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Sunday Musings w/ Shore Branding – 4-13-14

April 13, 2014 By
Branding and Digital Marketing

Branding and Digital Marketing

Welcome back to a new #SundayMusings w/ Shore Branding!  Our bi-weekly write-up has a new focus topic this week and that is content marketing.  Content marketing has become all the rage, but truth be told, I see it as a fancy phrase that is an extension of your branding efforts.  I’m sure many will disagree with this sentiment, but that’s my view on the latest catchphrase in marketing.

#1 – “9 Tips for Creating Content that Gets Shared” – via JeffBullas.com 

Premise: Jeff Bullas provides his top nine tips for creating content that gets shared.  From identifying your audience/target through “making information accessible”, Jeff provides a good amount of context for each of his nine tips.

Thoughts: All nine of the tips found this article are useful and ought to be kept in mind as you (re-)focus on your content.  The one tip that seems highly relevant given our changes to these #SundayMusings write-ups is “#6 – Pay attention to trends”.  That was the main reason for moving to a topic-focused style of writing for #SundayMusings and our numbers and shares across social media have improved.  [Read more…]

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St. Patrick’s Day Sunday Musings w/ Shore Branding – 3-16-14

March 16, 2014 By

 

Sunday Musings w/ Shore Branding - St. Patrick's Day Edition (Photo credit: ILoveShelling.com)

Sunday Musings w/ Shore Branding – St. Patrick’s Day Edition
(Photo credit: ILoveShelling.com)

 

Top o’ the mornin’ to ya!  Happy almost St. Patrick’s Day!  This weekend’s #SundayMusings w/ Shore Branding will focus on headlines that tie into the holiday.  Hope you enjoy!

#1 – “How Irish Brands Celebrated St. Patrick’s Day” – via SocialBakers.com 

Premise: This write-up is actually a summary of several St. Patrick’s Day promotions that were run for the holiday last year.  Baileys ran a contest for fans to send in their “Kiss me, I’m Irish” portraits for a chance to win a Baileys t-shirt.  Jameson and Guinness looked to celebrate with their fans, with Guinness breaking a world record for the “Largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration due to the power of social media.

Thoughts: Before we move forward, we decided to take a look back at several of last year’s holiday campaigns.  What caught my attention on this write-up is the analytics tools SocialBakers.com were using to measure reach and engagement levels for the brands.  Take a look at the fun-facts under the Guinness write-up.  That’s quite a lot of Guinness being consumed! (For those unaware, our first ‘Pin of the Month’ was done one year ago and focused on Guinness!) [Read more…]

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Sunday Musings w/ Shore Branding – 10-27-13

October 27, 2013 By
Branding and Digital Marketing

Branding and Digital Marketing

Welcome back to Sunday Musings w/ Shore Branding, the top stories in branding and digital marketing from the past week.  Let’s get right to it …

#1 – “Likeable Media Introduces the Likeable Index” – via GlobeNewswire.com 

Premise: Likeable Media released a report on brand Likeability across their respective social media efforts.  Included in the release of the report itself, which is available for free download on the site, is the launch of Likeable Index™ – a proprietary metric from Likeable to allow brands to track their own Likeability score, but to also compare and contrast vs. competition.

Thoughts: If you have ever noticed or read down the list on our blog roll, you will find Likeable Media there – as I really enjoy what they publish.  This is a fantastic next step for the agency and its ability to sell in analytics with a proprietary metric like their index score.  I have downloaded the report this weekend and will begin to look through it in the near future.  (You may see a future blog post dedicated to the report as well.) [Read more…]

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Sunday Musings w/ Shore Branding – 8-11-13

August 11, 2013 By
Branding and Digital Marketing

Branding and Digital Marketing

 

Welcome back to Sunday Musings w/ Shore Branding, the top stories in branding and digital marketing that caught our eye in the past week!  Let us know what stories caught your attention this week in the comments below.

#1 – “General Mills Embraces Collaborative Storytelling with “Hello, Cereal Lovers” Social Media Community” – via ConvinceandConvert.com 

Premise: There is a new, co-branded social media community called “Hell, Cereal Lovers” across several sites – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.  General Mills, who owns 40+ different brands of cereal on its own, is the creator of the community, which is being used to promote various recipes and ideas that include more than one brand in a bowl.  There are also engaging forums that inspires creativity from the community members.

Thoughts: This is a great use of the overarching power of General Mills as a “mega-brand” and how it can (and should) leverage the strength of its brands and have them play nicely together.  The community has amassed a large following already on social media and has a nice balance of content and branding, driving a high level of engagement. [Read more…]

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