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Few months ago, marketers really did not bother much
about reality games. But with the emergence of Pokémon Go and the amount of
craze around, it’s time to rethink your strategies, plans and explore unsaturated channels. People are so
involved that they have ended up even meeting with accidents and break up’s.
People end up spending hours together on the app and it
has the potential to beat the most popular social networking apps like Facebook
and Twitter.
This is a virtual game where people go in search of Pokémon’s, this
means the availability of people both virtually and physically.
The kind of coverage and the attention the app has got
along with abundant data availability it is the place for brand’s to advertise
and create awareness.
“A pizza place in
Queens New York saw a 75% increase in sales by paying $10 to get a Pokemon
Character in their location.”
Earlier the access
to brands and apps were limited to the data they collect like e-mail, phone,
tastes, etc,. But now your living room is accessed with camera, you use GPS and
the location you move to is tracked. So yeah it is definitely the hot topic for
marketers right now, but how many brand’s are going to take advantage of this
and how many will use the channel even before its competitors use. Everyone can
advertise on Google because it is tried and tested but it really needs someone
really brave to use unsaturated channels like this.
With evolution in
the technology available with marketers there may come a day when you use the
camera in the game you give it an access in the living room, wash room, etc,.
Pantene may advertise to you saying that you are using Sunsilk and it’s time to
change.
So, common
marketers start using unsaturated channels and stay ahead of your competitors.
To stay relevant and competitive in this fast changing digital era, it is necessary for an organization to understand the impact digital marketing has on consumer behavior.
Changing consumer behavior is very difficult to keep track of and always presents certain challenges to the brands, such as a sudden change in expectations, increase in negative publicity. But along with these challenges come opportunities, like the chance to engage and interact directly with customers who are looking at the overall brand value of the product as opposed to just the price tag. If a company can successfully understand the changing consumer behavior and change its customer service accordingly, not only can it gain the top postilion but also insulate itself from the new entrants in the market.
The Digital revolution and marketing practices have caused several changes in the consumer behavior, some of the most prominent changes have been listed below (not an exhaustive list).
Setting Standards
The consumers no longer set standards in the way it was done a few years back, with digital breaking all boundaries, consumers now set standards by comparing the level/quality of services they get. They directly compare how well a brand is providing a service, making it the gold standard and pitting other brands against it, these brands could be from different industries, yet they will be compared in terms of how they could do better or as good as the gold standard.
Brands should no longer be focusing on their direct competitors, but instead focusing on how they can be better than the gold standard set by their consumers’ expectations.
Always Set a High Standard
Customer Tolerance
With hundreds of brands at their disposal, it satisfying a customer has become very difficult. Customers now have access to digital media which they will use almost instantaneously to let to world know of the unsatisfactory service or product that they got form the company. Today customers place a lot of importance on ease of service. Brands need to accept and be prepared to deal with unruly customers taking to social media over how even a small issue they faced is a major problem for the customer and that the brand shouldn't have let it occur in the first place.
Customers will get angry easily
Customer-to-customer dialogue
Word of mouth was and will remain a major influence on the minds of the customers, with social media platforms making communication even more easier, customer opinions and experiences can make or destroy a brand.
Loyalty is a thing of the past
Gone are the days where customers would stick to a company irrespective of how good or bad the product or service would become, if today a brand drops it quality of service/product, the customers will immediately jump to the next best option available in the market. Customer will not accept cheaper low quality good just in the same way that they will not accept an overpriced product. Eg: Oneplus 3 - Overshadowing all flagship phones from 2016.
Information
Consumers no longer trust the tradition media that the companies use due to the increasing mistrust growing in their minds. Brands often try to show their products as the absolute best, having no flaws. Consumers now know better than to trust those sources of information, they will cross check any information they find too good to be true. Brands no longer decide what information is handed to consumers regarding product knowledge, any information that a customer wants is now just a few clicks away.
Information access to all
Multi-Channel Communications
Brands no longer have control on which channel of communication works best for them, the customers will use the channel which works the best from them, and this channel can change from customer to customer based on this network with friends and family. The brand has to take the initiative to be present across these channels to communicate with the customers. For a better idea on Multi Channel Communication, have a quick look at this informative video.
