Shaun White Supply Co
Situation Analysis Shaun White is an popular and influential celebrity with a huge social media following. Target sells a line of Shaun White clothing and products. White s line sold by Target generates insanely popular buzz online and in traditional media. Shaun White launched Shaun White Supply Company in Fall 2011. The company offers bikes, scooters and skateboards. After the initial launch, there has been very little buzz online for Shaun White Supply Company or the products.
Situation Analysis There is some kind of disconnect going on with the Shaun White Supply Company brand. People are not passionate about the products or the brand---there is a low volume of chatter online about the Shaun White Supply Company. In previous reports, Spiral16 offered general recommendations for ways to ignite Shaun White s fan base about Shaun White Supply Company. This report offers more specific tactical recommendations, based on our experience with similar clients and products. In addition, our team researched industry trends.
Why Isn t Shaun White Supply Co Getting More Online Traction? Sentiment for Shaun White Supply Co. Products is fairly positive. 57% positive and only 9% negative is a good benchmark for a brand of sports.
Shaun White Supply Co Site Breakout High level of shopping website activity, low Twitter volume for Shaun White Supply Co products. Review websites and review videos make up a higher than average chunk of the results.
Shaun White Supply Co Products vs Shaun White Target Line Clothing, housewares and kids line of products by Shaun White sold at Target generate a huge positive buzz online. Limited results showed almost 100% positive sentiment! People love these products at Target and fans are talking!
Shaun White Target Line Everyone talks about Shaun White s Line at Target. From Mom bloggers to Fashionistas, people love the brand.
Shaun White Target Line Mom Bloggers and Back-to-School Fashion http://www.hipmamasplace.com/2012/07/review-shaun-white-board-shorts.html Target blog - 10 year anniversary July 23, 2012 http://abullseyeview.com/10-years-and-counting-shaun-white-and-target-celebrate-theiranniversary/ http://www.parentingoc.com/july-2012-editorial-department/3948-back-to-school-fashion-withlocal-oc-brands.html http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20120805/lifestyle/308050007/back-cool
People Want to Talk About Shaun White and His Love Life http://www.popsugar.com/bar-refaeli-shaun-white-dating-pictures-24241913 http://www.stylelist.com/2012/08/01/bar-refaeli--shaun-white-couple-olympics-michaelphelps_n_1728957.html http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/supermodel-bar-refaeli-shaun-white-dating-pair-spottedolympics-article-1.1126529 http://www.popsugar.com/bar-refaeli-shaun-white-dating-pictures-24241913 http://www.justjared.com/2012/07/31/bar-refaeli-olympics-celebration-with-shaun-white
People Want to Talk About Shaun White and His Hair
People Want to Talk About Shaun White and His Gum
Shaun White Compared to Tony Hawk Shaun White s celebrity status is big enough, almost at the level of Tony Hawk, who has been building his brand for years. Example: Twitter Tony Hawk has 3,143,457 followers on Twitter but he s posted 6,610 tweets Shaun White has almost one million followers on Twitter but he s only posted 308 tweets! Example: Klout Tony Hawk has a 69 Klout score, Shaun White has a 62 Klout score. There are other examples but the point is that there s something that is not sparking when it comes to Shaun White Supply Company.
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Solution: Tweak Shaun White s Twitter Feed
Tweaks in Shaun White s Twitter Content Shaun White s digital power on Twitter is not carrying over into sales for Shaun White Supply Company. Subtle changes in Shaun s Twitter feed could impact Shaun White Supply Co brand. Like her or hate her, Kim Kardashian utilizes Twitter effectively. Content of Kim s Twitter Feed Strategic + Understated Kim Kardashian s Twitter stream is optimized to gracefully direct traffic to her website--without blatantly coming out and SELLING.
Kim Kardashian - Use of Twitter to Drive Traffic Twitter Content Kim alerts fans are alerted about pictures of her outfits at red carpet events, she has a contest to attend her birthday party-- the kind of content her fans clearly want to see. Website Integration of Twitter Once fans go to her website---the website is optimized for the social web. Her tweets and blog posts prominently featured on the website. One out of five visitors to Kardashian s site comes from Twitter and nearly every product she puts her name on turns to gold. It might be worth testing Kim Kardashian s Twitter strategy for Shaun White Supply Company.
Solution: Build Instagram Presence for Shaun White Supply Company
Using Instagram to Encourage Deeper Connection Successful brands are using Instagram to communicate with their customers on an emotional and deeper level. The non-professional photos, taken from everyday life give fans of intimate knowledge of a brand --- encourages customers to feel a deeper connection and develop trust. Importance of feeling a connection critical for selling to creative and younger audiences. Red Bull on Instagram
MTV Tiffany s The Boston Celtics Burberry Puma Playboy Red Bull Brands Using Instagram Effectively
Instagram for Promotions and Contests Instagram is a great platform for Shaun White s products to source promotional images and run contests. Fan Generated Picture Promotion Using Hashtag NH Hotels created a campaign asking people to post pictures on Instagram when they wake up. The promo is called Wake up to a better world http://www.wakeuppics.com Fans Register for a Prize or Event by Posting on Instagram with Hashtag Levi s ran a casting call for models by asking Instagram users to mark their photos with a specific hashtag for consideration. Brand Event with Bloggers Posting on Instagram About Experience Puma sent 10 bloggers to Abu Dhabi to document the Volvo Ocean Race and Mar Mostro yacht, which Puma sponsors. The bloggers used Instagram to keep a realtime feed of the proceedings.
Instagram for Promotions to Encourage Engagement The beauty of using Instagram for a promotion is that bloggers or passionate members of Shaun s fan community could post pictures about Shaun s products all he has to do is stir the pot every now and then to generate fan enthusiasm. Fans Doing Skateboard Moves Start a campaign asking people to post pictures on Instagram of their skateboard moves. Fans vote on best pic with most votes gets a skateboard from Shaun White Supply Co. Hashtag #ShowShaunWhite or something like that. Fans Post Pics Why They LOVE Skateboarding Ask Instagram users to post an image of why they love skateboarding. Instagram users mark their photos with a hashtag relating to ShaunWhiteSupplyCo.
Instagram for Promotions to Encourage Engagement The beauty of using Instagram for a promotion is that bloggers or passionate members of Shaun s fan community could post pictures about Shaun s products all he has to do is stir the pot every now and then to generate fan enthusiasm. Fans Doing Skateboard Moves Start a campaign asking people to post pictures on Instagram of their skateboard moves. Fans vote on best pic with most votes gets a skateboard from Shaun White Supply Co. Hashtag #ShowShaunWhite or something like that. Fans Post Pics Why They LOVE Skateboarding Ask Instagram users to post an image of why they love skateboarding. Instagram users mark their photos with a hashtag relating to ShaunWhiteSupplyCo.
Pinterest Campaign Aimed at Moms of Skateboarders
Use Pinterest to Engage Moms to Buy Pinterest is the third social network behind Facebook and Twitter. The growth of Pinterest is even more impressive considering Pinterest referrals spend 70% more than visitors referred from non-social channels. Pinterest is currently not being fully leveraged as part of social media initiatives. Retailers who capitalize on this emerging trend can gain ground quickly before their competitors discover Pinterest.
Kate Spade: Pinterest Campaign for New Vespa Vespa and kate spade new york: Ride Colorfully on Pinterest Vespa and kate spade asked Pinterest users to pin images of how they ride colorfully in a contest to win a new kate spade versa. Very simple rules: 1. Users were asked to create a board and title it Ride colorfully 2. Participants then used the hashtag #ridecolorfully for every item pinned. 3. Four winners chosen to receive a brand new kate spade vespa.
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