With the annual hindu festival of Rakshabandhan (Rakhi) this weekend, what better way to celebrate then to pull off a classic News-jack. Content Marketing can be so much fun.. from brainstorming, designing to finally hitting that post button. Two hours of madness to pull off topical content, with urgency of a news channel! ;) Here’s the Facebook link
What this guy did on Rakhi will blow your mind (lol)
News-jacking is the practice of injecting your ideas into a breaking news story and generating of social media coverage and engagement.
Pointers to crack News-jacking
- Act Fast: Trending topics don’t last forever, start to finish in 2 hours.
- Brand DNA: What’s the point if the brand ain’t relevant in your post.
- Break the chaos: Think outside the box, like way outside sometimes ;)
- Distribute, Distribute, Distribute: Initial seeding super important!
- Make it share-worthy: We reject 90% ideas trying to answer this question: “Why would anyone share it?”
- Keep it short and simple: Human attention span is at the lowest ever, and you’re fighting through overwhelming content density
- Don’t make an Ad! Like paste this on your wall!
First 24 Hours – Half a million reach (organic)
