Close this window
Skip to Navigation
Chip
“thunder & lightning”
Interactive Account Director
Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

chip's tweets

  • Which saying is more famous: "let them eat cake!" or "I love you like a fat girl loves cake."? Go. 4 hours 59 min ago
  • What is the mystery “entertainment device” Google is testing? http://t.co/QGExn3iQ 1 day 3 hours ago
  • The Dirty Little Secret Of Silicon Valley's Startup Boom... http://t.co/hdEye6xh 1 day 5 hours ago
  • @amyristeen Yours, too? :) 1 day 6 hours ago
  • Old Spice Is Too Powerful To Stay In Its Own Commercial http://t.co/6IEFNeIp 1 day 11 hours ago

The Bs share What’s Next in marketing, technology, life and more.

book a B at your event






B social

If I was Conan

There has been a lot of talk about the Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien battle, so I thought I'd throw my digital marketing gloves into the ring. For the record, I'm Team Conan.

Conan's target is younger males (probably around 18 - 35). Most young males don't watch NBC or care about Jay Leno. I'd jump ship to a network willing to take a chance. The FOX crowd (with the likes of The Simpsons, Family Guy) would be a perfect fit. FOX would be happy to give him the 10:35 spot. However, I wouldn't depend on TV to build his personal brand. Instead, I'd recommend Conan investigate these opportunities:

  • Offer his show on iTunes - both as a full show and bite-size pieces. Do it for free. Get some big-name sponsors to do funny product placement bits (à la Stephen Colbert).
  • Conan has always been more interactive with his fans. Imagine the best-executed Facebook page, where fans could submit jokes, videos, comments and ideas. 
  • Conan is great off-the-cuff. He would be great personality for live Q&As with his fans.
  • Jimmy Fallon has 2.4 million followers on Twitter. Imagine insight into Conan's life on Twitter. It could be incredibly funny.
  • Equip him with a phone to broadcast live video. Similar what we did to Justin Bent Rail, his never-before-seen moments could be more popular than the (sometimes) well-rehearsed show.
  • Give each of his popular characters a chance to have their own presence. Fake twitter accounts have attracted millions of followers, I'm sure some of his characters could do the same.
  • If Apple's much-rumored tablet comes out to fruition, knock down Apple's door to be one of the founding content providers.
  • Create a robust, mobile-friendly site with video formatted to work on many devices (Blackberry, Windows, Android, etc.). Encourage visitors to get text-message updates when new videos are posted.
  • Offer free stand-up shows to those following Conan on social media or text-message.
These are just some of the many opportunities for Conan in this digital world. I would argue he would be better off executing a plan like I've outlined above than staying at the Tonight Show.
Go Conan!

 


Comments

If Jimmy Fallon can have 2.4 million followers on Twitter, there's hope for everyone.