How #Digital #Media Helped Formula 1 Stay Relevant in the New Digital Era

Points - No focus on digital media - How they came in * The 5 points they realized (dial-up personalities, being playful with franchises, go big on lists, digging * into archives, knowing when to go in-depth) 1 Youtube 2 Instagram 3 Twitter 4 Tiktok Formula one racing is one of the biggest and arguably the most well-known forms of motorsport in the world. We have 10 teams with 2 drivers each driving around the most popular circuits around the world at insane speeds all with the aim of drivers and teams achieving glory. Hi im jene burgers and in this podcast ill be chatting about How Digital Media Helped Formula 1 Stay Relevant in the New Digital Era With all the money that gets invested into the sport it's incredibly difficult to believe that they didn't really have a focus on digital marketing up until recently. Okay, not 2020 recently but roundabout 2017/18 recently. Before they realized the need for a more detailed digital marketing plan the sport was in no way in the dark. They had and still have an app which fans can download and then be kept up to date on race dates and times, time standing during a race, and some more forms of content beyond what could be seen on tv like feature articles and video content, the app now isn't much different obviously if you get to opt to subscribe and pay for their premium content you get a whole lot more but the standard app does pretty well in my opinion. They also started multiple social media accounts as various platforms gained popularity, you can find official F1 accounts on Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook, and recently Tiktok. In a google blog, Adam Crother (the head of digital media rights for formula 1) spoke about how the team created a list to help them engage with the new generation of fans. This new generation are the ones who knew how to find and play their favorite game on their parent's phone before they could write their own name and in order to reach them you have to be where they are: Social media The 5 points they came up with were: dial-up