
As the owner of a Minnesota advertising and marketing agency and organic industry leader who specializes in green marketing, organic branding, social change communication and the LOHAS consumer, I have long worked with clients to educate customers about how food can heal.
One of our clients, H. Brooks and Company, is an absolute leader when it comes to offering tools that empower and educate grocery stores, restaurants and shoppers about the health benefits of fruit and veggies. Every marketing touch point is an opportunity to create messaging that not only differentiates your brand, but drives sales.
This recent newsletter illustrates how you can combine classic B-B sales strategy with a holistic message. And who doesn't love the fact that a delicious slice of watermelon can promote heart health and help prevent cancer?
Lisa Proctor is the president and creative director of firefly180 marketing—a branding and advertising agency that specializes in LOHAS marketing, wellness marketing, green marketing and renewable energy marketing.
insertion. When I asked about message, desired response, audience demographic and points of uniqueness, she admitted her team hadn't quite thought that through.
attacks with the 2004 tsunami, were recently entered at Cannes. They've caused quite a stir. Although not the kind the agency DDB had hoped for.
Will sex sell to to apathetic guys? The new eco website www.angrygreengirl.com certainly hopes so.
catchiest, kitschiest, most spin-worthy local stories. Speaking of spin, one media outlet, WCCO-TV is doing a great job educating about renewable energy by inviting fair goers to ride electricity generating bicycles to power the news.
Earth Day doesn't come around for more than six months, but the movie is in theaters now. In keeping with brilliant green marketing strategy, word about the movie is being spread through low carbon affinity channels like Earth Day Network, through blogs, twitter and more.
promotion, green communications and LOHAS advertising strategies, I am passionate about supporting the efforts of organic companies. These are businesses that are working to improve the health of people as well as the planet.
a model green home on spec. Unlike similar homes that have been built and marketed in cities like New York, Los Angeles and Minneapolis, this home will be built in an economically distressed neighborhood.
communication, green promotion, alternative advertising and LOHAS marketing, I recently worked on a campaign to promote locally and sustainably grown foods. We interviewed farmers, wrote profiles that stores could use in their newsletters and created point-of-purchase signs. It was a simple yet powerful strategy.
work has been critical to marketers for years. As a leader in Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) marketing, eco advertising, social change communication and organic marketing, I am considered an expert on the LOHAS consumer. This psychographic group includes one in four adult Americans and a $209 billion marketplace.
There's a lot of talk in the industry about wellness marketing. For us, at firefly180 marketing, wellness marketing transcends the medical industry. Pharmaceuticals. And the typical cadre of doctors, nurses and specialists.
Recently, in a tiny West African village in Guinea, opportunity knocked.
would never burst. Last fall, some economists were predicting depression.
Their electronic recycling program which allows customers to trade in and recycle laptops, cell phones, digital cameras and gaming systems, is a smart environmental communication strategy. It's fast. It's easy. And of course, you can always replace what you recycle with the electronic selection offered at the store. But the beauty of the program is that Costco is taking responsibility for the waste caused by products they sell.
As an expert in environmental communications, environmental marketing, wellness marketing and award-winning communications strategies, I've learned a thing or two over the last 20 years.
sugarcane," these single-use plates could well be a better alternative. While I applaud the company for greening their line, I wish they would have given consumers more credit. Savvy green and LOHAS consumers want to be more than "marketed to." Solo's ads and packaging do not reveal a breakdown of their product's content. And on the product's site, there is no mention of content on product pages—instead you have to drill deep into the FAQs to find that this line contains just 20% post consumer fiber. Why is this information buried? It's not necessarily bad. It may not be perfect, but it's definitely a step forward.
This ad that I created for progressive indy magazine, Utne Reader was designed to drive subscription sales at a Green Festival. We knew the audience at this event was green, that was a given. But instead of positioning the magazine simply from an environmental perspective—which it has—we chose to be bold. Truthful. Provocative. And a bit self deprecating. But perhaps most importantly, this ad conveyed the depth and breadth of the magazine. It offered more reasons to buy. And it doesn't talk down to its audience. The result? Record subscription sales and current subscribers who felt even better about their magazine choice.