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Digital 2014 Trends For Your Brands
The document outlines key digital trends for 2014, focusing on the rise of visual storytelling, the integration of social media in mobile devices, and the evolving role of influencers as brand advocates. Notable trends include the growth of visual social platforms, localized content for engagement, and the innovative use of digital experiences during events. Brands are encouraged to capitalize on these trends to enhance their marketing strategies and engage effectively with consumers.
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- 1. Trends to lookout for in 2014 and how best can we leverage them for brands TOP DIGITAL TRENDS: 2014
- 2. KEY TRENDS IN2014 • Storyfication through visuals & videos • Topical Content through the Brand Lens • Mobile gets Smarter, more Social • Digitally wired on-ground experiences top digital trends: 2014 • Get Social with Celebs • Blogging: Visual & List-based • Influencers to Brand Advocates
- 3. KEY TRENDS IN2014 • ‘Visual Social’ will take center stage in 2014 • Increased smartphone penetration has fueled the success of visual based platforms • 350 Million + photos uploaded everyday storifycation through visuals & videos… • Visual platforms like tumblr, pinterest, instagram etc have witnessed unprecedented growth • With video consumption at an all time high; story telling through videos is becoming a popular trend • Snack size video content creation & consumption will be bigger in 2014 • Introduction of FB video ads will change the dynamics of video advertising
- 4. KEY TRENDS IN2014 • With content overload over the last few years; content will start skewing towards being relevant than just interesting • With FB changing the dynamics of news feed & platforms like Storify; most platforms are filtering out content on the basis of relevance topical content through the brand lens… • Localized content will drive higher levels of engagement EXAMPLES OF GLOBAL BRANDS UPDATING REAL TIME ON SOCIAL IN 2013 OREO TWITTER / FB UPDATE DURING SUPERBOWL BLACKOUT TIDE TWITTER / FB UPDATE DURING SUPERBOWL BLACKOUT COCA-COLA TWITTER / FB UPDATE AFTER BIRTH OF ROYAL BABY
- 5. KEY TRENDS IN2014 Smartphone + Social Media Platforms mobile gets smarter, more social • Most smartphones are integrating social media platforms with their core • Smartphones have fueled mobile lead social platforms such as Vine, Instagram etc. • UGC is largely driven through mobile • Most brands are driving mobile based content & endeavoring to engage the mobile user • IM App usage is growing with Watsapp, WeChat, Rocketalk Snapchat & BBM leading the way
- 6. KEY TRENDS IN2014 • Concerts, events and even political rallies are getting increasingly digitally wired • Digital extends before, during and after the event to maximize impact • Digital intervention opportunities: • • digitally wired onground experiences… • At the pre-event stage, FB event invites, Twitter contests for passes as gratification (Sunburn), popularizing Twitter #tags During event, tweet wall, Facebook RFID, blufi, AR interaction, Instagram activities, on-demand music via Twitter, collective rewards on Tweeting/ sharing in real-time Post event coverage- images, text, videos, cross-pollinating blog content (in case of bloggers) • Purely digital events • • • Hologram-based events (NaMo, Tupac) Social/ online streaming (Pepsi’s Music Abhi Concert) AR-only event unlocking (Doritos’ late night Blink 182 concert) Hashtag-centered blogger meets NaMo’s hologram-based speech Pepsi’s virtual concert with Raghu Dixit live-streamed online + on-demand setlist based on votes
- 7. KEY TRENDS IN2014 • • • • Social Networks have been bridging the gap between celebrities & fans Brands with celeb associations are leveraging this trend using Google Hangouts, Tweet Chats etc. G+ has 2.2 mn Indian users, up by 58%. Hangouts will become a key source of interaction in 2014 Brands using G+ hangouts by leveraging celeb associations better: • Garnier Men’s hangout with Dravid & Sangakkara (pre IPL) preceded by Twitter contests to promote the hangout. 20k interactions, 350+ people at the hangout. • Myntra plans to sell products through Shoppable G+ Hangouts and are partnering with Hrithik (with his line of apparel & casual wear, HRX) • get social with celebs… • Tweet chat with celebs continues to be popular. Typically, an influencer or brand hosts the chat. Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) is picking up in India too. ISRO scientists organized an AMA after the Mars Mission
- 8. KEY TRENDS IN2014 • • Reach of blogs in India is at 49% while the average time spent is 10 mins • Blogging will become more evolved both in the form of content & visual representation using gifs/ memes • blogging: visual & listbased… Blogs continue to grow as a key part of the digital eco system • 36 million blog readers • Up by 48% Sites that aggregate & feature interesting content from around the web have gained loyalists e.g. BuzzFeed, Upworthy & closer home, ScoopWhoop • Trend in Action: Partner with ScoopWhoop to create sponsored content to popularize “Clear Speak” with topical context & content. BuzzFeed uses this model with brands like Microsoft, Levi’s etc.
- 9. KEY TRENDS IN2014 • Shraddha Sharma & Miss Malini are two stories that have changed the way social celebs/influencers are perceived • From influencers to now being advocates; they have started a trend which will allows brands to leverage non-celeb influencers • As word of mouth becomes critical for brands day by day; these influencers will have more power than ever influencers to brand advocates… • With increased following & power to these influencers; brands can turn them to digital ambassadors & drive positive, branded word of mouth