With Hot New Offers and "Real" Marketing, T-Mobile, MetroPCS, and LG Inspire Consumer Buzz, While Talk Turns Negative for Android and iPhone - Seite 2

Likewise, improvements in online sentiment and online influence propelled MetroPCS into the top 10. The brand also realized a substantial increase in its offline influence score, which measures the extent to which everyday influencers, who have large social networks, talk about a brand in face-to-face conversations. Two well-timed promotions-one offering two unlimited lines for $75 that appeared early in 2017, and a second holiday offer-contributed to its higher scores.

"Innovation and value are the key factors driving sentiment for mobile phone service providers," said Ed Keller, CEO of Engagement Labs. "Consumers want to own the latest and greatest when it comes to smartphones, but they also don't want to pay a premium for data plans. Brands that deliver cutting-edge technology coupled with more affordable rates are more likely to generate positive conversations, both offline and on social media."

LG, the other big gainer in the latest analysis, benefited from the release of its new flagship phone, the V30, featuring such innovations as advanced multimedia capabilities and fast wireless charging. According to the Engagement Labs' analysis, the brand's "This is Real" video and social media campaign contributed to an increase in its online brand sharing score, which measures the extent to which people share the brand's marketing content in social media.

Sentiment, both online and offline, was the driving factor behind the fall of both Android and the iPhone in the rankings, Engagement Labs found. Rumors about Google's new Fuchsia OS rendering the Android OS extinct, and the news that Apple has been intentionally slowing down older iPhones, drove these scores lower.

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Engagement Labs (TSX VENTURE: EL) provides the world's leading brands with a unique and powerful data and technology solution to drive sales growth and improve marketing ROI. Our TotalSocial^® technology combines online social media listening metrics with the world's only ongoing measurement of offline word-of-mouth conversations into a single dashboard, to provide marketers with the ability to measure performance, diagnose areas of weakness and opportunity and identify specific strategies and tactics to increase sales and improve marketing ROI. TotalSocial is an "always-on" proprietary scoring system, based on the most important drivers of brand performance: Volume, Sentiment, Brand Sharing and Influence. TotalSocial tracks 500 brands across 16 major industry categories within the U.S., and 350 brands across 18 industry categories in the UK.

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