Bitcoin itself does not have a practical use for marketing, but through the technology with which it was created, the blockchain – the backbone of cryptocurrencies, it will allow you to generate marketing strategies or tools to achieve great results.
What is the blockchain or web 3.0
The blockchain is created for transparency and security for its users by creating a block of data with encrypted links between them, which allows information to only be altered through the authorization of all network users, forcing each transaction, change, or update to be validated by multiple users.
Marketing with blockchain
The applications of these technologies are diverse, some of which are already being implemented and others that are just beginning to be applied. Thanks to being a technology that validates transactions, it is impossible to hack, and if something is stolen, it can be discovered who stole it, making it a great tool. That’s why, for marketing, blockchain is ideal.
5 uses of blockchain in marketing
NFTs
Non-Fungible Tokens mean that there is only one of these pieces and it is authentic. To date, they have not been hacked because they are based on blockchain technology, meaning that users authorize all transactions with their machines.
NFTs for certificates
There are business certificates such as ISO and others for security like those issued by Google for its partners. Normally, you have a logo of these certificates that you include in the presentation of your products or services or on your website. With NFTs, you can make your certificate unique and impossible to counterfeit by linking it to your company.
NFTs for Branding
When developing an identity or logo, we deliver a digital file that encompasses the entirety of the work; in other cases, physical graphic pieces are delivered, but that’s all. By using NFTs in branding, we can create a validity certificate that backs the identity, something similar to a trademark registration but in a much faster process.
Blockchain diplomas
Normally, when concluding a course, we deliver a diploma or certificate in PDF format validated only with some seal of our company. With NFTs, we can create unique and authenticated diplomas or certificates with our company, which serves to validate the document.
Data transparency and security
One application of blockchain for marketing data is that it can provide a lot of transparency and security for digital marketing. With the use of blockchain, verifiable records about social media ads can be offered thanks to them being unalterable. By implementing blockchain in social media, we can obtain information about who sees the ads, how they view them, and how much budget is spent, something that networks already do, but they do not ensure that the information they show is accurate. With blockchain, this becomes a reality and transparent.
Loyalty and rewards
With the use of blockchain, we can take advantage of assigning a user a unique record to track everything they do with your brand or around it to make loyalty strategies thanks to identifying where they are and how they are in their user journey.
Do you already own cryptocurrencies or are you already implementing strategies with blockchain? These are some things you can apply and others that we will possibly be able to apply in the near future.
TikTok is changing the way we consume multimedia, and with this, it’s changing marketing, as user behavior and consumption habits have mutated with the emergence of tools, so as marketers, we must adapt.
By the time you read this blog, you’re already late, and what makes it more urgent to start using TikTok is that over time, it’s harder to position yourself, especially because in the USA, laws are being pushed against TikTok.
ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, is aware of this and is working hard to provide content creators with enough information to improve their SEO (Search Engine Optimization), thanks to this, they created the Kratos search insight channel.
The creators’ search insight channel on TikTok helps you understand and improve the SEO of your TikTok content so you can get better results in each of your creations for TikTok. Look for it today to improve your content.
TikTok and the New Way of Shopping
We are familiar with Google Merchant and Facebook Merchant, and TikTok is not far behind with its shopping elements. Not only that, but the way content is created on TikTok and how it’s consumed is a very good tool for gaining new prospects and customers.
Use your own TikTok channel or you can use UGC (User Generated Content). If done correctly, you can achieve great sales in your online stores thanks to the sales tools that TikTok offers.
TikTok Ads
Running ads on platforms like Google and Meta Business is common, but not everyone is taking advantage of doing it on TikTok, and it’s time you do because they are very cheap in cost per impression and allow you to achieve great results at a low cost per user.
All platforms have a great start when beginning with ads because they want you to start using them. These great starts don’t last long, so we should try to take advantage of them, and it’s time to push hard because there’s little time left before we lose these great prices, so start making TikTok ads now.
Trends Last Days
Trends last only a few days, and if you don’t take advantage of them, they’re gone for good. If trends were fast before, now they’re super fast, due to the new content consumption habits generated by TikTok.
Trends today last very few weeks or even days. Previously, we had a month to jump on the trend, but today we only have a few days, so we need to be alert, agile, and smart to achieve the results from these trends.
These are some of the major changes TikTok has brought to marketing. It’s important to consider them and be aware of them so you can adapt to the new consumption habits. So, it’s very important that you start observing and applying them. Which of these points are you already considering?
If you are already marketing your business or brand but haven’t considered audio or video as tools, you probably haven’t achieved the expected results.
Why start marketing with video and audio? Nowadays, there are users who have an Alexa (from Amazon) or Google Home at home, and everyone who has one of these tools at home actively uses it. To be on these platforms, you must have significant brand relevance so that smart assistants can read you correctly.
Creating a podcast or similar content can allow you to position yourself easily on Google since they index your podcast pages. For users, a podcast is easily accessible and allows them to consume content quickly while doing other activities. Having a podcast and distributing it is not complex, making it a great opportunity.
Video Marketing
Video marketing is essential for your business, especially today as all social media platforms are fighting to be the most used, and users love watching videos, from TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook snatching users between platforms. Since all these platforms are increasingly pushing the use of videos, it is of utmost importance that you start making your brand videos to begin positioning yourself organically.
It’s time to start doing video and audio marketing so that your brand begins to grow quickly and you get better results in your strategies.
What we call gamification is a marketing tool that uses video game mechanics or gaming elements to evoke a sense of competition among users. With this tool, you should be able to increase user loyalty and participation.
Gamification allows you to motivate people, helping them to focus and set goals, achieving game values that help foster loyalty. The gamification technique in marketing aids in the commitment to a service or product.
Many companies apply gamification systems, but they are so well executed that we might not notice them or engage with them very naturally. Some of these brands are:
Starbucks Gamification
With its Starbucks card or app, it uses Starbucks rewards and the data it collects from each user to give them a unique gamification experience, rewarding users based on their purchases.
Mercado Libre Gamification
Mercado Libre encourages purchases through levels. With each purchase, Mercado Libre awards points, and with these points, you level up. Each level offers more benefits, from free shipping to additional services.
Nike Run Gamification
The Nike Run app, one of my favorites, gives rewards for every micro-achievement, from running on Sunday to only running at night or in the morning, with increasingly complex challenges and digital medals that motivate you to run more.
As you can see, gamification marketing is not only a tool many companies use but also very useful. Gamification uses various tools:
Elements of Gamification
Competition Having users compete against each other is fundamental for a sense of achievement as they progress and motivates users to surpass themselves.
Achievements Every time a user reaches a goal, the gamification system awards medals, titles, or virtual badges to show off their achievements.
Points and Rewards Every time a user achieves something, they are awarded points related to the challenges or goals, leading to rewards like discounts, content, digital or virtual prizes, etc.
Clearly, all these elements of gamification can be delivered through digital or physical means as your brand requires, to achieve the best results. Gamification is a marketing strategy that will help you measure and improve strategies while also motivating and driving users to commit to the actions you propose and need them to achieve.
As I know nothing about American football, every year the Super Bowl happens, I prefer to focus on what I do know and like: the commercials or the marketing. So, like every year, we bring you the commercials we liked the most from the Super Bowl 2024.
Good or bad, every year the Super Bowl commercials surprise us for better or worse, or just by the great artists they manage to get and even greater the productions they make for this event. Here are the 5 most interesting commercials from this Super Bowl:
Mountain Dew Commercial Super Bowl 2024
Featuring my crush Aubrey Plaza and leveraging her public persona characterized by being very indifferent and not paying much attention to things, comes the commercial she developed with Mountain Dew.
Squarespace Commercial Super Bowl 2024
Squarespace, a management tool, and in this beautiful commercial where aliens are invading the planet, but since everyone is on their phone, they don’t pay attention until the aliens make a website, showing the importance of having a website. If you still don’t have one, you can make it with the best marketing agency in Monterrey, BLNK 😉 😉
Google Pixel SB Commercial Super Bowl 2024
This commercial is very nice because it shows how the cell phone interacts with the user’s daily life and how having a cell phone impacts their life.
Dunkin Donuts Commercial Super Bowl 2024
We all love donuts, and in this delicious Dunkin Donuts commercial, we see Ben Affleck trying to impress Jennifer Lopez with the collaboration of Tom Brady and Matt Damon.
E*Trade Commercial Super Bowl 2024
A trading company with digital tools mocks the sport of pickleball, which is like tennis with small rackets, while talking about their finances, demonstrating how easy the sport is, just like managing your finances.
These commercials are not as interesting as they used to be, nor are they as fun and innovative as they were. Currently, few companies manage to make an impact. I believe this is something we will continue to see as they create commercials with decent narratives, and occasionally we will have very interesting commercials.
What do you think of the Super Bowl 2024 commercials? Did you like them, or were they as disappointing as the halftime show?
When we start marketing for our business, the question arises whether we should make videos for our brand, and the answer is yes…
That’s the simple answer, but the complex answer is also yes, because video in marketing, since its inception, has been the strongest and most aggressive tool for campaigns. Today, it is not just the strongest tool but the most basic one. This is thanks to applications and smartphones that have enabled any user to access video tools.
Having access to video tools and platforms is not everything. Nowadays, centennials use TikTok as a search platform, leading Google to consider indexing TikToks. This means that when you perform a search on Google, there is a high likelihood that TikToks will be offered as part of the results.
Having the tools and applications to make videos is not the only thing you need. You also need to create extraordinary and unique narratives, as nowadays everyone can tell when a brand is trying to sell something. Therefore, it’s better to use more natural strategies that fit the community you are targeting.
This is the long answer to tell and indicate that you really do need to consider making videos for your marketing. If your brand isn’t using videos in its strategy, you are making big mistakes. Remember, you don’t need big productions to achieve your goals.
