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High Octane Car Give Away Promotion Missing Out on One Key Social Media Component

Posted: August 4, 2012 in Business, Social Media
Tags: Business, contest, Direct Mail, Facebook, Facebook features, Formula One, Infiniti, Internet Marketing, Promotions, QR Code, Smartphone, Social Media, Social network, Sweepstakes, Twitter

At first blush the above Infiniti At Your Service Sweepstakes Car Giveaway promotion looks like it connects on all cylinders:

There is a call-to-action asking potential entrants to provide their highly coveted contact information
There is a compelling Grand Prize – An Infiniti jX, M, or G convertible
It is targeted efficiently to owners or past owners of Infinitis as well as prospects
The Web site features a stunning and clever 3D Design
The contest is multi-dimensional – offering varied levels of prizes, such as a VIP trip for two to a Formula One race in the city of your choice
There is a Direct Mail campaign, where an eye-catching brochure with two discount service cards, is sent out to Infiniti nation

The promotional home page is inviting with a gorgeous design and innovative theme

So what is missing from this masterpiece promotion.

The inclusion of the number one Social Media site in the universe – Facebook – now 955 million strong.

Infiniti should have required that each contestant LIKE Infinit’s Facebook page in order to enter the contest.

Infiniti’s Facebook page could have played an integral role in the promotion

We all know that when someone likes your Facebook page all their glorious posts stream through your newsfeed for the life of your friendship.

By overlooking the power of Facebook, Infiniti’s missing out on tons of free publicity that can potentially continue long after the promotion. Now don’t get me wrong. It’s not as if Infiniti’s Facebook page is starving for likes with an impressive 522K following, but the more the merrier is always the case.

And Infiniti should also have considered slapping on a QR Code for Smartphone owners to automatically enter the contest when they receive the Dmail piece.

To sum everything up. Just like a salesman should always ask for the order, an Internet marketer should always ask for the Facebook Like.

ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS ASK FOR THE FACEBOOK LIKE

Have you heard of Twello?

Posted: April 8, 2012 in Business
Tags: Advertising and Marketing, Advertising mail, Business, Direct Mail, Marketing, Social Media, Twello, Twitter

Everyone is quite familiar with direct mail. We receive it in our mailbox everyday and mostly toss it into the nearest receptacle. Seems like a tragic waste considering Direct Mail’s fairly exorbitant price tag. It is also a case in futility due to the fact that Direct Mail is more costly, time consuming, and the Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) take too long to come in.

The Cost of Direct Mail Campaigns Continue to Top the Charts

Now that Direct Mail has been appropriately dissed – don’t fret. There is still a time and a place for it in the overall marketing mix, but the consummate marketer should have other weapons in their arsenal – namely Social Media tools.

Instead of investing hard spent dollars that you may not have on Direct Mail, why not try – are you ready for a new term – Tweet Mail.

Now you ask what in the world is Tweet Mail. It sounds made up. Well it kind of is but it is still a viable option to Direct Mail.

You can embark on a Tweet Mail campaign by test-driving the Social Media tool du jour- Twello?

Well, how does it work? Here’s an example to illustrate Twello’s place in the universe. Perhaps you are a psychologist and the life-line to your business is doctor referrals. With Twello you can create a highly targeted Twitter handle list of doctors within a 10-mile radius and tweet amazing content to your new following in an effort to establish a business relationship.

Why not give Tweet Mail and Twellow.com a go and tweet me @ScottBrand to let me know how it went.

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