Quality content achieves a stronger engagement.
BRANDED
CONTENT – ACHIEVES MORE
Recently, the world of content-oriented retail is
witnessing a new fight, between branded content vs developing content for
brands. What is the difference anyway? Apparently, there is. It is developing
content for brands, the conventional way of advertising deals with a brand’s
intention to achieve a particular purpose, such as creating awareness,
announcing new features, services, offers, discounts etc. It lacks any sort of
independent personality of its own or a separate connection with the audience
apart from the one the brand intended. Most advertisements fall under this
segment.
Brand
Name in Today’s Market
Branded content, on the other hand, is an
independently existing content that brings relevant value to the consumer at
its own, with brand positioning subtly integrated into it. The key is to be
where the consumers are, i.e. watching quality content, and to achieve a
stronger engagement by virtue of being part of the good content.
By investing in branded content development, brands
today are hoping to connect with users through real engagement. Fans of content
connect with the brand content and any brand that resonates such association is
accepted fast. Branded content, being a source of entertainment first, has a
devoted set of the audience already. Thus the brand is guaranteed of at least a
finite audience base, which is not the case when content is developed for
brands specifically.
Decision
Making When It Comes to a Brand and Independent Content
In case of branded content, brands that are willing
to associate with a particular content are willing to adapt the essence and
values of the content, as they know that their appeal with the audience is way
more than what the brand could achieve alone.
Brands should choose the different modes of
advertising by efficiently judging their requirements. For instance, earlier,
product placements constituted a significant portion of the branded content
strategy. However, with consumers becoming much more perceptive and wary of
brands being forced down their throats, either subtly or brazenly, marketers
are opting for other ways that see them more involved with a particular content
at creation and thematic level than just a superficial mention. On the other
hand, developing content for brands works best when there is particular
information to be conveyed, rather than working on developing a brand-image.
At the end of the day, independent content is
developed and distributed to satiate the need to tell a story to an audience or
express a particular idea in the best possible way. Brands are increasingly
looking to become a part of this journey as independently, their product-based
content was never going to be as popular or get as many no. of viewers as
independent, but the brand-featuring content does.
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the leading digital marketing company in Bangalore, prepares a solid plan in
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