The reception at MTV Viacom headquarters off Oxford Street in London tells an interesting story.
The Berlin Wall
As you enter you’re greated by a seminal piece of photography - 2 East German guards standing in uniform atop the Berlin Wall. It’s 1989 and the younger guard is holding, as a symbol of arrival, an umbrella emblazoned [...] [...more]
Excerpts from the full 76 slide report available here for viewing online. Covering: mobile youth, social media, mobile behavior, web 2.0, loyalty, mobile advertising. More background here on the mobileyouth report part 3 on mobile youth social media
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Mobile Youth Social Media
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Trust Earned and Lost
“Communication is not a function of technique but a function of trust” - Stephen R Covey
Trust is earned never bought. It comes from years of doing rather than saying. Consider the Google brand as a trusted benchmark. However, trust is easily lost through complacency and the 6 ways illustrated below.
In my [...] [...more]
by Graham Brown
Part of the feature series: The 7 Laws of Youth Marketing by Graham Brown
<Back to Law #6) If you want to change your results, change your measurements
7) Sustainable brands ignore common sense - the underpinning of many of the failings highlighted in the 6 previous rules. Common sense means doing what works - [...] [...more]
by Graham Brown
Part of the feature series: The 7 Laws of Youth Marketing by Graham Brown
<Back to Law #5) Challenge your internal language
6) If you want to change your results, change your measurements
Ultimately it all comes down to Your choice of metric.
I’ve been a long time proponent of integrating long term business metrics alongside [...] [...more]
What is mobile behavior?
At Mobile Youth we have studied the mobile behavior of young consumers since 2001 when everyone else was looking at technology, value chains and killer applications.
For us, mobile behavior is not a new addition to the portfolio or the next great thing but the core raison d’etre of our organization and a [...] [...more]
by Graham Brown
Part of the feature series: The 7 Laws of Youth Marketing by Graham Brown
<Back to Law #4) Make the internal business case for youth
5) Challenge your internal language.
Many CEOs create an introspective “ivory tower” culture that takes too much time in self-referencing and using industry specific languages.
See this post by Dave Knox from [...] [...more]
by Graham Brown
Part of the feature series: The 7 Laws of Youth Marketing by Graham Brown
<Back to Law #3) Build a dialogue using the right channels
4) Make the internal business case for youth
“We’re not a youth brand!” is the classic statement of disconnect.
As the BBC strives to find mid teen programming to keep their [...] [...more]
Here’s a quick 30 second burst of the videos we’ve just compiled with our mobileYouth team. More videos available for viewing and download over @ mobileYouthnet.com
More videos include:
* All countries
* Mobile Youth Pakistan
* Mobile Youth China
* Mobile Youth Philippines
* Mobile Youth Estonia
* Mobile Youth USA
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by Graham Brown
Youth marketing is always redefining the parameters of what is acceptable. Bright individuals will always push the envelope however there will always be a marcomms department to keep them in check. That was one of the themes of my recent presentation to Vodafone on Youth, Loyalty and Trust and follows on from the [...] [...more]