1. To succeed in today's marketplace, brands must focus on continuously creating value for customers through social objects and initiatives throughout the year, rather than one-off marketing campaigns. 2. Brands should identify the communities and networks where their target customers spend time and find ways to add value through useful and shareable social objects. 3. Marketing should aim to influence positive emotional responses and sharing by focusing on group dynamics and empowering customer passions and relationships, rather than pushing messages.

1. WALK THE TALK
HOW TO MARKET FOR A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSMODEL
JOAKIM VARS NILSEN, CREATIVE STRATEGIST @MediaFront
www.twitter.com/joakimnilsen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertinus/3474692586
A REMIX – 2

2. Take a deep breath, close your eyes and start
imagining yourself as a customer, where every brand
you interact with is trying to engage in conversation
or follow you on twitter, facebook and so on;

3. HOW CAN A BRAND SUCCEED IN A
WORLD THAT FEELS MUCH LIKE A
FISHMARKET?
Q:

4. A:
A BRAND NEEDS TO HAVE A PULSE
We´re in the market of people´s everyday life, enhanced digitally. Where…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/micaeltattoo/3404995550/

5. …pushing one grand message 1-4 times a year endlessly repeated in the
hope to catch attention and, in best case, building passive awareness is a
dead end. You need to…
ATTENTION
TIME

6. …DO something 365 days a year…
ATTENTION
TIME

7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcdead/3693617531/
… CONTINUOUSLY CREATING BETTER
VALUE EXCHANGES THAN YOUR
COMPETITORS.

8. WHY?
The market has fundamentally changed.
For recap of this change please view “Power Of People – Why empowering people is key in
marketing” http://www.slideshare.net/joakimnilsen/power-of-people-1490106
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8153468@N04/2668229310

9. 20th century mass media failed because monopoly became a
substitute for meaningful value creation whereas the deep
structural change brought by the networked information
revolution – powered by new technology - proved that…

10. …people are interested in meaningful stuff that matters the most.
The removal of information by mass media, not increase, on behalf of
quality has made people create and emigrate to niche media and each
other for information about what matters the most.
image: @willsh

11. THIS REQUIRES A DIFFERENT MINDSET AND APPROACH
FOR BRANDS AND MARKETING PEOPLE.
?

12. SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE PERFECT COMPLEMENT TO ALL
TRADITIONAL FORMS OF ADVERTISING.
> IT´S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER, IT´S ALL ABOUT
COMBINING BOTH IN THE RIGHT WAY.
?

13. "IN SOCIAL MEDIA IT IS NOT ABOUT COMPETING FOR ATTENTION
AGAINST OTHER STORIES. THE ATTENTION WE ARE COMPETING
FOR NOW IS THE ATTENTION TO EACH OTHER.”
- KEVIN SLAVIN

14. ON THE INTERNET EVERYONE IS
SMALL – INCLUDING BRANDS.
WE HAVE GONE FROM SCARCITY
OF MEDIA TO SCARCITY OF
ATTENTION – WHICH CANNOT BE
BOUGHT BUT EARNED..
THEREFORE…

15. …THE CHALLENGE IS HOW TO EMPOWER AND ENGAGE IN A MARKET
WHERE PEOPLE IS GETTING MORE AND DEEPER CONNECTED TO EACH
OTHER AND NOT AT LEAST – WHERE?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bright/118197469/

16. WATCHING TV?
Yes, we do. But all available
stats show the decline in effect -
lower impact and drastic fall of
% enjoying TV ads.
Also take into the consideration
the rapidly growing trend of
both watching TV on PC and the
use of PC while watching TV.

17. INTERNET CONSUMPTION IS SURPASSING TV-CONSUMPTION

18. READING NEWSPAPERS ON- AND OFFLINE?
People are migrating to niche news sites and also news is going social.

19. USING SMARTPHONES?
iPhone, BlackBerrys and Android handsets? Make no mistake: People will
inevitable use mobile web more than they use web from computer.

20. VISITING BRAND SITES?
Go to trends.google.com/webistes and type in any brand. The trend is
clear – traffic going down or flat at best. Coca-cola.com;
Coca-Cola:

21. PEOPLE ARE MORE ONLINE THAN EVER BUT WHERE
ARE THEY?
PEOPLE ARE SPENDING THEIR TIME ON
SOCIAL NETWORKS.
Type in twitter, tumblr, vimeo, hulu eller f.eks Facebook:

22. The stats available could make us believe that people don´t
need ads, don´t want ads and don´t trust ads - which is true
if you continue to solely push endlessly repeated messages
- nevertheless the truth is that;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatmegsaid/2691134437/

23. People want and need brands, the kind of brands that focus on
creating relationships and helping customers to get more out of the
products and services they own.
THIS IS KEY FOR SUCCESS IN MARKETING.

24. WE NEED TO GO FROM BUYING TIME FOR PERSUADING
PEOPLE TO OPEN THEIR WALLETS TO…

25. …CREATING VALUABLE TIME THAT MOVES PEOPLE
FROM JUST LIKING YOU TO LIKING TO BUY FROM YOU.

26. IS A GREAT PRODUCT ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE THIS?
“Apple’s goal isn’t to make money. Our goal is to design and develop and bring to
market good products. We trust as a consequence of that, people will like them,
and as another consequence we’ll make some money.”
- Jonathan Ive, Apple

27. NO!

28. IT´S NOT WHAT THE PRODUCT DOES THAT MATTERS
MOST TO US, IT´S HOW WE SOCIALIZE AROUND IT THAT
MATTERS.

29. YES, IT IS SUCH A GREAT PRODUCT THAT “LOOK AT MY NEW IPHONE” IS
A SOCIAL VALUE, BUT “LOOK AT THIS GREAT APP” IS AN AMAZING
SOCIAL OBJECT THAT KEEPS MOMENTUM.

30. IT´S THE SOCIAL VALUE CREATED BY WHAT
YOU´RE LAUNCHING OR HOW YOU PROMOTE IT THAT COUNTS.
.

31. THEREFORE WE NEED TO SHIFT FOCUS FROM THE SELF-INTERESTED INDIVIDUAL
IN YOUR MARKETING TO GROUP DYNAMICS.
- PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE OF OTHER PEOPLE.
(A Person Is A Person Through Other Persons - @StoweBoyd)

32. WE ARE PRIMATES, SOCIAL CREATURES. WE LIKE TO SOCIALIZE.
AND WE SOCIALIZE AROUND OBJECTS. PEOPLE DON´T JUST TALK,
THEY TALK AROUND OBJECTS.
SOCIAL
OBJECT
PERSON 1 PERSON 2

33. IT´S SAID THAT “YOUR BRAND IS NO STRONGER THAN YOUR REPUTATION – AND WILL
INCREASINGLY DEPEND ON WHAT COMES UP WHEN YOU ARE GOOGLED”
I´D SAY THAT YOU NEED TO SHIFT FOCUS…

34. AS HUGH MACLEOD SAYS; “THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD ON
THE INTERNET IS NOT SEARCH. THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD
ON THE INTERNET IS SHARE. SHARING IS THE DRIVER.
SHARING IS THE DNA.”

35. Search within main categories on Google is in
decline. And people are beginning to center around
social networks instead of sharing on single focus
sites like blogger and flickr.

36. SHARING IS POWER IN TODAY´S SOCIALIZED
MARKETPLACE SO WE NEED TO…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/furiousgeorge81/177926979/

37. …HELP PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY WANT, OR DO BETTER WHAT THEY
ALREADY ARE DOING BY ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE´S EVERYDAY
LIFE…

38. …DEFINING AND CREATING SOCIAL OBJECTS,
ONE OR MANY, AND THAT WHEN SHARED
ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE.

39. THE BUY BUTTON?
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR NETWORKS ARE DOING.

40. So we need to focus on communities, trusted networks,
with values that your brand/product/service genuinely
shares and that connects with the quality of the brand´s
essence and point of difference.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/somewhatfrank/2371189318/

41. WHY?

42. FOR BEHAVIOR TO BECOME CONTAGIOUS, IT HAS TO OPERATE WITHIN A TRUSTED
NETWORK. YOU NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON NETWORKS OF TRUST, WHERE YOU
ONLY CAN BE INVITED IN, BECAUSE…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aknacer/2696773219/

43. …IT IS NOT THE SELF-INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS – BUT THE REST OF US
THAT EITHER ADAPT OR REJECT WHAT WE ENCOUNTER THAT REALLY
MATTERS IN THE SPREAD AND IDEAS THROUGH POPULATIONS.
READ “HERD” BY MARK EARLS!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deniscollette/1817034358/

44. AS MARKETING, AS IN ALL
FORMS OF CONTENT,
BECOMES INCREASINGLY
SOCIALIZED, IT NEEDS TO
WORK TO A DIFFERENT SET
OF RULES.
THIS CHALLENGES THE
TRADITIONAL MINDSET FOR
MARKETING FOR BOTH
BRANDS AND AGENCIES.

45. IT´S STILL ALL ABOUT THE BIG IDEA - OR BETTER THE BIG IDEAL. AND IT
NEEDS TO BE SIMPLE.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickhenault/635294865/

46. “EVERYTHING WE DO IS IS MOTIVATED BY THE
FACT THAT WE´RE HERE TO ENABLE ATHLETES
TO BE EVEN BETTER”
- SIMON PESTRIDGE, UK MARKETING DIRECTOR, NIKE

47. Then the challenge is how to execute this ideal consistent and
unified on different platforms w/people AND create some amazing
awareness w/people once in a while to get it kick started and keep
what you´re launching potent.

48. Building a lot of small initiatives require more creativity than coming
up with one big idea, researching it to death and presenting it to the
world in a big blast - it´s harder to work with what´s already out there
than to dream up new stuff.
“ROI should be re-defined as return on insights” David Armano
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amundn/164543002/

49. REMEMBER THAT WE MUST BOTH
CAMPAIGN AND COMMIT. THIS MINDSET
REQUIRES RESOURCES BECAUSE YOU
NEED TO MANAGE YOUR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENTS AND YOU NEED TO KEEP
THE MOMENTUM BY CONTINUOUSLY
ADDING VALUE.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/needlemind/3893433290/

50. BUT FIRST YOU NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT YOUR TARGET GROUP IS
DOING AND WHERE - OFFLINE AND ONLINE. AND WITH WHOM!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_fabulous/14625734

51. IT´S PEOPLE THAT HOLDS THINGS TOGETHER THROUGH THE
FLOWS AND PATTERNS OF THEIR EVERYDAY USER BEHAVIOR SO…

52. …FOCUS ON HOW TO INFLUENCE POSITIVE EMOTIONAL
RESPONSES THROUGH THE CREATION OF SHARED
INTERACTIONS.

53. One idea could be to identify dormant or emerging behavioral change in your
target groups different tribes and help it grow by creating tools and content
that help people to continuously strengthening their relationships or build
new ones.

54. Identify communities that already exists and focus on creating one
or more social objects in forms that empowers and enables people
to use it seamlessly with their everyday life at their convenience.

55. AND IT´S CRUCIAL WE DON´T FOCUS ONLY ON TACTICS, BUT
CREATE VALUE THROUGH REMARKABLE ACTIONS.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scoobymoo/62568004

56. 8 STEPS TO CREATE POSITIVE ROI ON
YOUR MARKETING EFFORTS;

57. Find the big ideal,
something you can always
ask yourself when unsure if your´re
on the right path or not.
1. FIND THE BIG IDEAL

58. 1. FIND THE BIG IDEAL
2. IDENTIFY WHERE YOUR BRAND IS
USED AND TALKED ABOUT.
Identify where your brand is being talked
about or used both on- and offline by
listening and observing using multiple
available tools.
Depending on the correaltion of this data
with your main target group: Identify what
they are doing, where and with whom – on
both awareness and decision stage.

59. 1. FIND THE BIG IDEAL
2. IDENTIFY WHERE YOUR BRAND IS
USED AND TALKED ABOUT.
3. SET YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES/GOALS
Set your main objectives and then make sure
you have the appropiate resources and tools to
start measuring.
Set a baseline (% growth) > create an activity
timeline > revenue income > transactions >
new customers > measure positive and
negative WOM and traffic to and where from.

60. 1. FIND THE BIG IDEAL
2. IDENTIFY WHERE YOUR BRAND IS
USED AND TALKED ABOUT.
3. SET YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES/GOALS
4. LAUNCH SEVERAL INITIATIVES
Segment your target group into tribes and start with
launching each of these several useful, helpful or
entertaing social object/s on their preferred
platforms of choice to fuel existing communities
where you can be of relevant value.
Remember it´s not about tactics – but remarkable
actions. Innovate!
Focus on evolving with people and not the tools,
by continuously empowering people´s passions by
making the experience better when shared – so
optimize for sharing.
If you got it; Build your own community/ies.

61. 1. FIND THE BIG IDEAL
2. IDENTIFY WHERE YOUR BRAND IS
USED AND TALKED ABOUT.
3. SET YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES/GOALS
4. LAUNCH SEVERAL INITIATIVES
5. CREATE AWARENESS
At the same time launch some amazing
advertising to create awareness and direct
them to your digital social objects or the
communities where you have a valuable
presence.

62. 1. FIND THE BIG IDEAL
2. IDENTIFY WHERE YOUR BRAND IS
USED AND TALKED ABOUT.
3. SET YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES/GOALS
4. LAUNCH SEVERAL INITIATIVES
5. CREATE AWARENESS
6. TRACK AND ANALYZE
Preferably based on real time stats:
Continuously analyze and extract the
useful info based on data from Step 4 and
review them against your goals so that you
can adjust your marketing incl. social
media initiatives.

63. 1. FIND THE BIG IDEAL
2. IDENTIFY WHERE YOUR BRAND IS
USED AND TALKED ABOUT.
3. SET YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES/GOALS
4. LAUNCH SEVERAL INITIATIVES
5. CREATE AWARENESS
6. TRACK AND ANALYZE
7. ADJUST AND LAUNCH NEW INITIATIVES
Keep momentum by continuously adding
value where you succeed, close down
initiatives that fails and launch new ones
other relevant places.

64. 1. FIND THE BIG IDEAL
2. IDENTIFY WHERE YOUR BRAND IS
USED AND TALKED ABOUT.
3. SET YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES/GOALS
4. LAUNCH SEVERAL INITIATIVES
5. CREATE AWARENESS
6. TRACK AND ANALYZE
7. ADJUST AND LAUNCH NEW INITIATIVES
8. REPEAT 4-7 CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL YOU
DON´T NEED STEP 5 AGAIN.
Repeat 4-7 again and again until you don´t
need Step 5 again… or can reduce it
significantly depending on what business
you´re in.
From time to time you will succeed with
genuinely useful and remarkable ideas that
will be looked upon as obvious when
launched. Sometimes you´ll go wrong. But
speed wins so minimize risks by
implementing a repetitive cycle in your
marketing.
PS. NIKE has reduced TV spend by 80% during the past
4 yrs - its digital budget has increased by 200% during the
same period.

65. New technology has changed the rules of what works.
To adapt a new mindset without a strategy is a waste of resources.
But those who have, succeeds.
http://www.engagementdb.com

66. WALK THE TALK A REMIX – 2
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