THE BRAND AS BROADCASTER

Always on, found everywhere, user friendly and forever communicating with one

another: these are the new technological tools available to everyone.

Different devices such as televisions, computers and mobiles merge and share

similar functions. The very moment we go beyond the computer and enter the

wireless world of widespread technology, a new vision emerges.

People now move simultaneously through different media. They expect to see what

they want, when and where they want it. At last they can participate in

communication. This means that media has now become a conversation between

two parties: it is a place where we meet and exchange information and opinions.

THE DIGITAL ERA

The digital revolution is a revolution because technology has become an

environment we can inhabit, an extension of the human mind, another world

intertwined with the real world and that creates true cognitive, emotional and social

restructuring of the experience, capable of redefining the construction of identity

and relationships.

People should no longer be considered as a single, easy to categorize entity, but

rather as a multitude of people thinking, feeling emotions, reacting and interacting.

As a consequence, the approaches we use for measuring attention can no longer be

exclusively demographical in nature, but must also be psychographic.

The increase in choice of contents in different media and the increase in choice

within each one of these (more TV channels, more radio stations, more web

platforms), all imply greater difficulty in reaching one’s audience.

These conditions imply two considerations:

• there is now the chance to better grasp the cultural and economic aspect of

all the types of media connected to digital technology.

• in the multitude of contents available, it is important to produce contents

which can trigger a contact between an idea, a product, a behaviour, a

service and people.

The communication of changes regarding values, beliefs and identities requires a

language using symbols, metaphors and myths. Only communication making

widespread use of story telling can carry all these elements.

Telling stories and listening to them is a fundamental human trait, common to all

cultures. Our natural attraction to stories tells us something about the deep roots of

our emotions and our ability to empathise.

STORYTELLING

In corporate storytelling too we must never loose sight of the goal to be reached,

the story that seems to be independent from the communicative goal can add a

series of details bringing the story to life and making it vibrant, turning the

experience into immersion.

In this fine line between achieving the goal and the love of storytelling lies the

power of storytelling as a highly efficient tool to describe companies and products.

Good stories can bring people right to the heart of a subject, even those who

never thought of being able to participate.

People don’t want to be talked at, what they want is a stimulus from which to

figure out the answer they are looking for.

Everybody wants to hear a good story. Something that can rise above the

indistinct flow of information they have to deal with every day. Something to

amuse them, to make them think, to let them fully appreciate the point of view of

those telling the story.

BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT

Branded entertainment is an opportunity for a company to tell stories which

integrate their identity and personality, and which promote an emotional bond

between the brand and individuals.

Branded Entertainment, Jean-Marc Lehu

Organically integrating a brand into content which grabs the attention is the most

successful way for a company to create an emotional connection with its public. The

integration of a brand (and its values) constitutes a powerful base from which to

involve and entertain.

The challenge of the digital era is to be able to tell stories about ourselves, producing different

contents according to the different platforms they will be broadcast from, adapting them according to

the different experience offered by each platform.

The brand therefore becomes its own broadcaster, as it is the producer and distributor of the contents

that belong to him and his target market. The feeling of belonging emerges from sharing in a system

of values representing an identity we can identify with.

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