This document discusses co-creating a Global Sharing Day to raise awareness about the sharing economy. It provides various marketing strategies to target different groups through digital marketing, traditional marketing, merchandising, mass media, internet/online media, public relations, and events. The goal is to engage people and organizations around the world about the benefits of sharing resources to help both people and the planet.
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The Sharing Economy- Global Sharing Day target market and communication channels
2. • Sharing Economy is one that puts
people and planet at its heart..
• So during Climate Week we had
another Meet-Up to Co-Create Global
Sharing Day
• We were hosted by new community
project Small Works
3. Ways to create global awareness about
the sharing economy
• Through digital marketing
– Increase presence on social media sites.
(Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google
+, Instagram, Blogosphere, YouTube, Ted etc)
– Tap into social medias local to certain countries, E.g.: Vibo
in China
– Create online campaigns with the #WIWS (When I was
sharing) so people can share anecdotes about their
experience.
– Establish two-way conversations between the organization
and the public. Share thoughts.
– Talk in relevant forums and raise awareness, E.g.: Create a
subreddit for People Who Share on www.reddit.com.
– Viral videos
– Documentary
4. Ways to create global awareness about
the sharing economy
• Through traditional marketing
– Merchandising E.g. T-shirts, buttons, key tags etc
– Posters and billboards
– Word of mouth
– Celebrity endorsements
– Guerilla and street marketing
5. Ways to create global awareness about
the sharing economy
• Other marketing
– Through art
– Flash mobs, gimmicks and performances
– Meet ups
– Through schools and universities
– Speak to companies and ask them to make sharing
part of their CRS
– Advertising on trees/ tube
– Sharing awards
– Networking events
6. Target groups
• Education
– Primary schools
– Children
– Teachers
– Universities
– Generation Y
– Young adults
• Family’s
– Parents
– Kids
7. Target groups cont.
• Famous people
– Politicians
– Royal family
– Members of Parliament
– Pope and other religious figures
– Celebrities
– Sport stars
• Business
– Food industry
– Retail industry
– Fashion industry
– Corporations
– Travel industry
8. Target groups cont.
• Public
– The time rich
– The ‘Haves’
– The ‘have not’s
– The space poor
– Drivers
– Unemployed
– Elderly
– Tourists
– EU citizens
– Councils
11. Mass media
• TV
Public:
Persistent TV viewers: Children and families, low and
middle income
families/unemployed, pensioners, students.
• Radio
Public:
long distance drivers-whole day,
professionals driving to and from work – in the morning
and afternoon,
high profile pensioners who tend to listen to radio i.e.
BBC -no time frame.
12. Internet/on-line media
Audience:
Young people, students, tech savvy professionals,
bloggers, businesses, teachers, young adults, business
partners, sponsors.
Channels:
• Social media
• Direct marketing
• E-newsletters
• SEO
• User generated content
• Blogs
• Emails
13. Promotion and Merchandising
Can be used amongst most of the publics to achieve a brand
awareness and to create a long lasting memory of the brands
logo and identity.
Audience:
children at schools, young people at universities as well as
families and elderly. Well adjusted message can be
implemented within merchandising products for
sponsors, celebrities, council and government
partners, amongst all networking events and tourists.
Channels
• Leaflets
• Theme toys
• Stickers and banners
• Print Advertising
14. Public Relations
Publics:
Can be best used to engage publics with deeper aspects of the brand and
its culture. Press releases and features are to be generated and directed
specifically for the audiences of the magazines to gain deeper
understanding of the Sharing Economy concept and to encourage to
involvement. Proposals, media kits, pitches etc. can be generated to
businesses, trade unions and formal/governmental bodies and other more
influential stakeholders, such as celebrities.
Channels
• Magazines and newspapers releases and features
• Websites content
• Fact sheets, media kits, pitches
• Newsletters and brochures
• Celebrity endorsement/ ambassadors
• proposals
15. Events
Publics:
Includes all the stakeholders mentioned above with very
specifically generated content and program of the events to
make sure the right message is delivered to the right
audience, i.e. Children events at school to be about sharing as
being a good person and about having fun with sharing, while
the sharing exhibitions for adults, might contain more political
and economical aspects.
Channels:
• Global Sharing Day
• Meetups
• Inspirational meetings and discussion boards.
• Exhibitions
• Big Lunch Day
• Festivals