My content is crap… sometimes. That’s what I learned this morning at the Social Media Breakfast San Diego (#SMBSD).
Local radio and creative professional Chris Cantore teamed up with Ryan Berman, founder and chief creative officer of Fishtank Brand Advertising to give us a no-fluff primer on creating content for the web. Here’s more of what I learned.
1. “Find your brand. And whatever you do, defend it.” — Ryan Berman. This is a good one for me to remember. If it doesn’t support your personal or company brand, why add to the digital clutter by re-posting, re-tweeting, or otherwise giving it time?
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3. Cantore related the new ‘rules’ of social media to his early days in the San Diego radio scene: “It’s not about you, it’s about connecting with the fans. Stay authentic and true to your own personal brand.”
4. Berman highlighted an incredibly successful campaign that his company created for Puma Golf, where players and fans can actually ‘talk’ to the game of golf on the Puma website. This out-of-the box thinking recently helped Berman and Fishtank win “American Marketer of the Year” (AMY) Award from the local chapter of the American Marketing Association. Another great example of creating interactive content and a visual identity that speaks to the target consumer and bucks the traditional golf branding and advertising model.
Screen shot from Puma.com/golf
5. A Flip cam with great content can be extremely effective for small businesses with little or no video budget. Create content that resonates with your audience and gives your brand life. [See my own epic Flip cam production]
6. Look at other industries who are doing great work with content creation. For great video integration, check out “digital storytellers” Emota Inc, today’s sponsor and brains behind some incredible visual content. Other shouts went out to the Foo Fighters, Conan O’brien — and locally to Smashburger, NBC San Diego, and the Fox 5 morning show as good examples.
I enjoyed meeting a few new folks and having the chance to chat with Berman and Cantore, both of whom are completely down-to-earth guys with whom you’d certainly enjoy having a beer and fish taco. I also enjoyed the fact that the focus was on the content – not the platforms/delivery.
Those were my take-aways – if you were there, what did I miss?
(Not so) Deep Thoughts 