Watchdog Success Story: Fostering Goodwill and Elevating Visibility
Addigy, a SaaS mobile device management solution for managing fleets of Mac OS devices, faced a challenge when their proprietary solution “Watchdog” discovered a problem with Apple’s own software inside of devices that was causing one in four devices to reject a RSR patch.
Our objective was twofold. First, highlight Addigy’s expertise in managing Apple devices. Secondly, to generate Apple IT administrators’ goodwill by releasing “Watchdog” as a free download to any Apple IT admin, regardless of which mobile device management software they used. Addigy’s Watchdog would work on top of any solution already installed within an organization.
Apple IT administrators are a tight knit community and they get their news from Apple-oriented outlets as well as massive, dedicated Slack channels and Reddit Forums. The Mac Admin Foundation Slack channel boasts more than 57,000 accounts on the MacAdmins Slack and more than 5000 weekly active users. Escalate’s strategy was to generate validating earned media coverage, and then merchandise that into the Apple IT admin community sites, where it would pick up its own momentum among potential users.
