Friday, February 26, 2021

Critique of a social media campaign

 

I have observed the recent social media campaign of ‘The Apprentice: ONE championship Edition’ reality show. The winner of the program will get an opportunity to work with the show’s host; Chatri Sityodtong, Chairman, Founder and CEO - Group One Holdings, and rewarded with a yearly salary of USD 2,50,000.

The video promotion of the reality show states that this is not your grandfather’s apprentice. This is an obvious reference to ’The Apprentice’ reality shows of veteran businessmen like Lord Alan Sugar of UK and former US president Donald Trump (who hosted the show till he filed his nomination to the US presidential elections). It would have been a better idea to refrain from negatively commenting on their shows.

The promotional videos of the realty show were initially uploaded in the YouTube Channel of ‘One Championship.’ The same video was uploaded after few days in the Instagram and Facebook pages of the company. Instead, it would have been a better idea to upload them in all social media platforms on the same date for an even more successful social media campaign. Quotes from CEOs; who will be assisting the host in selecting the winner of the show, should have been included in the official LinkedIn page of ‘ONE Championship’ and the LinkedIn accounts of the respective CEOs should have been tagged in those posts. There are no such updates on their Linkedin page as on date. The challenges of completing the video shoot of this program during the pandemic, logistical issues to the participants should have been mentioned in a detailed manner in the social media campaigns.

These would further improve the reach of the social media campaigns in a more effective manner and increase the popularity of the show.

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