- There has been a debate on how marketing was perceived in business in terms of the relationship between “buyer and seller” until it was understood that both parties contribute to marketing.
- Present trend days asserted this contribution in both parties as development in technology has changed the behavior in consumers.
- The author explains how there has been minimal academic discussion on co-creational marketing and that this paper focuses on these co-creational practices.
- Consumers began establishing a role in the marketing process by being a co-producer in the value of the product, specifically music.
- This resulted in the formation of five types of co-creational marketing such as viral marketing, sponsored user-generated brand (UGB) marketing, user-generated content (UGC) marketing, vigilante marketing, and prosumer marketing.
- Viral marketing essentially gives consumers the power to share artists music through social media platforms giving the producer little control of the marketing process.
- Sponsored user-generated brand marketing, also known as UGB marketing is when the consumer is able to contribute through contests set up by the artists/label which promotes music in a bit more of a professional way.
- User-generated content marketing, also known as UGC marketing, is almost like a mix of UGB and viral marketing which consists of video clips, mash-ups, Q&A’s and so much more made by the consumer, hence given the name “user-generated.”
- Vigilante marketing talks about advertising strategies brands do in order to market an artist while also not getting paid to do so.
- Prosumer marketing is when a consumer is much more hands on towards the creation of a product, in this case the music of an artist.
- The author restates his claim about the relationship between consumers and producers and how co-creational marketing strategies have evolved with the developments in technology.
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Thanks, Erick! This is a very informative summary of the different types of collaborative/”co-creational” marketing. Was it helpful in conceptualizing your argument? And: Can you include the citation for the source you summarized here?