BISG Making Information Pay 2016 tackles cause marketing in publishing, with highlights from Penguin Random House, Little Pickle Press, and First Book, moderated by Ashley Gordon of Mockingbird Publishing.
1. Why and How
"BeingGood" Pays
Case studies featuring the commercial rewards of social
enterprise and cause marketing for publishers
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2. Cause
Marketing
Snapshot
Corporate/nonprofit partnerships are growing.
Cause sponsorships are expected to increase from $1.92 billion in
2015 to $2 billion in 2016.
Consumers have embraced the idea of doing well by doing good.
71% of consumers have participated in a point-of-sale donation
90% of consumers say they would switch brands to those
associated with a cause, given comparable price and quality
Current and potential employees are looking for a chance to
make a difference.
Six of ten Millennials say a sense of purpose is the reason they
chose to work for their current employer.
A majority of employees say work that allows them to contribute
beneficial change to the world is essential to their happiness.
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Media For A Better World
Little Pickle Press + Kids for Peace’s The Great Kindness
Challenge
(January 5, 2016 through May 1, 2016)
#BeKind IMPACT
• Offered free ebook and discussion guide
to 8,000+ schools
• Over 5 million students participated in
61 countries and all 50 states
• Helped inspire more than 250 million
acts of kindness
• Expanded our social media reach 570%
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• Donated 15% of net sales
• Net sales $11,721
• Donation to The GKC $1,758
• Demonstrated commitment to
mission of fostering kindness
• Raised profiles of all stakeholders
• Garnered national media
coverage: PW, the Independent &
Foreword Reviews
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Little Pickle Press + Cabot Creamery Cooperative + ONE Campaign
(March 2, 2015 through December 31, 2015)
#BCorps4ONE IMPACT
• Expanded social media reach by 8M+
• Increased house list by >75% over
previous 10 months
• Donated 15% of net sales
• Net sales $30,356
• Donation to ONE $4,553
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• Monetized a backlist title
• Leveraged B Corp synergies
• Aligned content with cause
• Garnered national media coverage:
PW, the Independent, B Hive & CCC’s
Beyond the Book
• Forged new partnership with Cabot
and KaBoom! for our Farm2Table app
8. By the Numbers
• Ran from Nov 16 – Dec 24, 2015
• Donated a total of 50K books (increased from 35K)
• Reached over 47K hashtags
• Website had:
• 14,000+ page views
• Almost 10K unique visitors
• Giving Map featured over 700 stores
• Including 650 B&N stores and 60 independents
• 1,300+ unique visitors
• FB Community: 6,700+ Likes
• + 3400 likes from PY
• Twitter: 2,100+ followers
• +800 followers from PY
• 500 consumers signed up for GiveaBook email updates and
publisher e-newsletter
10. Firs Book Reach and Impact
3 million children
annually
140 million books and
resources provided
250,000 educators
serving kids in need
Pilot book distributions
in 30 countries
Established award-winning presence
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Story Theme/Value Corporate
Partner
Non-Profit
Beneficiary
Celebrate
diversity
Writing is
powerful
Be safe
Be green
Everyone
has value
Brand Partnerships: Aspirational
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Story Theme/Value Corporate
Partner
Non-Profit
Beneficiary
STEAM
Growth mindset
A smile can
change the world
Fostering
entrepreneurship
Yes We Are! Respect all
families
Brand Partnerships: In Process
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Story Theme/Value Corporate
Partner
Non-Profit
Beneficiary
End hunger
Be healthy
The power of
kindness
_
Celebrate diversity _
Be compassionate
_
Brand Partnerships: Achieved
17. Four options for cause marketing partnerships
Book donations
based on a
purchase at retail
Option 1:
Book donations
based on a
monetary
donation
Option 2:
Book donations
based on social
media activation
Option 3:
FIRST BOOK PARTNERS WITH PUBLISHERS TO
SUPPORT BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Book donations
based on event
activation
Option 4:
Cause-marketing partnerships require regulatory compliance, as detailed in the following examples
18. Who Doesn’t
Love Dogs?
Elements of a successful
cause marketing
partnership
• For profit partner: Surf-Style
• Not-for-profit partner: BARC
(Baldwin County Animal
Rescue Center)
• Venue:The Hangout
• Audience: Millennial music
festival goers
• Record-breaking day of
donations for the charity
• Hundreds of social media
interactions
• Onsite advertising and
goodwill
• Direct sales at nearby
location
19. From Beach to
Books
Elements of a successful
cause marketing
partnership
For profit partner
• Publisher, Dog Book Author
Not-for-profit partner
• Local Animal Shelter
Venue
• State Book Festivals
Audience
• Power readers (Dog lovers)
• Author is a hero to readers
• Publisher is a hero to
author
• Readers connect
personally with
author/publisher over
shared cause
• Customers, sales grow
• Staff has most fun ever at
a book signing
20. Want to know
more?
Little Pickle Press
Rana DiOrio rana@littlepicklepress.com
Penguin Random House
Lavanya Narasimhan lnarasimhan@penguinrandomhouse.com
Emily Smolarek esmolarek@penguinrandomhouse.com
First Book
Chandler Arnold carnold@firstbook.org
Mockingbird Publishing
Ashley Gordon ashley@mockingbirdpublishing.com
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Notas del editor
Offered free Kind ebook to more than 6,000 schools
Over 5 million students inspired over 250 million acts of kindness
MISSION Align content with cause to:
• Increase retail sales
• Improve customer relations
• Increase online community membership and engagement
• Promote awareness and expand membership of The Great Kindness Challenge
STRATEGY:
Leverage LPP social community and that of Cabot and ONE to sell The Cow, generate leads, and convert new fans/customers of LPP.
Featured homepage and social media modules
Multi-channel social media & blog posts
October 2015 blog theme: “Cooking With Kids”
theme with spotlight on The Cow
Raises profiles of all organizations
Demonstrates commitment to mission
Grows retail traffic
Aligns Content with Cause
Gives backlist new life
STRATEGY:
Leverage LPP social community and that of Cabot and ONE to sell The Cow, generate leads, and convert new fans/customers of LPP.
Featured homepage and social media modules
Multi-channel social media & blog posts
October 2015 blog theme: “Cooking With Kids”
theme with spotlight on The Cow
Raises profiles of all organizations
Demonstrates commitment to mission
Grows retail traffic
Aligns Content with Cause
Gives backlist new life