As part of the Digital Marketing Today course offered at the Haas School of Business by LinkedIn Top Voice for Marketing and Social Media, Julian Gamboa, students are required to look at a company's social media efforts and suggest better strategies.
CREDITS
Client: SUPERCELL
Project Director: Julian Gamboa
Project Manager: Susan Aziz
Project Team: Kevin Chen, Jenny Huang, Aaron Jauregui, Isabel Lin, Andrea Schreffler
2. MEET SUPERCELL
● Hugely successful gaming company
○ HIGHLY ADDICTIVE GAMES
○ Clash Royale, Clash of Clans, Hay Day,
Boom Beach
● 100 million daily active users!
● Facebook, Youtube, BUT…
○ NO SNAPCHAT :(
Current Situation | Recommendations | Implementation | TakeAways
3. SNAPCHAT ROLLOUT
● Promotion on existing social media accounts: Facebook, Youtube, Twitter
● Partner with influencers
○ Gamer Snapchat accounts
○ Youtube gamers eg. PewDiePie
● Contest campaign
○ Participants get exclusive promo codes or free gaming credit
○ Low-cost: Create a SuperCell-related Snapchat doodle
○ Medium-cost: Take a game-face snap, screenshot and share
○ High-cost: Use the SuperCell filter
Current Situation | Recommendations | Implementation | TakeAways
4. EXAMPLE CONTEST
1. Snap us back a
“SuperCell-related
doodle” for a chance to
win free diamonds
2. Participants send
doodles of Hay Day
animals, etc.
3. 10 random participants
get free diamonds as a
prize
Current Situation | Recommendations | Implementation | TakeAways
BENEFITS: User engagement, “fun” brand
image, attracts Snapchat followers
5. IDEAS FOR DAILY CONTENT
● Company behind the scenes
● Demos for new updates
● Tournament coverage
● Contests at varying times to keep people engaged
● Snapchat filters
● Voting (on new characters or other things)
Current Situation | Recommendations | Implementation | TakeAways
12. Implementation Timeline
Current Situation | Recommendations | Implementation | TakeAways
Jan 2017 Feb 2017 March 2017 April-November
2017
December 2017
Create Snapchat
account,
promotional
materials
Use social media
accounts to
promote account
and contest
Contest, begin
daily content
(voting, tours,
etc.)
Repeatable
content eg.
contests
Do special holiday
based content
(i.e. Hay Day
Farm Contest)
13. Current Situation | Recommendations | Implementation | TakeAways
TAKEAWAYS
Past Social Media Successes for Supercell
- No presence on Snapchat
- A key platform for the company to utilize
Suggestions for Daily Content
- Both digital and live content
- Games, company news, and filters
Recommendation for Snapchat Rollout
- Partner with influencers from:
- Both Youtube and Snapchat
- Create a Promotional Contest