How Startups Can Connect with Brands

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How Startups Can Connect with Brands

David BerkowitzVP Emerging Media360i@dberkowitz / @360idavid.berkowitz@360i.comblog.360i.com / MarketersStudio.com

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Presented to Carmel Ventures in Israel, May 2012

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Where I work

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Where I work

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Where I work

We’re always hiringenthusiastic and ripe talent

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Where I work

360iU is 360i’s educational center exploring the intersection of culture, design & technology

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Where I work

Yes, there’s a talking QR codein the men’s room, and yes,

I put it there…

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Who we report to

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I worked for a startup once

Not all startups are great ideas.Consider Pop-Up Shop,

“end to end ecommerce in a pop-up window”

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This is really an example of the Pop-Up Shop. Given the date below, this was a mockup before

a short-lived pilot ran in mid-2000.

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Difference between then and now

The GIFs here are shamelesslyrepurposed from This Advertising Life:

http://thisadvertisinglife.tumblr.com/(in the downloadable version,

they’re animated – yay)

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What now looks like

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What now looks like

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What now looks like

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When brands try to jump on the startup bandwagon

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When brands try to chase after startups

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When brands try to… well, you get the idea

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Meet 360i’s startup

www.startupoutlook.com

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The two words that matter most

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The most important criteria for brands when evaluating new technologies

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Value

VALUE

I flew to Chicago from New Yorkjust to eat dinner here.

Crazy? Sure. Worth it? Absolutely.

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Applicability

APPLICABILITY

A brilliant pairing at Kutsher’s Tribeca in NYC:black & white cookies and ice cream

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Prominence

PROMINENCE

Fun fact:This is the tomb Nicolas Cage

bought for himself in New Orleans.He may also hide here when the

reviews of National Treasure 3 come out.

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Ingenuity

INGENUITY

In Plano, TX, you’ll find one of the more original museums on the planet.

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The 4 criteria in review

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X-factors

Beyond the core criteria,there are several other factors that

can determine whether a brand-startup partnership

will happen and all and then work out.

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Value

COST

This coconut milk cost less than $1.Cost isn’t everything though;

I’d have paid at least five times thaton that hot day in Costa Rica.

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Service

SERVICE

Aside: She was my sever at a Hong Kong dim sum restaurant. Her name tag read “Steven.”

She was kind, manic, and territorial of hertables, and she may be the best server I ever had.

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Scale

SCALE

Sad Keanu Sightings on Pinterest:http://pinterest.com/dberkowitz/sad-keanu-sightings/

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MANAGEMENT

A great track record helps but isn’t the maindeterminant of successful brand partnerships.

(Here: Pete Hawley of Red Robot Labs)

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What success looks like

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Remember when Twitter was a startup?Our brands were running pilots back in 2008

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Coke gets sticky with GetGlue and Tumblr

Read more: blog.360i.com / Coca-Cola on Tumblr / Coca-Cola on GetGlue

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Watch what happens when Bravo teams up with TaskRabbit

Read more:http://blog.360i.com/events-conferences/bravo-taskrabbit-sxsw-interactive-partnership

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Kraft Draws and Cooks

http://www.theydrawandcook.com/kraft-contest

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Partnerships can extend agency-wide

Read more:http://blog.360i.com/360i-news/360i-expion-facebook

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How to win agency friends and influence brands

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1) Know your audience

CreativeMedia

Content

Account

Strategy

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2) Be responsive

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3) Be honest &avoid surprises

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4) Send case studies& live examples

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5) Be likeable

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6) Show, don’t sell

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7) Illustrate thevalue exchange

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In review…

1. Know your audience

2. Be responsive

3. Be honest & avoid surprises

4. Send case studies and live examples

5. Be likeable

6. Show, don’t sell

7. Illustrate the value exchange

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A pleasure starting up the dialogue… keep it going

David Berkowitz

VP Emerging Media, 360i

david.berkowitz@360i.com

blog.360i.com / @360i

MarketersStudio.com / @dberkowitz

www.about.me/dberkowitz

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