A guest lecture for an integrated marketing class at FIT, showing best practice from the fashion industry: examples of how brands use communication strategies, creative strategies, and creative executions on social networks, mobile, social commerce .. and how students can use these same tools for personal branding.
2. Fashion 2.0 Awards
• Best Twitter: DKNY
• Best Facebook: Bergdorf Goodman
• Best Blog By a Fashion Brand: DKNY PR Girl
• Best Website: Mark Jacobs
• Best Mobile App: Tiffany Engagement Ring Finder
• Best Online Video: Prada S/S 2011
• Next Big Thing in Tech: Instagram
• Misc: Kate Spade, and Co-Founders, Gilt Group
3. Themes
1. Marketing:
Strategy, Not Tactics
2. WIIFM*
* (What’s In It For Me)
3. Brand “YOU”
10. Social Media: Game Change!
• Culture Shift
– Connected 24/7
– Influence Then: $$$
Now: Anyone …
Julia Bluhm, 14
• Engagement
– Conversation, WOM
– Targeting … Tribes
– Influence
– Real Time
• (NY Fashion Wk. etc.)
– Trends: Social Commerce, Mobile, Social Gaming
11. Martin Margielax H&M
• Launch: Nov 15
– Paris: Collection sold out in minutes
– London: Shoppers lined up since 5am
– New York: Tourists lined up day before
12. MMM x H&M:
Build up to Launch:
• Blogger Exclusives
• “Unlock images w/ friends”
via Fashion bloggers
• Red Carpet/Livestream
•Look Book “sneak peek”