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MARKETING
COMMUNICATIONS
by @DrivingMissD!
Telling better stories in an A.D.D. world
THIS IS ME
Dad

Educationalist, JHB
Mom!
Finance-y Person, JHB
Me!
Connector/ Creator/ Collaborator, CPT
WHAT TO EXPECT
1. Marcom: learn some, unlearn a lot.
2. Why story-telling matters
3. How to tell good stories well.
4. Putting theory into practice
5. Measurement
6. A few golden rules
1.
WHAT IS
MARKETING
COMMUNICATIONS,
REALLY?
Advertising
PR (incl. Sponsorships)
Direct marketing
Co-marketing
Promotions
Personal selling
IT S ALL THE WAYS YOU RE PUTTING
YOURSELF OUT THERE.
IN ORDER TO MEET A SPECIFIC
OBJECTIVE
Sales
Recruitment
Respect
WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS OBJECTIVES?
Simplistically: tell and sell.
WHAT DID MARCOMS DICTATE WE DO?
Information & Technology
Finance
Political society
BUT THEN THINGS STARTED CHANGING
WITH THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF
Simplistically: tell more and sell more.
AND WHAT DID MARCOMS DICTATE WE DO?
2.
SO THIS IS WHY
STORY-TELLING
MATTERS.
BECAUSE CONSUMERS , SEGMENTS
AND AUDIENCES CONSUMPTION
BEHAVIOURS HAVE CHANGED.
(Thanks Facebook)
BUT CONSUMERS, SEGMENTS AND
AUDIENCES ALL HAVE A LITTLE THING
IN COMMON.
(Humanity)
WHAT S MORE?
So does your brand.
3.
HOW TO TELL A
GOOD STORY IN
TODAY S WORLD.
HOW TO TELL IT
GOOD.
Delivery is now in micro-moments.
Respect the context + nuances of the room.
Respect the psychology of the room.
Quality and honesty shouldn t suffer. (Never ever!)
LESSON 1: CONTENT IS KING
(INSIGHTS FROM GARY VAYNERCHUK, FOUNDER OF VAYNERMEDIA)!
Information consumption is now social.
Great content delivered poorly will be ignored.
Don t fight the convergence.
Be considerate. No one likes a brand-booty-call.
LESSON 2: DISTRIBUTION IS QUEEN
(INSIGHTS FROM JONATHAN PERELMAN, FOUNDER OF BUZZFEED)!
4.
THE 99% SWEAT:
DESIGNING AND
EXECUTING YOUR
COMMUNICATIONS
STRATEGY.
Sense.
Respond.
Pre-empt.
Delight.
THE GRAND STRATEGY
Sense. Sense. Sense.
Question. Listen.
Respond.
Sense again. (Wtf factor)
Question again. Listen again.
Learn. Repeat.
Pre-empt.
Delight.
IN PRACTICE, IS MORE LIKE
5.
MEASURING
YOUR IMPACT AND
EFFECTIVENESS.
Google yourself.
Use a free service (eg: klout).
Step back & be your own judge.
(Would you buy into your own content?)
Get comfy with Google analytics.
SIMPLE WAYS TO
CHECK YO’SELF BEFORE YOU WRECK
YO’SELF
6.
SOME
GOLDEN
RULES
DON T HIDE BEHIND YOUR PRODUCTS.
RESPECT THE POWER OF ASSOCIATIONS.
GET OUT OF YOUR BUBBLE.
HAVE RESOURCES. WILL EXPERIMENT.
THANKYOU
For more classes in tech, design, media and business, see:
twentyfifty.co/classes!

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