How to triple your sales using a 16 year old vlogger

While I realize this is a little outdated, it's still a good case study for using youtube for marketing. -David

This 16 year old vlogger Juicystar07 is yet another example of the power and reach of a free youtube video compared to an expensive TV commercial.

Using Reel Skills to Treble Your Sales

Want 561,522 YouTube viewers to see a nine-minute video about your product? Then you need to go find a 16-year-old girl to talk about it.

That's just what bespoke shoe seller Shoes of Prey did. They approached Blair Fowler, also known as Juicystar07, to do a video about their shoes, and give away a pair.

The video certainly made an impact, according to a blog post by founder Michael Fox. It gave the ecommerce site a massive 500,000 visitors in a week, way more than any other coverage they've had, online or offline.

But the fun had just started. See, Michael posted intimate details about the promotion on the company blog, then publicized the blog on Twitter and through other means. The coverage gained through retweeting and the whole YouTube marketing venture means they are now enjoying a 300% increase in daily sales. You can read more about it on their blog.

So, by taking the initiative and seeking out a different form of promotion, and then writing about the process and results, they were able to drive more traffic to their site and triple their sales. Brilliant!

Via Sitepoint

No big egos please and pick up the phone

These are two sage articles about professional communication. My boss sent me the link about calling people rather than e-mailing. Now that I think about it, these guidelines also apply to personal life.

Ninety–four (94) percent said working on teams in a collaborative manner was essential. They specifically related this to the creative sector where the give and take on ideas can make the difference. This means the ability to work with others in tandem is a necessary requirement to fully explore solutions and the success of projects. There is little room for egos or proprietary attitudes.

source: 4 Reasons to work well and play well with others

The next time you experience an issue over email, ask yourself if it is something that would be better served by a real conversation. Then have the courage to stop emailing and pick up the phone. Or even better: have a meeting.

source: Don't Send That Email. Pick up the Phone!

News Roundup

Brand Reversions by Graham Smith

• Check out the case study for Rally.org.


• Ryan Steely from SOA32 has a new illustration to be donated to Grind for Life for fundraising. Grind for Life is an organization that provides financial assistance to cancer patients and their families when traveling long distances to doctors and hospitals.


• Adfortel launches unique mobile advertising service with Yesss! in Austria and is a unique combination of Adfortel’s two services: VoiceAds and TuneAds.


• The F-Factor influences your purchase decisions the most. From May 2011 Trendwatching.com


• Congrats to Orel Bitan and Jessica Kalkberman for winning the Cannes Lions "YouTube GoodWork" 2011 contest!
  
  

  The "Love146" viral video was created independently and with 0 budget (the actress is my little sister, the room belongs to my nephew) and still managed to make a buzz proving that good ideas are stronger than anything. It even succeeded to reach the media, and was broadcast (2 times before winning+1 after winning) on "Channel 10", the second most viewed news channel on Israeli TV: http://youtu.be/KLxb6eRl5zE
  
  The creative:
  The video seems to be a video which sells toys BUT when you roll over the girl in the video, you discover she also has a price + a link which leads to a ‘LOVE146’ video with the massage:
  Two children are sold every minute - End child sex slavery & exploitation.

  
  
  Advertised brand: Social& Charity
  Advert title(s): LOVE146.
  Advertising Agency: Independent, Tel Aviv, Israel
  Art Director: Jessica kalbermann, Orel Bitan
  Copywriter: Orel Bitan
  Published: May, 2011

The Ad Contrarian: How To Sell Great Creative: Ego and Failure

The Ad Contrarian: How To Sell Great Creative: Ego and Failure

2:42am The perfect excuse.

No. This time I am still awake. You guessed right, a business pitch due tomorrow that is extremely important for the company and a nice account, as we perceive it, to do neat work. 

What really blows my mind is the tendency a creative team has to get into high gear only until the deadline is completely on top of us. Is this a special rush we creatives get in order to feel comfortable with the ideas that come out of our mouth? Or, is it simply the perfect excuse to justify these ideas.

Ideas?

More to come in a couple of hours.

 

Palacio de Hierro. Puntero en Social Media.

Con 93.022 "likes" Palacio de Hierro se posiciona una vez más como una de las marcas líderes en México incursionando al mundo de las redes sociales.

Según publica vuelodigital.com, Palacio de Hierro es innovador una vez más lanzando este pasado 4 de febrero un e-commerce a través de la plataforma Facebook con su pestaña "shop & share" que te permite explorar, clasificar y comprar productos de ciertas categorías. 

No sabemos qué tan exitoso vaya a ser este programa, pero lo cierto es que si tienes a 93k personas de tus posibles clientes en una "habitación" será mejor que prendas la música y hagas algo con ellos y ésta, se me hace una idea particularmente interesante en tiempos donde entre más opciones le demos al consumidor de vivir nuestra marca y lo que ofrecemos, mejor. 

Felicidades a Palacio de Hierro por incursionar y atreverse a hacer estos experimentos sociales que sin duda le dejarán gran aprendizaje y muchos beneficios a futuro. ¿Qué más?