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YELP
Category: Social Networking
Social Media Presentation
Larissa Lundquist
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What is the purpose of Yelp?


Yelp’s purpose is To connect people with great local
businesses like dentists, hair stylists, restaurants and
mechanics. Additionally, you can discover events, lists, reviews.
Yelp also invites you to chat with other “Yelpers” to get inside
scoops and opinions on a variety of businesses.
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Background information/facts about


Yelp

 Founded in 2004 to help people find great local businesses

 Yelp makes money by selling ads to local businesses

 Paying advertisers can never change or re-order their


reviews

 There have been more than 184 million reviews written by


Yelpers, just in Q1 2019!
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Popular features of Yelp


 Use Yelp to find local events

 Setup an account for free


and review/discover
businesses all around the
world

 Access Yelp on your phone


via Yelp’s mobile app

 Bethe first to find the latest


and greatest business
openings

 Business owners or
managers can set up a free
account to promote their
business
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Who is the intended audience?

35 MILLION
MONTHLY
VISITORS!
Yelp has a monthly average of 35 million
unique visitors who visited the Yelp app
and 69 million unique visitors who visited
Yelp online in Q1 2019
More Yelp Statitistics
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How does Yelp fit into the


characteristics of social media?
Defining Aspects found Aspects found Aspects found
Aspects of on Facebook on Instagram on Yelp
Social
Network:
Network of Yes (friend Yes (followers) Yes (friends)
personal requests)
relationships
Network of social Yes (groups, Yes (pages) Yes (yelpers)
interactions pages, market)

Website or app
which enables
users to
communicate by
posting
information,
comments,
messages,
images, etc.
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Why might we care/adopt about


Yelp?

If you answered YES


to any of these
questions, then Yelp
Are you is the right website
traveling or
Do you enjoy
Do you want to
know which
new to the area for you! With 184
and are unsure
local events? businesses are
best?
what to do, million reviews
where to go, or
who to trust? written by Yelpers
across the world by
the end of Q1 2019,
you can be sure to
find the information
you’re looking for.
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What are the uses of Yelp?

Yelp user’s most popular searches


25
20
15
10
5
Percent of users
0
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Would you use Yelp? Why or why not?

YES! Yelp is a very helpful app


for travel, for discovering new
places around my neighborhood,
and for promoting local
businesses.

Yelp is also a great app for social


networking–chatting with other
yelpers who were at the same
event as you were can be so fun!

Are you convinced Yelp is


right for you? Click on the
home button to the left
and check out their
website for yourself!
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Thank you for your time!


For more information, feel free to contact me at
[email protected]

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