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What the #SelfieRevolution
Means for Brands
Understanding the psychology behind the behavior to
inform consumer marketing campaigns
	
  
A White Paper from The Marketing Arm/Fanscape
2014 (c) Fanscape, All Rights Reserved
Author: Olga Kraineva
June 2014
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There is not a hotter photo phenomenon right now than the selfie. Every day
millions of us take photos of ourselves and post them for the world to see. Why
do we do it and how do brands capitalize on this trend are the two questions
Olga Kraineva, account executive at Omnicom agency The Marketing Arm/
Fanscape, sought to answer in this White Paper. Olga pored through hundreds
of articles and interviewed countless sources, and what she found was that
psychological human patterns inspire us to take these self-centric photos, and
that discerning brands can benefit from this knowledge. But while this
understanding can be used to help engage consumers for marketing
campaigns, if misused can backfire and stray significantly from the desired
result.!
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A special thank you to Jennifer Gabrielli for her editing skills, and to all of our
contributing experts for their research, knowledge, and advice.!
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We hope you enjoy.!
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Thanks!!
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Larry Weintraub!
The Marketing Arm/Fanscape!
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OVERVIEW!
What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands
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The selfie concept is simple: Take a photo of yourself, share it on your social
networks, wait for feedback, rinse, and repeat. Thanks to the proliferation of mobile!
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INTRODUCTION TO THE SELFIE!
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technology combined with the popularity of
social media apps like Snapchat and
Instagram, the behavior of “snapping a
selfie” is easier than ever before. Featured
in the millennials’ anthem “#Selfie” and
named Oxford Dictionaries 2013 Word of
the Year, the “selfie” is a full-fledged cultural
phenomenon. Enter the #SelfieRevolution.!
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Brands are jumping on the selfie-taking
bandwagon, as well; by December of 2013, !
What Is A Selfie?!
Photograph	
  by	
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  Photo	
  
207 brands ran selfie contests on Facebook and 781 contests on Twitter, a huge
jump from the 13 and 252, respectively, at the beginning of the year.i This growth is
just the tip of the #SelfieRevolution iceberg for the brand world in terms of potential
consumer engagement.!
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Our mission here is to explore the psychology behind why people take and share
selfies, and how brands can better align themselves with this naturally occurring
behavior to strengthen brand-consumer relationships. !
Deep Dive Into Selfies!
What has triggered this recent surge in selfie-taking? It can be argued that the
selfie dates back to the very first self-portraits painted on cave walls, but let’s fast
forward to the more recent Flickr and MySpace era of the early 2000s. To share a
selfie took effort. Standing in front of a mirror or blindly facing the Cannon/Nikon/
Sony camera’s lens toward ourselves, we would snap multiple attempts in hopes of
netting a single usable image. Next we would upload the images onto our
computers and then onto the Internet for the world to see. Today, in only a matter of
seconds, our selfie comes to life as we use our smartphone to snap a picture with a
front-facing, multi-megapixel camera, add a filter for artistic effect, and upload it
instantly to any number of preferred social platforms. !
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With such ease, and a perceived cost of zero, we’re creating selfies at an
unprecedented rate. As of March 2014, 313 million selfies have been uploaded
under the hashtags #me and #selfie onto Instagram,ii while Snapchat claims that of
the 400 million photos shared daily, the majority are selfies.iii !
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So who’s guilty of sharing all these selfies? To answer this question, investigative
website SelfieCity (http://www.selfiecity.com) analyzed over 120,000 Instagram
images from five global cultural hubs: Berlin, New York, Sao Paulo, Bangkok, and
Moscow. The study determined that the median age of the selfie taker is 24 and that
women share selfies more than men. iv However, one must realize that this can be
skewed, as the study took these photos from Instagram alone, where over 90% of
the platform’s users are under the age of 35.v!
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People who take selfies can be grouped into two categories: the Chronic Abuser or
the Occasional Poster. Chronic Abusers take selfies multiple times a day. In one
recent and extreme case, a UK teenager was hospitalized for selfie OCD after
snapping over 200 photos of himself a day.vi The Occasional Poster, meanwhile,
tends to only snap a selfie when the occasion presents itself to be favorable, such as
sharing a great experience or simply having no one available to take the photo for
them. Lev Manovich, SelfieCity’s project coordinator, says there is no constant
thread between why people take selfies. Whereas some people take them to look
good in front of their networks, others share to show what they are doing at a given
time.vii!
Selfie Takers!
Graph	
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  SelfieCity	
  
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In “Truth, Lies, and Advertising,” author Jon Steel writes that it is important to
“reach a deeper understanding of the way [consumers] think, feel, and behave;
and then use those observations and discoveries … to begin to build a relationship
with them.”viii In order for brands to create compelling marketing campaigns around
selfies, it is important to understand the human drives of narcissism, self-
expressionism, and validation that fuel the desire behind the behavior.!
EXPLORING THE PSYCHOLOGY !
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Infographic	
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  Nowsourcing	
  
Narcissism!
Narcissism has been defined as “excessive
interest in oneself and one’s physical
appearance.”ix Selfies embody this definition,
as the tendency to take and retake photos “until
we can produce an image that comes closer to
matching our perception of what we think we
look like”x feeds our desire to project our best
self to others.!
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Jennifer Chen, strategy director at social media
agency Fanscape, claims, “A big incentive for
people to post and share selfies is due to the!
instant gratification and envy-inducing tendencies of posting glorified snapshots of
your life.”xi One 26-year-old female noted that she posts selfies thinking, “’Hey,
look how hot I look with my new hairstyle’ … I do, however, expect my good
friends and family to like my pics!”xii This expectation - and almost demand - for
positive affirmation is a testament to why this behavior can be addicting, and so
popular. !
Self-Expressionism!
While this demand for positive affirmation may seem alarming, Birmingham
graduate trainee Rebecca Brown counters, “People think if you take pictures of
yourself, you’re self-obsessed … not necessarily. A selfie is a format and a
platform to share who you are.”xiii Selfies can be seen as an exploration of self and
a fulfillment of the need to see yourself as others perceive you. “There is a primal
human urge to stand outside of ourselves and look at ourselves,” said Clive
Thompson,xiv author of “Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing
Our Minds for the Better.” !
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Learning about yourself goes hand-in-hand with self-expression, as you become
what you share. Manovich describes taking a selfie as projecting to others a
statement of “This is me at this point in time … This self-photography may be !
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indicative of a whole new photography movement and a
way for individual self-expression.”xv For one 30-year-old
journalist, selfies are an expression of how she views
herself. “I love my work, so part of it is me saying, ‘Look at
what I get to do today.’”xvi Selfies enable us to learn more
about ourselves and then project to the outside world the
moments we capture and believe to be the best examples
of who we are. Through all these photo moments, we are
building an ever-growing memory book for ourselves and
future generations. !
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The last and arguably strongest need to post selfies is to fulfill our deep
psychological need for validation and acceptance from our peers. Fast Company
Associate Editor John Paul Titlow argues, “In today’s age people care more about
what they look like and social acceptance comes only when the outside world
accepts the way we look, even more so than the work we do, or the way we behave
face-to-face.”xvii Through the connectivity of the Internet, this kind of community
affirmation can be instantaneous, and addicting.!
Validation!
Photograph	
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A 54-year-old man claims that
when he takes selfies, he
hopes to elicit a reaction. In
The Week’s article “Why We
Take Selfies,” the author cites,
“Our brains process visuals
faster, and we are more
engaged when we see faces. If
you’re looking at a whole page
of photos, the ones you will
notice are the close-ups and
selfies.”xviii This feeds into the
cycle of posting selfies for
attention and affirmation, as!
Chronic Abuser posters most likely are driven by validation, needing outside
affirmation for their own self-appearance, and are more likely to have self-esteem
issues.xix !
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those are the photos most likely to receive engagement, leading to a feeling of
acceptance by your digital/social communities. !
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Photos are the preferred way for people to share information via social networks.
Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram see daily photo shares at 400MM, 350MM,
and 56MM respectively. xx Jenna Wortham of The New York Times sees a
preference for “online conversations and interactions that revolve around images
and photos, [being] more effective at conveying a feeling or reaction than text.” xxi !
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Brands tasked with telling a visually-appealing story that relates to the consumer
must create content that is compelling enough to be “thumb-stopping.” Aside from
selfies becoming a cultural phenomenon among millennials, images with faces
create stronger reactions, lending credence to the supposition that brands that use
selfies will see greater engagement.!
WHY BRANDS SHOULD CARE!
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Millennials + Instagram!
SelfieCity’s research pointed to millennials as
the largest proliferators of selfies. Brands that
are hungry to engage with this audience may
want to turn to photo-based social platforms
like Instagram, which an L2 and Olapic report
names “the [type of] social network that has
seen the fastest growth, most engagement,
and highest conversion from browser to
shopper.” xxii !
Native Engagement!
Consumers crave content that is an extension of their natural environment and not
an outright marketing ploy. The rise of native advertising, defined by Wikipedia as
“an online advertising method in which the advertiser attempts to gain attention by
providing content in the context of the user’s experience,” is due to the consumer’s
ability to scrutinize and demand higher-quality content relevant to their interests.
Consumers have begun to own brand and product conversations at a level
previously unseen, xxiii causing the traditional one-way message model to morph
into a very active two-way dialogue that forces transparency and heightened
customer service. If properly utilized, the selfie can offer the opportunity to create
native and authentic engagement that humanizes a brand. !
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By embracing insight data on who’s taking selfies and why, brands can create
campaigns that authentically take advantage of this cultural phenomenon. In a recent
report, Buzz Marketing Group states, “The real winners in millennial marketing will
understand how important it is to this demographic to have ‘once-in-a-lifetime’
experiences.” xxiv Brands that create experiences for the consumer that tap into the
previously cited psychological characteristics of narcissism, self-expressionism, and
validation will have an edge. !
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Under Armour’s “What is Beautiful” campaign (http://whatsbeautiful.ua.com/) inspires
any athlete in training, amateur and professional alike, to go on a journey with others
around the country by sharing and documenting their training experience. Selfies are
a natural fit for this campaign, as many people are already part of the “fitspiration”
movement, documenting their workout progress and sharing their journeys with their
social networks. !
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Melissa Taylor, senior vice president of account management at The Marketing Arm,
states that usually when there is a promotion, consumers are not participating in a
brand because they are predisposed to be heavily invested in the brand. However,
“utilizing a smart promotion strategy you can execute something that is so
meaningful, or the process is powerful, that it compels the consumer to truly be
invested in the campaign, therefore driving interest and investment around the brand.
xxv Tom Edwards, senior vice president of digital strategy and innovation at The
Marketing Arm, states, “documenting personal progress through a selfie, for the right
brand, can align with the brand’s persona, thus creating something even deeper than
awareness – authenticity.” xxvi Under Armour succeeded through aligning natural
phenomena with their brand in an authentic, community-building way.!
Under Armour!
BRANDS LEVERAGING THE SELFIE !
Brand Examples!
http://whatsbeautiful.ua.com/ !
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GoPro, like Under Armour, does a good job of capitalizing on selfie self-expression.
“Our entire company’s mission is to make it easy to self-document and share life’s
experiences and look good doing it,” xxvii said GoPro Digital Marketing Manager
Kevin Platshon. For GoPro, a selfie campaign aligns with the brand’s mission and
offers users a compelling way to engage and capture the shots that people want to
share with their networks. Huffington Post Journalist Molly Fosco explains, “Content
that is shared and then re-shared among someone’s networks is content that incites
emotion, offers value, facilitates a connection, is one-of-a-kind, or says something
about the person sharing the content.” xxviii !
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But what about companies where a selfie promotion may not seem as obvious as
one related to lifestyle brands like Under Armour and GoPro? Who would have
thought that Denny’s would strike digital marketing gold with the #DennysSelfie
Tumblr campaign? The brand honed in on millennial needs and wants, such as an
affinity for humor, to embody the brand in a way that was funny and, more
importantly, made people want to go to the restaurant. The campaign then
encouraged fans to tag their trips to Denny’s with #DennysSelfie for a chance to be
reposted onto Denny’s Tumblr blog. As a result, Denny’s has had a constant stream
of content, with hundreds of thousands of selfies posted from fans since the
campaign launched in 2013.xxix Edwards applauds this smart approach, as now “the
consumer lives the truth for the brand and pushes the message for the brand on its
behalf.” xxx !
http://allsurethingsfall.tumblr.com/!
GoPro!
Denny’s!
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 Brands should be aware of the negative effects of the selfie, especially when those
posting are seeking self-validation due to low self-esteem. Where there is a post, there
is often a comment. Dove, a company known for driving body love of all shapes and
sizes since the launch of its Campaign for Real Beauty in 2004, recently launched a
selfie-focused extension to the campaign, which centered on driving attention to the
notion of cyberbullying. Knowing that body and self-esteem issues often stem from
mothers, Dove encouraged middle-school aged girls and their mothers to take selfies,
which were then printed, posted in a gallery as an art exhibition, and asked to be
commented on by others. xxxi Unanimously positive, these comments increased the
confidence of both the younger and older generation participants, who were shown
that what they might consider to be unattractive may actually be qualities envied by
others. !
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According to USC Annenberg Professor Burghardt Tenderich, “There will probably
always be a legal barrier to marketing, and a delay of what they will allow in relation
to how quickly the industry is moving.” xxxii This is an important consideration for
brands that must navigate their own internal structure for authorizing selfie-related
campaigns. !
Additionally, online privacy and
data permanence are serious
issues for brands to consider when
creating and executing selfie
campaigns. Children under the age
of 13 have their own special legal
protections for online privacy and
sharing. If brands are targeting
consumers under the age of 18,
they need to consider the
circumstances, and plan for the
additional legal hurdles that could
come with using a 16-year-old’s
selfie for their campaign. !
A Cautionary Tale!
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DoveUnitedStatesYouTube!
Jorge Calvo/dribble.com!
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For brands to leverage the #SelfieRevolution in a smart way that activates and
excites the consumer in 2014 and beyond, they will need to consider and focus on
the following: !
•  Deep emotional truths behind why people take selfies!
•  The shift toward native advertising!
•  Impact and opportunities that lie within mobile technology !
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Deep Emotional Truths Behind Why We Take Selfies!
For brands to be truly respected and engage with the consumer when using selfies
for campaigns, they must create value for the consumer. This comes first with
understanding selfie-takers’ psychological drives of narcissim, self-expressionism,
and validation. The Marketing Arm’s Taylor states, “If you can provide consumers
some utility and a better expression of self, and tap into how to better express the
self that people want to project to others in social media, then you’ve tapped into
something that is powerful and shareable.”xxxiii!
The Shift To Native Advertising!
There are native possibilities for brands to
utilize selfies. Technology apps that can
identify influencers already advocating for a
brand within an existing platform – and then
aligning those influencers in a natural way
with the brand’s message – can prove
incredibly effective. !
Impact and Opportunities That
Lie Within Mobile Technology!
The front-facing camera smartphone and
mobile-centric social media apps like!
Instagram and Snapchat are where the selfie has bred and fostered a movement.!
Mobile and selfies go hand-in-hand, and brands must focus their social marketing
efforts with a mobile-first mentality. !
THE FUTURE: BRANDS AND SELFIES!
Photograph	
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  iMore.com	
  
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On a macro level, the selfie phenomenon is a
testament to the impact of technology on our lives.
On a micro level, selfies highlight certain
psychological and emotional truths within us.
Brands who will win the #SelfieRevolution will take
both the sociological and psychological foundations
into consideration to create smart, authentic
campaigns that make sense and add value for the
consumer. Brands that simply climb onto the
bandwagon without diving deeper may end up
looking like the uninvited and unwanted guests at
the party.!
CONCLUSION!
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While the effectiveness of the selfie as part of a brand’s marketing strategy in three,
six, or 12 months remains to be seen, the psychological drives that compel us to snap
a selfie have been around for ages, and will not be going away anytime soon.!
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The Marketing Arm Digital and Fanscape Social have been leading social, mobile,
and content marketing for 16 years. Our mission is to always help our clients reach
and activate consumers and influencers to foster positive word-of-mouth sentiment
about their products. Our expert marketers have insight-driven and in-depth
understanding of consumer behaviors and are driven to increase our clients’ brand
identification, share-of-voice, and sales. !
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For additional information, visit www.fanscape.com, our blog
www.digitallyapproved.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr,
and LinkedIn. !
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Contact: Larry Weintraub | LarryW@fanscape.com | (310) 754-2830!
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smileandshowyouarebeauKful.blogspot.com/	
  
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i	
  David	
  Griner,	
  Adweek.	
  “Infographic:	
  How	
  Brands	
  Became	
  Selfie	
  Obsessed”	
  (Feb	
  11,	
  2014)	
  
hHp://www.adweek.com/adfreak/infographic-­‐how-­‐brands-­‐became-­‐Selfie-­‐obsessed-­‐155651	
  	
  
ii	
  As	
  of	
  March	
  23,	
  2014,	
  source:	
  Instagram	
  
iii	
  Kurt	
  Wagner,	
  Mashable.	
  “Study	
  Finds	
  77%	
  of	
  College	
  Students	
  Use	
  Snapchat	
  Daily.”	
  (Feb	
  24,	
  2014)	
  
hHp://mashable.com/2014/02/24/snapchat-­‐study-­‐college-­‐students/	
  	
  
iv	
  Colm	
  Gorey,	
  Silicon	
  Republic.	
  “Major	
  study	
  of	
  Selfies	
  finds	
  major	
  demographic	
  differences	
  between	
  countries.”	
  (Feb	
  24,	
  2014)	
  
hHp://www.siliconrepublic.com/new-­‐media/item/35914-­‐major-­‐study-­‐of-­‐Selfies-­‐find	
  	
  
v	
  Cooper	
  Smith,	
  Business	
  Insider.	
  “Here’s	
  Why	
  Instagram’s	
  Demographics	
  are	
  so	
  AHracKve	
  to	
  Brands.”	
  (March	
  13,	
  2014)	
  
hHp://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-­‐demographics-­‐2013-­‐12	
  	
  
vi	
  Fiona	
  KeaKng,	
  Interna9onal	
  Business	
  Times.	
  “Selfies	
  Linked	
  to	
  Narcissism,	
  AddicKon,	
  and	
  Mental	
  Illness,	
  Say	
  ScienKsts.”	
  (March	
  23,	
  2014)	
  
hHp://www.ibKmes.co.uk/Selfies-­‐linked-­‐narcissism-­‐addicKon-­‐mental-­‐illness-­‐say-­‐scienKsts-­‐1441480	
  	
  
vii	
  Stacey	
  Leasca,	
  Los	
  Angeles	
  Times.	
  “The	
  science	
  of	
  Selfies	
  is	
  serious	
  business	
  –	
  and	
  seriously	
  revealing.”	
  (Feb	
  25,	
  2014)	
  
hHp://www.laKmes.com/naKon/shareitnow/la-­‐sh-­‐science-­‐of-­‐Selfies-­‐is-­‐serious-­‐business-­‐20140225,0,3834176.story#axzz2w9qGQ9P9	
  
viii	
  Jon	
  Steel	
  (1998).	
  “Peeling	
  the	
  Onion”	
  in	
  Truth,	
  Lies,	
  and	
  Adver9sing.	
  John	
  Wiley	
  &	
  Sons,	
  Inc.:	
  New	
  York,	
  p.	
  105	
  
ix	
  Oxford	
  English	
  Dic9onary.	
  hHp://www.oxforddicKonaries.com/us/definiKon/american_english/narcissism	
  	
  
x	
  James	
  Kilner,	
  BBC	
  News.	
  “The	
  science	
  behind	
  why	
  we	
  take	
  Selfies.”	
  (Jan	
  16,	
  2014)	
  
hHp://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-­‐magazine-­‐monitor-­‐25763704	
  	
  
xi	
  Jennifer	
  Chen,	
  Personal	
  Interview.	
  March	
  20,	
  2014	
  
xii	
  Chris	
  Gayomali,	
  The	
  Week.	
  “Why	
  we	
  take	
  Selfies”	
  (Aug	
  19,	
  2013)	
  hHp://theweek.com/arKcle/index/248418/why-­‐we-­‐take-­‐Selfies	
  
xiii	
  Elizabeth	
  Day,	
  The	
  Guardian.	
  “How	
  Selfies	
  became	
  a	
  global	
  phenomenon.”	
  (July	
  13,	
  2013)	
  
hHp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/14/how-­‐Selfies-­‐became-­‐a-­‐global-­‐phenomenon	
  	
  
xiv	
  Jenna	
  Wortham,	
  The	
  New	
  York	
  Times.	
  “My	
  Selfie,	
  Myself.”	
  (Oct	
  19,	
  2013)	
  
hHp://www.nyKmes.com/2013/10/20/sunday-­‐review/my-­‐Selfie-­‐myself.html?pagewanted=2	
  
xv	
  Stacey	
  Leasca,	
  Los	
  Angeles	
  Times.	
  “The	
  science	
  of	
  Selfies	
  is	
  serious	
  business	
  –	
  and	
  seriously	
  revealing.”	
  (Feb	
  25,	
  2014)	
  
xvi	
  Chris	
  Gayomali,	
  The	
  Week.	
  “Why	
  we	
  take	
  Selfies”	
  (Aug	
  19,	
  2013)	
  
xvii	
  Elizabeth	
  Day,	
  The	
  Star.	
  “Selfies	
  –	
  self-­‐expression	
  or	
  narcissim?”	
  (July	
  25,	
  2013)	
  
hHp://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Features/2013/07/25/Of-­‐me-­‐with-­‐love.aspx/	
  
xviii	
  Chris	
  Gayomali,	
  The	
  Week.	
  “Why	
  we	
  take	
  Selfies”	
  (Aug	
  19,	
  2013)	
  
xix	
  Fiona	
  KeaKng,	
  Interna9onal	
  Business	
  Times.	
  “Selfies	
  Linked	
  to	
  Narcissism,	
  AddicKon,	
  and	
  Mental	
  Illness,	
  Say	
  ScienKsts.”	
  (March	
  23,	
  2014)	
  	
  
xx	
  Cooper	
  Smith,	
  Business	
  Insider.Snapchat	
  Users	
  Are	
  Sending	
  400	
  Million	
  ‘Snap’	
  Daily,	
  Edging	
  Past	
  Facebook’s	
  Photo-­‐Upload	
  Volume.”	
  (Nov	
  
19,	
  2013)	
  	
  hHp://www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-­‐edges-­‐past-­‐facebook-­‐in-­‐photos-­‐2013-­‐11	
  	
  
xxi	
  Jenna	
  Wortham,	
  The	
  New	
  York	
  Times.	
  “My	
  Selfie,	
  Myself.”	
  (Oct	
  19,	
  2013)	
  
xxii	
  Alice	
  Truong,	
  Fast	
  Company.	
  “This	
  Report	
  Shows	
  Why	
  Brands	
  Should	
  Embrace	
  Instagram	
  (If	
  They	
  Haven’t	
  Already).”	
  (Feb	
  13,	
  2014)	
  
hHp://www.fastcompany.com/3026419/fast-­‐feed/this-­‐report-­‐shows-­‐why-­‐brands-­‐should-­‐embrace-­‐instagram-­‐if-­‐the-­‐havent-­‐already	
  
xxiii	
  PR	
  Newswire.	
  “Gaining	
  AHenKon	
  for	
  Your	
  Brand	
  in	
  the	
  Age	
  of	
  the	
  Selfie.”	
  (Feb	
  11,	
  2014)	
  
hHp://www.prnewswire.com/news-­‐releases/gaining-­‐aHenKon-­‐for-­‐your-­‐brand-­‐in-­‐the-­‐age-­‐of-­‐the-­‐Selfie-­‐244934611.html	
  	
  
xxiv	
  Tina	
  Wells,	
  How	
  cool	
  Brands	
  Stay	
  Hot.	
  “Top	
  10	
  GeneraKon	
  Y	
  Trends	
  for	
  2012.”	
  (Jan	
  6,	
  2012)	
  
hHp://www.howcoolbrandsstayhot.com/2012/01/06/top-­‐10-­‐generaKon-­‐y-­‐trends-­‐for-­‐2012/	
  	
  
xxv	
  Melissa	
  Taylor,	
  Personal	
  Interview.	
  March	
  14,	
  2014	
  
xxvi	
  Tom	
  Edwards,	
  Personal	
  Interview.	
  March	
  18,	
  2014	
  
xxvii	
  Hanlya	
  Rae,	
  Digiday.	
  “Brands	
  take	
  Selfies,	
  too.”	
  (Feb	
  20,	
  2014)	
  hHp://digiday.com/brands/Selfie-­‐perspecKve-­‐brands/	
  	
  	
  
xxviii	
  Molly	
  Fosco,	
  The	
  Huffington	
  Post.	
  “Taking	
  a	
  Selfie	
  Has	
  More	
  to	
  Do	
  with	
  Self	
  Worth	
  Than	
  You	
  Realize.”	
  (March	
  5,	
  2014)	
  	
  
hHp://www.huffingtonpost.com/molly-­‐fosco/taking-­‐a-­‐Selfie-­‐has-­‐more-­‐_b_4901315.html	
  
xxix	
  Fernando	
  Alfonso	
  III,	
  The	
  Daily	
  Dot.	
  “How	
  Denny’s	
  became	
  Tumblr’s	
  diner.”	
  (July	
  11,	
  2013)	
  
hHp://www.dailydot.com/business/dennys-­‐tumblr-­‐gifs-­‐amber-­‐gordon/	
  	
  
xxx	
  Tom	
  Edwards,	
  Personal	
  Interview.	
  March	
  18,	
  2014	
  
xxxi	
  Anna	
  Lundberg,	
  Anna	
  S	
  E	
  Lundberg	
  Blog.	
  “Making	
  money	
  and	
  doing	
  good	
  at	
  the	
  same	
  Kme,	
  is	
  it	
  really	
  possible?”	
  (Jan	
  28,	
  2014)	
  
hHp://annaselundberg.com/tag/dove-­‐Selfies/	
  
xxxii	
  Burghardt	
  Tenderich.	
  Personal	
  Interview.	
  March	
  24,	
  2014	
  
xxxiii	
  Melissa	
  Taylor,	
  Personal	
  Interview.	
  March	
  14,	
  2014	
  
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#SelfieRevolution Fanscape White Paper

  • 1. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands Understanding the psychology behind the behavior to inform consumer marketing campaigns   A White Paper from The Marketing Arm/Fanscape 2014 (c) Fanscape, All Rights Reserved Author: Olga Kraineva June 2014
  • 2. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands 2 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! There is not a hotter photo phenomenon right now than the selfie. Every day millions of us take photos of ourselves and post them for the world to see. Why do we do it and how do brands capitalize on this trend are the two questions Olga Kraineva, account executive at Omnicom agency The Marketing Arm/ Fanscape, sought to answer in this White Paper. Olga pored through hundreds of articles and interviewed countless sources, and what she found was that psychological human patterns inspire us to take these self-centric photos, and that discerning brands can benefit from this knowledge. But while this understanding can be used to help engage consumers for marketing campaigns, if misused can backfire and stray significantly from the desired result.! ! A special thank you to Jennifer Gabrielli for her editing skills, and to all of our contributing experts for their research, knowledge, and advice.! ! We hope you enjoy.! ! Thanks!! ! ! ! Larry Weintraub! The Marketing Arm/Fanscape! ! ! ! ! ! OVERVIEW!
  • 3. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands 3 The selfie concept is simple: Take a photo of yourself, share it on your social networks, wait for feedback, rinse, and repeat. Thanks to the proliferation of mobile! ! INTRODUCTION TO THE SELFIE! 3 technology combined with the popularity of social media apps like Snapchat and Instagram, the behavior of “snapping a selfie” is easier than ever before. Featured in the millennials’ anthem “#Selfie” and named Oxford Dictionaries 2013 Word of the Year, the “selfie” is a full-fledged cultural phenomenon. Enter the #SelfieRevolution.! ! Brands are jumping on the selfie-taking bandwagon, as well; by December of 2013, ! What Is A Selfie?! Photograph  by  Pixel/iStock  Photo   207 brands ran selfie contests on Facebook and 781 contests on Twitter, a huge jump from the 13 and 252, respectively, at the beginning of the year.i This growth is just the tip of the #SelfieRevolution iceberg for the brand world in terms of potential consumer engagement.!  ! Our mission here is to explore the psychology behind why people take and share selfies, and how brands can better align themselves with this naturally occurring behavior to strengthen brand-consumer relationships. ! Deep Dive Into Selfies! What has triggered this recent surge in selfie-taking? It can be argued that the selfie dates back to the very first self-portraits painted on cave walls, but let’s fast forward to the more recent Flickr and MySpace era of the early 2000s. To share a selfie took effort. Standing in front of a mirror or blindly facing the Cannon/Nikon/ Sony camera’s lens toward ourselves, we would snap multiple attempts in hopes of netting a single usable image. Next we would upload the images onto our computers and then onto the Internet for the world to see. Today, in only a matter of seconds, our selfie comes to life as we use our smartphone to snap a picture with a front-facing, multi-megapixel camera, add a filter for artistic effect, and upload it instantly to any number of preferred social platforms. ! !
  • 4. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands With such ease, and a perceived cost of zero, we’re creating selfies at an unprecedented rate. As of March 2014, 313 million selfies have been uploaded under the hashtags #me and #selfie onto Instagram,ii while Snapchat claims that of the 400 million photos shared daily, the majority are selfies.iii ! ! So who’s guilty of sharing all these selfies? To answer this question, investigative website SelfieCity (http://www.selfiecity.com) analyzed over 120,000 Instagram images from five global cultural hubs: Berlin, New York, Sao Paulo, Bangkok, and Moscow. The study determined that the median age of the selfie taker is 24 and that women share selfies more than men. iv However, one must realize that this can be skewed, as the study took these photos from Instagram alone, where over 90% of the platform’s users are under the age of 35.v! 4 People who take selfies can be grouped into two categories: the Chronic Abuser or the Occasional Poster. Chronic Abusers take selfies multiple times a day. In one recent and extreme case, a UK teenager was hospitalized for selfie OCD after snapping over 200 photos of himself a day.vi The Occasional Poster, meanwhile, tends to only snap a selfie when the occasion presents itself to be favorable, such as sharing a great experience or simply having no one available to take the photo for them. Lev Manovich, SelfieCity’s project coordinator, says there is no constant thread between why people take selfies. Whereas some people take them to look good in front of their networks, others share to show what they are doing at a given time.vii! Selfie Takers! Graph  by  SelfieCity  
  • 5. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands 5 In “Truth, Lies, and Advertising,” author Jon Steel writes that it is important to “reach a deeper understanding of the way [consumers] think, feel, and behave; and then use those observations and discoveries … to begin to build a relationship with them.”viii In order for brands to create compelling marketing campaigns around selfies, it is important to understand the human drives of narcissism, self- expressionism, and validation that fuel the desire behind the behavior.! EXPLORING THE PSYCHOLOGY ! 5 Infographic  by  Nowsourcing   Narcissism! Narcissism has been defined as “excessive interest in oneself and one’s physical appearance.”ix Selfies embody this definition, as the tendency to take and retake photos “until we can produce an image that comes closer to matching our perception of what we think we look like”x feeds our desire to project our best self to others.! ! Jennifer Chen, strategy director at social media agency Fanscape, claims, “A big incentive for people to post and share selfies is due to the! instant gratification and envy-inducing tendencies of posting glorified snapshots of your life.”xi One 26-year-old female noted that she posts selfies thinking, “’Hey, look how hot I look with my new hairstyle’ … I do, however, expect my good friends and family to like my pics!”xii This expectation - and almost demand - for positive affirmation is a testament to why this behavior can be addicting, and so popular. ! Self-Expressionism! While this demand for positive affirmation may seem alarming, Birmingham graduate trainee Rebecca Brown counters, “People think if you take pictures of yourself, you’re self-obsessed … not necessarily. A selfie is a format and a platform to share who you are.”xiii Selfies can be seen as an exploration of self and a fulfillment of the need to see yourself as others perceive you. “There is a primal human urge to stand outside of ourselves and look at ourselves,” said Clive Thompson,xiv author of “Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better.” ! ! Learning about yourself goes hand-in-hand with self-expression, as you become what you share. Manovich describes taking a selfie as projecting to others a statement of “This is me at this point in time … This self-photography may be !
  • 6. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands indicative of a whole new photography movement and a way for individual self-expression.”xv For one 30-year-old journalist, selfies are an expression of how she views herself. “I love my work, so part of it is me saying, ‘Look at what I get to do today.’”xvi Selfies enable us to learn more about ourselves and then project to the outside world the moments we capture and believe to be the best examples of who we are. Through all these photo moments, we are building an ever-growing memory book for ourselves and future generations. ! 6 The last and arguably strongest need to post selfies is to fulfill our deep psychological need for validation and acceptance from our peers. Fast Company Associate Editor John Paul Titlow argues, “In today’s age people care more about what they look like and social acceptance comes only when the outside world accepts the way we look, even more so than the work we do, or the way we behave face-to-face.”xvii Through the connectivity of the Internet, this kind of community affirmation can be instantaneous, and addicting.! Validation! Photograph  by  @theriverwolf_/Instagram   A 54-year-old man claims that when he takes selfies, he hopes to elicit a reaction. In The Week’s article “Why We Take Selfies,” the author cites, “Our brains process visuals faster, and we are more engaged when we see faces. If you’re looking at a whole page of photos, the ones you will notice are the close-ups and selfies.”xviii This feeds into the cycle of posting selfies for attention and affirmation, as! Chronic Abuser posters most likely are driven by validation, needing outside affirmation for their own self-appearance, and are more likely to have self-esteem issues.xix ! Photograph  by  Frontback/Brit.co   those are the photos most likely to receive engagement, leading to a feeling of acceptance by your digital/social communities. ! !
  • 7. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands 7 Photos are the preferred way for people to share information via social networks. Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram see daily photo shares at 400MM, 350MM, and 56MM respectively. xx Jenna Wortham of The New York Times sees a preference for “online conversations and interactions that revolve around images and photos, [being] more effective at conveying a feeling or reaction than text.” xxi ! ! Brands tasked with telling a visually-appealing story that relates to the consumer must create content that is compelling enough to be “thumb-stopping.” Aside from selfies becoming a cultural phenomenon among millennials, images with faces create stronger reactions, lending credence to the supposition that brands that use selfies will see greater engagement.! WHY BRANDS SHOULD CARE! 7 Photograph  by  saferinternet.org/Denmark   Millennials + Instagram! SelfieCity’s research pointed to millennials as the largest proliferators of selfies. Brands that are hungry to engage with this audience may want to turn to photo-based social platforms like Instagram, which an L2 and Olapic report names “the [type of] social network that has seen the fastest growth, most engagement, and highest conversion from browser to shopper.” xxii ! Native Engagement! Consumers crave content that is an extension of their natural environment and not an outright marketing ploy. The rise of native advertising, defined by Wikipedia as “an online advertising method in which the advertiser attempts to gain attention by providing content in the context of the user’s experience,” is due to the consumer’s ability to scrutinize and demand higher-quality content relevant to their interests. Consumers have begun to own brand and product conversations at a level previously unseen, xxiii causing the traditional one-way message model to morph into a very active two-way dialogue that forces transparency and heightened customer service. If properly utilized, the selfie can offer the opportunity to create native and authentic engagement that humanizes a brand. !
  • 8. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands By embracing insight data on who’s taking selfies and why, brands can create campaigns that authentically take advantage of this cultural phenomenon. In a recent report, Buzz Marketing Group states, “The real winners in millennial marketing will understand how important it is to this demographic to have ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experiences.” xxiv Brands that create experiences for the consumer that tap into the previously cited psychological characteristics of narcissism, self-expressionism, and validation will have an edge. ! 8 Under Armour’s “What is Beautiful” campaign (http://whatsbeautiful.ua.com/) inspires any athlete in training, amateur and professional alike, to go on a journey with others around the country by sharing and documenting their training experience. Selfies are a natural fit for this campaign, as many people are already part of the “fitspiration” movement, documenting their workout progress and sharing their journeys with their social networks. ! ! Melissa Taylor, senior vice president of account management at The Marketing Arm, states that usually when there is a promotion, consumers are not participating in a brand because they are predisposed to be heavily invested in the brand. However, “utilizing a smart promotion strategy you can execute something that is so meaningful, or the process is powerful, that it compels the consumer to truly be invested in the campaign, therefore driving interest and investment around the brand. xxv Tom Edwards, senior vice president of digital strategy and innovation at The Marketing Arm, states, “documenting personal progress through a selfie, for the right brand, can align with the brand’s persona, thus creating something even deeper than awareness – authenticity.” xxvi Under Armour succeeded through aligning natural phenomena with their brand in an authentic, community-building way.! Under Armour! BRANDS LEVERAGING THE SELFIE ! Brand Examples! http://whatsbeautiful.ua.com/ !
  • 9. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands 9 GoPro, like Under Armour, does a good job of capitalizing on selfie self-expression. “Our entire company’s mission is to make it easy to self-document and share life’s experiences and look good doing it,” xxvii said GoPro Digital Marketing Manager Kevin Platshon. For GoPro, a selfie campaign aligns with the brand’s mission and offers users a compelling way to engage and capture the shots that people want to share with their networks. Huffington Post Journalist Molly Fosco explains, “Content that is shared and then re-shared among someone’s networks is content that incites emotion, offers value, facilitates a connection, is one-of-a-kind, or says something about the person sharing the content.” xxviii ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! But what about companies where a selfie promotion may not seem as obvious as one related to lifestyle brands like Under Armour and GoPro? Who would have thought that Denny’s would strike digital marketing gold with the #DennysSelfie Tumblr campaign? The brand honed in on millennial needs and wants, such as an affinity for humor, to embody the brand in a way that was funny and, more importantly, made people want to go to the restaurant. The campaign then encouraged fans to tag their trips to Denny’s with #DennysSelfie for a chance to be reposted onto Denny’s Tumblr blog. As a result, Denny’s has had a constant stream of content, with hundreds of thousands of selfies posted from fans since the campaign launched in 2013.xxix Edwards applauds this smart approach, as now “the consumer lives the truth for the brand and pushes the message for the brand on its behalf.” xxx ! http://allsurethingsfall.tumblr.com/! GoPro! Denny’s!
  • 10. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands  Brands should be aware of the negative effects of the selfie, especially when those posting are seeking self-validation due to low self-esteem. Where there is a post, there is often a comment. Dove, a company known for driving body love of all shapes and sizes since the launch of its Campaign for Real Beauty in 2004, recently launched a selfie-focused extension to the campaign, which centered on driving attention to the notion of cyberbullying. Knowing that body and self-esteem issues often stem from mothers, Dove encouraged middle-school aged girls and their mothers to take selfies, which were then printed, posted in a gallery as an art exhibition, and asked to be commented on by others. xxxi Unanimously positive, these comments increased the confidence of both the younger and older generation participants, who were shown that what they might consider to be unattractive may actually be qualities envied by others. ! 10 According to USC Annenberg Professor Burghardt Tenderich, “There will probably always be a legal barrier to marketing, and a delay of what they will allow in relation to how quickly the industry is moving.” xxxii This is an important consideration for brands that must navigate their own internal structure for authorizing selfie-related campaigns. ! Additionally, online privacy and data permanence are serious issues for brands to consider when creating and executing selfie campaigns. Children under the age of 13 have their own special legal protections for online privacy and sharing. If brands are targeting consumers under the age of 18, they need to consider the circumstances, and plan for the additional legal hurdles that could come with using a 16-year-old’s selfie for their campaign. ! A Cautionary Tale! ! DoveUnitedStatesYouTube! Jorge Calvo/dribble.com!
  • 11. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands 11 For brands to leverage the #SelfieRevolution in a smart way that activates and excites the consumer in 2014 and beyond, they will need to consider and focus on the following: ! •  Deep emotional truths behind why people take selfies! •  The shift toward native advertising! •  Impact and opportunities that lie within mobile technology ! ! 11 Deep Emotional Truths Behind Why We Take Selfies! For brands to be truly respected and engage with the consumer when using selfies for campaigns, they must create value for the consumer. This comes first with understanding selfie-takers’ psychological drives of narcissim, self-expressionism, and validation. The Marketing Arm’s Taylor states, “If you can provide consumers some utility and a better expression of self, and tap into how to better express the self that people want to project to others in social media, then you’ve tapped into something that is powerful and shareable.”xxxiii! The Shift To Native Advertising! There are native possibilities for brands to utilize selfies. Technology apps that can identify influencers already advocating for a brand within an existing platform – and then aligning those influencers in a natural way with the brand’s message – can prove incredibly effective. ! Impact and Opportunities That Lie Within Mobile Technology! The front-facing camera smartphone and mobile-centric social media apps like! Instagram and Snapchat are where the selfie has bred and fostered a movement.! Mobile and selfies go hand-in-hand, and brands must focus their social marketing efforts with a mobile-first mentality. ! THE FUTURE: BRANDS AND SELFIES! Photograph  by  iMore.com  
  • 12. What the #SelfieRevolution Means for Brands 12 On a macro level, the selfie phenomenon is a testament to the impact of technology on our lives. On a micro level, selfies highlight certain psychological and emotional truths within us. Brands who will win the #SelfieRevolution will take both the sociological and psychological foundations into consideration to create smart, authentic campaigns that make sense and add value for the consumer. Brands that simply climb onto the bandwagon without diving deeper may end up looking like the uninvited and unwanted guests at the party.! CONCLUSION! 12 While the effectiveness of the selfie as part of a brand’s marketing strategy in three, six, or 12 months remains to be seen, the psychological drives that compel us to snap a selfie have been around for ages, and will not be going away anytime soon.! ! The Marketing Arm Digital and Fanscape Social have been leading social, mobile, and content marketing for 16 years. Our mission is to always help our clients reach and activate consumers and influencers to foster positive word-of-mouth sentiment about their products. Our expert marketers have insight-driven and in-depth understanding of consumer behaviors and are driven to increase our clients’ brand identification, share-of-voice, and sales. ! ! For additional information, visit www.fanscape.com, our blog www.digitallyapproved.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, and LinkedIn. ! ! Contact: Larry Weintraub | LarryW@fanscape.com | (310) 754-2830! ABOUT ! Photograph  by  Joelle/hHp:// smileandshowyouarebeauKful.blogspot.com/  
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