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Porsche Pinterest Fail

07 March on Experience, Marketing, Pinterest, SoMoLo   Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
 

Porsche launched a new website teasing about their new vehicle the "Macan". Toted proudly under the intro video is the Pinterest icon. How exciting! A major company like Porsche that produces visually stimulated vehicles has embraced the newest of the photo social media phenomenon!

Alas, they have left you with a facepalm moment. They have a total of two boards! Which means they've taken the time to delete the default 5 and create two of their own. But they never filled in the boards! Even more appalling is the board about their new Macan only has 2 photos! This company should have thousands of photos, and hundreds of videos pinned. If not pinned from their existing sites, at least directly uploaded to the network. This is an epic social media fail by Porsche.

LESSON: If you're going to link people to one of your networks, you better be sure that its primed and ready for action.

Merlin U Ward is a passionate marketeer and strategist. As a serial entrepreneur he has built multiple companies in a variety of industries including tourism, nightlife, video, business networking and marketing. Google

  • http://twitter.com/AboveTheStatic Steve Birkett

    Nice work catching this early, as I’m sure they’ll rush to fill this as people mention it. It’s really baffling that a company with Porsche’s staffing and financial resources would overlook something this glaring….feel free to rush to the shiny new object, but be sure you know how to use it before you show off your skills to your friends!

    • http://MerlinUWard.com/ Merlin U Ward

      I totally agree! I’m checking in everyday to see what progress is made…. Hopefully it would be overlooked for long!

  • http://womeninbusinessradio.com Michele Price

    Right how is it us “small boutique agencies” with less resources think of this and do it better.  Where is the lesson here Big Brands?

    • http://MerlinUWard.com/ Merlin U Ward

      I blame it on empowerment and accountability. Maybe a little understanding ;-)

    • http://twitter.com/maeuy Mae Uy

      Big brands usually have a long and tedious approval process in terms of what gets uploaded online. I’m sure that’s a big factor.

      • http://MerlinUWard.com/ Merlin U Ward

        Great insight, Mae! This may be true, but they should not have started it without approval to do it correctly.

  • Samantha

    I find the spelling in this article “appalling.”