61. 29 March 201529 March 2015
Phillip Haid // Co-Founder + CEO
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29 March 2015
Editor's Notes
How many of you have children?
How many of you have had this experience?
You keep talking to convince your child but s/he is not listening
We do the same thing when it comes to marketing social issues.
We talk at our audience in what I like to call “show and tell”
We have the Ad Council to blame for this because they have been so great at it
Creating iconic campaigns we all remember
Smokey the Bear – reminding you to put out your fire
This is your brain on drugs
A mind is a terrible thing to waste – United College Negro Fund
Crash Test Dummies - Vince & Larry – Telling us to “Buckle Up”
Hal & Joanne – Body Break for ParticipACTION
As a result of past success we keep doing the same thing – telling people what we want them to know and hoping it will breakthrough
IN A 24/7, MOBILE OBSESSED, MULTI CHANNEL UNIVERSE, TELLING RARELY WORKS ANY MORE
And not because the campaigns aren’t great – cause I just showed you a bunch of incredible ones
There is too much noise and people are saturated
Don’t tell me what I should do
Engage me.
Help me do it.
Incent me. Reward me. Recognize me. Make me laugh. Or Feel part of something.
I want to make the case that engagement is where it is at for social issue/social impact marketing