Snapchat might not be the best marketing platform considering its users send and consume photos or short video messages that expire after a predetermined period.  Many businesses find Snapchat difficult to monetize and see value.  The analytics, conversion tracking, and reporting tools are all difficult to read.  No wonder brands have slowly adapted it in their digital marketing strategy.

Nonetheless, Snapchat is emerging to be an incredible force in digital marketing. Especially if brands want to engage prevalent, influential, and lucrative groups in society (particularly the 18-34 segment), brands should consider adding Snapchat to their digital marketing strategy. Here's why:

 

As Snapchat continues to grow and evolve, so does its user base of brands engaging with fans through the app. Here are three creative examples of how companies and organizations have used Snapchat and perhaps how they can inspire your marketing efforts:

  1. The first creative way to use Snapchat for business is by making short, engaging videos that answer customer questions; short-form videos will be all the rage for marketing businesses online in 2015 and beyond. This media type is a great way for companies to communicate with their audience. Snapchat Discover launched in early 2015.  
  2. Please take advantage of UGC and make personal contact with your customers; allow users to interact with you by inviting them to snap themselves wearing/using your products to your account for an opportunity to be featured on other social media campaigns created by your brand. This is becoming increasingly important in social media campaigns and is known as hyper-personalized marketing.
  3. You can also promote new product releases! It’s an awesome idea. Especially if your target demographics are tweens, teens, and millennials. A good example of how a brand can introduce a new product on Snapchat is what MTV did to promote their show Geordie Shore during the summer of 2013. They asked fans to friend them on the show’s Snapchat, and those that did start receiving exclusive videos and photographs leading up to the UK reality show’s sixth season premiere. This campaign was very effective, and not because it’s MTV. The campaign worked as planned well because MTV’s marketing team, or marketing agency, knew how to hit this promo out of the park using the target audience’s favorite platform.

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