In this episode of Business Brain, hosts Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean explore the power of memes and GIFs in business marketing. They discuss how these tools can effectively cut through the noise, grab customer attention, and add a touch of humor to branding. Shannon shares his experience using trending memes with tools like memelord.tech, while Dave demonstrates how AI, like ChatGPT, can assist in creating context-relevant memes.
The duo also highlights the importance of integrating personality into branding. They recount personal stories of leveraging humor, creativity, and human connection to make businesses more relatable, even suggesting playful phone auto-attendants as an example.
The episode emphasizes the importance of embracing casual, human touches in business interactions and marketing to foster stronger connections with customers. Listeners are encouraged to share feedback and examples of their own creative branding strategies.
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- 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #601 for Casual Friday, November 22nd, 2024
- November 22nd: National Go For a Ride Day
- 00:01:08 The Power of GIFs and Memes
- How to say GIF
- Memelord
- Novelty or Familiarity
- Relating current events to your business with memes
- 00:06:11 We’re (still) not selling your identity.
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- 00:12:08 Making Your Personality your Brand
- The Alter Ego Effect
- Replace your hold music with you…telling them a story about your company
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- Computer NERDZ!
- 00:21:12 601 Outtro
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