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It’s go time on Twitter for your next launch

Why you should launch on Twitter now — before someone else does.

How you launch is make or break for brands. 

After the planning and testing phases are complete, is your brand ready to hit the ground running with your new campaign? When it comes to nailing a campaign launch, timing is everything. 

It’s a great time for brands to launch on Twitter. These days, people are shifting their priorities and adjusting their daily routines, meaning they’re more open to new things than ever before. If you’re ready to share something new, launching on Twitter can help spark people’s interest and drive results. Here’s why.

Now is the time

Brand announcements are the perfect opportunity to get people talking about you on Twitter, especially since everybody could use something to look forward to right now.

Believe it or not, launching during a time of slow growth can have a lot of upsides. Not only can the timing give campaigns a boost in visibility,1 but according to a 2009 Nielsen study, brands that launched (or relaunched) in the downturn experienced 15-25% greater excess share of voice growth than the general average growth.2

Plus, if you’re not sharing something new from your brand, someone else is: 42% of US CMOs have shifted resources into expanding new offerings.3

We’re ready for something new

This year, people are doing things differently. From older consumers shopping online for the first time to millennials trying frozen food, purchase behaviors are being disrupted — and a strong experience with a brand can help cement these new habits.

Changing realities mean that people are perhaps even more open to discovering something new, which is especially true for people on Twitter. This year, there’s been a more than 24% increase in Tweets about trying new things.4

Whether it be a new initiative or an entirely fresh look, people are hoping to see exciting things from brands. In fact, 91% of people surveyed on Twitter want to see new launches from brands.5

People are taking notice (and action)

People on Twitter aren’t just talking the talk — they’re also walking the walk. Not only are they excited about new products from brands, but they’re also excited to try them. In fact, according to our study, people on Twitter spend twice as long viewing launch ads and are 3.3X more likely to turn that viewing into action than on any other platform.6

Not only is launching on Twitter good for your audience, but it’s also good for your media mix. According to our research, Twitter enhances the performance of the other channels it was combined with, boosting overall marketing performance.7 Talk about getting the word out.

People are ready for more, so if you’re not sharing what’s next, somebody else might capture their attention — and dollars. When you’re ready to launch, it’s go time on Twitter.

 

 

Miranda Lo (@miracapellini) leads Launch strategy for Twitter’s Global Business Brand team. In her role, she helps brands leverage Twitter’s unique platform to drive insights and maximize launch successes. Before joining Twitter, she spent a decade in CPG driving growth for challenger and established brands.

Sources:
1. Harvard Business Review
2. Nielsen. Global. Budgeting for the upturn — Does share of voice matter.
3. eMarketer, May 2020
4. Twitter Internal Data (Semantic Core). Comparing Tweet volume between 3/8/19-9/19 vs. 3/8/20-9/1/20. US Only.
5. Toluna, commissioned by Twitter, Global Vertical Deep Dive Research, August 2020, n= 43,200) 
6. Post Exposure Study, commissioned by Twitter and conducted by Neurons, Inc. in the US in 2019
7. Twitter Marketing Insights & Analytics, 2020. Data2Decisions, commissioned by Twitter, Twitter as a Catalyst Study, 2020.

December 16, 2020
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