Let’s get Mocial!

I know some of you are wondering what the heck is “Mocial”; well it’s the new buzzword for the summer of 2011!
Mocial(Mo~shul) defined as to use a social networking engine (i.e. Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter etc.) through any mobile device to seek companionship, check in with others and/or receive deals/discounts from businesses while "on the go".
Basically it’s mobile + social and why does “Mocial” matter to you and your businesses marketing plan---because the numbers don’t lie!

Let’s take a look shall we? According to Wikipedia, 96% of the US population has a cell phone. Various surveys have suggested that 50% of those people have their phones within reach 80% of waking hours! Not to mention that 40% of facebook users are accessing the site from their mobile and Foursquare has increased its membership from 500,000 users 9 months ago to 5 million! So like I said the numbers don’t lie!
Beginning July 18th through the 22nd the Social Mobile Media Marketing Diva will be coaching you on the dynamics of “Mocial Marketing” and what constitutes an excellent Mocial Marketing campaign. Not only will you be learning about the different tools that can be used to “Go Mocial” but you’ll have an opportunity to get familiar with some of the free tools available to use by taking part in Mocial challenges along the way and maybe even winning a few cool prizes!
 Learn how to use qr codes, twitter, youtube & more to create an interactive and engaging Mocial marketing campaign.
 It’s free & fun.
Get started now! Psst be sure to tell a friend!
For 2 extra points text message “Diva” to 96362 to opt-in to receive VIP marketing tips from the SocialMMMDiva.
Rules:
The first person to reach 15 points wins. Contestants must be a resident of the Continental U.S. (50 states) and does not have a .mobi website or a multi-channel engagement platform system.
Prizes:
All challenge participants will receive $20 off a .mobi website with free domain name registration ($175 value and excludes monthly service fee of $25).
Second place winner gets a 10 day trial from “Hit My Line’s” multi-channel engagement platform! That’s right set up your own opt-in text message campaign and post to twitter & Facebook from Hit My Line’s campaign manager.
The Grand Prize winner will receive a 30 day trial .mobi website with free domain name registration and “Hit My Line’s” multi-channel engagement platform for 30 days (valued at $300 and excludes any associated monthly service fees).

The SocialMMMDiva gives LIONSGATE an E for effort at the attempt at a completely Social Mobile Media Marketing event.

LIONSGATE has entered the Social Mobile Media Marketing game for the release of their new movie “For Colored Girls” and the SocialMMDiva was slightly impressed! I mean after all they attempted to engage both the small percentage of smartphone users as well as mobile users in general!
Needless to say that overall I found that LIONSGATE’s attempt, unlike Verizon Wireless’ “How Sweet The Sound” event fell a bit short of memorable engagement!! Don’t get me wrong it was a fair first attempt (or at least I hope this was their 1st attempt!). But in the future I think they would fare well to emulate Social Mobile Media Marketing veterans USA network and Verizon Wireless to come up with a more engaging experience for their users.
I like the fact that you could interact with the movie posters by using QR codes to view the movie trailer or the “Living Portraits” gallery and even set a reminder for the opening day of the movie; the same can be done by texting “COLORS” to 30333 as well, however you were unable to download copies of the posters as wallpaper and when you click the FB link it took you to the “Madea” page instead of the “For Colored Girls” page!! Soo not cool! Also I felt their facebook page; mobile website and sms campaign did not flow well and in fact was very limiting. I mean if it were a campaign that I had ran I definitely would have included a countdown to the opening app or at the very least a twitter app (txt msg) that would be sent on the day of the movie release allowing them to tweet that #I just saw “For Colored Girls” and it was awesome# but that’s just me!
LIONGATE’S attempt however was ok… but it left this geeky SocialMMMDiva wanting more…. If you would like to view the webpage for the movie go to http://forcoloredgirlsmovie.com/ and the unprecedented gallery of “living Portraits can be viewed on-line at www.forcoloredgirlsgallery.com/.
As always if you need coaching on how to put together an “awesome” Social Mobile Media Marketing event for your company big or small just call the Social Mobile Media Marketing Diva! 888-546-7947 or go to www.onyxmobilemarketing.com for more info
Tata & Smooches for now The SocialMMMDiva