{"id":7011,"date":"2022-09-28T06:03:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T06:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britopian.com\/?p=7011"},"modified":"2023-09-13T16:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T16:57:18","slug":"brand-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britopian.com\/content\/brand-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: The Intersection of Brand Marketing & Online Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this post, I break down a new report just published by Reddit and talk about how brand marketing must start and end with a community mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Come forth, and you shall receive eternal life.”<\/em>
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You’re probably familiar with the joke if you frequent Reddit as I do. Online communities have become a haven for connection and belonging as physical isolation continues to take its toll on people. As far as online communities<\/a> go, none goes harder than Reddit. From in-depth conversations about mental health to the best yo mama jokes, Reddit has it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the users, Reddit is synonymous with community. It’s a judgment-free zone that focuses on who the person is, not what they are. Community is at the core of Reddit, which makes it stand out from other social media platforms that only have the community as a “feature.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same way people flock to Twitter to air their ideological and political views, they go on Reddit to share experiences and be part of a global community. Twitter could be likened to a town hall meeting, while Reddit would be more of an AA meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For these reasons, brand marketing on Reddit must be strategic and add value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reddit just released a new research report<\/a> which looks at how the platform fosters engagement and the importance of brand marketing with a community mindset. Based on over 2,000 interviews, Reddit wanted to understand how people use social media to build community and connect with other like-minded people. More importantly, they wanted to know Reddit’s role in that process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Four Tenets of Building Community<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to the report, the four tenets of the community are: Membership, Influence, Shared Emotional Experience, and Need Fulfillment. Reddit has been rated #1, outperforming its competitors in each one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n