This document outlines marketing strategies for Japanese rock bands RIZE and related solo projects. It discusses how enhancing the bands' Facebook pages has helped grow their fan bases. RIZE's frontman JESSE launched a solo project called "Stand Up!" in 2011 that enables fan participation and collaborations. Bassist KenKen also started a solo project pursuing fan activities. The document emphasizes the importance of Facebook and social media for promotion, and outlines how the bands have partnered with brands through Facebook for advertising, affiliate marketing, and e-commerce opportunities. It provides examples of the bands' media exposures, live performances, and multiple revenue streams beyond music.
Practical Marketing Strategy for Musician via SNS and Partnerships
1. MKTG Scenario
Practical Marketing Strategy by
Effective / Efficient Cross Media
Promotion
+ Building
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Kwasaki, Japan
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Business
Mail Contact;
代表取締役社長・ CEO 溝口浩司
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2. Direction of Business Actions
1 To enhance Artist SNS Media mainly facebook,
leveraging those media power
2 To expand opportunities of Fans participation
effectively & periodically
3 To clarify the core competence of the Artist
more accurately
4 To set up the main targeting clusters & mining
clustering data
5 To pave & pursue multiple revenue streams
6 To build up strategic alliances with useful
business partners, forging ahead with
collaborative projects actively
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3. Backgrounds
The one of established rock band “RIZE” has been enhancing
their official facebook page since July, 2011 for constructing
reliable / mid-long term business models, realizing that they could
boost their fan community from 1,250 in July, 2011 to 75,730
likes; https://www.facebook.com/triberizenet. *as of 2014/02/05.
Meanwhile, the frontman of RIZE = JESSE has launched his solo
project called “Stand Up!” as fans participatory & mash-up type of
multiple entertainments project since 2011/11/11, enabling him to
execute bunch of collaborations with variety of companies /
organizations. *Some accomplishments are separately.
KenKen, bassist @ RIZE, and Dragon Ash, and joining in other
bands has also been initiating his solo project = “Life Is Groove”
since July, 2013, pursuing various type of fan participatory
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activities with SHISEIDOU, Olympus and more.
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4. The Importance of SNS, mainly facebook
1 facebook Population in Japan expanding;
19.6million, June,2013 = 5,6m increased from previous month
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5. The reason why facebook is so criticial
2 Numerous companies tend to use facebook drastically
・ 78.7% companies using facebook, Twitter=57.3% /
LINE=25.6%
To enlarge opportunities of collaborations / tie-ups with
companies by creating /appealing Artist facebook page
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6. Facebook is accessed from smart-phone
3 Smart-phone expansion
2013 年度以降のスマートフォン契約数予測
2014 年 3 月末: 5,915 万件 ( 49.3% )
2015 年 3 月末: 7,112 万件 ( 58.1% )
2016 年 3 月末: 8,034 万件 ( 64.5% )
2017 年 3 月末: 8,778 万件 ( 69.4% )
2018 年 3 月末: 9,383 万件 ( 73.2% )
Users are likely to
access to facebook via
smart-phone.
Huge potentiality to pave new & additional
revenue schemes + efficient artist promotion by
enhancing Artist facebook + creating compelling
fan community.
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7. JESSE’s STAND Up! Project
・ JESSE is American citizenship, having dual culture naturally.
This backgrounds encourage him to start his solo project
“Stand Up!” on 2011/11/11, which JESSE wants to have more
opportunities to mash up & collaborate with fans for creating
multiple entertainment to global market, after he faced 311.
・ Plenty of companies / organizations have been raising their
hands to cooperate this project along his spirit, such;
Puma, ZIPPO, GIRBUAD, Olympus, Hurley, Jack Daniel’s
even Venezuela embassy, and Beats by Dre, & others.
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8. some of examples; Collaborations via facebook
w/ Beats by Dre
w/ Jack Daniel
w/ ZIPPO
w/ Fender
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9. Collaborations / Media Exposures
w/ Hurley
Gracing the cover of plenty of popular
street fashion magazines
@ Ollie
w/ MURASAKI Sports
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@ Samurai Magazine
10. Collaboration with Foreign Artists + Social
Activities
Duet with one of talented Deva from American Idol Season 8,
Jullisa Veloz, “2 of Us”” in top page of Windows Media America
Interview @ popular Dog Magazine
Stand Up! “Crossover Talks”
Official Guest
Speaker @ TEDx
Collaboration with
Venezuela Embassy
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Stand Up! has been launching
new project = “Crossover Talks”
which JESSE interviews with
person standing up” along
his/her mission/motivation.
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1 interview with NASA scientist,
Jonathan D. Trent for
exchanging each of ideas +
actual actions of eco-friendly
11. Multiple Business Model
< Major Revenue Streams in addition to Music >
1 AD Business
2 Affiliate Business
3 e-Commerce Business
・ Creative Items
・ Fashion / Life Style Items
4 Premium Contents Business
・ Application
5 Membership Business
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12. Market Trends
< Major Trends / Movement >
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Expansion of Net media;
79.5% penetration in 2013 *close to all JPN.
2 Increasing of e-Commerce;
¥ 11.5tri in 2013 / ¥ 17.3tri in 2017
3 Acceleration of Smart-Phone:
49.8% penetration in 2013 / 70% in 2017
4 SNS / Community Media Expansion:
51mil in 2012 / 35mil in 2011
5 Continuous declining of CD market;
¥ 77.9bil in 1st H, 2013 / 91.5% of 2012
6 Drastic decreasing of Digital Music Market; 12
¥ 31.5bil in 1-3rd Q in 2013 / ¥ 91.0bil in
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Business model
< Business Model >
PRIMARY BUSINESS ACTIONS
<1>Digital / EC
<2>Media / Communication
- Audio/Video Download - Ad
- Subscription
- Affiliate
- Application Store
- Fan club
- Packages
- Guarantees, etc.
- Goods, etc.
<3>Live
- Tour / Concerts
- Package / Goods
- AD / Sponsor,
etc.
<4>Label / Promoters
- Contract, etc
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14. AD Business ; JESSE w/ GIRBUAD
< 2013 SS Collaboration >
< 2012 FW Social MKTG collaboration >
< 2012 Tokyo Fashion Week >
15. Mutual Contents Marketing
・ JESSE @ Kadokawa Games facebook page
Practical, realistic
contents marketing
with useful
business partners
・ KenKen @ Olympus facebook
page
Once we can create
appealing community,
There are any
possibilities to get
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16. e- Commerce
Sizable & active
community enables us
to navigate fans to our
e-Commerce pages
naturally.
17. JESSE appeared on various global media via
facebook.
Appearances @ more
than 70 global media
including MTV, MSN
are positive feedback
to domestic fans
/market.
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18. Stand Up! Project
Stand Up! project was
picked up by NIKKEI
@ their front page,
As new business
model.
*2013/07/05 時点
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21. C.E.United, inc Company Profile
【 代表取締役 / Founder, CEO 】 溝口 浩司 / Cozy Mizoguchi
LAWSON Inc.
Deputy, General Mgr, CRM / Marketing Dept. Apr/2009 – May/2010
EMI Music Japan Inc
SVP, Business Development Dept. Sep/2007 – Apr/2009
Entertainment Plus Inc
Senior Director, Biz-Dev Dept. Dec/2005 – Aug/2007
Real Networks Japan
Director, Music Service Dept. Nov/2004 - Nov/2005
AOL Japan Inc
Director, Content Programming Dept. Jan/2002 - Sep/2004
MTV JAPAN inc
Vice President, Business Development Dept. Nov/2000 - Dec/2001
Softbank Media & Marketing inc
Sr. Mgr, Biz Dev & Marketing Jan/2000 - Oct/2000
Japan Travel Bureau Inc.
Apr/1992 – Dec/1999
YOKOHAMA RUBBER co., ltd
Apr/1986 - Jul/1991
B2C + Digital + Cross Media + Entertainment Professionals
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22. Business Domain
Practical Business Planning x Realistic
Project Developments
Marketing
< Major Strengths >
Incubation
1 Planning
2 Networking
3 Communication
4 Business Development
5 Sales
Expanding Business fields +
Building up Multiple Revenue Streams
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23. Business Direction < 2 >
BUSINESS
MARKETING
COMPETENCE
POSITIONING
TARGETING
Clarifying Competences Setting Targeting Zone
- Prereuisites -
Demands / Volume
- Major Elements of MKTG Scenario Making
Matching w/ Clusters
Useful DB
BUZZ / Continuity
Infrastructure / Services
Positioning / Careers
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