• Home
  • About Me
  • Blog
  • Books
    • The Power of Visual Storytelling
    • The Laws of Brand Storytelling
  • Speaking
  • Contact

Social Media: Coach Admires The View From Above

Blog
Posted by jessicagioglio - 0 comments

This post originally appeared on Convince&Convert.com.

With the temperatures increasing, Coach is asking its customers to take a minute and admire the view from above – of their shoes, of course! Using the #coachfromabove hashtag, fans are asked to share photos of their Coach shoes on Instagram or Twitter for a chance to be featured in a gallery on the company’s website.

Coach1

Over the past 8 weeks, the campaign has generated 629 uses of the #coachfromabove on Instagram alone, including those from Coach. Do the math and that’s an average of 78 per week, not including the photos submitted via Twitter. It’s also worth noting that there’s no chance to win, or other incentive beyond recognition on Coach’s website and social media.

As noted in the gallery, Coach is using Olapic to secure permissions for the crowd sourced images. Browse the photos submitted and many are very well done. Most are taken in the style of “selfies,” also known as a self portrait. Many of the images are editorial, meaning that they’re not far from what you might see on a fashion blog, or in a magazine.

Coach2

The campaign follows the continuing trend of brands encouraging and celebrating user-generated content. From Lululemon’s #thesweatlife, to Victoria Secret’s #VSTeenyBikini campaign, companies are increasingly asking their fans to share images of how their brand plays a role in their lives. This is especially strategic for fashion and beauty brands, as customers can see things like apparel and makeup on real people versus models, allowing them to judge things like fit and learn styling tips.

However, what takes Coach’s UGC campaign a step further, is how they’ve taken the #coachfromabove theme and maximized it across multiple web and social media channels. In addition to Instagram and Twitter, Coach is also sharing the images across a dedicated board on Pinterest and album Facebook. The campaign theme has also been pulled into their blogger/influencer outreach, with fashion bloggers writing posts on their #coachfromabove moments. The company even hosted a live “Head Over Heels” exclusive shoe party on Twitter and Instagram to preview the spring shoe collection, plus market specific events in cities like Chicago, where attendees were encouraged to share photos off their #coachfromabove moments.

What’s your equivalent of admiring the view from above?

Tags: Instagram, Social Media, UGC

Share with

Social Media: Taco Bell Puts a Ring On It Social Media: Burberry Stylishly Streams Its Runway Show On Vine

The Power of Visual Storytelling

Get My Latest Blog Posts!

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Recent Posts

  • Would Your Brand Pass the Coffee Test?
  • The Marketer’s Storybook: Founders, Futurists & Full Meals – 10 Stories Shaping Marketing This Week
  • The Marketer’s Storybook: From Mascots to Media Monopolies – 10 Stories Shaping Marketing This Week
  • The Marketer’s Storybook: Smell This Ad, Steal That Bar, Trust No Cookie
  • How to Scale Your Brand Story: Top Lessons from TubeFest on Video Strategy and Content Creation

Categories

  • Blog
  • Speaking Engagements

Tags

AI April Fools brand journalism brand storytelling cause marketing celebrity Community Management content marketing contest crisis communications customer experience Facebook Fashion Holiday Influencer Infographic Instagram I wrote a book! LinkedIn Live Event London Luxury marketing Milestone out of home Pinterest Real-Time Marketing SEO Snapchat Social Media speaking engagements sports marketing storytelling tech innovation the marketer's storybook This Week In Marketing TikTok Travel Tumblr Twitter UGC video Vine Visual Storytelling YouTube