In both our personal and professional lives, we all encounter situations where the perception of our life glass is either half-full or half-empty. Our response to that age-old question helps to define us as individuals, as well as inform our personal outlook on life. I have been an optimist my entire life, for better (always [...]
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Is Your Life Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full?
May 24
by Danae Goldberg
Category: Behavior Change, Research + Insights, Social Marketing
Want to be smarter? Try dressing like a doctor.
May 10
by Karen Goldstein
Category: Behavior Change, Public Health, Research + Insights, Social Marketing
As a preteen in the 80s, my demands for Guess jeans and Z Cavaricci shorts were met repeatedly with the same wise—but at the time, annoying—words from my mom: “It’s not what you wear. It’s what’s on the inside that counts.”
Even though she was doing it more in the “we’re not buying you those ridiculously [...]
Warning: Your doctor’s BMI may be dangerous to your health
Mar 28
by Anna Zawislanski
Category: Behavior Change, Public Health, Research + Insights, Social Marketing
Social marketers realize the power of encouraging behavior change through the doctor-patient relationship. With health information coming at us from various sources and channels, the doctor, or more broadly speaking, the health professional, continues to be the #1 trusted source for health advice. And this is a good thing; health professionals are educated, they know [...]
Reseach on consumer response to big brands highlights value of stong narratives.
Oct 04
by Sarah Temple
Category: Behavior Change, Behavioral Economics, Research + Insights
Martin Lindstrom’s piece in Saturday’s New York Times highlighted his research on whether consumers were “in love with” or “addicted” to their iPhones, given demonstrations of longing, sensory reaction and separation anxiety. His past research has used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRIs) to compare human responses to imagery from the world’s great religions and its [...]
Personal Communication Still Drives Word of Mouth on Causes
Jun 15
by Jennifer Wayman
Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Ogilvy Washington, Research + Insights, Social Marketing, Social Media
Quiz of the day: What is the most typical way in which people tell others about social issues and causes they want them to get involved with?
a) In person
b) Over the phone
c) Via text messages
d) Via social networking messages and invites
e) Via personal emails or email forwards
The answer: a) in person!
New findings from the Dynamics [...]
Women Are Strongest Believers in the Power of Supporting Causes
May 17
by Jennifer Wayman
Category: Behavior Change, Research + Insights, Social Marketing, Social Media
This post was originally posted to Ogilvy PR’s Womenology blog.
A recent study conducted by Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide in partnership with the Center for Social Impact Communication at Georgetown University revealed the importance of supporting causes for women in the U.S.
8 in 10 women believe that supporting causes creates a sense of purpose and meaning [...]
Friday Round-Up: What I’ve Been Reading
Apr 22
by Cait Douglas
Category: HCSM, Research + Insights, Social Media
I’m back for another edition of Friday Round-Up. Sorry for the brief hiatus; we were in full swing conference mode with the World Social Marketing Conference.
Using Social Media to Save Women’s Lives. I love that these stories are increasingly being told. The Women’s Refugee Commission launched Mama: Together for Safe Births in Crises. To help [...]
Why Google when you can Facebook?
Mar 07
by Lauren Belisle
Category: Research + Insights, Social Marketing, Social Media
When you’re looking for health information, where do you turn? Do you make an appointment with your doctor? Ask friends and family? Consult WebMD?
A new survey from the National Research Corporation shows that more and more people are turning to online social networks like Facebook and YouTube for health information. In fact, 41% of the [...]
With Notable Exceptions, U.S. Residents Are Turning to the Web for Health Information
Feb 03
by Chris Beakey
Category: Public Health, Research + Insights, Social Marketing
Believe it or not, there are those among us who can still remember when “computers” were the kind of thing we saw on school field trips and “Google” wasn’t even a word. At that time (and it really wasn’t so long ago) social marketing and communications professionals relied on some practices that seem downright quaint [...]
Journalists Dish on Media Relations Practices
Dec 01
by Maria James
Category: Best Practices, Research + Insights
As a former print journalist, I remember two of my biggest pet peeves were receiving information from public relations professionals that was not appropriate for our audience and submitted way past our publication deadline. These annoyances soon became the driving force behind my transition from journalism into public relations. Now that I’m working on the [...]
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