2. " The growing effort by advertisers to take part
in more conversations as they happen, in
forums such as Facebook and Twitter, without
seeming forced, overly corporate or out-of-
touch." (1)
2
Real-Time
Marketing
3. HOW DO COMPANIES USE
REAL-TIME MARKETING
TO CAPITALIZE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS?
3
4. 88 PERCENTof companies' marketing teams
now use social media for
advertising and promotional
purposes. (2)
4
6. SOCIAL MEDIA PROVIDES COMPANIES WITH
A GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT
WITH POTENTIAL CONSUMERS
Marketers now have "multiple, mobile channels to
reach consumers within the very contexts in which
they make decisions, thereby creating direct, two-
way personal communication channels." (4)
6
7. 8
How Real-Time Marketing on Social
Media Applications Works (6)
Trending Topic Appears on
Twitter or Facebook
Consumers Interact
with the Trend
Companies Interact
with the Trend
Companies Interact
with Consumers
through the Trend
8. CONSTANT MEETINGS
ENSURE COMPANIES
CAN IDENTIFY
THEMSELVES WITH
THOSE TRENDS...
9
However, Deanna Zaucha notes that it
isn't necessarily about which company
tweets first, but rather, which companies
are able to create a tweet that engages with
the audience the best. (7)
11. Companies capitalize on
marketing opportunities
through trending topics
on social media.
They can become involved in online
conversations, opening companies' brands
to a larger audience on a greater scale.
12
12. 13
"Keeping up on all
the latest trends and
being fluent in the
language of real-time
conversations
[provides]... a seat at
the table for all
brand-related
decisions."
(9)
13. Increased engagement on social
media sites, such as Twitter and
Facebook... (10)
Lesser need to attract attention to
the company's brand, as consumers
are already focused on the trend... (11)
"Huge audience... at relatively low
cost..." (12)
14
BENEFITS OF
REAL- TIME
MARKETING
14. There are many examples
of ways real-time
marketing through social
media has benefitted real
companies...
15
15. Oreo tweeted
"Power out? No problem.
You can still dunk in the
dark."
This took place during the
Super Bowl blackout of
2013, a trending topic on
twitter at the time.
(13)
16
16. 10,000 RETWEETS
& 5,000 SHARESIn just the first hour of the tweet being sent out by Oreo. (14)
17
17. 18
"THE OREO CASE IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT
SPEAKS TO A SHIFT IN
ADVERTISING ITSELF, AND IN
THE FUNDAMENTAL WAY
THAT COMPANIES THINK
ABOUT HOW TO REACH
CONSUMERS."
(15)
18. OREO IS AN EXAMPLE
OF JUST ONE COMPANY,
THROUGH THE USE OF
TWITTER, THAT HAS
CAPITALIZED ON A
SOCIAL MEDIA TREND.
19
20. "SOCIAL NETWORKS
ARE NOT ONLY
ANOTHER NEW
PLATFORM TO
COMMUNICATE ON,
THEY ARE A NEW WAY
OF COMMUNICATING
WITH... CONSUMERS."
(17)
21
21. "THE MARKET IS VERY FOCUSED ON THE
NOW OF REAL-TIME IN SOCIAL MEDIA." (18)
COMPANIES USE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES,
ESPECIALLY TWITTER, TO ENGAGE WITH A
GREATER NUMBER OF CONSUMERS ON
CURRENT, TRENDING TOPICS.
So, how do companies use real-time marketing to capitalize on social media trends?
22
22. 23
Companies now
incorporate real-time
marketing strategies,
through the likes of
social media, to promote
brand awareness and
recognizability.
MARKETING IS NO
LONGER JUST ABOUT
STRATEGIZING AHEAD...
REAL-TIME MARKETING
AND SOCIAL MEDIA ARE
ALL ABOUT THE HERE &
NOW.
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25. IMAGES
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