We are part of a unique generation that knows life with and without technology. We started to see this as an advantage, but also recognized our generations' flaws with technology use. We need to stress the importance of understanding we can't use old advertising techniques of pushing messages to people just because the technology is available. Our generation needs to know it's our duty to change the future of advertising, and we can do it by becoming good marketers that provide meaningful, authentic content. We need to start questioning and thinking critically about the way things are -- just because it's always been that way doesn't mean it's right.

1. The Future of Digital:
A Call to Action
for Millennials
by
Keith Becker
Kelsey Wilkins
design credit: Twist Image

2. The state of digital branding is in trouble.

3. The web was invented for people
but it’s evolved into a place filled with clutter.
We can’t let advertising run it into the ground.

4. Before digital, marketers pushed messages
toward mass audiences with complete control.

5. The internet now offers the possibility for
two-way communication,
but most companies still use its
social capabilities in the wrong way.

6. Digital marketers push messages through a
“social” medium by hiding behind the veil of interactivity.

7. Brands can’t think because
they put it out there, people will do it.
The web is a people-powered platform.
We have to keep it that way.

8. We can’t use
the new medium
with the old
philosophy.

9. The web should be a democracy of ideas.

10. As millennials, it’s partially our fault
because we don’t question the way things are.

11. but we’re the ones who need to save it.

12. WHY
US?

13. It’s no secret that we grew up with technology.
It’s second nature to our generation.
But it’s not the only thing we know.

14. What distinguishes us from other generations is our
knowledge of life with and without the internet.
We are the cross section of analog and digital.

15. Digital needs to be a combination of traditional
strategies and genuine two-way communication.

16. What we need is a new
hybrid way of doing things.

17. This is where
we come in.

18. You can’t be 100% digital but
technology isn’t slowing down.

19. The internet is where innovation happens.

20. We need to keep traditional ideologies,
but look at the internet as an
opportunity to expand on those ideas.

21. Millennials are the missing link between traditional
advertising, human interaction, and digital innovation.

22. It’s crucial that we understand this concept,
and take responsibility. It’s our duty.

23. Can brands be people?
No, they can’t.

24. But what’s the next best thing?
People within those brands
authentically engaging
with the brand’s customers.

25. Human connection is the most important thing...
Sometimes it just happens to be on a computer.

26. Now is our time, millennials.

27. Follow the #Millennials movement
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