Advocacy Tracker: aligning brand communication with advocates can help drive more positive recommendations

Advocacy Tracker: aligning brand communication with advocates can help drive more positive recommendations

Understanding advocacy can help brands develop messaging which is aligned with the reasons why consumers recommend them to others. Aligning brand messaging in this way can in turn drive more positive advocacy and help mitigate detraction.
Advocacy Tracker: recommendations strongly influence the decisions of potential customers

Advocacy Tracker: recommendations strongly influence the decisions of potential customers

Brands are starting to pay more attention to their online advocates, but what is the reason behind this? In this first article of a series on tracking recommendations, WaveMetrix show how advocates can convert potential customers, making it important for brands to track these recommendations.
WaveMetrix Advocacy Tracker: Neutrogena show how Facebook campaigns can impact consumer recommendations

WaveMetrix Advocacy Tracker: Neutrogena show how Facebook campaigns can impact consumer recommendations

Our new Advocacy Tracker, which allows brands to track online consumer recommendations month-on-month, shows the importance of understanding which activities drive positive advocacy. For example, Neutrogena successfully doubled advocacy around its Naturals range with a Facebook campaign.
Super Bowl movie trailer insights: Avengers drives most intent to view

Super Bowl movie trailer insights: Avengers drives most intent to view

Analysis of immediate consumer Twitter reaction to the latest Super Bowl movie trailers reveals the Avengers as the out and out winner, driving more positivity, higher reach, more intent to view and a larger growth in Facebook likes than its rivals.
Cadbury left with Creme Egg on their face after The Only Way is Essex link up

Cadbury left with Creme Egg on their face after The Only Way is Essex link up

Cadbury Creme Egg's association with the stars of The Only Way is Essex highlights the importance of brands choosing their celebrity endorsements wisely, in order to minimise the chances of a negative backlash.
Domino’s pizza making app generates product desire by engaging consumers’ senses

Domino’s pizza making app generates product desire by engaging consumers’ senses

Domino’s are the latest brand to use digital marketing and apps to bring the consumer closer to their products. The new Pizza Hero app lets you virtually create your own pizza then order it for real. This generates strong product desire by stimulating the consumer’s senses.
Heinz Ketchup Facebook store launch marred by technical glitches

Heinz Ketchup Facebook store launch marred by technical glitches

Heinz Ketchup’s Facebook store shows that consumers respond well to the prospect of an FMCG Facebook store, but that technical glitches can scupper a launch.
Dr Pepper faces the wrath of female consumers in the wake of its “Not For Women” diet drink campaign

Dr Pepper faces the wrath of female consumers in the wake of its “Not For Women” diet drink campaign

Females fail to see the funny side of Dr Pepper's latest campaign, showing the risks brands face when they overtly alienate a specific demographic and draw on old-fashioned gender stereotypes in their advertising.