[wmd 2015] ahalogy >> michael wohlschlaeger, "visual virology 101: how to win the hearts...

V I S U A L C O N T E N T M A R K E T I N G I S L I K E B A S E B A L L

M I C H A E L W O H L S C H L A E G E RC O - F O U N D E R / C E O

Michael Wohlschlaeger, @mlwohls @

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V I S U A L C O N T E N T M A R K E T I N G I S ( K I N D A ) L I K E B A S E B A L L @ A H A L O G Y


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ECOSYSTEM

CLOSED GARDEN FREE FLOWING


DEMOGRAPHICS

MILLENNIALS COLLEGE TO EMPTY NESTERS


USER INTENT

BROADCAST & COMMUNITY

SELFISH… IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE


CONTENT GOALS

ASPIRATION / PERSONAL BRANDING

INSPIRATIONAL YET ATTAINABLE


CONTENT EMOTION

BEAUTY, LUXURY, ETC.

ACTION, FUTURE, EVERYDAY LIFE


MARKETING GOAL

BRANDING & CONVERSATIONS

BRANDING + ACTION


MONEYBALL:YOUR BUYING ‘WINS’ , NOT ‘PLAYERS’


IT ’S GREAT TO BE GOOD

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OK… WHAT MAKES CONTENT GREAT?


SQUINT ???


F INE… WE’LL DO IT OURSELVES


WHY SO HARD?


READY?

READ FAST

In this tearjerking YouTube video, watch as a soldier returning home for a visit gives his wife a surprise of a lifetime.

Rebecca B., who submitted the video to the Welcome Home Blog, said her husband had invented an elaborate ruse so that she would be caught unawares by his arrival.

"I had been bugging him for months about when he would be able to come home and he had me totally convinced that he was not going to be able to come at all," she wrote in the video's description.

However, Rebecca admitted that she had become a little suspicious when her husband's whole family -- including his brother Jim who is also in the army and flew in from Europe -- came to town.

But the soldier's family were in on the plot.

"They all convinced me the surprise was really Jim coming back early, and not my husband coming home," Rebecca wrote.

"The moment I saw him was just unreal…I saw the boots, the uniform, and then the face. It was just complete joy, disbelief and relief, which is why I fell on the floor and sobbed uncontrollably," wrote Rebecca. "It was the surprise of a lifetime, me and my girls had missed him soooooo much."

Rebecca added that her husband's deployment will be coming to an end soon and the family is excited for him to return home for good.


LET ’S TRY AGAIN

GET READY…YOU’VE GOT 5 SECONDS

READY TO TRY AGAIN?5 MORE SECONDS


SO WE (HUMANS) ARE PRETTY DARN GOOD AT

PROCESSING IMAGES


HOW ABOUTCOMPUTERS?

In this tearjerking YouTube video, watch as a soldier returning home for a visit gives his wife a surprise of a lifetime.

Rebecca B., who submitted the video to the Welcome Home Blog, said her husband had invented an elaborate ruse so that she would be caught unawares by his arrival.

"I had been bugging him for months about when he would be able to come home and he had me totally convinced that he was not going to be able to come at all," she wrote in the video's description.

However, Rebecca admitted that she had become a little suspicious when her husband's whole family -- including his brother Jim who is also in the army and flew in from Europe -- came to town.

But the soldier's family were in on the plot.

"They all convinced me the surprise was really Jim coming back early, and not my husband coming home," Rebecca wrote.

"The moment I saw him was just unreal…I saw the boots, the uniform, and then the face. It was just complete joy, disbelief and relief, which is why I fell on the floor and sobbed uncontrollably," wrote Rebecca. "It was the surprise of a lifetime, me and my girls had missed him soooooo much."

Rebecca added that her husband's deployment will be coming to an end soon and the family is excited for him to return home for good.

Michael Wohlschlaeger, @mlwohls @I B M WAT S O N

Michael Wohlschlaeger, @mlwohls @I B M WAT S O N

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ClosenessExtraversion

Self-transcendenceIdeal

ConscientiousnessOpenness

Emotional rangeChallenge

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BUT WHY?


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HOW HARD IS THAT?


Proton

Observable Universe

92 Billion Light Years

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PA S T N O W F U T U R E


IS IT THE PLAYER?

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IS IT THE PLAYER?


HOLD ON… WE’LL COME BACK


THINK LIKE A PITCHER


OPPOSINGBATTER

YOUR BEST PITCHES

NEXTPITCH


CONTENT CONSUMERS WANT

WHAT YOU WANT TO

TELL CONSUMERS

HOLYGRAIL

ORMYTH?


WHAT YOU WANT TO

TELL CONSUMERS


CONTENT CONSUMERS WANT


R IGHT TO PLAY

MESSY FOOD

MESSY KIDS


EVEN THE BEST FAIL

WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR…

CONTENT PREDICTION IS…

GIVE YOU CUSTOMER WHAT THEY

SO… DO WE GIVE UP?

WINNERS TAKE ALL


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THAT LOOKS EASY…

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