I did not expect that …
I run the tweets through Buffer for the day, instead of blasting them all out at once. Usually I get a few followers, a few favorites and retweets and a few “Thank you” tweets back, but this time I got an unexpected opportunity to deploy a MarketingHack:
“amazing!! Where did you get a hard copy?” reads the comment @lizeswein writes (which gives me an idea) – to be honest I subscribe to AdAge and I’ve read the issue, it’s …[nextpage title=”next”]
gonna end up in a stack for a while and in a couple months I’ll recycle the magazine, but for the 20 ladies honored by being placed on the “Women to Watch” list, it has a lot more significance than to me.
Do the unexpected
I jot down a little note, attach my business card and after a few minutes in line it’s on it’s way to New York. Then all I do is wait.
Surprise your target audience
This Marketing Hack is valuable, because …
I made Liz’s day. And it cost me $6.40. I got a chance to introduce myself to the executive director of one of the top agencies in the country (according to AdAdge), but anytime you can connect with a person on a one-on-one level and surprise them by doing the unexpected, you’ve succeeded in marketing.
The result:
OK. So my phone did not ring off the hook with work and I did not get any invitations to fly up to New York to meet, but this MarketingHack is about opening a door, starting a conversation. All I want to show you, is that marketing does not have to be expensive – sometimes all it has to be is unexpected, like sending a copy of a magazine you’ve read to the right person is a great way to surprise someone.