Why Red Bull Rocks Social Media Marketing
With eMarketer predicting that social network ad spend will exceed $4 billion worldwide in 2011, brands should start thinking about smart marketing on the platform. Energy drink Red Bull offers a model of how to succeed in social marketing, effectively engaging its target audience through interactive content. Red Bull has its own web TV channel, and it broadcasts its programming to social users. This content has not only enhanced social users experience of the Red Bull fan page, it has also helped the company reach a wide array of viewers with its video content. Other marketers may want to integrate innovative new platforms into their social marketing this year to better engage users on the increasingly cluttered channels. Social game use is on the rise, and online videos currently reach 43 percent of the U.S. Dubbed the procrastination station, the tab offers fans a variety of branded interactive games that capture the extreme energy of the drink. This is a wise move as the NPD Gro