Posts Tagged ‘brand affinity’
Super Bowl 50 Preferred Eats by Team
The Super Bowl is about snacks as much as sport, and the opposing teams’ fans are just as divided on their options for eats. Based on social affinities, here are the go-to foods for Broncos and Panthers fans. Dive into social affinities for your brand. E-mail us at [email protected].
Read MoreTurkey Talk… and Social Engagement
It’s hard to believe that it’s Thanksgiving again! So much has happened since last year’s big feast, but one thing that never changes is the centerpiece of most tables on the 4th Thursday of November: the turkey. Yes, the turkey has been celebrated, pardoned and a rumored choice of the U.S. national bird. However, we’re…
Read MoreWhen Good Partnerships Go Bad
At Affinity Answers, we are in the business of unlocking the power of mutual affinity to help our clients figure out which celebrities (or TV shows, websites, etc.) are most relevant to fans of their brand on social media. These insights have added a lot of value for clients, as seen in our case studies. However, mutual affinity cannot predict when celebrities will act inappropriately or how events might be judged in the court of public opinion. Today, when outrage on social media is more common than not, we thought it would be interesting to look at how people engage with these celebrities on social after a major scandal. Do fans of the brand become less engaged with the celebrity? Most importantly, what implications does this have for brands?
Read MoreHow Coca-Cola Won the World Cup
The World Cup festivities have ended, and Team Germany has taken its victory lap. But the war between soft drink titans Coke and Pepsi is never over. Which was the off-field victor in the 2014 World Cup? There are many different metrics that can define success for marketers. I’ll review some of them in a moment, but let’s first take a look at which soft drink brand won the title of greatest growth among fans of the tournament, according to Affinity Answers data… Coca-Cola’s reach among tournament fans grew at twice the rate of its chief rival Pepsi. Affinity Answers data also shows that Coca-Cola was and is the #1 soft drink among tournament fans
Read MoreThe MillerCoors Deal with FX Networks: Better with Social Affinity
Last week MillerCoors signed a three-year deal with FX Networks to place its beer brands on shows on the FX, FXX, and FXM channels. In a minute, we’ll talk about how this partnership could benefit from using social affinity to find the best fits between specific MillerCoors beer brands and specific FX Networks programs. But first let’s take a look at the rationale behind the deal.
Targeting Audience Segments with Relevant Content
This is an exclusive deal for product placements, not just advertising or other sponsorships, which brings key benefits for both parties:
– Unlike advertisements, product placements will live on after the FX shows — Sons of Anarchy, The Americans, and so on — go into syndication.
Online Ad Targeting Using Social Affinity: Chris O’Hara in AdExchanger
This week our advisory board member Chris O’Hara published a column in AdExchanger that gives a good overview about how social affinity facilitates a more complete understanding of your consumers. Here’s the link to his post: Social Affinity Data: The Key To The Fabled ‘360 Degree View’ As Chris makes…
Read More#1 Challenge Facing Brand Marketers Today
Is it – Big data overload? Confidence in making decisions? Job security? While the above challenges are all real, the key challenge facing each of us as brand marketers is how do I find receptive audience to engage at scale with my brand? Colligent answers this question using something we’ve been collecting in our backyard –…
Read MoreThe Holy Grail of Brand Marketing: Engage Audience at Scale. Part 1
As digital and social media get brand marketing to the next level, the question increasingly on brand marketer’s mind is “How can I engage with my audience at scale?“. Large reach has always been easier to achieve with traditional method of demographics based segmentation. Traditional media measurement systems such as Nielsen and comScore made it…
Read MoreSocial Media “Engagement” is a Means to an End
Social media “engagement” gets you halfway, its what you do next that matters. Over a decade ago, when Social Media was emerging, people made fun of measurement, social media strategy, and any hint of a brand or business trying to monetize social media efforts. This sounds impossibly crazy today, but it’s true. The common refrain was “Social…
Read MoreForrester Recognizes Social Affinity Market
At SXSW, Nate Elliot announced the notion of the “database of affinity” as the evolution of the “database of intent” and harnessing affinities holds huge opportunties for brands. Nate’s presentation sheds incredible insight on affinities and emotions and we are glad to know we are in lock step with much of the Forrester VP’s…
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