king of the brand | the art & science of brand/community building with visuals

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Content with relevant photosor Infographics see a

increase in page views versus

content without images.

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Colored visualsincrease people’s

willingness to readcontent by

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Visual content is more than

more likely to be shared on social media

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of senior marketing executives believing visual assets are core to how their brand story is communicated

of online marketers use visual assets in their social media marketing

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The National Center for Biotechnology

Information found in 2015, that the average

attention span had dropped from 12

seconds in 2000 to

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Luckily, visual content is

consumed at a much faster

speed than text

When it comes to making decisions we start with our

emotions.

Studies have shown that people are unable to come to a decision if

they are not emotionally influenced

in some way.

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FANATICS

We leverage UGC we find on social platforms like Instagram, and put the fans into our social updates.

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We use a tool called Pixlee to find these images, and get the permission. The images showcase the products we sell, and are more authentic than model pictures.

FANATICS

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The WeAreFanatics blog posts in which we focus bringing stories for fans to enjoy. Highly visual content, as it tells the story better.

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The jersey evolution posts are great examples as these appeal to all sorts of fans. Especially when it concerns a team which didn't win the championship since 1908, Cubs, fans do like the nostalgia of the content.

FANATICS

FANATICS

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Learning from what fans are searching for, we tailor the content to the search demand when we find a topic.

Example: What does the GSH stands for on the Chicago Bears jersey. We leverage our Facebook Fan pages to distribute the content, and get high engagement on these.

FANATICS

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FANATICS

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H’What isVisual

Content?

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Visual content is blazing the path

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My wife said that she has not used Google to search

for anything in over 2 years, and that she uses

Pinterest because it gives her everything she is

looking for in an easy to consume visual format.

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VS

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The need a brand has for a community that supports

and follows them

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Brands canno longer get away

with “not being on social”

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Building your brand goes well beyond just

the “branding” of your website.

You need to have an identity on places like Facebook, Instagram

and Twitter.

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Have a strong purpose behind

your visual content

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Identify needs and set goals

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Create content based on those needs and goals

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Is itsharable?

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Can you generate

leadswith it?

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Is it helping you build a communityor brand?

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Are you generating

sales?

Are you sparkinga debate,

conversation,or controversy?

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Earning links for your visual content is

incredibly important for branding - Because links are important focus on creating visual content

that will earn links.

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Who here wouldn’t

mind links from Forbes, Huffington

Post or even Allure or Esquire?

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So that is all fine and

dandy Mat, but how canI do betterwith visual content?

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Don’tmake it

complicated.

Are you missing

easy branding victories

with visuals?

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Think Instagram, (Instagram Story)

Snapchat (snapchat story) Facebook Live,

Periscope, YouTube live.

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Can live video expand your branding and community?

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Instagram story: How will you

position yourself?

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(offer something unique to this

channel only and followers will come)

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Richie Norton - (friend of mine shares how to grow business tips on his Instagram story updates) and you can only get these behind the scene

ideas and tips from him on Instagram.

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THINK How can I

capitalize on something like this in

my industry?

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Think about it being a good place to

build community, interact with

customers, help them, answer

questions, share and grow together - crowd source them

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These visuals ain’t right

for branding

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Those kind of examples are not good for branding or community

building

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Good examples

for branding

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Speaking of beards…

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Again - think easy Branding Wins - This isa personal branding win

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So what does content like these previous examples do?

It makes me want to follow them and be a part of their

community.

That leads to more of what they post in front of me, that leads to me be very familiar with them and when I need

(or want) to purchase something in their

industry - I will go to them.

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Communitybuilding

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Communitybuilding

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Where are we headed?

What type of visuals will I start seeing more of in

the future?

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When you can build a brand

that the community

grows, defends, adds value to - you

have done your job.

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