Having a national social media campaign through Facebook is great, but when it comes to selling high-end mobile sound and video systems, it’s important to have a local
advantage as well.
In a first-of-its kind offering, JVC Mobile Entertainment has created a network of 84 Facebook pages that link the company’s national product lines with local audio
and video dealers. The pages will be a resource for JVC fans to learn about not only JVC products and promotions in their area, but also lifestyle topics like music, action sports, body art and
fashion, according to Chad Vogelsong, general manager of marketing for JVC Mobile Entertainment.
“Every brand has a national page, and they talk about what they’re doing on a
national level” Vogelsong tells Marketing Daily. “We thought, ‘Why not create a community of local dealers?’”
JVC and its agencies (PR company American
Rebel and ad agency e2amp) will be responsible for posting content to the 84 sites every day (as well as to the company’s national Facebook page), though the ultimate goal will be to connect
with local businesses (such as music venues and tattoo parlors) in the 84 markets to have their Facebook updates and promotions appear on each local page as well, Vogelsong says.
“Other
than the tech stuff we put up once a week, the rest of it is content from these local areas,” he says. “It becomes a truly regionalized community.”
Granted, setting up the
network was no easy task. First, the endeavor is the first of its kind for any national brand, Vogelsong says. So much so, that Facebook initially shut down 84 separate JVC Mobile Entertainment pages
until the company explained what it was trying to do. Another issue is the nascent nature of social media among JVC’s local dealers.
“We noticed a lot of our dealers had not
embraced Facebook,” Vogelsong says. To maintain each regional page, JVC is encouraging dealers to either interact with the pages independently, or to send photos and promotions and JVC and its
agencies will update them daily.
The payoff, according to Vogelsong, is a deeper level of communication with potential customers and fans to engage with on a daily basis on terms that
they’ll find meaningful. “It’s an 84-page magazine that I get to fill with whatever I want,” he says. “It’s a daily news machine that we take to the local
level.”