2. What is serendipity?
0 Unexpected
0 Insightful
0 Valuable
“Serendipity is when unexpected circumstances and an
insightful “aha” moment leads to a valuable and
unanticipated outcome.” (UCL News, 2012)
3. “As the word (serendipity) has changed
meaning, we have lost sight of the idea that we
could prepare ourselves for serendipity, both
personally and structurally”
(Zuckerman, 2013, p. 218)
4. How to create serendipity for customers?
0 1. Learn where and how your customers talk online
0 2. Monitor discussions among customers
0 3. Take time to build genuine relationships with customers
0 4. Actively look for needs you can help with
0 5. Have fun!
Source: NeedTagger, 2013. http://www.needtagger.com/serendipity-is-the-
key-to-social-marketing-success/
5. MasterCard
#PricelessSurprises
0 #PricelessSurprises Twitter
campaign was launched
during the Grammy Awards
that promises lucky
customers one-of-a-kind
surprises.
0 #PricelessSurprises rose to
the No. 5 trending topic on
Twitter during the Grammy
Awards and generated
69,000 social media
mentions.
Figure 1: Example of
#PricelessSurprises on
Twitter (MasterCard, 2015)
Figure 2: Example of
#PricelessSurprises on
Twitter (MasterCard, 2015)
7. MasterCard. (2015, Feb. 8th). A Lyft ride with tickets to The GRAMMYs!
Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGdu8vqWf8Y
8. Lessons learned
0 Try to be addictive and welcomed, rather than
annoying and disruptive.
0 Have quantifiable goals and measurement metrics.
0 “The moment!” Engage with customers at the right
time with the right content.
9. “It’s not just about creating priceless surprise,
but about how can we be priceless in people’s
lives in new and unexpected ways” – Raja
Rajamannar, CMO at MasterCard.
(Ad Age, 2014)
10. Discussion
In your opinion, which social media platform is
the optimal platform in terms of creating
serendipity for customers?
11. References
0 Ad Age. (2014). MasterCard serves up Grammy surprise: Justin Timberlake.
Retrieved from: http://adage.com/article/news/justin-timberlake-
surprises-fans-mastercard-grammy-push/291306/
0 Ad Age. (2014). MasterCard CMO: how we keep “priceless” fresh after 17
years. Retrieved from: http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/mastercard-
cmo-priceless-fresh-17-years/291380/
0 DIGIDAY. (2014). MasterCard offers “priceless” surprises. Retrieved from:
http://digiday.com/brands/mastercard-justin-timberlake-surprise-fan/
0 Justin Timberlake Videos. (2014, Jan. 24th). Justin Timberlake – MasterCard
Priceless Surprises (TV SPOT). Retrieved from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5E2dZIE8Hk
12. References
0 LostRemote. (2015). Patron and MasterCard have mastered real-time
Twitter TV marketing: here’s how. Retrieved from:
http://www.adweek.com/lostremote/patron-and-mastercard-have-
mastered-real-time-twitter-tv-marketing-heres-how/50372
0 MasterCard. (2015, Feb. 8th). A Lyft ride with tickets to The GRAMMYs!
Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGdu8vqWf8Y
0 NeedTagger. (2013). Serendipity: the ultimate goal of social media
marketing? Retrieved from: http://www.needtagger.com/serendipity-is-the-
key-to-social-marketing-success/.
0 UCL News. (2012). Researchers discover serendipity is more than a “happy
accident”. Retrieved from: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-
articles/1210/121004-serendipity-more-than-a-happy-accident.
0 Zuckerman, E. (2013). Rewire: Digital cosmopolitans in the age of connection.
WW Norton, Incorporated.
Notes de l'éditeur
“Happy accident”?
“the positive side of unintended consequences”?
UCL researchers: serendipity is more than “happy accident”, it also involves “insight”, an “aha” moment of realization.
Definition: serendipity is when unexpected circumstances and an insightful “aha” moment leads to a valuable and unanticipated outcome.
Yes, serendipity can be created.
Social media can help brand to create moments of serendipity for customers!
Here “serendipity” means win-win moment for customer and brand
Its all about truly understand your customers!!!
MasterCard is the world’s No.2 payment network with a 26% market share of card purchases in 2012 in the U.S.
MasterCard is an official sponsor of The GRAMMY Awards.
Rule: MasterCard cardholders tweet or reply on Twitter using the hashtag #PricelessSurprises.
They are then able to sign up for prizes, such as Justin Timberlake’s music, signed photos or concert tickets.
Justin also visited the home of an unsuspecting female fan.
For this campaign, MasterCard wants to reach passionate music fans especially those of GRAMMYs’ nominated artists. Make sure you know who you are targeting to.
MasterCard uses real-time social listening to find the right intersections between MasterCard and what is happening. Make sure to create the content that matters to your target customers.
2. Goals: to advance MasterCard relevance and loyalty, to increase card usage and advocacy.
Evaluation: MasterCard measured through social diagnostic metrics such as Engagement Rate, Share of Voice, and Sentiment.
3. Engage your customers at the right time and create serendipity for them. Serendipity: win-win situation. Customers are happy and company can get publicity.