Revolt Breakfast Club is a monthly presentation for our clients and special guests, which aim to inspire, educate and encourage discussion about the ever-changing digital landscape. The presentations focus on specific topics relevant for those who want to be better at navigating the various tools, technologies, platforms and consumer preferences faced by brands today.
The topic of this month was viral marketing with Jesper Åström focusing on the mechanics behind, what makes content go viral.
This month's speaker:
Jesper Åström is a digital tactician specialized in problem solving, as he explains it himself. He is founder of the Viral Hack project, which aims to use the network economy to explain the networked world. He’s an expert on the mechanics behind viral marketing and has, i.a., created a course, which consists of 54 videos on the theory of why something goes viral.
56. 1%
• Probably care about your brand
more than you do
• Are willing to co-create with you if
you give them the opportunity
• Love you if you love them back
1-on-1
Co-Creators
62. 9%
• Opinion makers that use your
content to say something about
themselves
• They do not co-create but rather
comment on what you and others
create around your brand
• They are willing to curate your
content and products if they find
there is a social or monetary
incentive to do so
• If you give these guys too much
attention they will go away
CURATORS
63. B2C B2B
• Journalists
• Social media activists
• Politicians
• Celebrities
• Extrovert industry experts
• …
• Journalists
• Social media influencers
• Celebrities
• …
COMMENTATORS
67. 90%
• They simply feel they don’t have
time to care about you enough to
have their own opinion
• They trust others when it comes to
your brand
• They are not willing to participate in
your programs, but they are more
than willing to buy your product if it
seems to solve the job they needs to
get done
CONSUMERS
78. 1. They created a video
that would appeal to
anyone who saw it
2. They made it relevant
for a lot of journalists
by creating ”stories
about the story” that
enabled them to put it
in their paper
3. Launched by making it
seem as though it was
popular ”we got 6
million views in 3 days”