Technology Trends Driving Digital Storytelling
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As technology becomes almost invisibly integrated into our daily lives — in our hands, our clothes, and even our eyes — tracking insane amounts of data and creating nearly infinite customer touch points, great storytelling is still the most powerful influencer of behavior. Learn how current and future technology trends are powering successful storytelling.
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Technology Trends Driving Digital Storytelling
- 1. Technology Trends Driving Digital Storytelling @TylerDurbin
- 2. Marketing Manager of an advertising innovation lab Big fan of using social media to meet new people Proud to call Columbus, O home
- 3. TREND #1: THE ONLINE / OFFLINE DIVIDE HAS CLOSED
- 5. How past genera-ons shape our present
- 11. TREND #2: THE NEW NORM IS NOT SO NORMAL
- 12. The new normal is up to the individual. From buying a house to getting married, to starting a career, there is no normal anymore. One could say the new normal is whatever the individual says it is.
- 13. TREND #3: NICHE COMMUNITIES PROVING BENEFICIAL FOR MARKETERS
- 14. Niches offer deeper, focused experience. Humans are turning to new and smaller sites and communities to interact with others on a hyper- specific level
- 18. Activating your community FOCUS Map your audience INSIGHT Identify influencers PERCEPTION Use analysis to identify target areas AUDIENCE Distribute content through advocates
- 22. TREND #4: ALL COMPANIES ARE NOW MEDIA COMPANIES
- 23. Today’s customer journey is very dynamic. Humans are constantly checking text messages, Facebook notifications, @replies, bank transactions, emails, and calendars.
- 24. Tell your story on your own. It's more authentic that way. Engage in the dialogue that is occurring around your niche. Produce compelling, contextually relevant content. Delight.
- 25. WaŸbi SaŸbi [noun] A comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. Be human. What we don’t realize is that all the traits we like in humans is also attractive in a brand.
- 27. Video is the most powerful way to connect.
- 28. How you can be a media company 1) Produce massive amounts of content 2) Provide content that is relevant to their audience at a particular moment of time 3) Deliver content that is fresh, recent, and breaking 4) Are present everywhere and leverage multiple channels 5) Move quickly and aren’t held back by approvals and lawyers
- 29. The people behind the logo come forward. Virgin.com/richard-‐branson The top 5% of executives in the next few years will have full-time content people around them.
- 30. TREND #5: GROWING IMPACT OF COMMUNITY MANAGERS
- 31. Big brands are leveraging niche communities. Big brands are going small. And small business is perfectly positioned to succeed in this world.
- 32. Understand the role of a community manager. Identify the need, define the role, and set expectations.
- 33. • Personable. Friendly and can talk to anyone. • Organized. Not overwhelmed by a constant stream of customer inquiries and issues. • Naturally curious. Innovative, extremely creative and constantly looking for ways to improve upon tactics. • Word savvy. Exceptional writing skills and can craft everything from emails and blog posts to policies and summaries, easily adjusting your tone/voice accordingly.
- 34. CRM strategy Very few in the organization have a better pulse on the consumer than a community manager. Provide them the opportunity to recommend CRM strategies.
- 35. Product development & road mapping Community managers are interacting with the consumer every day. They hear the highs and lows of every voiced experience.
- 36. Media buying Interacting with the consumer across channels gives community managers a glimpse into how their consumers are finding and sharing information.
- 37. Messaging The community manager knows how the consumer talks. Let them use that knowledge to inform messaging.
- 38. TREND #6: SOCIAL GOOD = GOOD MARKETING
- 40. THE DRAGONFLY EFFECTFocus A single concrete measurable goal.
- 41. THE DRAGONFLY EFFECTFocus A single concrete measurable goal. Attention Authentic & memorable. Cuts through the noise.
- 42. THE DRAGONFLY EFFECTFocus A single concrete measurable goal. Attention Authentic & memorable. Cuts through the noise. Engage Creates a personal connection to the focus. Accesses higher emotions, compassion, empathy.
- 43. THE DRAGONFLY EFFECTFocus A single concrete measurable goal. Attention Authentic & memorable. Cuts through the noise. Engage Creates a personal connection to the focus. Accesses higher emotions, compassion, empathy. Take Action Enables and empowers others to take action
- 46. THE DRAGONFLY EFFECTFocus Concentrated all resources & attention on achieving a single outcome. Attention Got people to pay attention and set the foundation for engaging them. Engage Told a story, mixed media, made it personal. Take Action Made it easy, established relationships, provided immediate feedback.
- 47. TREND #2: CROWD > INDIVIDUALTREND #7: CROWDSOURCING BREAKS DOWN ALL THE BARRIERS
- 48. May the crowd be with you. From simple, task oriented projects to full out creative execution, the “crowd” has broke down nearly every barrier for brands to connect directly with consumers.
- 51. Connection doesn’t happen here. Using social media, McDonalds created a campaign called “Mein Burger” to reach customers to create new menu items.
- 52. …und der seiger war Translation: “…and the winner was”
- 53. Blah. When SmartCar realized their cars just didn’t have the flare to get people excited. They created a crowd-sourced design studio.
- 54. Test in the wild. Kraft’s FirstTaste gives their most loyal customers a chance to test products
- 58. The Online / Offline Divide Has Closed The New Norm Is Not So Normal Brands As Media Companies Growing Impact Of Community Managers Social Good = Good Marke-ng Crowdsourcing Breaks Down All The Barriers Rethink your taglines. Make them repeatable & searchable Map your audience, iden-fy influencers, distribute through advocates. Niche Communi-es Proving Beneficial For Marketers Understand opportunity areas, then see #3. Be human. Use video to tell your story. Have a community manager. Create a cause that aligns with your brand, then fly like a dragonfly Crowdsource the low profit, high effort. Involve your customers TREND STRATEGY
- 59. How I Can Help: Build a foundation to execute new media strategies Develop & execute a social good campaign Kickstart your crowdsourcing efforts