Ajit Sivadasan, Global Vice President and General Manager of Web, Sales and Marketing for Lenovo, discussed how digital, social and event marketing tactics can help a business connect with its target audience during his presentation at the 2014 Chief Marketing Officer Leadership Forum in Dallas on Dec. 9. In his presentation, Sivadasan noted “engagement marketing” is key for today’s businesses, and a company must find ways to work with consumers to develop a successful brand.
According to Sivadasan, real-time measurement and marketing enable a business to connect with consumers and monitor its progress as well. Meanwhile, today’s businesses also must consider “experiential marketing” that involves taking consumers on a journey, Sivadasan said. The ability to deliver a unique brand experience via experiential marketing, Sivadasan noted, enables a business to differentiate itself from rivals as well: “I think the whole process starts with mapping the consumer and the brand experience. I think this is key because you really need to know all the touch points, and as much as you think that you’ll stumble into these things, you won’t.”
In addition, Sivadasan pointed out that a company that sells a good product can create excitement among consumers. However, a business must take ownership of its product, Sivadasan said, and remain patient as it searches for ways to engage its target audience. By doing so, Sivadasan noted, a company can find the best way to connect with consumers: “You’ve got to engage them based on their terms and things that they like. Then at some point when it’s appropriate, when they’re ready to buy, how do you facilitate the transaction? … Depending on how your brands are, it takes time.”
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4. THE NEW LANDSCAPE
Active participation rules the day. Millions of people
collaborate with each other to create their own
experiences, mixing and remixing as they go.
The era of packaged experiences and passive
consumption is over.
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WHAT IS DRIVING CHANGE?
5. WHAT IS DRIVING CHANGE?
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THE DIGITAL GENERATION BY THE NUMBERS
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USE 4 OR MORE
DEVICE IN A
SINGLE DAY
PREFER AND
TRUST SOCIAL
OVER
TRADTIONAL
ADVERTISING
CONSIDER A
PERSONAL
ACCOMPLISHMEN
T MORE
IMPORTANT THAN
HOME
OWNERSHIP
TRUST PRODUCT
REVIEWS AND
INFORMATION ON
BRAND WEBSITES
30% 38% 81% 77%
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THE MARKETING EVOLUTION?
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Mass Marketing Digital Marketing Digital Engagement
METHOD:
Mass Marketing
FORMS:
TV, Print, Billboards
KPI:
Impressions & Awareness
METHOD:
Targeted Marketing
FORMS:
Search & Display, video
KPI:
Page Visits, Conversion
METHOD:
Engagement Marketing
FORMS:
Collaborative Marketing, and
Relationship building
KPI:
Advocacy & Loyalty
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KEY QUESTIONS
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1.
3.
2.
WHAT IS DRIVING CHANGE?
WHAT ARE THE NEW RULES?
HOW DO WE KNOW IT IS BETTER?
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THE ESSENCE OF ENGAGEMENT
Engagement starts with the brand’s appreciation of the
consumers innate drive to be a participant, not just a spectator.
It requires a commitment, a rich conversation, and a level of
interaction deeper than the momentary flicker of connection.
WHAT ARE THE NEW RULES?
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THE ENGAGEMENT PARADIGM SHIFT
Combining traditional, digital, social and event marketing
tactics to invite consumers to participate with the brand.
Inviting the Digital Generation to be actively involved
through-out the customer journey.
WHAT ARE THE NEW RULES?
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TOOLS OF ‘ENGAGEMENT’?
Original Content | Co-Creation
Influencers & Communities | Short Form Video
Real-Time Marketing | Experiential Marketing
WHAT ARE THE NEW RULES?
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STARTS WITH MAPPING THE CONSUMER
AND BRAND EXPERIENCE
More than ever, global brands must understand their
customer’s passions & behaviors in order to engage them
effectively. Provides a basis for customer engagement
strategies- helping to inform how we deliver a seamless
customer experience moving forward.
WHAT ARE THE NEW RULES?
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LENOVO CONSUMER EXPERIENCE TO OWNERSHIP
Inspire the Digital
Generation to explore the
Lenovo brand.
Cultivate our influence- activate
our brand advocates and become
a credible resource.
Live in our Digital Generation’s
passion and interest areas- to
trigger conversion.
Welcome them to the
world of Lenovo.
EXCITE EXPLORE CONNECT OWNERSHIP
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LENOVO CONSUMER EXPERIENCE POST OWNERSHIP
Provide amazing content with talk
value that’s worth sharing.
Incentivize to co-create and
live the brand experience.
Enable the Digital Generation to
write the brand story.
OWNERSHIP SHARE PARTICIPATE ADVOCATE
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ONGOING NURTURING AND MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS
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Drive Conversion
Support purchase consideration and
make it easy to buy.Reach Audiences
Build visibility of touchpoints and
campaign to drive brand awareness
and acquire new customers.
Always On Engagement
Offer relevant and value add contents and
services that make the consumer engage
with the brand on a frequent basis.
DIALOGUE & CONVERSION
CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGN
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KEY QUESTIONS
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1.
3.
2.
WHAT IS DRIVING CHANGE?
WHAT IS CHANGING, WHAT ARE THE NEW RULES?
HOW DO WE KNOW IT IS BETTER ?
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IS IT BETTER?
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GREATER
ENGAGEMENT
WHEN CONTENT
PUBLISHED IN 3
OR MORE
CHANNEL
MULTI CHANNEL
LED MARKETERS
REPORTED
REVENUE
INCREASE OF
OVER 15%
OF MILLENIALS
RETURN TO
BRANDS THAT
OFFER A
SEAMLESS END
TO END
EXPERIENCE
MARKETERS
BELIEVE AN
INTEGRATED
MARKETING
STRATEGY IS
CRUCIAL FOR LONG
TERM SUCCESS
24% 40% 42% 86%
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PRE-LAUNCH LAUNCH EVENT CAMPAIGN
THE YOGA TABLET LAUNCH--2013
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Live streaming
YouTube & Lenovo.com
Videos Released on YouTube
18hrs of Ashton Kutcher
Beta Test by AK
Product Tour
Live Stream playback
Social amplification during event
Tweet from Ashton Kutcher
Build excitement for launch event
Introduce # Betterway
#Betterway shared experience
across Social & Lenovo.com
Teaser posts & Vine videos to
encourage dialogue
Engage Advocates & Influencers
Amplify with Social paid media
REACH…PARTICIPATE...OWNERSHIP
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Pre-Launch Launch Post Launch
Google YouTube Pre-Roll media
Regional plays kick in
Digital Marketing Playbook
Paid Media on Facebook,
Twitter & Google
Retail Execution
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Facebook
– Reach: 8M people
– 804K clicks, likes, comments and shares
Twitter
– Reach: ~15M people & 2K retweets
– #betterway 121% higher engagement
Vine
– 180K views of teaser videos
YouTube
– 3.3M videos views
Lenovo.com Yoga Tablet pages
– 1.4M views & 326K unique visitors
SEO Impressions – 20% lift in traffic
RESULTS
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Overall Social results
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Overall Campaign 2014 2013
Reach 88M 23M
Engagement 552K 176K
Video Views 5M 4M
Key Metrics (Pre) 2014 2013
Reach 71M 8M
Engagement 391K 53K
Posts 1.7K 231K
FB Video Views 2.7M 0
YT Video Views 521K 0
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Calculating the Social Health Index
Participation of Active Audience
Number of people who are
interacting with our contentP
Retention of Active Audience
How many users are coming
back to interact with us?R
Acquisition of New Audience
How much is our
community growing?A
Shareability of Brand Activities
How many users share
our content?S
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Metrics
ShareabilityParticipation RetentionAcquisition
Users Liking and Commenting
on Admin Posts in the selected
time period*
Overlap of Active Unique
Users in current vs.
previous time period*
Shares of Admin posts
divided by number
of fans
Fan
Growth*
User Replies on Admin
Tweets in the selected
time period*
Overlap of Active Unique
Users in current vs.
previous time period*
Retweets of Admin tweets
divided by number
of followers
Follower
Growth*
Views Count in the selected
time period*
Due to limitation in
YouTube API, Retention
cannot be calculated
Shares of Videos on other
platforms (FB, TW) divided
by number of subscribers
Subscriber
Growth*
*) Divided by number of published Admin posts/tweets/videos in current time period
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Calculation Example – Facebook
P: Received Likes or Comments from 900 people
A: 600 new fans liked the page
R: 200 people are liking/commenting consistently
S: 100 people sharing Page content
18900/50 =
12600/50 =
4200/50 =
2100/50 =
Success of Activity – example for a Page
that Published 50 Posts on Facebook
P
A
R
S
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Calculation Example & Interpretation of the Results
YOUTUBETWITTERFACEBOOK PARS PARS PARS PARS TOTAL
63
69
57
32
38
88
50
38
50
75
75
50
50
75
25
75
57
50
44
38
69 50 50 57
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Drill Down Even Further…
S
75
50
63
P
63
63
38
R
75
-
-
A
50
25
50
PARS
69
50
50
S
63
38
50
P
38
38
88
R
50
-
-
A
63
63
13
PARS
57
38
50
S
25
88
38
P
100
25
50
R
63
-
-
A
75
50
75
PARS
69
50
50
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Calculating the Social Health Index
Social Health Index
THE COMPLETE PICTURE
of your social performance
in one, easy-to-understand rating.
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9 steps to engagement marketing
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1. Understand our ‘people’
2. Define the brand positioning & create a shared purpose
3. Design an actionable, engaging idea
4. Grow an amazing story over time through WOW content
5. Develop co-creation incentive
6. Support with an amplification plan
7. Develop the on-going engagement mechanism
8. Make link to retail
9. Launch, track, learn and improve
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BRANDS ARE IN TROUBLE
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134,000 CUSTOMERS IN 23 COUNTRIES WERE ASKED WHAT THEY
THOUGHT ABOUT 700 BRANDS (Havas Media)
A majority felt they could live with 73% of the brands VANISHING
EUROPE and AMERICA, 92% would not be missed
STUDY BY BCG FOUND THAT 46% MILLANIELS USE THEIR SMARTPHONES
TO CHECK PRICES & ONLINE COMMENTS WHEN THEY VISIT A SHOP
CONSUMERS ARE BOMBARDED WHEREEVER THEY LOOK
Average westerner sees a logo 3000 times a day
THE ECONOMIST FEB 1ST 2014, SCHUMPETER
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What’s the PUNCH LINE?
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We are experiencing DRAMATIC CHANGE, fueled by TECHNOLOGY,
expressed via “DIMOSO”. Owned by CUSTOMERS
While marketing is alive and well, IT IS BEING APPLIED VERY
DIFFERENTLY, with a yet, undefined set of rules…
THERE IS AN ARBITRAGE FOR BRANDS…..maybe?
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Leveling the playing field: challenges for brands
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$$$ or £££
BRAND TRANSITION; Markets, products, Customers
RISKY—second chances are difficult to come by
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Leveling the playing field: opportunities for brands
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CHANGE RULES of the game
By addressing REACH & SCALE cheaply
MEASURE CREATIVITY in REAL TIME
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SEIZE THE MOMENT
Make CUSTOMERS PART of the plan, END 2 END
CREATIVE IDEAS and EMOTIONAL CONNECTION
MONITORING and MEASUREMENT in real time
Engagement Marketing Principles
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SUCCESS= OPPORTUNITY +PREPAREDNESS!
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TIDE (P&G) | February 2012 NASCAR race
OREO I February 2013 – Super Bowl
The tweet, designed and approved within minutes,
garnered more attention for the brand than its TV ad.
In less than an hour, the message was retweeted
15,811 times and drew 19,610 Facebook likes, while
Oreo gained positive free media coverage that lasted
for days.
Crash, Fuel Spill & Fire which a cleanup crew tackled using
boxes of Tide powder detergent
Within 72 hours P&G had social-media content, including a
15-second ad featuring news coverage of the spill
Reached #2 as a Twitter trending topic, 4X Twitter followers
and generated 350M media impressions
When the lights went out at the Super
Bowl, Oreo grabbed the spotlight with
seven simple words: "You can still
dunk in the dark“ on Twitter
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Thousands of brand evangelists , advocates
and collaborators globally, ready to
promote, defend and support the brand
Influencers and Advocates
create Social validation and
increase viral reach
Key Focus: Earned & Shared
Social commerce and referral supported by
Social Sharing and Paid Social
Create urgency and provides
rational support of buying decision
Key Focus: Paid, Owned,
Earned, Shared
Give people experiences they want
to participate in and share
Key Focus: Paid, Owned,
Earned, Shared
Generate more shareable content and allowing
the audience to take part and create their own
content, generating product reviews and UGC
Give people a reason to follow
Key Focus: Paid & Owned
Relevant shareable content and
optimized amplification to reach more of
the right people with the right message
MARKETING IS MORE END TO END TODAY
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GREAT CONTENT IS KING |Lessons from Red Bull
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SELL A LIFESTYLE not a product
ENTERTAIN FIRST sell second
Aim for OPTIMUM SHAREABILITY
QUANTITY VS QUALITY
REWARD engagement
http://bostinno.streetwise.co/channels/5-content-marketing-lessons-learned-from-red-bull/
emotional
Amplify/Scale
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“Less about selling the product, more about attitude--emotional ”
ENTERTAIN first sell later| REDBULL
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“people sharing their own content is driving the awareness of GoPro”
SELL A LIFESTYLE | GoPro
http://www.yesmediaworks.com/blog/bid/114204/GoPro-Video-Marketing-Lesson-Get-Your-Customers-to-Make-Video
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SHAREABILITY ENGAGEMENT
Teaser Submission Winner
• Teaser for 1 week
• Drive submission from local
community
• Publicizing through social
channels and paid media
• Encourage fans to submit selfie
along 2 main themes:
• Do Selfie (2 weeks)
• Failed Selfie (2 weeks)
• Submission compiled into the FB
album by community manager
• Platforms for submission: Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram
• Winner to be picked by Local
community manager
• Prizes:
• Lenovo VIBE X
• Free make over and
photoshoot with a well-
known photographer using
the Lenovo VIBE X (depends
on local market)
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A mobile internet company dedicated to creating an all aspect user experience.
Founded in 2010, has fast become one of the leading tech firms in China.
Currently valued at over $10 billion USD and has over 3000 employees.
EXTREME CROWDSOURCING XIAOMI
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Original Content – Co-Creation – Community – Short Form Video
Real-Time Marketing – Experiential Marketing
Mass Marketing | Digital Marketing | Engagement Marketing
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1. Understanding Our ‘People’
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The mass-market approach of
considering people as a homogeneous
group is over. People approach
brands differently each time they
interact with them- their moods,
mindsets, experiences are constantly
in a state of flux, as are their needs
and expectations.
We have to recognize this diversity
and balance our strengths in strategy
and data analytics to approach
consumers in a new and relevant way.
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2. Define the brand positioning and create a shared purpose
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Companies driven by purpose are authentic, as brands that act with clarity and
consistency are poised to win. Provides an opportunity to clearly define why our
brand matters to consumers- guiding why they would want to engage.
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BELONG TO
SOMETHING BIGGER
THAN THEMSELVES
BE RECOGNIZED
FOR WHAT
THEY CREATE
BE LOVED
DEEPLY
CREATE
SOMETHING
OF VALUE
59. 3. DESIGN AN ACTIONABLE, ENGAGING IDEA
An actionable idea, not a big, abstract
creative tagline. An idea that brings together
the brand and consumer in an inspiring and
actionable manner. An idea that generates
earned media first. An idea that co-creates
and delivers a purpose that fits with the
brand’s and people's values. An idea that is
improves the quality of people's lives in a
manner relevant to the brand.
An idea that is fun, surprising and seeks to
create buzz.
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60. Tell an authentic brand story that is
continually fresh and compelling,
earning people’s attention rather than
paying for it. Building content that
audiences will value more.
Realizing that much of what we make
is not vital but incidental to people’s
everyday lives. Therefore demands
that we be a part of what interests
people, demands that we take a
position, and demands amazing to
overcome indifference.
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4. GROW AN AMAZING STORY OVER TIME THROUGH WOW CONTENT
61. 5. DEVELOP CO-CREATION INCENTIVE
Incentives are important and they do
matter. Which incentives? Given the
diversity of human motivations, it is
risky to focus on a few. However, the
following types of incentives have
been extremely instrumental in
motivating customers to part with
their time, energy and creativity.
RECOGNITION AND SELF-WORTH
HOW I CAN GET A DEAL
CAUSES
PASSIONS AND INTERESTS
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62. 6. SUPPORT WITH AN AMPLIFICATION PLAN
Maximize paid, owned and earned media
strategies to drive awareness, reach and
participation in our engaging idea. Brands
are fighting for attention in a fragmented and
crowded space, and can no longer rely on
smart content distribution alone to drive
engagement and interaction. It’s important to
look to paid media as an integral part of
overall engagement strategy.
Must deploy an ‘always on’ approach to keep
our brand top of mind- supporting with
adequate budgets to make an impact.
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63. 7. DEVELOP THE ON-GOING ENGAGEMENT MECHANISM
Create and map out opportunities for
how our audience will engage,
participate and share over time- across
a number of different ways. (i.e. watch,
create, submit, vote, share, post,
comment, forward, photograph, etc.)
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Where possible partner with big
customers to amplify and link to
sell through. One of our biggest
advantages are our Lenovo
retail locations- we have an
opportunity and a competitive
advantage to leverage this key
“moment of truth” along the
consumer journey.
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This new approach does not
predicate that we sacrifice
effectiveness or impact for
engagement. Effective engagement
translates into greater sales, higher
margins, and repeat purchase
behavior.
Target, measure and track reach,
attendance, social engagements,
traffic to .COM, online leads to
resellers, coupon usage, online
sentiment, etc.
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6.4M YOGA Video Views (Lenovo.com, YouTube & Facebook)
3.7M views on Facebook (8/1-11/20)
[Rest of the direct video uploads NOV onwards)
(412K completed entire video)
2.08M views on YouTube (8/1-11/19)
(86% avg completion rate (Top 5 videos)
Top 5 Facebook Videos-drove 1.58M
Global: Let’s Get Comfy 514K
Middle East: Always Room 340K
Middle East: Always Room 338K
Global: Impressions Count 228K
USA: Let’s Get Comfy 157K
Top 5 YOGA YouTube Videos - drove 1.1M
YOGA Tablet 2 AK TV Spot - Goat 393.3K
YOGA Tablet 2 Pro - Projector
Demo
218.9K
YOGA 3 Pro: AK Onesie 204.6K
Day In The Life Of AK 150.3K
AK Presents: Kids
137.9K
Top 5 Markets
United States 602.1K
United Kingdom 84.9K
Germany 82.4K
Russia 20.6K
Mexico 16.7K
Top 5 Markets
Lenovo Global 949K
Lenovo Middle East 679K
Lenovo UK 352K
Lenovo Germany 263K
Lenovo USA 119K
Top 5 YOGA Lenovo.com Videos-drove 390K
Yoga 3 Pro Product Tour 108.4
Yoga 3 Pro Tech Bytes Hinge 78.3K
Yoga Tablet 2 Product Tour 88.3K
Yoga 3 Pro Tech Byte Harmony 55K
Yoga TVC with AK & Goat 59.5K
Top 5 Markets
United States 607.4K
Germany 90.3K
Japan 84K
UK 83K
Canada 71.2K
615K views on Lenovo.com
(10/9- 11/24) 76% Duration
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YOGA Launch Video (45 days post event)
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2014 Livestream
Event & Replays: 41.8K
Highlight Reels (2) (2min) & (14min) 22.9K
4 other Post Event Videos: 26.6K
TV Spots:
AK TVC GOAT : 436.4K 311K views paid
AK TVC Onesie 238K 134K views paid
AK TVC Massage 27.9K
AK TVC Toes 32.9K
Product Tours
YOGA Tablet 2 Pro Tour 139.3K
YOGA 3 Pro Tour 117K
YOGA Tablet 2 Tour 46K
18 other YouTube videos on next 2 slides (33 total) 2.08M
Facebook video player introduced in 2014
(Let’s Get Comfy, Always Room, Impressions count) 3.7M
Total: 5.78M views (with 445K views paid)
2013 Livestream
Event & Replay: 226K
Highlight Reel 3.3K
TV Spots:
AK 18 Hours TVC: 1.23M 1.16M views paid
AK Beta Test TVC: 859.4K 731K views paid
Product Tour
Yoga Tablet Product Tour 323K
Others:
Yoga Tablet in 3D 45K
Yoga Tablet Better By Design 5.5K
Vine Magnet, Plunger, Cord, Velcro 10K
( 11 total)
Total: 2.7M (with 1.9M views paid)
Hinweis der Redaktion
P&G have been pioneers in developing engagement strategies that combine traditional, digital, social and retail tactics to invite consumers to participate in the evolution of their brands. They understand the importance of building an emotional brand connection with their consumers, value content and community, know their target audience well, and have digitized the consumer decision journey.
They create and produce their own stream of images, word and sounds- they are already producing and interacting with each other in this manner. Understanding and tapping into this innate behavior- how they are connected to the world around them and each other. This is the new normal.
The digital generation have maximized the use of the tools with which to express themselves on a much broader scale. And it is these tools, combined with advances in technology, that will enable them to be part of the process and ultimately marketers of our brand.
Kathy
Nike as an example
Nike ad (see olympics / everyone is winner, kid running down road)
Nike banner in a sport on ESPN website sports audience
Nike+ website screenshot – enrolled tracking
Defined as a marketing strategy that combines traditional, digital, social and event marketing tactics to invite consumers to participate in the evolution of the brand. So instead of looking at consumers as passive receivers of messages, its about inviting consumers to be actively involved in the production and co-creation of marketing programs. Marketing channels that emphasize engagement are key, but success is built on integration across all channels.
What forms does engagement take? Not a one size fits all.
Starts with mapping the consumer and brand experience…
We can engage an ever growing audience over time
Participation of Active Audience which is the
Number of people who are interacting with our content
Acquisition of New Audience which is the
How much is our community growing?
Retention of Active Audience which is the
How many users are coming back to interact with us?
Shareability of Brand Activities
How many users share our content?
And these four components added up create the Social Health Index
So let’s look into the detail.
MYRA
MYRA
MYRA
MYRA
Create Connections Important to “ME”
- Interesting, belonging, cool, entertaining
- Connect to other fans
Let “ME” Express “MY” Point of View
- Share Insight – help others - Reputation
- Collaborate: create content
Where can I get a Deal, or Earn Points
Deals, Promotions
Participate - Gamification
What Are Others Saying About Lenovo
Check Reviews, References, Comments
Am I making the right decision
Help “ME” Solve a Specific Problem
In support of its Super Bowl TV ad, Oreo asked fans to pick their favorite part of the cookie by putting a photo on Instagram with the hashtag #cookiethis or #cremethis. The promotion drew more than 46,000 submissions. The brand used them to inspire 148 sculptures that were created, photographed and uploaded on Instagram -- in just three days. And just like other efforts, it's been a hit: Oreo's Instagram followers have grown from 2,200 before the commercial to more than 85,000.
Valentine's Day, Oreo invited Twitter followers to send their love messages using the #oreocupid hashtag. In turn, the brand tweeted out custom images etched in Oreo's filling, including one marriage proposal. Oreo's only request to that follower: "Hope we're invited to the wedding."
First prize
One Lenovo Vibe X
One free make over and photoshoot with a well-known photographer using the Lenovo VIBE X (depends on local market)
Second prize
A Lenovo Vibe X or a lower end Lenovo smartphone
Recognizing their diversity.
What does the brand stand for? Why should I care?
The naïve belief that participants are driven by altruistic motives needs serious refinement.