Saturday, March 5, 2016

Red Bull Social Media Breakdown

Red Bull Social Media Breakdown


Red Bull has a large presence on almost all current social media outlets. Lets take a look at each one together.

First point to consider is the brand. Red Bull doesn’t really use the social media to promote their drinks. They use it more to promote everything they put their name on. That can range from events all the way to racecars and athletes they sponsor.

Looking at their Facebook

They have over 45 million likes. Red Bull has around 37 verified Facebook pages for different brands related to the different events and sports they’ve sponsored or hosted. Be warned because Red Bull sponsors such a large variety sports your timeline feed on Facebook will be full of posts. Red Bull averages around 10+ posts a day. Keep in mind these posts are usually shares from the other Facebook pages and or small clips of events or athletes doing something cool. The two most popular pages are the main Red Bull page and the Red Bull Racing page.  They do a good job promoting events they host and support the athletes they sponsor. Having multiple Facebook pages can have it perks and cons as well. The largest perk being the information you want to put online is more organized.  As long as followers know what they are looking for they will have no problem finding what they are looking for and will receive informative updates. A large con can be followers not landing on the right page. Some users may not be aware of the dedicated pages Red Bull offers.

Next lets a take a look at Red Bull’s Twitter 

They have around 2.12 million followers. They’ve tweeted around 68 thousand times. They tweet around 7+ times a day and will retweet mainly Red Bull TV’s tweet around 5+ times a day. Like Facebook, Red Bull has multiple accounts to the different sports. They will retweet popular tweets from their other accounts on to the main Red Bull twitter. Good on Red Bull for making use the retweet feature.  Using the retweet feature they understand they can draw attention to the other accounts by posting retweeting that content on the main page. This can help redirect potential followers to that page.

Finally we take a look at their YouTube 

Red Bull is known for the video they post of athletes doing cool tricks. They are just shy of 5 million subscribers and have over 1 billion views. They post some of the best action sports clips on the web and YouTube exclusive series on their channel.  Each video does a solid job of promoting their social media sites. Based on when events take place you can expect at least 10+ videos a month averaging around 5 minutes.  

Here is a link to their most viewed video. Currently sitting at 48 million views.


So now we have taken a look at Red Bull from social media stand point. Red Bull has very strong online presence and they only suggestion I have is they make sure they understand the pros and cons of having so many different pages dedicated to all the sports and events they apply their name to.

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