...Organizations such as Intel are beginning to look and operate more like media companies. They’re evaluating topics and trends in real-time and creating a brand narrative across multiple networks, a transition that doesn’t happen overnight. It takes a lot of content to fuel that many channels–and a dedicated team to manage the ideation, creation, and analysis of that content. More importantly, it takes a lot of quality content to generate engagement with audiences across continents and timezones, and for Intel engagement is a key metric.
In fact, Intel conducted a study benchmarking the Facebook engagement rates of other brands similar to Intel in size and standing. They found–much to their delight–that Intel came out on top with higher levels of engagement than any of the other brands. Intel also discovered that organic engagement (vs. paid) had steadily increased over time, confirming the right content is hitting the right audience.
But how does Intel come up with the “right” content, then find the “right” audience? What are they doing differently than those other brands?...
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