How to Use Memes to Enhance Your Marketing Campaigns

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Are you looking to align your brand with current trends relevant to your audience? If so, its time to start creating memes!

Memes are a great way to generate immediate reaction and make your brand a viral sensation. So, here’s how to use memes to enhance your marketing campaigns…

1. Select the Right Image


Selecting the correct image is critical when developing a meme. Essentially, you want to select an image that envokes a number of emotions–humor in particular. The image should also be aligned closely with your brand.

If you don’t have your own images, please consider copyright law when selecting image. Try finding some under the Creative Commons license.

Here’s an example of user-generated-memes after a great performance by team USA’s goal-keeper Tim Howard

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Notice how the images selected all reference the same thing–preventing disaster.

Next up, adding text…

2. Add the Accompanying Copy


The second step is adding copy to enhance the message.

Try these…

  • Puns
  • Animals saying human things
  • Lines from popular culture
  • Popular quotes
  • [group of people] be like [some common occurrance]

Here’s an example:

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3. Promote Your Meme


The life of a meme is short as it has maximum impact during a specific period. Remember, using the right image at the right time is the most imporant part of your meme promotion. You can expect your meme to go through various stages such as the introduction, the peak, and conclusion:

The introduction. During this phase for audience probably never seen or heard about your creative meme. If this is the case, your audience will want to be the first to post it on their social networks. (Think about the novelty of being the first to start a cool trend. Your customers will love it.)

The peak. You know your meme has reach its peak when people start to rephrase or recycle it by adding their own words. Here’s a hilarious Lipton Ice Tea example:

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The conclusion. This is when your meme has become out-of-date and stale. Here’s a good example:

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I swear if I see another Willy Wonka meme, I’ll go crazy!

Conclusion


The name of the game is to leverage popular trends and events–especially an event that naturally generates heavy social buzz. Check out this meme created right after a BCS Bowl Game between the University of Oregon and Florida State University:

This would have been a great advertisement for an upcoming WWE Super Slam. In closing, use this as an example of how a brand can leverage popular events to enhance their marketing campaigns.

If you are looking for an easier way to create memes, try these:

Written by Juntae DeLane. To read the full article, click here. For more information on creating your own online brand, custom WordPress website and social media strategy, please visit us at www.mydigibrand.com and follow us everywhere @mydigitalbrand.

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