In today’s Social Media world growing your fan-base is a big deal, but what some brands forget, or rather what some brands have remembered, is that it’s always important to say “Thank you”. Some brands have now seen that minding your manners pays big dividends (I guess mom IS always right). Here are a few ways that brands have said thanks to their fans.
As marketers, we know that even small changes to any user experience can have a dramatic impact on how engaged consumers are in our social-digital ecosystems. Teens are the most sensitive, savvy and fickle to these changes–and lack the years of entrenchment in any one social network to keep them from jumping ship and trying something new. So what do teens think about the most recent changes on Facebook? We surveyed 2,000 (14-17 year old) teens to find out what they like, love and hate about the platform where they spend at least 90 minutes each day.
Here at Mr Youth, we pride ourselves on being something close to campus-connoisseurs. Between our proprietary college network, RepNation, our ears-on-the-ground college ambassadors and our insight platform, Crowdtap, we’ve got our finger on the pulse of the ever-elusive college student. What do we do with this type of access? We listen and we take notes– lots and lots of notes.
MTV’s new show, “Skins,” has been dominating my Twitter feed lately and creating what seems to be the largest social controversy since the Starbucks logo announcement (which likely indicates that most people will stop caring by the time this is published). I read the tweets, articles and comments, and after being inspired to find out more, I took to my favorite research tool, Crowdtap, to find out just what teens were thinking about and what that says about Skins “pushing the envelope.
