Thursday, January 16, 2014

WK2 Analysis: Businesses & The Visual Web

Full Sail uses Pinterest to help a perspective or current student to keep updated on everything going on within the framework of the school. Full Sail breaks things down by categories, which in turn serves two great purposes. It allows the user to see how diverse Full Sail is and also lets the user focus on areas of particular interest in a convenient manner. The content supports Full Sail by keeping the school current by engaging in new activities all of the time. This seems like a winning combination as Full Sail can promote all of their new ideas, while students can easily keep updated with specific areas of interest. This is a great platform for Full Sail because it really allows Full Sail to highlight everything they offer.
Dollar Shave uses funny ads and cartoons on Instagram, which fit in perfectly with their marketing. The content is another form of advertisement for Dollar Shave. The user might be interested in Dollar Shave after watching a commercial and if they use Instagram it would be a nice supplement. Also, someone who has never seen the ad, might be compelled to watch it, after looking at the pictures on Instagram. Dollar Shave engages their audience by consistently having offbeat and funny ads. By thinking outside the box, they stand out as unique which makes a their ads remembered by the consumer. This is also another way for Dollar Shave to keep costs down, as these ads can take the place of more expensive forms of advertisement.
Science World uses a lot of the same content on Facebook that they use on their website. It seems that they use Facebook in much the same way. Where Dollar Shave and Full Sail seem to use a different type of content on Instagram and Pinterest, Science World seems to be going for more of a supplemental type approach on Facebook. This makes sense for their target audience. The content is very supportive of the Science World brand by promoting their product to children of all ages. The content is certainly designed to cause enough interest that consumers will be compelled to visit Science World. They are very careful to post their contact information right on the main page, right underneath their main title and picture. Science World engages with their audience by combining pictures with interesting science facts.


Overall, I would say all three companies use social medial in different ways, but each is consistent with their marketing strategies.

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