Tuesday, August 11, 2015

21 ways to make content viral, how 5 brands tackle climate change & which social media sites work





21 ways to make your content more viral
Longer content is more likely to be shared than short – this is one of the surprising (to me) tips in this very helpful infographic in PR Daily depicting 21 ways to get your content shared.  Other tips include using plenty of images as this makes your content more credible, use odd number and [brackets] in your headline and only feature short URLs.  Targeted CTAs (Calls to Action) work much better than generic e.g. “share these weight loss tips” rather than “share this post.” 

How 5 big brands are tackling climate change
Communicating about their support for climate change in an engaging way can be challenging for brands – this article talks about how 5 big brands (4 of them familiar names to Irish audiences) are doing so. Focusing on one – Adidas – I really like what they are doing.  They’re a founder member of an organisation called “Parley for the Oceans”, an organisation where creators, thinkers and leaders come together to raise awareness of the oceans and collaborate on projects that protect it.  Adidas apparently specifically supports its educational and communications activities.  Recently Adidas launched the first shoe made from recycled ocean plastic.  Other brands covered include Ben & Jerry, Coca Cola, Unilever and Staples.

Business guide as to which social media sites are working
An “eye opener” is how the Indo’s Adrian Weckler describes recent quarterly results from the big players on the social media scene.  He talks about which social media to watch from a marketing point of view.  Facebook is still the biggie while Twitter is struggling to make ads work on its platform.   72% of Facebook members check into the site or app every single day. Also worth noting is that 76% of its advertising revenue now comes from mobile devices. Instagram with its 300m users worldwide has enabled advertising APIs – automated software that lets advertisers place ads without having to call someone. 63% of Snapchat’s Irish users use the app every single day and M&Ms have used it here to promote competitions but no advertising as yet, unlike the States where big brands have been using it for some time.  Excitement about Snapchat’s future is because of the ongoing development of its media channels, “Discover” and “Live”.





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