Marketing to the Digital Generation: Tools for Social Engagement
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2. Shoutlet Social Marketing Summit
MARKETING TO THE DIGITAL GENERATION:
Tools for Social Engagement
Presented by:
Tarik Hart, VP of Customer Experience Group,Shoutlet, Inc.
@tarikhart #ShoutletNYC
3. What We Do
Shoutlet is the industry’s most comprehensive Enterprise Social Marketing
Platformto publish, engage, and measure custom social marketing campaigns
5. Talking ‘bout my generation
Generations are used to group people born and living during the same period
6. The Digital Generation: what you need to know
• Who is the Digital Generation?
• How do they view the world?
• Why does it matter?
7. Digital Branding for the Digital Generation
Generation Z User Profile
• Constantly connected
• Overly Distracted
• Heightened Brand Expectations
8. Digital Branding for the Digital Generation
How Should Brands Respond?
• Listen
• Determine Your Story
• Keep it interesting
• Engage, Engage, Engage
Shoutlet’s Harlem Shake
9. Connecting with Gen Zers
Becoming a Brand To Love
• Looks Matter
• Personality Matters More
10. How to Keep Gen Zers Engaged
Get Creative
• Think beyond Facebook and Twitter
• Insert some humor
• Make the most of video
11. How to Keep Gen Zers Engaged
Contests & Sweepstakes
• Boost engagement with current followers
• Incentivize new users to follow you
• Promote a new product
• Build awareness
12. Before the Contest: Questions To Ask
Do you have the time and resources to devote to the planning,management, and
engagement that will be required?
Do you have the budget to give a prize to incentivize participation?
Is the contest part of a larger integrated marketing campaign?
Do you have clear goals for this contest?
Do you have a third-party app provider that can administer the contest?
Do you have community guidelines in place and a moderation tool that can help
you tackle both positive and negative feedback?
13. How to Keep Gen Zers Engaged
Get a Mobile Strategy
• Go Local
• Optimize your mobile presence
• Speedy Response
14. Successful Social Marketing to Generation Z
Recap
•Understand who the Digital Generation is
•Know how to communicate with them
• Get creativewith look and personality
• Deploy interesting and engaging content
•Have a solid mobile strategy