A couple of weeks ago, I was reading a blog post on “Best Practices in Social Media,” a topic on which there is no shortage of opinions. (A Google search will return nearly 2.9 million results, which is about 400,000 more than last month.) As I was reading it, I was struck by how confidently the author threw around the term “best practices” to describe what he was doing. While I think it’s great that people share their experiences – the good, the bad and the ugly – I think it’s premature to start engraving anything in stone.
As I was sharing my thoughts with our Executive Vice President/Executive Creative Director, he summed it up very nicely. “When it comes to social media,” he said, “best practice is practice.”
This year social media adds to the frenzy of Black Friday and doorbuster deals, with retailers like Best Buy and Sears offering tech-savvy consumers special savings and services via social networks and smartphones. Media Logic’s Director of Media Integration Patrick Boegel discusses how social media is reshaping the retail season during an interview with Capital News 9’s Britt Godshalk.
Making a connection with any target audience will only hold value if the connection you create is honest.
Normally, when a company has its legal office fire off a “cease and desist” letter, it expects compliance – especially if it is a billion-dollar corporation. However, the days of a quick hit of the “easy button” to keep your brand’s death grip on perceived intellectual property might be over, especially if you tweak the wrong tribe.
With all its emphasis on control and discipline, is it any wonder why the NFL can’t quite understand social media? Like a rain-slicked fumble flopping about the red zone turf, the league just can’t seem to get a handle on it.
It’s a massive understatement to say that marketing at trade shows is a constant battle for attention. Simply being heard over the din of the crowd is challenge enough. Harder still is getting a clear, effective message to cut through the clutter.
So, in an enormous convention hall packed with the world’s largest manufacturers of foods and beverages, how did Fortitech command an audience?
With a little bit of child’s play.
