Besides being a wet-your-drawers funny video, “The Beach Boys Shred I Get Around” is a good example of using less branding in branded entertainment videos. At the end of the video, there’s a shot of “Stick City World’s Largest Hod Rod Dealer,” which was apparently a top spot for custom cars back in the day.…
Have you implemented a web series in your marketing strategy lately? If you haven’t, you may want to think about doing it. Creating a set of videos (a.k.a. web series) isn’t new to marketing communications, but for some reason they aren’t used as much as they could be. Big brands like IKEA implement web series…
Marketing video games requires appealing to two entirely different types of audiences: the new players and the hardcore veterans. Video game designers are already familiar with the difficulty of designing for a wide variety of knowledge and interest. Too easy, and the game isn’t interesting to the veteran players. Too hard, and the newcomers won’t…
At the end of 2012 I did a webinar on B2B video and social media marketing for BrightTalk. Here’s a video of the presentation. For some extra fun, turn on CAPTIONS and see what Google’s auto captioning function thinks I’m saying.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a great form of marketing on the web, especially if you want to be found by your demographic through the various search engines like Yahoo, BING, and Google. Search engines Google and Bing have already integrated with their respective partners Google+ and Facebook, which can help businesses get discovered. The…
Retailers are adopting social media and digital marketing as the new standards in effective customer outreach and sales generation. Familiarity with the customer base and predicting consumer trends are central to success in retail, and using social media offers companies the ability to study consumer data while inviting customers to interact in a community setting.…
Videos can quickly turn your social media channels from bland to spectacular. Brands, startups and organizations realize social media success only with significant effort and tactics, and one of the most powerful success strategies is keeping your social media pages interesting. To do this you must post content that is relevant, provocative, informative, entertaining, unexpected and…
It’s no secret that Twitter has become a powerful advertising tool. Whether it’s for upcoming films, highly-anticipated video games, must-read novels, major brands, startups or organizations, Twitter is an platform for building an online following. While it is admittedly easier to gain a Twitter following if you are already a part of an established brand,…
Social media marketing has proven an effective technique for film studios, independent filmmakers, and television networks in recent years, allowing companies to lower advertising costs while still reaching the masses. Print and television advertisements have long been the standard in film promotion, but the industry is now turning to social media as a compelling marketing…
Big. In your face. Unapologetic. An edge provides a golden opportunity for marketing: it’s a call for attention. Now, whether people roll their eyes and click away or pass it onto their friends is something that takes some planning. While catching the consumer’s eye is the foundation of successful, edgy marketing, you need to make…
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