5 Ways to Make the HTC One a Hit and Smack Samsung
Feb 21, 2013 08:24 AM EDT by HTC’s CEO knows his company has a problem. It’s not that the smartphone pioneer doesn’t know how to make good devices—the HTC One X and One S were two of the best phones of 2012. It’s that the company has been outgunned on both the innovation and (especially) the marketing front by you-know-who. While Samsung has become the epitome of anti-Apple cool, it’s not clear what HTC stands for. After watching the unveiling of the HTC One this week, I’d say this perennial underdog has a chance to steal some much needed share away from its bigger rival. But to truly execute, HTC will need to follow my five tips.
1. Pay Your Partners to Promote the Heck out of BlinkFeed
HTC was smart to trot out an ESPN global sales and marketing president during its introduction of BlinkFeed, a new service for the HTC One that streams live updates to the phone's home screen. With more than 1,400 content partners in its stable, it's in HTC's best interest to leverage its partners to give this phone more scale.
Part of HTC's marketing budget must go to brands like ESPN, MTV, AOL and others so that anyone who tunes into SportsCenter or Snooki & Jwoww know that there's a new way to keep up on the latest scores and Snooki's top 5 diaper changing tips. Lip service on launch day just won't cut it; HTC must foster these partnerships heading up to and well beyond launch so that the One is top of mind when folks are watching these programs.
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February 22nd, 2013 at 9:24 pm
>The HTC One is the first smartphone ever that can double as a TV remote out of the box without a third-party
>accessory.
Not so; the Nokia N900 had an infrared port.
March 23rd, 2013 at 2:02 am
I totally agree on every point, very good prospective. In my honest opinion they should pay you and usr this buisness model.. LOL..matter of fact I’m about to write HTC about it now! I love HTC. I’ve been along side then since the touchpro..had the tp2, hero, EVO 4g, EVO 3d, EVO 4g LTE…n soon to be the ONE. It kills me to see there failure and the success of no where near as quality products because of stupid marketing to people who are brainwashed into believing a certain brand is best because of huge marketing of gimmicky features.. cough cough Samsung/Apple….
March 23rd, 2013 at 2:12 am
And 1st commenter Joseph…His phrase is totally correct. The Nokia n900 may have had an infrared port, but it wasn’t able to double as a tv remote out of the box or without the help of a third party app…I believe the one used on n900 was irreco and pierogi.