Enjoy the presentation, it’s all drawn from my (Graham Brown) own writing over the recent years and compiled into forecasts for 2009. Ping me on twitter if something sparks your interest PART 1: 50 Youth Marketing Trends for 2009 by Graham Brown mobileYouth.org View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: youth marketing) Technorati Tags: youth marketing, mobile marketing, [...] [...more]
Let’s talk about Dave Dave’s not his real name. He might be you, he might be someone you know. But he’s out there. But we’re not interested in Dave now - he’s successfully buried somewhere in the advertising or marketing world. We want to know about Dave then. “Then” was 1989, approaching the “Summer of Love” in [...] [...more]
OK, if you can forget the taurine issue for a minute - you’ll see that Red Bull are the gold standard of youth marketing. What is it that Red Bull does right? * 1) With few exceptions, Red Bull doesn’t taint its brand with overt direct marketing employed by its rivals. It’s not common sense, but then [...] [...more]
If you want to see how youth marketing will look in 5 years time, look no further than these inspirational examples. Summary: Why should you consider social values? 1) Direct marketing (especially display advertising) is less effective with youth 2) To engage youth you need to create 3) Youth are increasingly buying brands as a result of their associate [...] [...more]
Marketing is no longer something you do to youth, but something you do with them (mobileYouth report 2008) Step out the ivory tower a minute, forget direct marketing or social media and take a look at the world of the young consumer and, importantly, what works. Take a look at what youth are actually saying about [...] [...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]
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]
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]
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