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Selling through Storytelling: New Media Promotion or Propaganda, Assessing Challenges and Opportunities Phylis Johnson, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University Carbondale 62901-6609 [email protected] NMC SUMMER 2007 Sonicity Fitzroy

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Selling through Storytelling: New Media Promotion or Propaganda,

Assessing Challenges and Opportunities

Phylis Johnson, Ph.D.

Southern Illinois University

Carbondale 62901-6609

[email protected]

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Everyone Loves a Great Story!

I want to tell you A story.

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This presentation reviews the latest marketing, PR, and promotional research on reaching audiences (with

an eye and ear toward younger consumers).

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Discussion Points

• Role of Advertising in our Life (Futurama: On Advertising; Truth in Advertising; MEF)

• Surf’s Up: Lifestyle Marketing (Hollister)

• Pop Culture Imaging: Consumer Placement (Smirnoff)

• Product Placement (CW TV Network – CBS/Warner/Fox)

• 360 Marketing

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“Nearly 60% of the national advertising budget involves integrated marketing and advertising. No longer are companies relying on traditional forms of advertising and the plethora of choices (many untested) are overwhelmingoverwhelming to the established and upstarts.” (Lebkowsky, 2006)

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Nick Farrell, "You Have Mail: 31 Billion A Day." Retrieved Sept 30, 2002, from http://www.vnunet.com

Projected by 2006 – 60 billion emails daily

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In the late 1990s, Dr. Jean Kilbourne stated that we see 3,000 Ads Daily; that’s 3 years of commercials in one life.

Subliminal in the Ads becomes viewed as intriguing, not invasive. Advertising is part of our very culture, sometimes obvious, sometimes hidden, but we are rarely left alone outside the consumer culture.

We’re FOR SALE

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The Youth Factor in Consumer Culture

• Baby Boomers: content-driven, voyeuristically young, their children must fit in, contemplative decision-making (unless it involves their children), socially conscious

• Today's Generation: make it simple impulsive, emotional, truth is relevant, irreverent attitude, socially aware, unforgiving

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What’s Hot!

Two of the most important strategies:

- Engaging consumers in an interactive (and often altered) environment

- Inviting consumers to create their own “user” stories

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Web sitesWeb sites - - blogsblogs – – virtual communitiesvirtual communities - - mock docsmock docs – –

record labelsrecord labels – – video gamesvideo games – –ambient marketingambient marketing - - in text messagingin text messaging

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http://www.americasarmy.com

Why a Killer Video Game Is the Army's Best Recruitment Tool by David Verklin & Bernice Kanner, Chief Marketer http://chiefmarketer.com/video-game-recruitment-04292007/

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Viral Video Marketing

• Viral Ads: It's an epidemic. Hit videos reach millions…Can this ever be a real business? (CNN Money)

• You create our Super Bowl commercial. (CNN Money)

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Viral Video Marketing

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http://www.funnyplace.org/video.php?id=4008

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Viral VideoViral Video - Marketing

• Specialized (Bikes) Police Chase http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqAZVRJ4Wi4

• Audi Park Themselves http://www.funnyplace.org/video.php?id=4006

• Federal Express Superbowlhttp://www.funnyplace.org/video.php?id=4029

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TRUTH VS. INTEGRITY

Mock corporate histories target a new generation of consumers that seem comfortable moving between truth and fiction.

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John M. Hollister was a sailor “with a love of the South Pacific and the sea. He traveled the world and ultimately settled in Santa Barbara, CA and in 1922 established the company in Laguna Beach as a vendor of South Pacific goods. His first son, John Jr., took over in 1953 and incorporated surf apparel and equipment. His younger brother, Todd, took over in 1977 after John Jr. died in a surfing accident, and turned it into today's Hollister Co.” (Wiki) http://www.hollisterco.com/hol/homepage.html

Abercrombie & Fitch storeFirst store (2000) in Columbus, Ohio

Targeted to high school students

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http://www.girlsintelligenceagency.com/ Juliet B. Schor’s Born to Buy

20042004

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Pop Culture: Pop Culture: The Tea Party

Consumer Placement: Smirnoff’s Invitation to a Trend

The Tea Party

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkbJs1XwdS0

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The Smirnoff Campaign

• Knowing Your Audience SOOO Well that you can have fun with them.

• Using technology in an appropriate manner (targeted online campaigns)

• Residual Impact

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Commercial SoapsCommercial Soaps

Product Placement

Content Wraps & Serial Commercials

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The CW Television Networkhttp://www.cwtv.com/

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http://adage.com/upfront07/artic

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Ads that are too fast for a fast-forward

buttonMay 18, 2007, By

Stuart Elliott The New York Times

The 5 second Banner Ads for Television

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CONTENT WRAP

“A commercial being used by The CW that resembles a regular program…a serialized story told over the course of several commercial spots.” (Wiki)

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Bauder, David, (2007, May 28), “Networks try new ways to end ad skipping,” Associated Press.

“Some of the most creative thinking in television these days has nothing to do with comedy or drama. It's about the commercials. Fueled by a growing sense of desperation, networks are inserting games, quizzes and mini-dramas into commercial breaks.”

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20070528:tv_sneaky_ads__ER:78355

A return to the days of old! Source: Wiki

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Content Wraps: 2006-2007

• Listerine - 7th Heaven on Sunday, Jan. 21, targeting women 18-34.

• Herbal Essence - America’s Next Top Model on Wednesday, Sept. 20, targeting women 18-34.

• Activision’s Guitar Hero II - Smallville on Thursday, Nov. 16, targeting teens 12-17.

• Cover Girl - The CW’s three Monday night sitcoms—Girlfriends, The Game, and All of Us —on Dec. 11, targeting women 18-49.

(Consoli, Jan. 29, 2007)

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• “Adding to the urgency,” Nielsen Media Research began last week “offering ratings for commercial breaks, instead of just the shows around them.” (Bauder, 2007)

• “An estimated 17% of American homes now have digital video recorders. Nielsen estimates that in prime-time, nearly half of 18-to-49-year-old viewers with DVRs are watching recorded programs instead of live ones. Of these, six in 10 skip through the ads.” (Bauder, 2007)

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CONTENT WRAP

“A company will sponsor each content wrap, by either having their products embedded in the story itself (i.e., product placement) or running regular 15-second spots before/after each segment. The genre and content of the wrap is often similar to the program in which it is broadcast…

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CONTENT WRAP

….for example, a spot called "Date Night" (featuring a couple in three stages of a date) would run during CW’s Gilmore Girls & Veronica Mars.” (Wiki)

Add’l Sources: http://tviv.org/Content_wrap; also tv.com, cwtv.com

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The 360360 Campaign

• From personal communication devices to mock movies to company-sponsored independent record labels, there’s more ways to reach young consumers than ever before. (Advertising Age’s Media Guide)

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• Calvin Klein Launches Scents in Second Life

March 21, 2007 by Mark Wallace

“…the virtual perfume bottles enable SL users to spray each other with bubbles that ‘initiate dialogue’”… …“ck IN2U speaks the language of a generation connected by technology —aptly named technosexuals”… “the first generation to be defined more by their means of communication rather than fashion or music.” …The technological “revolution” is… “the strongest force affecting the culture of the developed world at the moment.” (edited excerpt, Wallace, 2007)

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Relevant Campaigns Do This - 1) Brands that influence culture sell more;

culture is the new catalyst for growth.“Google [is] changing the way we behave online….Nike [is] a part of all culture.”

2) A brand with no point of view has no point; full-flavor branding is in, vanilla is out.“Love or hate Fox News, you know where it stands on issues. And Ben & Jerry's is more than just ice cream; it's a company that stands for a cause. "Younger consumers have grown up in a consumer world. They're flexing their muscles, and they want their brands to stand for something.”

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Relevant Campaigns Do This - 3) Today's consumer is leading from the front; “this is

the smartest generation to have ever walked the planet. More discriminating and experimental, strong opinions on brands, and a lot of brands are getting consumers involved….Take Converse and the Converse Gallery, where consumers can make a 24-second film that will run on their site. It's consumer-generated creativity.”

4) Customize wherever and whenever you can; customization is tomorrow's killer whale.“The second advent of the Internet has consumers wanting something all their own…The best example is Apple's iTunes Website. Instead of buying a CD, consumers are buying the tracks they want and putting them on their iPods. Starbucks creates whatever beverage a consumer wants, and Nike, allows you to design a shoe online.”

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And This - 5) Forget the transaction, just give me an experience;

the mandate is simple: Wow them every day, every way. “Apple and Coach found that the best way to give consumers a brand experience wasn't just to sell product in store but to control the entire experience. ‘This is why they build stores in major cities. Looking for the other brands to soon be involved in the experience.’"

6) Deliver clarity at point of purchase; be obsessive about presentation.“There's an ‘option overload’ in the supermarket aisles, and anything that simplifies that for consumers is welcome. ‘If I'm a consumer and I stand in front of a shelf, I see a wall of product. Brands are beginning to recognize that you have to be clear about what they are selling at the point of purchase.’"

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And This - 7) You are only as good as your weakest link; do you

know where you're vulnerable? “Today's younger consumers show zero tolerance when a brand makes a mistake. If a Website isn't good enough, they will ignore your brand, and if you get negative PR about something, it will stick. Brands like Wal-Mart and Nike are still connected to negative PR.”

8) Social responsibility is no longer an option; what's your cause, what's your contribution? “Consumers now expect corporations to get involved in cause marketing. Timberland (‘Take a stand against genocide’), Target (‘Every day Target gives back to the community’), eBay (its Giving Works program, for starters), and GE (which this year launched its Citizenship Report, an annual report of sorts regarding the company’s environmental and safety initiatives).”

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Finally - 9) Pulse, pace, and passion really make a difference; Have

you had your heartbeat checked recently?"We're in a crazy world. We keep piling more devices upon us. The more you have, the more you need. If your business does not have a high metabolic rate, you're not going to survive….Companies like Google move fast, and that means the older, slower companies are doomed.“

10) Innovation is the new boardroom favorite."Brands are inspired by Apple more than anyone else They transformed the music business, and people are taking what they did seriously. Procter & Gamble and GE are driving this and have made innovation the core of their corporate strategy."

Source: Parry, Tim (2007). Simon Williams: The Ten New Rules of Marketing. Chief Marketer. Retrieved May 23, 2007, from http://chiefmarketer.com/cm_report/10_New_Rules_of_Branding_11152005/

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Socially Responsible Generation?http://www.funnyplace.org/video.php?id=4025

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Knowing Your Market Now and in the Future

• Baby Boomers vs. Youth Market

• Image, Consumption, Socially Conscious

- Vance Packard’s Hidden Persuader

- Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death

- Sonic Branding & Posteffects.com

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“See a print ad you like, then dial the number you see on your mobile phone to listen to a corresponding soundtrack.”

“Americhip produces chips to let advertisers integrate sound into just about any kind of printed matter: books, POP, magazine inserts, and even packaging. Pictured above is what they claim [to be] the first ever magazine insert with sound for Twix that quips: ‘Twix. Two for me. None for you.’”

Sources: AdvertisingLab.Blogspot.com; The Future of Advertising: MIT Advertising Lab

NEW SOUNDS OF ADVERTISING

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“Sound Beam is ideally suited to delivering messages and commercial information as people wait in line, watch a video

presentation, or approach your store-front window.”Source: http://www.reallycooltoys.com/news/news10.html

“The sound only becomes apparent to the listener when the traveling sound waves have made impact with a surface, be it material, organic, or human.”

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Sony Patents Telepathy "Sony Corp. has been granted a patent for beaming sensory information directly into the brain.“ -- Reuters

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The Consumer Culture

• Present-Oriented Culture

• Advertising Cannot be Avoided

• Fear, Desire, and Self-Actualization become blurred (The Pyramid Falls)

Future of Advertising: Futuramahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbBSiusMKs&mode=related&search=

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Advertising & the End of the World (MEF)

We have created a “cynical audience” – that when it decided to avoid advertising, it became necessary for marketers to incorporate it into our very lives – and make it unavoidable, where the line between truth and fiction becomes irrelevant and irreverently enticing. Consequently, we are moving from “cognitive” to “emotional” consumer choices.

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STARBUCKS: Your 360360 Campaign

The Omni Marketing Lifestyle!

• Web/Blog site

• Mobile Communication

• Television/Radio/Movies

• Online

• Point-of-Purchase/Ambient/Placement

• E-mail

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Sources• Bauder, D., (2007, May 28), “Networks Try New Ways to End Ad Skipping,”

Associated Press.

• Consoli, J. (2007, January 29). “CW's Content Wraps May Keep DVR Viewer.” Mediaweek. Retrieved May 29, 2007, from http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/networktv/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003538394

• Farrell, M. (2002, September, 30). "You Have Mail: 31 Billion A Day." Retrieved May 25, 2007, from http://www.vnunet.com

• Jackson, D. (2004). Sonic Branding. NY: Palgrave Macmillion.• Lebkowsky, J. (2006, February 25). “New Media, Blogs, & Public Relations.”

Retrieved May 25, 2007, from http://www.polycot.com/blog/archives/2006/02/25/new-media-blogs-and-public-relations/

• Parry, T. (2007). “Simon Williams: The Ten New Rules of Marketing.” Chief Marketer.• Retrieved May 23, 2007, from

http://chiefmarketer.com/cm_report/10_New_Rules_of_Branding_11152005/• Postman, N. (1985). Amusing Ourselves to Death. NY: Penguin Books. • Stafford, M. R., & Faber, R. J. eds. (2004). Advertising, Promotion & New Media.

NY: M.E. Sharpe.• “360 Advertising Media Guide.” Advertising Age. Retrieved May 26, 2007, from

http://www.adage-360media.com/adage360/20061106/• Additional sources/links inside text of PPT