O fenômeno do shopstreaming

A mudança de comportamento do consumidor e o que temos a aprender com o modelo de e-commerce chinês.

Em 1995, quando a internet ainda pedalava no modo discado, uma pequena empresa americana se propôs a vender livros pela internet e, assim, praticamente inventou o e-commerce. O nome dela? Amazon. Hoje, a plataforma que vende de tudo é tão onipresente na vida dos consumidores que é até difícil imaginar que um dia ela foi pequena. Depois de vinte e cinco anos ditando o comportamento do consumidor nas compras online, a empresa de Jeff Bezos vê seu modelo se tornar ultrapassado diante da sua grande concorrente chinesa, o Alibaba.

Se a Amazon inventou o e-commerce, o Alibaba o revolucionou em definitivo. O panorama de comércio eletrônico tem, hoje, esses dois grandes modelos. De um lado, o americano, no qual a Amazon é pioneira e cuja dinâmica de vendas é baseada na pesquisa de produtos – tanto que a empresa de Bezos é a segunda maior plataforma de pesquisa no mundo, atrás do Google, claro.

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Do outro lado, no modelo chinês, as vendas são feitas dentro das plataformas de entretenimento: os consumidores compram enquanto assistem a um show, jogando um game, vendo o time de futebol favorito jogar, em uma live de uma influenciadora que fica experimentando as roupas, entre outros tantos exemplos. É um modelo 2.0 de e-commerce – enquanto o americano da Amazon é 1.0

Esse novo jeito de fazer compras tem até nome, shopstreaming. E se o Alibaba não inventou o termo, ao menos posso dizer que foi a gigante chinesa que o popularizou. Uma das grandes sacadas do grupo Alibaba foi ter se apropriado de uma data inventada nos anos 1990 por universitários chineses, o Single’s Day (Dia do Solteiro), uma espécie de antídoto do Dia dos Namorados no qual os solteiros se mimam com presentes.

Em 2009, o Alibaba criou um grande festival que mistura entretenimento e vendas para celebrar a data. É como se fosse um mix de Oscar e Emmy, mas que em vez de premiar o cinema ou a música, vende produtos. No ano passado, dez anos depois da criação do festival, eles bateram a incrível marca de US$ 38,4 bilhões em vendas. Para se ter uma ideia da grandeza, é um valor três vezes maior que o arrecadado pelo e-commerce brasileiro durante todo o ano de 2019 (R$ 61,9 bilhões). Sim, eu sei, é injusto comparar um mercado consumidor de um país com 1,3 bilhão de habitantes com um de 209 mil. Ainda assim, há de se reconhecer, é um feito notável.

O evento, que teve como grande estrela a cantora americana Taylor Swift, reuniu 200 mil marcas de 78 países e lançou um milhão de novos produtos (o Alibaba incentiva a oferta de descontos e lançamento de itens exclusivos no dia). As marcas mais vendidas foram as americanas Nike e Apple; aliás, eletrônicos, roupas, cosméticos e artigos de beleza em geral foram os mais comprados. E, dado mais que relevante, 90% das compras foram feitas por celular.

Em terras brasileiras
No Brasil, o e-commerce começou em definitivo em 2000. Nesses vinte anos, o consumidor brasileiro foi perdendo gradativamente o medo de fazer compras sem sair de casa, impulsionando o comércio eletrônico ano a ano. Mas nada vai se comparar ao impacto que a pandemia do coronavírus causou nas vendas online. Se alguém antes ainda tinha medo de consumir dessa forma, o perdeu em definitivo. Só em 2021 vamos ter os números concretos do aumento do consumo via internet, mas uma coisa eu posso afirmar com certeza: a pandemia antecipou o modelo chinês no Brasil em pelo menos dez anos.

Tanto que o shopstreaming já é uma realidade por aqui. Marcas como Americanas, Riachuelo, ChilliBeans e tantas outras já surfam no novo formato, usando principalmente as lives, o maior legado sociocultural da pandemia, como base. Apesar disso, o modelo 1.0 da Amazon ainda é o que vigora no Brasil.

E é também por causa da pandemia que eu acredito que a Black Friday vai ser o ponto de virada na nossa forma de comprar, passando do estilo americano para o chinês. Este ano não vai ter a euforia já conhecida pelos brasileiros na porta das lojas. A pandemia não acabou, a vacina milagrosa não chegou e nenhuma rede varejista quer correr o risco de ver gente se aglomerar na frente de seus pontos de venda. Não duvido até que o comércio esteja fechado nesse dia, justamente para evitar situações típicas da data. As estratégias terão de ser outras. Onde as pessoas estarão “aglomeradas” de forma segura? Nas lives.

Se bem utilizada pelas marcas brasileiras, com aposta em entretenimento aliado aos anúncios de ofertas, a Black Friday tem de tudo para ser o nosso Single’s Day e, ao mesmo tempo, a virada de chave na cabeça do brasileiro na forma de consumir.

Em um futuro não muito distante, a grande maioria estará fazendo suas compras enquanto se diverte. Você estará assistindo a um grande chefe de cozinha ensinando como fazer um hambúrguer em uma live e, ali embaixo na tela, terá um QR Code para comprar o hambúrguer. A Marina Ruy Barbosa estará fazendo uma live para uma marca de roupas, na qual ela experimenta os modelitos, e, naquele mesmo momento, a consumidora compra a roupa que a atriz está provando. É a dinâmica conhecida como see now/buy now, que tende a ficar cada vez mais rápida e prática com novas tecnologias que vão surgindo.

Comprar de maneira nativa, com poucos cliques, o produto que sua celebridade favorita está usando ou indicando vai se tornar prática corriqueira. Misturar rede social, consumo de conteúdo e comércio eletrônico é o próximo passo que as empresas precisam dar no Brasil.

Nessa guerra nada fria entre os modelos americano e chinês, o segundo está ganhando de lavada. Hoje, quando o assunto é consumo, é a China quem aponta para o futuro.

Por: Rapha Avellar | MIT Technology Review

It is unquestionable that society has changed after COVID-19. Changes are profound, structures are altered. Anything that is superfluous or can be left for another moment is ignored. The essential is the focus. Life was and is still being rethought.

All consumption has changed

The new social network

Thus, comes the consumption of products, content, services and arguments. Social dynamics, often based on appearances, now seek truth. Empathy went beyond the affinity for available satisfaction, it is for the deep connection with values. And I’m talking about connections with brands, not just people. Brands and their products must realize that the relationship with their audiences is no longer limited to meeting their desires and selling. Thus, online social networks are now showcases of feelings. People access it to get involved and engage. Not to undergo pressure to purchase. Brands should view their audiences with more sympathy. Whoever manages to generate information and influence offers support to the moment and not talking about their products.

More content

There is more content and less advertising. These are values and not product details. Even conceptual brand campaigns should work not only on superfluous promises and projections, but above all on well-being, even better if it is collective. The new social network is felt as a community as it is not possible to have the same contact and exchange as before. Everyone is confined, dominated by fear and uncertainty. This is the opportunity for brands to assume their role in society as motivators of new attitudes and transform the bad things, like a pandemic, into restructuring of what matters within the consumer market.

Author: Renata Dembogurski 

Now that everyone has to be on the web to be relevant to the consumer it is a task that blows your brains out. In addition to requiring well-targeted investments in digital media with a total transformation and digitalization of the company, deciding how to be present and what to present to the public brought several dilemmas. One of them is that in order to differentiate the market, the brand and its products now need to delve into information that previously could arise with a touch, in conversations and with eye contact. This detail goes well beyond sizes and composition, it also includes the origin of materials and means of production. After all, brands are currently evaluated for their activism and transparency.

Never just one more

Consumers have a multitude of products that are often difficult to choose just from their photos within an e-commerce. Thus they end up opting for the brand-embedded concepts. It tells the company’s history, how it behaves in society, what it thinks and how its products express its values. Quality is a part of this new mix of elements that demonstrate the degree of commitment and specialty. And that also bring the level of trusteeship and not just a distributor. Which means that the public trusts the reputation of the chosen brand.

Thus, a communication and marketing strategy needs to align the brand in order to inform and collaborate with the moment of purchase and not only trace the path between the parties. The increment even includes image, not only with the choice of the best photos, but also, when linking abstract items to increase affinity.

Another dilemma of the moment is how to be present. Digital media opportunities go through social networks, marketplaces, Google, app, streaming platforms and many other meeting points.

After all, where to be?

Targeting revenue requires a thorough understanding of public behavior and the impact that each medium will have on it. This reading and the correct investment application comes by adding intelligence and knowledge to the strategies. It cannot be a broad, generic and unfounded statement. It demands a conscious brand development in the digital expansion protected by professionalism. After all, to be chosen, the journey goes far from being just one more in the digital market.

Author: Renata Dembogurski 

You need digital marketing and you may not know how much! Maybe 39%. Parameters were revolutionized with the twists of this year. Consumers have changed their behavior, requiring a complete assessment of sales strategies. It is unthinkable not to act fast. It takes strength to take advantage of the remaining breath and expand the audience’s perception.

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Those who think about waiting to risk and invest in communication will see the competition take their place and sales decrease. In addition, according to a global study by Kantar on consumer attitudes and media habits, only 8% of respondents believe that brands should stop their advertising activities in the current context. Certainly, having a presence is more than remaining visible, it’s generating empathy and engagement. Therefore, connecting with the public is also creating an ongoing relationship. And staying away from the consumer interrupts any feeling of affinity.

In fact, Kantar still warns that a six-month absence from advertising would result in an estimated 39% reduction in total brand awareness. That’s right: your brand can lose 39%!

Everyone knows that good ideas come around in times of crisis, it is necessary to go beyond the usual. In this sense, communication and marketing actions can be the best partner to leverage objectives. The start can be a brand repositioning with an innovative reading that perceives where it serves the consumer in these new times. Adding captivating values, encouraging other uses, building empathy can lead to better levels of revenue in a digital marketing transformation. This is the authentic being that the public wants to see in what it consumes.

Perceive: what it wants to SEE. If the product does not circulate, it is no longer present to the audience, how can it be noticed? The brand’s attitude starts with believing in the market and its potential in this scenario. Basically, the consumer will buy what he/she wants. At that moment it is above all positivism and stability. Therefore, digital marketing is the tool to generate this sensation while maintaining support for the brand. Think about it. But don’t just think. Run to earn more.

Author: Renata Dembogurski 

3 things marketers can do to accelerate digital marketing transformation

If the past several months have taught us anything, it’s that life can change dramatically at a moment’s notice. For marketers, having a flexible, measurable strategy feels more important than ever.

The pandemic has required businesses in every vertical to rethink and adapt their strategies for changing consumer behavior. All of this disruption also comes at a time when many companies are trying to navigate new policies and regulations aimed at improving consumers’ online experiences and respecting their privacy.

One way companies can navigate these challenges is by increasing their digital marketing maturity. This means putting the right technology and organizational strategies in place to achieve effective reach and measurement while honoring users’ privacy preferences.

Companies that are less digitally mature rely mostly on third-party data for their marketing campaigns. With limited first-party data, they are unable to connect online and offline touchpoints, making it harder to understand their customers. Digitally nascent companies are also less likely to use advanced tools like cloud-based analytics or machine learning. And even when they do have the right data and tools in place to succeed, these companies often lack the resources required to drive success.

Research shows that when businesses do put the right strategies in place, they see enormous impact. In a 2018 study we did with Boston Consulting Group (BCG), we found that companies that had achieved full digital maturity, that were able to deliver relevant content to consumers at multiple moments across the customer journey, saw cost savings of up to 30% and revenue increases of as much as 20%.1.

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HOOKO Innovation is a driving company products and services internationally. It uses its expertise to improve performance in the areas of commercialization, marketing, communication and content for multiplatforms. Its main objective is to innovate, create means for a new digital and connected world, develop commercial and communication strategies to monetize.

In practice, this works by offering complete and integrated solutions in the worlds of sales and branding. Relevant planning and content where the audience is. This performance transforms the experience of the user and the final public.