Mindshare: Internet-Enabled Intimacy for the Holidays

Last week StoryCorps made headlines for launching The Great Thanksgiving Listen a special project designed to get teenagers to interview their family members over the holiday Participation was made easy thanks to their app which provides suggested questions records the interview and uploads it for youamp160amp160So how did this project do For perspective since 2003amp160StoryCorps had collected and archived over 60000 stories But last week alone they uploaded 37000 new ones The recorded interviews are stored online through the Library of Congress made public for future generations to hearThe growth of StoryCorp follows another trend that weamp8217ve been tracking at Mindshare InternetEnabled IntimacyThe vast amountamp160of digital connection that we have today has helped fuel more intimacy between strangers and friends alike People are constantly sharing pieces of their lives online connecting with one another over shared experiences and feelingsIn fact technology is actually opening up routes to intimacy that may have otherwise never existed For instance the Apple Watch lets users share their heartbeats And the TJacket is a vest that hugs its wearer and can be controlled remotely it39s designed specifically for the mothers of autistic childrenFor brands and marketers thereamp8217s an opportunity to look at how you can facilitate or create consumer intimacy with technology in creative waysThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated bloggers

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