#WhereYouBelong – Fringies come back strong on Twitter and GetGlue Campaigns
Screencap obtained from Fringefiles.com
Truly, the best experience on Friday March 23rd, 2012 during the airing of “A Short Story About Love” was watching tweet reactions as fans witnessed the #WhereYouBelong tag on the bottom right corner of the screen when the episode started…but I am getting ahead of myself.
The nearly month-long hiatus has a difficult one given the situation that left our protagonists Peter and Olivia decidedly…apart. With Fringe’s return, fans will be rewarded with 8 straight uninterrupted Fridays of new Fringe episodes. Fringenuity intends to be there with fandom for every one of them with social media campaigns to support and bolster the show and keep fans and newcomers excited and watching live.
We knew the networks were starting to pay attention to the campaigns, but we were thrilled beyond belief when we were informed that FOX was contemplating displaying the campaign hashtag on the screen. This is a great moment for all Fringies that have been with us on this journey and experiment to try something different and be noticed as non-Nielsen viewers. FOX’s gesture signifies both the network’s support of Fringe and acknowledgment of fans of the show.
A day before the twitter campaign, Damian Holbrook, Senior Writer for TV Guide revealed in an exclusive article that FOX was going to broadcast #WhereYouBelong in place of the #Fringe tag usual found on the TV screen during the airing. (Click here for full details).
Also, incredibly exciting was news that Joel Wyman (@JWFringe), Josh Jackson (@VanCityJax), and Michael Cerveris (@cerveris) would be joining fans on twitter to celebrate the return of Fringe, episode 4.15, directed by showrunner Joel Wyman.
The twitter campaign launched with a big bang, landing #WhereYouBelong in the Worldwide trends within minutes of event start. The hashtag trended solidly for an hour and in numerous countries including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US.
*These were the best screencaps that I could pull from various countries.
Some stats (tracker by @Hashtracking)
Tweets: 56.9K
Contributors: 23.2K
Reach: 11.4M
Exposure: 26.8M
We’ve increased the number of contributing tweeters by nearly 10K since our #LoveIsTheAnswer campaign. The tweets contribution overwhelmingly came from the collective fandom as opposed to a few core contributors.
Another notable accomplishment included #WhereYouBelong hitting top stories on the Twitter discover tab.
And a definition of #WhereYouBelong when it hit the Worldwide trends:
Fringe topped Getglue check-ins for the evening:
To give you some perspective of the power of this fandom, #FeelAlive was a hashtag promoted (read paid) by JaguarUSA during the same time the #WhereYouBelong event ran. #FrozenPlanet was also a promoted tag (nearly a week before) by The Discovery Channel launching a series co-produced by Discovery and BBC. Below is an illustrative graph comparing the hashtags (from topsy.com). Are you in awe of Fringe fandom now?
I know that there continues to be a certain level of frustration that all this activity has not translated into an uptick in Nielsen ratings. Remember Fringies, these social media campaigns are aimed at getting networks and studios to rethink how audience and viewership is measured. We want to be counted! Keep up the enthusiasm and momentum and participate in these Friday campaigns and continue to let your voices be heard and let’s make history together.
Promo vids: @dalliel, @gillybee66, @fringeship, @bubblevillefan
Icons and banner artwork: @cheribot, @zort70, @sarahproost, @frozenaura
Event Countdown Widget: @Nikolai3ID
We are grateful to Damian Holbrook for his article in TV Guide.
Thank you to Joel Wyman, Josh Jackson, and Michael Cerveris for their wonderful livetweets and interaction with fandom.
Special thanks to Ari Margolis, FOX, and @FringeOnFox for making this wonderful experience possible.
Some notable tweets:
Some fan reaction tweets to #WhereYouBelong on screen:
Just WOW!!!! #Fringe #WhereYouBelong – Fringies come back strong on Twitter and GetGlue Campaigns http://t.co/g61PtL8i
The #Fringe fandom is so fucking awesome I cannot even #whereyoubelong http://t.co/NyaBQr7J so proud
Omg this is just so awesome!! Fringies are the best, can’t put in words how proud I am to be a part of #Fringedom! :’) http://t.co/dvdRcBDf
“@Fringeship: Fringenuity post of #WhereYouBelong trending outcome. http://t.co/ryV1m5mF Happy reading 🙂 and RT please.” AWESOME news!
This is just so amazing! I’m proud to be a Fringe fan and proud to be a part of the weekly efforts! Thanks to everyone who has made this possible…we are being heard!!!
@Fox_Research Interested in fan campaign efforts for Fringe in social media? http://t.co/N4KcPlJU. #WhereYouBelong. Thank you.
Amazed & a bit misty-eyed about the results of the #WhereYouBelong event. Now we know just how far we can go. http://t.co/0ZGrnCiC #Fringe
What’s so cool about these events, besides getting awareness up, is that they’re just SUCH GREAT FUN. It’s like having a big Fringe-watching party!
Incredible results. I’m so tickled to have participated! Congrats to all #Fringe fans!
@FOXBroadcasting @FRINGEonFOX @VancityJax @JWFRINGE –#Fringe rules twitter!! http://t.co/XAtwEBdi
@FoxBroadcasting @FringeonFox @VanCityJax @JWFringe @Fringenuity FRINGE FANDOM HAS TAKEN DOMINION OVER TWITTER!
Reasons my fandom is awesome: http://t.co/1qofXIG6 (tag @JWFRINGE)
I’ve been browsing the archives and I discovered Fringe Event Business, which I think is a fantastic initiative. Sponsors pay for the show and allow us to get our much-needed dose of Fringe awesome every week. I think it’s a great idea to show Fox and its advertisers and sponsors tangible proof that Fringe fans, by extension, support the businesses that support our show. I’m an international fan, so a lot of the US companies that advertise are not directly relevant to me. However, many of the larger brands like Apple have an intl presence. I am an Apple junkie, and I know I’m going to be sending Apple a jolly little pic of my Apple products and I watching Fringe together, with a note explaining how happy I am that they help sustain such a fantastic show and how glad I am to consume products from such a company.
That was one of the first things we tried before the Twitter events. Maybe we need to revamp it, and bring it back ? 😉
Yup! Because I know it’s the only thing that would bring me to Macs. Other than vanilla cones :/
@WhatsTrending Have you seen what fans of the show FRINGE have been doing on Twitter & GetGlue? http://t.co/0ZGrnCiC
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I definitely think bringing back Fringe Event Business would be good idea. Given that you now must have a lot more loyal followers including International ones it could be a great success with a bit of a push/campaign from you guys. I know as a UK Fan myself, it can be frustrating to not be able to help with regard to the ratings. This way would be able to include everyone somehow or another whilst also benefiting the show too?
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A #hashtag hits hard! Check out the #campaign for #Fringe http://t.co/agLz81HI #WhereYouBelong