3 Ways to Incorporate Nostalgia in Marketing
How do you define nostalgia? It’s unique to everyone, but there is one thing that’s common to us all: It has a sensory trigger that brings back memories of unfettered happiness. Use these three tactics to incorporate feelings of nostalgia in your every day marketing and advertising efforts.
How to Cross the Visual Content Canyon
What’s happening right now in the visual content space is eerily similar to what happened with Big Data. Marketers are facing two—seemingly contradictory—problems: Not enough visual content and too much visual content. Here’s how content marketers can overcome this “content canyon” and strike the right balance with consumers.
5 Ways Companies Are Using Instagram’s New Hyperlapse App
This week, Instagram unveiled its newest project Hyperlapse, an app designed to capture high-quality time lapse videos in an easy to use format. Wondering how you can tap into Hyperlapse? Check out five examples of how it’s currently being used as a social media storytelling tool.
Project Runway Crowdsources Season 13 Casting With Runway Redemption Campaign
To cast the final member of Season 13, Project Runway launched a Runway Redemption social media campaign on Instagram where fans could vote for their favorite of three aspiring designers. This campaign reached over three million people and garnered over 34,000 votes.
3 Steps for Getting Your Brand on the Back-to-School Shopping List
For big players and up-and-coming brands alike, it doesn’t matter how creative your advertising is. If you don’t take the time to tailor your message to the right consumer, it will get lost in the noise. To get on this year’s lucrative back-to-school shopping list, you need to tap into the power of flawlessly targeted social media campaigns and customer-specific messaging.
A PSA From The TSA On Instagram: #TSACatch Shows Photos Of What Not To Pack
Think you can sneak that bejeweled lipstick taser past the TSA? Think again. The TSA is nearing its one year anniversary of using Instagram to educate travelers on what not to pack by featuring photos of real items confiscated from airports across the country.
How PassionRoses Reached Out to the Right Celebrity at the Right Time
Something old and something new is a great philosophy with which to power an awesome outreach marketing strategy. Hollywood Branded hit that nail on the head with a project they recently did for their client, PassionRoses. Hollywood Branded used a more traditional marketing tactic—working with a celebrity—and morphed their strategy to fit snugly with the […]
What Fresh Statistics Tell Us About Twitter’s Decline
Is Twitter’s stagnating growth really an issue for the network that is already being used by 16% of the population? It’s possible that visual marketing may take the center stage, though Twitter likely isn’t going anywhere.
4 Ways To Fix Your Facebook Problem
There has been a ton of conversation around Facebook’s declining organic reach for businesses. I wrote about it recently in a very popular post on this blog. Continuing the conversation, my brilliant friend and collaborator Robert Rose from Content Marketing Institute wanted to get some thinking about Facebook from a few colleagues, so he asked […]
Seven Tips For Jumpstarting Your Visual Storytelling Strategy
We’ve all heard marketers proclaim that, “content is king,” but the rise in popularity of visual social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, SlideShare and Vine, have ushered in an era welcoming visual storytelling as a breakout marketing trend for 2014. Similar to how people grow relationships with each other, visual storytelling offers companies […]
The BBC Experiments With Video News Coverage on Instagram
Inspired by the rise of mobile and tablet viewership, the BBC is experimenting with a new initiative on Instagram called Instafax, where news clips are featured in 15-second video formats. From the content created, to the positioning and community involvement, the effort is both interesting and noteworthy for both companies and news outlets. Announced on […]
Real-Life Instagram Project Filters In Unique View of London
Just when you thought snapping and sharing photos on Instagram couldn’t get any more addictive, a creative new project out of London is making waves for bringing the platform’s beloved attributes into the read world. Called “Real-Life Instagram,” artist Bruno Ribeiro has placed cardboard cutouts resembling Instagram’s photo frame complete with filters alongside some of […]
The World’s First Instagram Hotel Gets Rave Reviews
In an age where the hashtags like #travel, #travelgram, #traveling and #travelingram have millions of posts on Instagram (and counting!), it’s not all that surprising that an entrepreneurial hotel chain would attempt to cater to people’s snap happy travel preferences. Case and point – the world’s first “Instagram Hotel.” Located in Sydney, Australia, the 1888 […]
3 Ideas From Oreo to Infuse Creativity & Fun Into Your Social Media Content
Have the dog days of summer resulted in a creative roadblock when it comes to your social media content? They say good things come in three’s, so who better to seek creative inspiration from than Oreo. Long after generating worldwide kudos for the Daily Twist campaign and famed real-time marketing “dunk in the dark” sensations, […]
4 Tips to Fuel Your Instagram Campaign to Success
Sometimes deepening the relationship between your brand and your fans is as simple as giving people a way to engage on a new level. Instagram is a great tool for capturing fan and customer excitement in the moment, but in order to understand the magnitude of the effectiveness of visual marketing, it helps to take […]
PayPal’s Patriotic Pup Shines Over the July 4th Holiday
Ah, Fourth of July. The holiday conjures up visions of American flags, fun in the sun, BBQs and fireworks. While many companies created social media posts around the holiday, PayPal’s patriotic pup stole the show. Shared both on PayPal’s Facebook page and Instagram channel, the words adorable and clever come to mind. How can you […]