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小表情 大生意

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2020年01月11日

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小表情 大生意

这种小图标似乎已经成为一种新的社交语言和商业机会,不仅连教皇和卡戴珊都推出了自己的表情包,甚至发个表情就可以召唤美食外卖!

测试中可能遇到的词汇和知识:

vernacular 方言[və'nækjʊlə]

up-to-the-minute 最新的

droid 机器人[drɒɪd]

lexicon 词典['leksɪk(ə)n],复数 lexica或lexicons

authentically 真正地[ɔ'θɛntɪkli]

Emojis put on a commercial smile(662words)

By Hannah Kuchler in San Francisco and Shannon Bond in New York

What do the Pope,Pepsi,Playtex tampons and reality-television star Kim Kardashian have in common?They all exist in emoji form,the messaging icons that have gone beyond smiley faces to become a marketing phenomenon.

On Monday,Ms Kardashian released a set of emojis themed on her,on to the App Store. Popemoji is a set of cartoon icons developed by Swyft Media to coincide with the pontiff's visit to the US earlier this year.

Pepsi has made a short film and an emoji keyboard while Playtex uses emoji sentiment analysis to understand how women are feeling about its products.

“It's been this concentrated burst of emoji fever,” says Robert Candelino,vice-president and general manager for haircare at Unilever,the consumer goods group. “We saw emojis emerging as this new social vernacular,by which three-quarters of people in[the US]are communicating in a daily basis.”

Consumers are spending more time in messaging apps from Facebook Messenger to Instagram,the photo-sharing site on which nearly half the captions contain an emoji,and less time where marketers have been used to reaching them: in front of the TV.

Emojis are also becoming a business,with start-ups employing teams of artists to design up-to-the-minute images and advising marketers eager to become part of consumers' conversations.

“Emojis are the largest shift in consumer behaviour on the internet since social media,” says Travis Montaque,founder of Emogi,a marketing data company.

Walt Disney,the media group,allowed Twitter users who used the hash tag #StarWars on Twitter to automatically insert an icon of a droid into a tweet. You can order a pizza from Domino's by simply sending a pizza emoji via SMS.

Brands want to create a “visual lexicon” that people can incorporate into their online conversations,says Christian Brucculeri,chief executive of Snaps,a company that creates branded content,such as emojis,“stickers” and gifs.

The company has worked with 75 brands including fast-food chain Burger King,Unilever and Comedy Central,the television network,and says users have shared 100m images through messaging and social media.

The company is working on a new product for retailers that will attach emojis to digital coupons,which consumers can add to their mobile wallets and use in stores.

“We are seeing an increase in visual communications among consumers. Brands want to be part of that,whether with emojis or gifs and videos or animated experiences,” says Mr Brucculeri.

For Unilever's Dove brand,Snaps made an emoji keyboard consisting of 27 curly-haired women with various hair lengths,hair colours and skin tones,as part of its “Love Your Curls” campaign. The keyboard has been downloaded more than 850,000 times since its launch on November 4.

For the second season of the Comedy Central sitcom Broad City,an emoji,sticker and gif keyboard were aimed at “superfans” who might spread the word about the show,says Lesley Robin,director of social strategy. “We're always looking to reach our fans where they already are,using their existing behaviours,” she says. “Fans of Broad City are heavily into messaging: texting their girlfriends,using emojis on various apps.”

Other emoji businesses include San Francisco-based iMoji and Idibon,where former Stanford linguist Tyler Schnoebelen helps marketers understand how to use emojis authentically in communications including customer service.

Emogi lets people use emojis to react to online advertisements. To close a pop-up ad,the viewer clicks on the emoji that represents how they feel about it. The company is partnering with IBM to analyse sentiment and help marketers target their online advertising based on the information they get from its emoji-infused ads.

Mr Montaque expects this sort of online temperature-taking to be of particular interest to marketers during the US presidential election. “We see 2016 being a big year in political advertising as they look to influence voters' opinion,” he says.

1.Who can’t be found in emoji form?

A.Pope

B.Pepsi

C.Beckham

D.Kim Kardashian

[1] 答案

2.How many percent of American using emojis in a daily basis?

A.75%

B.50%

C.25%

D.60%

[2] 答案

3.What will happen if you send a pizza emoji via SMS to Domino’s in US?

A.get a emoji message from Domino’s

B.use StarWars emoji without money

C.chat with a droid

D.get a pizza at home

[3] 答案

4.Which one is wrong for emoji?

A.The company is partnering with IBM&T

B.Users can chose only one hair colour for the curly-haired women icon

C.The company is working on digital coupons

D.Users can close a pop-up ad

[4] 答案

[1]答案:C.Beckham

解释:卡戴珊、教皇和百事可乐都推出了属于自己的表情包。

[2]答案:75%

解释:原文使用的是“three-quarters”

[3]答案:D.get a pizza at home

解释:美国达美乐披萨公司向消费者推出“推特预订”服务。消费者只需要向达美乐发送代表披萨的emoji表情,就可以下单在家坐等披萨了。

[4]答案:B.Users can chose only one hair colour for the curly-haired women icon

解释:有27款卷发姑娘的造型,并搭配不同发色,能组合出多款表情。

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