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Purpose-Driven Content Marketing: Brands That Give and Get

Purpose-Driven Content Marketing: Brands That Give and Get | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Purpose-driven content marketing is a way for a business or brand to bond with a target audience based on their shared needs and interests — including interest in supporting a worthy cause. But while most organizations recognize the importance of “giving back,” they aren’t always accustomed to creating content around their efforts in a way that will both engage their audience and drive them to participate. Success in this arena is all about developing the right strategy and executing it in an authentic, organic way that brings mutual benefit to everyone involved.


“The public broadcasters do a great job: NPR, BBC, etc. As journalism-driven enterprises, they’re natural content producers, unfettered by concerns around selling advertising,” says Rebecca Lieb, an analyst at Altimeter Group. “PETA has done some high profile and groundbreaking campaigns. I love American Express’ efforts around Small Business Saturday.”


To get some additional perspectives on the topic — and some best-of-breed examples — CMI asked a group of blog contributors, Online Training instructors, and Content Marketing Worldspeakers for their answers to the question, “What companies do you know of that are doing purpose-driven marketing well?” Following are some of their answers....

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Learn from these purpose-driven or cause marketing case studies.

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Why Cause Marketing Rocks But Be Careful

Why Cause Marketing Rocks But Be Careful | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Local Raleigh car dealer Leith Toyota is running a creative cause marketing campaign to support a dog shelter. Good idea, but it is important to make sure any cause marketing is inclusive, fun and ubiquitous. 


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Cause marketing is great content. When your brand adopts a nonprofit you help define yourself by what you believe in and are willing to support. Cause marketing is HOT because it plays beautifully in social media. 

Watching football today one of our larger Toyota dealers showed a commercial with romping puppies. Leith is donating $100 for every Camary sold to Saving Grace (http://savinggracenc.org/ ).

Great content, great cause and great idea. BTW, when a local car dealer is willing to create cause marketing the tipping point is well behind us. The BUT in the praise is once you create cause marketing you must make it easy to find.

 

The banner about the program is in a roll and so can be easily missed: http://www.leithtoyota.com/ . There is no mention on Facebook because there is a win an iPad campaign going on: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Leith-Toyota/177150692407214 . The Saving Grace campaign is the second item on their G_ page. 

Here is how I would change the campaign if I were running it:

* Static image on the site in addition to being on the role. 
* YouTube video of the ad.
* User Generated Content campaign.

* Ask people to share pictures of their dogs in their cars. 

* Don't limit the contest to Toyotas.

* Create special prizes for Best Toyota Dog. 

* Create community by asking for votes. 
* Create gamification to increase engagement in the contest.

* Set a goal for car sales and double the gift if reached.  

 

Leith is also running an iPad guess how many cars we've sold contest. The iPad guess contest is a good example of how NOT to use Facebook. That is a contest best announced on Facebook and run somewhere else.


The dog idea is PERFECT for Facebook since every dog owner has a picture of their dog sticking his head out the window (I bet). Visual content and cause content works like a charm on Facebook. 

Cause marketing is a great idea for all brands, but in for a penny in for a pound. Make sure your cause marketing is easy to find and interact with otherwise you reduce conversions and create dissonance. Does Leith really care about dogs? I think the answer to that question is YES, but never create cause marketing that isn't easily accessible across all digital assets. 


What is your cause marketing? Share how your company is helping to save the world and we will write about it.

 

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Lessons to be learned from a Bullied Bus Monitor | CONE

Lessons to be learned from a Bullied Bus Monitor | CONE | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
The recent videos of 68-year-old bus monitor Karen Klein being bullied by tweens and teens have generated a lot of talk across media outlets.

 

What started as a YouTube video pulled from Facebook has transformed into a powerful online community, leveraging the power of online crowdsourcing to help rectify the wrong doing towards Klein with emotional and financial support.Although normally our news headlines are filled with intense issues such as violence, war, missing people and politics; this made people pause, listen and act. These same key lessons can also be applied when developing a cause campaign....

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Five Reasons Your Company Should Start Cause Marketing | Vocus

Five Reasons Your Company Should Start Cause Marketing | Vocus | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
The biggest challenge with cause marketing is convincing businesses of the value of supporting a cause. Sure, it’s good for society, and that reason is as good as any. But businesses of all sizes need marketing to deliver a bottom-line benefit. They can’t make an exception for cause marketing.Businesses are smart to set the bar high for cause marketing. That’s why I’m sharing five reasons why they should support a cause...
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Is there an ROI on cause marketing? Joe Waters, the author of the Selfish Giving blog, gives you five reasons to support a cause.
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How Non-Profits Relied on Social Media in 2012 | Mashable

How Non-Profits Relied on Social Media in 2012 | Mashable | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
Fundraising for non-profits is no easy task. No matter how noble the cause, getting folks to part with their hard-earned cash presents a tricky challenge.

But, more than ever, non-profits are relying on social media to reach their target audiences and help make the world a better place. Why social media? Because Facebook, Twitter and other networks are where the eyeballs are. In fact, socially shared content makes up 10% of all web content, at least according to analysis by the social platform ShareThis.

2012 saw more social effort and engagement than ever by non-profits, and the following infographic from MDG Advertising provides a handy overview. Based on statistics from a number of non-profit advocacy groups, it reflects a world of newfound potential for rallying people online for social good....
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Valuable look inside social giving and the infographic is a must-read for nonprofits and cause marketers. 

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