marketing and opera
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A presentation made to Opera Europa in Dublin 23rd November 2012 on making the most of the modern media landscape to market opera music and bring experiences to a wider audience.TRANSCRIPT
Digital Marketing & BrandingA presentation to Opera EuropaFriday 23rd November 2012
Dena WalkerPlanner and Digital Strategist
Who am I?
Dena Walker
Planner at Irish International BBDO
Lecturer at the National College of Ireland
What we’ll cover
Fragmentation of the media landscape
The effect upon communications
Brand challenges in a post-digital world
The role of brands as entertainers
The opportunities for marketing opera
The media landscape is fragmented, leaving us with a plethora of ways
to reach our audience
Navigating our way through it effectively can feel confusing
Modern living rooms look like this
Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brodowski/
And a modern commute!
What would Don Draper do?He may well be of a bygone age (and fictional), but he understood the value of standing out
The best brands still do
Advertising that entertains resonates more strongly and creates the water cooler discussion that we all crave
There’s parity everywhere, so how do we differentiate ourselves?
How can we get our audience’s attention?The challenge now is the same as it ever was – we need to persuade people to give us some of their time
When it comes to marketing, brands need to think like
entertainers
This is where you already have a significant advantageOther brands are using YOUR product to sell theirs!
Wagner coined the term, “Gesamstkunstwerk”
Audience Opera
GULF
Mental Availabilit
y
Physical Availabilit
y
Conversion
Consumer journey
The pitfall we very often fall into is to think of these two elements only
Especially within the realms of digital marketing
Mental Availabilit
y
Physical Availabilit
y
Conversion
Consumer journey
The focus for opera should be here, in the first
instance
Once mental availability is acquired the final two elements come into focus
Don’t get too caught up in “digital”
The BrandThe
Technology
The UserThe focus should be here
It’s about what you do, not just what you sayWords don’t change attitudes or behaviours, but experiences can
Opera has the power to move the uninitiated with relative ease
“Opera functions on so many levels and through so many expressive elements that, when it works, it is simply overwhelming”
Simon Callow
Digital channels can serve as a permanent conduit between content and audience
But we must remember that digital does not exist in isolation
Complaints choirs began in 2005 and have occurred in cities
around the world
Their videos have been viewed over one million times
Streetwise Opera is something else. It teases, surprises, takes risks, and tackles the unexpected… it lures you where you haven’t been before and sends you home enriched.
Roderic Dunnett, Independent (4 stars)
Glyndbourne has been pioneering bringing
performances to a worldwide audience
They’re not very digital!
They know the power of the product they have
They know the power of experiencing it first-hand
They know that digital channels are tools, not solutions
A digital musical experience
They refill the leaky bucket
The role of digital to market opera?
Create a permanent conduit to the audience
Bring the experience of opera to life without boundaries
Work with other activity to increase mental availability
Provide “always on” physical availability
Increase the rate of conversion