Kevin Bacon and the impact of offline on online - part 2
A few days ago I blogged about a Kevin Bacon YouTube video which was mentioned on the Graham Norton show. The video had 1800 views prior to the TV show, and the following morning it had 8000+ views.
Now five days later it has just under 30,000 views. We can assume that the first jump was mainly just from the TV show. Old school push media to kick-start the viral effect. Usually the impact of TV on online after a few hours is very limited. So the biggest growth must have come from the WOM effect – people recommending the video either in conversation in the pub or online through, IM, email and social networks
None of this is going to surprise any marketers connecting their online and offline strategies – for those that haven’t I think this provides a fairly compelling argument. While TV viewers may have a short attention span, if you use TV to drive an online exploration you can get more bang for your buck.
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