas, audiences and markets, and other sociographic views
contribute market research
explore market opportunities
marketing requirements
use cases
product requirements
page layouts
user and site flow
mockups