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Friday 27 May 2011
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Nice Affiliate model from the National Trust (& RNLI)
I do like brands that are being USEFUL on Facebook/Twitter. Using the platform to inform and benefit fans and followers, not just chasing fan numbers for the sake of relatively meaningless reach.
So thumbs up to the National Trust for flagging their affiliate deal with LOVEFILM.
I now know that by doing something I was thinking of doing anyway, in a certain way I previously hadn't even thought about could benefit a cause I care about? But I do now. Irrespective of whether I act now, or get around to it later, it's on my radar. That's just made being a NT fan on Facebook and allowing their posts to interrupt my increasingly brand cluttered newsfeed worthwhile. I'll save the rant on ongoing engagement and why it's important for another day.
There's lots of affiliate models around (I help your business, you help mine), but can I be bothered to log in via the British Airways or Virgin Atlantic sites everytime I want to be something relatively low value online? No. I don't care enough about the points, I have to make too many extra clicks, remember more passwords etc, and I need so many points to get anything meaningful anyway it's just too much extra effort. Yet to help a cause I care about like preserving our history in this case or the RNLI, who have an affiliate deal with Amazon, I will make an effort. Especially when it's clearly signposted on their site, and in fact I've made it easier still by adding a shortcut to my browser bar.
A small gesture with an extra click means I can help make a difference over and above the membership fees I pay anyway just by adjusting my behaviour slightly. Augmented benefit to me (warm fuzzy feelings about making a small difference), augmented benefit to the cause (cash). Win.Win.
Value exchange. It's a very personal thing. I still see too many brands that haven't really got their heads around what motivates their fans and followers and continue just to shout product benefits at them. But dig a little deeper, tailor your approach, and your brand health measures should pay dividends.
So thumbs up to the National Trust for flagging their affiliate deal with LOVEFILM.
There's lots of affiliate models around (I help your business, you help mine), but can I be bothered to log in via the British Airways or Virgin Atlantic sites everytime I want to be something relatively low value online? No. I don't care enough about the points, I have to make too many extra clicks, remember more passwords etc, and I need so many points to get anything meaningful anyway it's just too much extra effort. Yet to help a cause I care about like preserving our history in this case or the RNLI, who have an affiliate deal with Amazon, I will make an effort. Especially when it's clearly signposted on their site, and in fact I've made it easier still by adding a shortcut to my browser bar.
A small gesture with an extra click means I can help make a difference over and above the membership fees I pay anyway just by adjusting my behaviour slightly. Augmented benefit to me (warm fuzzy feelings about making a small difference), augmented benefit to the cause (cash). Win.Win.
Value exchange. It's a very personal thing. I still see too many brands that haven't really got their heads around what motivates their fans and followers and continue just to shout product benefits at them. But dig a little deeper, tailor your approach, and your brand health measures should pay dividends.
Monday 23 May 2011
Things you wish you'd written
I get paid to read, to think, and to stretch and challenge other people's thinking. It's an infinite task, and sometimes juggling the projects needing working on, and still finding the time to structure your thinking once so that it can be tweaked and shared later gets out of balance.
So here's a deck that does a fab job of wrapping up lots of the things I preach and believe in one place, falling firmly under the category of things I wish I had had time to write. There's a lot of us singing from the same song sheet around the world, a lot of people thinking about how we make the changing world of communications work harder for our brand owning clients. A lot of it is common sense when you actually step back and think about it, but with client behaviour often entrenched in long term habits and historical thinking, the more of us that shout about the need for change and help create practical ways to approach it the better. So many thanks to Farrah Bostic for the hard work on behalf of a lot of other great minds around the web.
So here's a deck that does a fab job of wrapping up lots of the things I preach and believe in one place, falling firmly under the category of things I wish I had had time to write. There's a lot of us singing from the same song sheet around the world, a lot of people thinking about how we make the changing world of communications work harder for our brand owning clients. A lot of it is common sense when you actually step back and think about it, but with client behaviour often entrenched in long term habits and historical thinking, the more of us that shout about the need for change and help create practical ways to approach it the better. So many thanks to Farrah Bostic for the hard work on behalf of a lot of other great minds around the web.
Wednesday 18 May 2011
From the horse's mouth...
I am really really hoping that a) this is genuine and b) it's continued for a while, because this is consumer insight gold. And even if a+b turn out not to be true my morning has been improved no end by finding this Tweetfeed highlighting the things this guy's Dad is using Google for: I recommend clicking over and scrolling a while. I love the honesty.
Wednesday 4 May 2011
May the 4th be with you
Yes, it's international Star Wars day, the Jedi jokes are flowing around social networks, but hats off to Volkswagen for showing their sense of humour and capitalising on their Super Bowl TV ad with this fun and timely ad on Facebook this morning:
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