Ill Manors: E-media questions

Facebook

On Facebook I found plan B’s page on this page I found several ways that plan B has used this social network site in order to promote ill manors and his music. Plan B has 8.3 million likes on his profile which means that he is very well known and that people will see if he has posted anything new. This means that plan b is able to target a mass audience and most importantly is a free way to advertise him product and inform people about him. Throughout the website links have been placed on nearly all the post about ill manors where people can pre-order ill manors on DVD, view trailer and how they can get the soundtrack of ill manors. On his Facebook page plan B also uploads images of his other pages and social networking sites such as twitter and Instagram, pictures on the studio and on set is another way that is used in order to attract the audience as they are able to see behind the scene footage which has been shared, liked and commented on which means that audiences are indirectly advertising due to their excitement. 

Twitter

Whereas twitter on the other hand on twitter plan b has 462k followers however the more people have posted on the twitter page and have all made reference to plan B success and also the success of ill manors. Again sales techniques are used in order to target a wide audience to buy the film but also be aware then they can buy it, prices have been placed along with links so that audiences can find it easier to be able to buy it easier which could mean people are more likely to buy it. Behind the scenes footage has been used more frequently this could have been done in order to get more followers or to just generally inform people of the progress of ill manors, this allows audiences to feel more part of the film as they are kept updated over a period of time which means that people may feel valued to know inside information. Information on competitions have been used also in order to engage with the audience which can be used to create a “hype” about the film and try to get more people to watch , buy and listen to plan B music and film. hashtags have been used also that people are able to connect more with plan b hastags such as #illmanors and cinema hashtags have been used in order to inform people of where they are but also again help promote what they are doing 

Instagram

 the instagram profile has an image of the ill manors dvd and also says to download now but also on demand now, the hastag #illManors is used in order to help promote the film. The hash tag has been placed on all platforms in order to help promote the film. an image of the of the dvd cover and blue ray cover is on the instagram page which again has been used across all platforms this have been an effective way of promoting the film because it means that there is consistency but also audiences are able to remember the same but also be able to recognise the ill manors brand and also the products an image of the dvd cover and blu-ray cover has been used through out all the media platforms for ill manors for consistency, however on social networking sites such as facebook and twitter this has also been done on plan B's youtube page providing 2 links that audiences can order from to get a copy of the film.

Youtube

The youtube channel uses provides has an image of his album cover which is then followed by star rating which are provided by newspapers such as the guardian, metro and independent. this help to promote the song because people would take an interest due to the high ratings that it has received which can influence them to listen and even buy the song. plan B also says that it is out now on "iTunes" which can again persuade people to get it as they know they can get it with a click of a button, another way that plan b has made it easier is he provides a link to the itunes store as well to sound cloud so that people can listen to it and comment. an example of the synergy that is used in plan b youtube video is that the channel provides the ill manors trailer and ill manors sound track. the youtube channel also provides link to buy the ill manors dvd as well as download the sound track. this helps promote the film because on all his social network which all provide links to buying the dvd as well as downloading the sound track. on his channel link to other social network sites are right at the top so they are easy to see which are google plus, facebook, twitter and soundcloud.