Not Exactly Golden Locks How do you target Gen Y, the 76 million [in the States] ‘Millennials’ born between 1978 and 2000? Well a cause campaign is not a bad idea because the members of Gen Y are characterized as idealistic, optimistic, honest and sincere. And they like to shop. Few of them remember the time before the Internet and they’re the most technologically savvy generation ever. We used to say they were the most wired generation, but that’s no longer true; if I have any Gen Y readers they’re probably reading this on their cell phones. But what kind of cause appeals to them? United Way is for people who drive Buicks. Susan G. Komen is for the mothers and grandmothers of Gen Y. Make-A-Wish ? You’re getting warmer. Finesse hair shampoo and conditioner picked Locks of Love , the Lake Worth, Florida nonprofit that solicits donations of natural hair which is then manufactured into wigs and distributed to kids and adults with long-term hair loss, usually due to a condition called al...
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