Extreme Content Marketing

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Extreme Content Marketing
„Get Content – Get Customers “
Marina Psiloutsikou
Advertising and Communications Management
19. November 2015
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Agenda
1. Definition of Content Marketing
1.1 Traditional Marketing vs. Content Marketing
2. Extreme Content Marketing
2.1 Literature Review
3. Examples
3.1 Red Bull
3.2 GoPro
4. Conclusion
Anna Hildebrand, Jonas Lang, Sophia Schütze, Theresa Thum
1. Definition of Content Marketing
“Content marketing is a marketing technique of
creating and distributing valuable, relevant and
consistent content to attract and acquire a clearly
defined audience – with the objective of driving
profitable customer action.”
Headworth (2015), S.135.
Hillary (2015), S.29.
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1. Definition of Content Marketing - Example
 Creating: Fun facebook post
 Value: How to cut a mango
 Audience: Mango lovers
 Most important: You need a
mango!
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1.1 Traditional Marketing vs. Content Marketing
Traditional
Content
 Single messages – often via
few channels to one
specific audience
 Multi-dimensional messages
via multiple channels to
multiple audiences
 Pushing messages interruptive
 Offering content –
engaging
 Monologue communication
 Multi-logue communication
 Provides little/no value for
customer
 Value through information
Content Marketing wins customers
Light (2014).
McCole (2004).
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2. Extreme Content Marketing
…is Content Marketing
 With focus on extreme activities
 With an attention-grabbing wow factor
Why extreme sports?
 Danger and emotions
→ deeper brand association
 „free or soul sports“
 Interesting for participants and
broader audience
It is about the lifestyle rather than the event
Mann (2015).
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2.1 Literature Review
Academic Literature
 Only research regarding our example Red Bull in other marketing fields
 But none about Extreme Content Marketing in general
Magazines and general attention
 Main focus in our case on extreme sports
 Articles about emotional aspects of extreme sports
 Limited to a few companies: Red Bull, GoPro
Bughin, Doogan and Vetvik (2010).
McCole (2004).
Baltes and Leibing (2008).
Foscht, et al. (2008).
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3.1 Red Bull
„Red Bull is a publishing empire that
also happens to sell a beverage“
 €1.4 Billion marketing budget
•
€50 Million for space jump
•
€200 Million for Formula 1
•
600 athletes under contract
 Red Bull Media House
•
Magazine: Red Bulletin
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TV Channel: Servus TV, Red Bull TV
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Movie: The Art of Flight
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Music Label: Red Bull Records,
Red Bull Academy Radio
O‘Brien (2012).
Bedor (2015).
Alignment of the brand with
extreme sports and action
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3.2 GoPro
„GoPro got to where it is with a simple
cross-channel strategy on a shoestring
budget“
 GoPro’s Marketing Strategy
•
Limited marketing budget
•
User content published on existing social
platforms (video contests)
•
Over 20 Million social media followers
 GoPro Channel
•
Emphasis on the content rather than products
•
Videos with emotions and sports instead of shoving the product
Putting the customers experiences in the center
McKibbin (2015).
Biancuzzo (2014).
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4. Conclusion
 Extreme Content Marketing:

Uses emotions connected to extreme sports

Creates deeper brand association
• Gains great attention

Is available for any company in any sector
As constant growth has been seen in content
marketing we assume that extreme content
marketing will develop into an important
field in the future.
Anna Hildebrand, Jonas Lang, Sophia Schütze, Theresa Thum
References
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Bedor, L. (2015): HOW GOPRO’S CONTENT MARKETING PUTS EXPERIENCE BEFORE E-COMMERCE, in: Marketing Insider
Group, URL: http://marketinginsidergroup.com/content-marketing/gopro-content-marketing-ecommerce/ [online],
Accessed: 11.11.2015.
Biancuzzo, M. (2014): Why GoPro is Set for a Strong Wall Street Debut, in: wallstreetdaily, URL:
http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2014/05/21/gopro-ipo/ [online], Accessed: 11.11.2015.
Bughin, J., Doogan J., and Vetvik O. J. (2010): A New Way to Measure Word-of-Mouth Marketing in: McKinsey Quarterly,
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Griffis, G. (2013): Extreme Content Marketing With Red Bull, in: The kapost Blog, Senior Managing Editor: Anne Murphy,
URL: http://marketeer.kapost.com/content-marketing-red-bull/#axzz3r0ekyPqy [online], Accessed: 11.11.2015.
Headworth, A. (2015): Social Media Recruitment. How to successfully integrate social media into recruitment strategy,
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Light, L. (2014): Brand Journalism Is a Modern Marketing Imperative. How Brand Journalism Is Impacting Brand
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References
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Mann, M. (2015): Why extreme sports marketing campaigns should dial up the pursuit of liberation, in: BrandRepublic,
URL: http://www.brandrepublic.com/article/1343889/why-extreme-sports-marketing-campaigns-dial-pursuit-liberation
[online], Accessed: 16.11.2015.
McCole, P. (2004): Refocusing marketing to reflect practice. Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Vol.
22 Iss 5 pp. 531 – 539
McKibbin, A. (2015): GoPro's Digital Marketing Is Even More Extreme Than You Imagined. An adventurous strategy, in:
Adweek, URL: http://www.adweek.com/brandshare/gopro-s-digital-marketing-even-more-extreme-you-imagined-166684
[online], Accessed: 11.11.2015.
O‘Brien, J. (2012): How Red Bull Takes Content Marketing to the Extreme, in: Mashable, URL:
http://mashable.com/2012/12/19/red-bull-content-marketing/#2wJpvgt1B5qF [online], Accessed: 10.11.2015.
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