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Presentation about 'Holistic Nature of Advertising and PR'
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Holistic Nature of Online Brand Promotion Chris Abraham President & COO, Abraham&HarrisonLLC Email: cabraham@abrahamharrison.com Twitter: @chrisabraham (10,444) @abrahamharrison (7,143) Facebook: facebook.com/chrisabraham (4,680) facebook.com/abrahamharrison (284) LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrisabraham (1,701) www.linkedin.com/companies/abraham-harrison (11) Mobile: +1 (202) 352-5051 (SMS) Phone: +1 (202) 657-4063 Skype: chrisabraham
Holistic Nature of Online Brand Promotion PR needs creatives and art direction to give good gifts Ad agencies need their own communication channels Being beautiful is not enough online If you build it, will they come? Even haute couture needs word of mouth as much as marketing Everyone needs social media because community is more than broadcasting and shouting, right?
It Takes a Village to Sell a Book PR and Advertising need A-list bloggers And also B-Z-list bloggers And board- and Listserv-owners (gate-keepers) Facebook Page admins and Twitter list-owners Publishers need social media and communication channels Everyone should be mining the experience and successes of affiliate marketers, SEO experts, and reputation management There is a lot to learn from “below the fold” and below the belt
Is Integrated Something the New Black? A couple months ago I reached out to 777 c-suite Advertising executives to ask them a couple questions Over 175 executives agreed to get onto the phone with me I wanted to know more about advertising More than Mad Men, anyway Advertising is scared shit … and a little desperate
Is Integrated Something the New Black? I discovered quite a few things during my call Agencies want to become their clients' one-stop-shop Agencies know they cannot rely on the 30-second spot − Broadcasting out is becoming less and less essential Advertising needs Public Relations needs Marketing Beauty needs to be Charming needs to Get Out There
I Learned a Lot from the Calls I also discovered that it isn't all about New York any more. The Internet allows small, distributed, and NINY* agencies and firms to compete. Ad agencies and PR firms are good communicators and story-tellers, but what about tech? Are the best people available in the same city as your suite of offices? Even now, WPP and DDB and others are already distributed across cities and countries. Some hire talent in, others outsource talent. *Not In New York
The Advertising World is Flat More Things I Learned from My Calls The Internet & cell changed everything Minneapolis is an advertising center Lots of good agencies in the Carolinas And Texas, and Hawaii, and Miami, etc The barrier to entry is collapsing Big ideas with low overhead is a reality Fewer clients are hiring for prestige or box seats at Yankees stadium any more Advertising is being treated less and less like “consiliere” and more and more like “contract fulfillment.”
Culture is as Essential as Brand Speaking of Hawaii, I am from Hawaii. Hawaii is like the Internet. Hawaii does share 80% of its culture with the continental United States. However, 20% or more of Hawaii's culture is unique, an amalgam of the Pacific, Asia, the UK, and the US. Even McDonald's knows to offer Saimin; Spam, Portuguese sausage, eggs, and rice for breakfast, and the McTeri burger. The Internet is a shared-culture, too. However, each country, region, social network, language, and demographic can have its own sub-culture.
The Abraham Harrison Experience National & International clients such as Kimberly- Clark, Motionbox, Habitat for Humanity, OLX, Goethe- Institut, etc 35 members of the team Spanish, English, Portuguese, Polish, and Russian teams worldwide BrandsClub is 100% Portuguese and Spanish- language Over 40,000 bloggers in many topics Topic, languages, geographic Twitter and Facebook Pages in English and Spanish and Portuguese AH takes over the complete campaign
Channel + Gift + Culture = Earned Media Snuggle Crème launch. Wanted to reach out to moms. National brand. Over 4,000 mom blogs prepared for the campaign. The infamous embeddable cabbage patching bear coupon! Channels are required. Relationships are key. Also need the perfect gift! Give the right gift.
Do You Have Any Questions? I have for sure become tired of slide-making so please fire away!
Merci, Danke Sehr, Gracias, Mahalo Chris Abraham President & COO, Abraham&HarrisonLLC Email: cabraham@abrahamharrison.com Twitter: @chrisabraham (10,444) @abrahamharrison (7,143) Facebook: facebook.com/chrisabraham (4,680) facebook.com/abrahamharrison (284) LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrisabraham (1,701) www.linkedin.com/companies/abraham-harrison (11) Mobile: +1 (202) 352-5051 (SMS) Phone: +1 (202) 657-4063 Skype: chrisabraham