The power of brand advocates.
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Looser + 2 followers = 1 hero + 2 followers + communityYou’ll become a looser if you don’t join the community
This is who we will be talking about: ‘True Fans’
It used to be that what companies said about themselves (on their website, press releases, ..) that defined what the company was.Nowadays, who you are is determined by what your customers say about you, and how you act.
CBS wanted to cancel the tv series Jericho due to insufficient viewership. The show, however, has a big and fanatic community who worked together to collect 25 tons of peanuts (= link to the last episode). CBS decided to broadcast 7 new episodes..http://abcnews.go.com/Business/FunMoney/story?id=3214156&page=1
http://mashable.com/2009/10/21/expedition206/
= simple example that show all kinds of companies can harvest benefits of engaging their community of fans.. http://www.radian6.com/our-customers/cirque-du-soleil/
Mark Malkoff's tried to visit all 171 New York City stores in the same day. He made a little film about the experience, which you can watch online.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwYxuV2dVzw
We all should strive in becoming the next Starbucks. But ofcourse it’s not that easy, right . What we’re talking about here is the creation of loyalty; this is how advocates are created.So how to converse people into brand advocates?:Prospects -> CustomersCustomers -> Evangelists(next slide: HOW can you make the conversion?)
The "Big Ad" is a television advertisement for Carlton Draught pale lager. They used viral marketing techniques to promote the advertisement before it was broadcast on television.Within two weeks, it had been seen by over one million viewers in 132 countries. This campaign was widely covered in the press. The viral release of the "Big Ad" was so successful that the company reduced its television media budget so as not to overexpose the advertisement.URL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3GH7Pn_eANot real use yet of real Brand Advocates, but just imagine the potential when you would invite your loyal customers to participate in a similar campaign.
The volume of support from Toyota owners in social channels has pleasantly surprised them. They’ve increased the fans on the Toyota brand Facebook page by about 22% since late January. Now they plan to build on that by rewarding and reinforcing loyalty through several initiatives over the coming months.Toyota currently has four Facebook pages: one for the Toyota brand and pages for our Prius, 4Runner, and Sienna vehicles. They also have Toyota accounts on YouTube and Twitter. This year they’ve also created a Toyota community on Digg and Toyota Conversations, a platform which aggregates tweets about Toyota and enables them to respond to the highest volume posts.URL : http://www.toyotaconversations.com/http://ad-tech.blogs.imediaconnection.com/2010/03/30/370/
The volume of support from Toyota owners in social channels has pleasantly surprised them. They’ve increased the fans on the Toyota brand Facebook page by about 22% since late January. Now they plan to build on that by rewarding and reinforcing loyalty through several initiatives over the coming months.Toyota currently has four Facebook pages: one for the Toyota brand and pages for our Prius, 4Runner, and Sienna vehicles. They also have Toyota accounts on YouTube and Twitter. This year they’ve also created a Toyota community on Digg and Toyota Conversations, a platform which aggregates tweets about Toyota and enables them to respond to the highest volume posts.URL : http://www.toyotaconversations.com/http://ad-tech.blogs.imediaconnection.com/2010/03/30/370/
The "Big Ad" is a television advertisement for Carlton Draught pale lager. They used viral marketing techniques to promote the advertisement before it was broadcast on television.Within two weeks, it had been seen by over one million viewers in 132 countries. This campaign was widely covered in the press. The viral release of the "Big Ad" was so successful that the company reduced its television media budget so as not to overexpose the advertisement.URL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3GH7Pn_eANot real use yet of real Brand Advocates, but just imagine the potential when you would invite your loyal customers to participate in a similar campaign.
The "Big Ad" is a television advertisement for Carlton Draught pale lager. They used viral marketing techniques to promote the advertisement before it was broadcast on television.Within two weeks, it had been seen by over one million viewers in 132 countries. This campaign was widely covered in the press. The viral release of the "Big Ad" was so successful that the company reduced its television media budget so as not to overexpose the advertisement.URL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3GH7Pn_eANot real use yet of real Brand Advocates, but just imagine the potential when you would invite your loyal customers to participate in a similar campaign.
2500 employees. Savvy employees to respond to Twitter posts. Best Buy began piloting Twelforce, 2500 employees that answer consumer questions on lineBest Buy engages their employees for online customer service via twitter: ‘Twelpforce’http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-best-buy-manages-2100-employees-on-twitter-video/