Notes from Flat Creek

Don't risk a lousy promo

Allen Fuller - Thursday, November 19, 2009

All too often in a campaign or issue advocacy group, someone has an off the wall idea to promote the candidate or cause. Maybe it doesn't seem like a good idea, but hey, all press is good press right?

Not so much....

A new study out by the Chief Marketing Officer Council and InfoPrint Solutions Company found that consumers are more than ready to cut off brands who contact them with a lousy or irrelevant promotion.

A full 41 percent of respondents said they would consider ending a brand relationship over an irrelevant promotion. A solid quarter, 22 percent, said they would definitely end a brand relationship in such a situation.

Read the full findings on Marketing Charts.

A wiser course of action is to spend the time to create a message and plan that connects with your target audiences in a way that calls them to take action. Spend some time in your statistics and pull out relevant segments to reach in a specific way. The result could be more enthusiastic supporters, and that makes for good press.


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Peter Drucker once said business has only two functions - marketing and innovation. At that intersection, Flat Creek is always looking a step ahead, toward how marketing communications and technology can impact the world in new, significant ways. Notes from Flat Creek is where we share our thoughts along that journey.


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