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For smaller brands, it’s okay to have a very focused marketing persona, but as brands grow, marketing needs to evolve to appeal to the full range of customers you want to attract.
A shallow message yields poor results and can have other negative side effects — for example:
It is time for brands to take action; the time for talking about diversity in digital marketing is over. How do you incorporate diversity into practice in your digital marketing? Here are a some simple tips.
The research process is one of the most important steps in promoting diversity. The United States population is more diverse than it ever has been, and companies and public institutions alike are realizing that internal diversity drives innovation, improves productivity, and enhances their company message.
Diversity includes race, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, religion, and disability. This means that for an organization’s digital marketing to be effective, there needs to be a clear understanding of the target audience and where the brand fits in with their lives. In addition to learning from successful campaigns, marketers can also learn from failed campaigns by brands like Pepsi.
Market research helps brands incorporate more diversity into their digital marketing campaigns by:
In today’s digital age, with the data collection and predictive analytics tools at our disposal, the market research process has grown in scope and depth exponentially. Of course, collecting data comes with some risks. This is why it’s important to protect both your and your customers’ data by avoiding key mistakes that can lead to losing data, such as working on compromised servers, having outdated or no data backup processes, or not taking time to regularly audit company data practices. Costly data breaches can be devasting for a brand’s PR.
With that in mind, how should organizations get started with the market research process? Since digital marketing oftentimes moves so fast, market research is a step many brands skip. From the number of ad campaigns that have backfired, we can see how dangerous bypassing market research can be for brands.
Thinking about running an edgy campaign? It is tempting to be on the cutting edge and do something different than your competition. Although creativity and pushing the limit can make for memorable campaigns, it’s essential to have a voice of reason involved to ask some key questions when creating edgy campaigns. Here’s some advice for embracing diversity even in the edgiest of ad campaigns.
Some great examples of this are the Cheerios commercials and the ads by Apple, which is of course, one of the leaders in adopting diversity in digital marketing.
Finally, it is important to test your ads on small groups initially, then run A/B test ads further before promoting them to a larger audience. The more testing that is done, the more certain organizations can be that the digital marketing efforts will align with the target audience’s values and the message brand’s want to communicate. This means listening to customers and paying close attention to analytics.
Thankfully, there’s tons of technology that allows brands to test ads and content effectively. The Google suite of search tools, social listening tools, aftermarket analytics, and competitive analytics tools — the number of resources at our disposal mean that nearly every business has enough data available to make good marketing decisions.
The answer is embracing this technology and deciding to include more diversity into our digital marketing. This means taking time for research, putting a voice of reason into the production of potentially contreversial or offensive campaigns, and extensively testing ads with a diverse portion of customer bases.
By making it a point to do each of these things, not only can brands avoid the missteps of those who have failed at adding diversity to their digital marketing, but they can also find new heights of success through inclusion. It’s past the time to talk about diversity in digital marketing; now it’s time to apply the valuable lessons we have already learned.
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