Brand Engagement
Eaon Pritchard (Geronimo) - How forward thinking brands are connecting with their customers in the on-demand, converged media landscape.
9. The real digital revolution has been about consumer empowerment, the ability of consumers to research and learn about products and services and then make decisions, sometimes independently from marketing and advertising messages and increasingly following recommendations of other people, just like them.
25. Even passively ‘loyal’ customers of other brands are more likely to switch… Customers Awareness Consideration Evaluation Loyalty …if we add value during the active evaluation process.
26. The voice of the customer 91% say consumer reviews are the #1 aid to buying decisions - Williams Group 87% trust a friend’s recommendation over critic’s review - Marketing Sherpa 78% are more likely to trust peer opinions over All other media for purchasing decisions – Neilsen 60% of touchpoints in the customer buying journey are consumer-driven - McKinsey
34. Make something worth talking about Tell it to people who want to hear
35. Make something worth talking about Tell it to people who want to hear They tell it to their friends
36. Make something worth talking about Get permission to tell them about the next thing Tell it to people who want to hear They tell it to their friends
37. Relevance Level of Permission Effectiveness Of Marketing Knowledge of customer
Using recession as an opportunity to out-think the competition and be in a different game when the better times arrive
Experiences – Virgin Atlantic Upper Class
the voice of the customer is far more compelling
20 employee printing services company in the USWanted to ‘increase awareness’ of offering Focus was driving inbound links, traffic and enquiriesFormulated a ‘destroy your printer’ contest.Entrants were asked to submit videos of old, obsolete printers being destroyedContest prize was a year’s supply of toner for all the winner’s printersOver 100 videos submitted to contestMore than 10,000 media plays of submissions on YouTubeCoverage in trade press (Recycler Magazine), both in print and onlineWinning company donated toner to a local charity, gaining more press coverageA number of contest entries were from local companies that went on to change their print suppliers to Expert Laser Services