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This is the Marketing Association at Plymouth State's (MAPS) case study on organ donation.
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2012-2013 American Marketing
Association Collegiate Case
Competition
Table of Contents
ExecutiveSummary Page1
CompanyOverview Page1
SituationalAnalysis Page2
Research Page3-4
TargetMarket Page5
MarketingPlan Page6-8
Timeline Page7
Budget Page10
Citations Page10
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Executive Summary
AspartoftheDonateLifeAmerica,the“LegacyofLife”campaign’sgoalistoincreaseawarenessoforgandonationwiththepurposeofincreasingthenumberofdesignatedorgan,eyeandtissuedonorswhosaveandheallives.Theprimarygoalofthiscampaignistogarnernewregistrants,butmorespecificallyamongtheagesof18-24.DonateLifeAmerica’slargestobstaclethattheyhavehadtoovercomeisthepopulationhasgrownatafasterrateforolderagesthenithasforyoungerages(2011USCensus).Theneedfororgandonationisprominentduetothegrowingnumberofpeoplerequiringdonationsgrowingrapidly.
Company Overview
DonateLifeAmericawasfoundedin1992astheCoalitiononDonationbytheUnitedNetworksforOrganSharing.In2006theychangedtheirnametoDonateLifeAmerica.DonateLifeAmericaisanot-for-profitcharitythathasstateteamsacrossthenationworkingtochangepeople’slivesthroughorgan,eyeandtissuedonation.
DonateLifeAmerica’smissionis“todriveindividuals,organizationsandcommunitiestoincreasethenumberofdesignatedorgan,eyeandtissuedonorswhosaveandheallives.”Andtheyhaveavisionof“anationthatembracesorgan,eyeandtissuedonationasafundamentalhumanresponsibility.”DonateLifeAmericalookstoincreasepublicawarenessaboutorgandonationandthenumberofdonorsintheUnitedStates.
DonateLifeAmericahasmadecontinualprogressthroughouttheyearsstrivingforthesegoals.TheyhaveworkedwithmultiplespokespersonssuchasMichaelJordan,DavidCrosbyandOlympicsnowboarderChrisKlug.ThenumberoforgandonorshasbeenincreasinggreatlyovertheyearsandDonateLifeAmericahopestocontinuewiththissuccess.OnOctober11,2011theyannouncedtheir100millionthregisteredorgan,eyeandtissuedonor.Bytheendofthisyear,2012,DonateLifeAmericahopestohave20millionmoreorgandonorsregistered.
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Situational Analysis
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O T
trengths eaknesses
hreatspportunities
•Easeofregistrationonline•Moneydonationsareanalternativeoption•Easeofcreatingacampaignontheirbehalf•Organoptionstodonate(Eye,Tissue,Organ)
•Difficultystayingengagedoncollegecampuses•Organdonationismisunderstood•Presenceonsocialmediaisnon-existent•Smallbudgetof$100,000
•Raiseawarenessthroughsocialmediacampaign•Teamupwithcollegeorganizationsand/orRedCrosstospreadtheword•Usingorgandonorcelebritiesasaspokesperson
•Potentialdonorsfeartheywillnotbetakencareofifsomethingseriousweretooccurtothem
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Research
OrgandonationhasalwaysbeenaneedintheUnitedStates.Organdonationisdefinedas“thesurgicalprocessofprovidingoneormoreorganstobeusedfortransplantationintoanotherperson.”Asof2012,theUnitedStateshas115,000menandwomenthatarecurrentlywaitingfordonations,1,800ofwhicharepediatricpatients.Thisnumberisdifficulttotrackhoweverbecauseoffactthateverytenminutes,anothernameisaddedtothenationalorgantransplantwaitinglist.Ofthepatientswaitingonthelist,only25%ofthemwillreceiveanorgandonation.That’sanaverageof79patientsadayreceivingone.Furthermore,the
remainingpatientswhodonotreceiveanorgantheyarewaitingfor,6,600ofthemwilldie.
Inrecentyears,theamountoforgandonationsneededhassteadilyincreased.Betweentheyears1988and2006,thenumberoftransplantscompletedwasdouble.Incomparison,thenumberofpatientsneedingatransplantgrewsixtimesaslarge.Thismeansthatthenumberoftransplantsbeingperformedisgrowingatone-thirdtherateofpeopleneedingtransplants. Thereiscurrentlyover100milliondonorstoday.Ofthelargebankofdonors,only14,144people
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wereabletomakeadonationofsomekind.Thismeansthatonly0.014%ofthepeoplewhoaresigneduptobeorgandonorswereabletocontributelastyear.Researchhasproventhateachindividualhastheabilitytosaveupto8lives.Thismeansthatthepeoplewhoareorgandonorshavetheabilitytotheoreticallysave800Millionlives.However,anorganbankof100millionpeoplewasonlyabletosave28,835peoplelastyear.
Therealitythatsinksinwithorgandonationisthatthenumberofpeoplerequiringdonationsisgrowingatamuchfasterratethanthatofthepeoplewhoaresigneduptodonateorgans.Anunfortunatetruthisthatforthepeoplewhoaresigneduptodonatetheirorgans,theyareonlyabletoreachasmallportionofthoserequiringthehelp.
DonateLifeplanstoaddanother20milliondonorswithinthenextyear.Theyplantotargetmenandwomenoftheages18to24.ResearchhasproventhatthelargestaudienceforDonateLifetotargetisfirst,collegestudentsbetweentheageof18to24andfurthermore,allsocialmediausers.SocialMediahasbecomeaprominentaspectofAmericancultureandcontinuestogrow.Throughresearchwefoundthatofallofthe18to24yearoldsintheUnitedStates,98%ofthemareusingsomesourceofsocialmedia.Thereare27millionAmericansthatfallintothisagebracket,and26.5millionofthemareactiveonatleastoneformofsocialmedia.
Lookingatsocialmediaonalargescale,thefourlargestsocialmediasareFacebook,Twitter,Instagram,Youtube.Today,Facebookisthelargestwithover1billionsubscribers.Onaverage,eachofthesesubscriberswillspendover15hoursamonthnavigatingthroughFacebookprofilesandgroups.ThesecondlargestsocialmediaisTwitter.Twitterissixyearsoldandgrewtoover500millionusersin2012.Onaveragethereareover190milliontweetssentouteveryday.Twitterismostcommonlyusedthroughmobiledevicesandisatoolthatisreadilyavailabletoallofitsusersatallhoursoftheday.ThethirdsocialmediaisYoutubewithjustover490millionusers.Instagramisyetanothersocialmediacompany.Instagramisapredominantlymobile-basedplatformthatallowsyoutotakeapictureonyourphone,cropit,filterit,andeditthepictureinotherways.Youthenuploadittotheinternetfromyourphone.Onceontheinternet,friendscanseethephoto,likethephotoandcommentonitaswell.TacoBellmadeacommercialbasedoffofInstagram.Thecompanymadeahash-tag,haditscustomerssubmitphotosofatacoandputthephotosinacommercial.Instagramisapowerfultool,sopowerfulthatFacebookboughtthecompany.In2012,FacebookpurchasedInstagramfor$1.01Billion.ThiswasonlytwoyearsafterfoundersKevinSystromandMikeKriegerstartedthecompany.
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Target Market
TheLegacyofLifecampaignisasubunitofDonateLife’sgoalofreaching20Millionnewdonors.Thisnamewasdevelopedbasedonafocusgroupofthirtycollegestudents.Thewordlegacyisdefinedasgiftbywillofpersonalproperty.Thefocusgroupbelievedthatlifeistheultimatepersonalpropertythatonecanown.ThewordlegacyseemedtodefinethemissionofDonateLife.Thisinspiredourcampaignname,LegacyofLife.
TheLegacyofLifecampaignwilltargetindividualswhofallbetweentheagegroupof18to24.Furthermore,wewilltargetallUnitedStatessocialmediausers,manyofwhichalsofallbetweenthedefinedagegroup.Ourresearchsuggeststhatsocialmediawillbethegreatestcostefficientavenueofreachingouraudience.Inyearspast,wehavefoundthatthebiggestreasonwhypeoplearenotregisteredtodonateisbecausetheyweresimplyunaware.Whenasked,90%ofadultssupportedorgandonation,howeveronly30%knewtheessentialstepstobecomeone.
Anotheraspecttoourcampaignistonotonlyincreasethenumberofdonors,buttoalsogrowtheawarenessoforgandonationandtheconstantchallengethepatientsface.Aspartofourcampaign,wewillmarkettotheagegroupdefinedwithuseofsocialmedia.Ourgoalingrowingawarenessisshowpeoplehowtobecomeanorgandonorandhoweasyitistospreadtheword.
Astrongsocialmediamarketingcampaignisessentialto
reachingourtargetagegroupof18to24yearolds.
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Marketing Plan
DonateLifehasputtogethermanygreatvideosthatareverymovingandveryemotional.Theytellreallifestoriesoffamilieswhohavereceivedanorgandonationandsharetheirexperiences.However,DonateLifedoesnotgetmanyviewsforthesevideos.AspartoftheLegacyofLifecampaign,weplantocreateapromotionalvideo.Itwillbesimilartothestoriesthatarealreadyheardbythoseinthealreadymadevideos.Thecurrentvideosareverytouchingandhavethepotentialtogeneratealotoftrafficwiththerightaudience.
Thefocusofthepromotionalvideoisgoingtobefourcelebritieswhoareconstantlyintheheadlines.ThefirstofthefourcelebritieswillbeGeorgeLopez,acomedianandsitcomtelevisionstar.Thesecondspokesperson,TracyMorgan,isaformerSaturdayNightLivestarandawellknowncomedianintheshowbusiness.ThethirdcelebritywillbeAlonzoMourning.AlonzoMourningisaformerNBAall-starplayer.ThefinalofthefourwillbeChrisKlug,anOlympic
Snowboarder.
GeorgeLopezisanactorwhoisconstantlyseenonlatenighttelevision.Thisisatimeofnightthatmanyof18to24yearoldpeoplearewatchingtelevision.Theyknowwhoheis,buthavenot
heardhisstory.AlonzoMourningisaformerNBAall-starthatmanyyoungathletesaspiretobe.Hewasoneofthemostwellknownplayerstothe18to24yearoldswhiletheyweregrowingupwatchingbasketball.TracyMorganhasaverysimilarcharacterashehasbeenviewedasoneoftheall-timegreatsofSaturdayNightLive.ChrisKlugisafamoussnowboarderwhoisknownforhistriumphantreturntocompetitivesnowboardingafterhereceivedatransplant.Thestrategywiththisvideoistotargettheirfollowers,whofitthedemographicsof18to24yearoldsandsharethestorywiththem.
Thereasonthesecelebritieswillbethefocusofourcampaignisbecauseallfourofthemhavereceivedsomesortoforgandonation.Theyhavealreadyreceivedthe“LegacyofLife.”Ifitwerenotforanorgandonation,allofthesegentlemenwouldnolongerbealive.Thevideowillsharetheirstories,thoughts,andthankstothosewhoareorgandonors.Itwillbeabrieffiveminutevideothatwillonlytakeamonthtofilmandedit.
Oncethevideoiscompleted,itwillbedebutedtotheworldthroughsocialmedia.Socialmediaisoneofthefastestgrowingtoolsavailabletopeopletodayandispredominantlyusedbytheagegroup18to24.Astheresearchshowed,socialmediaisthebestwaytohitourtargetmarket.With98%ofall18to24yearoldsintheUnitedStatesusingsomesortofsocialGeorgeLopez
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media,itistheeasiestwaytohitawidevarietyofsub-demographicswithinthe18to24yearoldrange.Therearenowmanydifferentkindsofsocialmedia,fourofwhichwerediscussedearlier(Facebook,Twitter,Youtube,Instagram).Thereisnowatoolavailablethatallowsuserstolinkseveraldifferentsocialmediasourcestogether.Hootsuiteisacompanythathasbuiltaplatformthatallowsituserstotrackallofhisorhersocialmediafromonepage.Theusersignsupjustlikeanormalsocialmediawebsite.Then,theuserhasoptionstolinkaFacebook,Twitter,YouTube,Instagramoranyothersocialmediaavailabletoasingleplatform.Thebenefitofthisprogramistheeaseofuse.Insteadofhavingtousedifferenttabs,windowsormobileappstotrackeachsocialmedia,Hootsuitecombinesallofthesedifferentplatformsintoasingledomain.Thismakesiteasierandmoreconvenienttoupdatemultipleformsofsocialmediaallatonce.
NotonlydoesHootsuiteallowforeasyupdating,italsoallowstheusertotrackhowmanytimestheyhavebeensearchedongoogle,howmanylikesonaFacebookpage,aswellashowmany
mentionsonTwitter.Hootsuiterunscalculationsonallofthesethingsandtracksit.TheuserhastheabilitytotakethedatathatHootsuitegathersandcreateareport.Withinthereport,theusercantrackwhatpartofthenationis
mostinterestedintheirpages.Theycanviewhowoftentheyarebeingvisited.Theycanalsoseewhatthetrafficflowisforeachindividualsocialmediaaspect.
Currently,DonateLifehasaveryweaksocialmediapresence.WhenitcomestoFacebook,DonateLifeonlyhas100,504likesonit’spage.Whileonthatpage,theobserverwillseethattherearemanyarticlesonorgandonationandgreatstoriesofsurvival.Thesestorieshavethepotentialtospreadawarenessandchangealife.However,duetothelackofsocialmediavisibility,itspotentialhasnotbeenmet.
DonateLife’sweakestaspectofsocialmediaisTwitter.IngreatcontrasttoFacebook,Twitterisnotbeingutilizedatall.AsofDecember12,2012,theDonateLifetwitterpagehasnotmadeapostsinceNovember30th.Inthetimespanofamonth(Nov.5toDec.5)theyhadonlysentout18tweets.Thereareover190milliontweetssentoutinaday.Overaonemonthspan,thatisatotalof5.7billiontweets.Fromthesestatistics,itisclearthatDonateLifehasabsolutelynovisibilityonTwitter.Tobeeffectiveandgrowrecognitionandawareness,DonateLifemustsendoutaminimumoftwotweetsaday.ThiswillkeepDonateLifeactiveintheirfollower’snewsfeeds.TheincreasedvisibilityandactionontheirTwitterwillleadtoagreaterpotentialofbeingrecognizedandattractingmorefollowers.
Inadditiontoincreasingtheactivityoftheircurrentsocialmediaaccounts,DonateLifemustcreateanInstagramaccountaswell.ThiswillallowthemtoautomaticallyupdatepicturesAlonzoMourning
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ofeventstheyhaveputoninafunandeasymannertotheirFacebookandTwitterpages.Instagramisaquickwaytoreachamassnumberofpeople.ItisgrowingatthesamerateofTwitter.
ThefinalaspectofthesocialmediacampaignwillbetoimproveupontheYouTubepage.AlthoughDonatelifehasaYouTubepage,theymustrevampitbyputtingtogetheranewpromotionalvideoincludingthefourcelebritiesandtheirstories.ThroughtheuseofHootsuite,thepostingofthevideowillbeveryeasyaswellasexpandoveralargemassofpeopleinaveryquickamountoftime.
HootsuiteisamajortoolthatLegacyofLifewillusetohelpsupporttheirvisibilityontheever-growingimportanceofmarketingonsocialmedia.Hootsuitecanbeusedtouploadtheirpromotionalvideosandsharethemonallaspectsoftheweb.ThecreationofapromotionalvideofeaturingfourcelebritieswhohavegonethroughthestrugglesoforgandonationaswellascreatingaHootsuite,whichorganizesthecompany’spostings,willhelppenetrateourtargetmarketof18to24yearolds,aswellassocialmediausersofallages.Hootsuitewillmakeiteasiertoreachouttomorestudents.ThegoaloftheLegacyofLifecampaignistotakethe1,633followersonTwitterto10,000followers,the100,000likesonFacebookto200,000,aswellastohelpdevelopanInstagramwith2,000followers.
TracyMorgan
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October 2013 •OpenHootSuiteAccount($1500amonth,12monthcontract) •Contactcelebritiesforendorsements-GeorgeLopez-AlonzoMourning-TracyMorgan -ChrisKlug
November 2013 •BeginPromotionalVideoWorkwithcelebrities •UpdateHootSuiteAccount
December 2013 •FilmVideo •VideoEdits •HootSuitePosts
January 2014 •ReleasevideothroughHooteSuitePosts
February 2014 •PromoteVideoandcelebrityendorsementsthroughHootSuite •ContinuewithHootsuitePosts
March 2014 •Continuepromotingthevideo •ContinuewithHootSuitePosts
Timeline
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Budget
Item Cost Balance
StartingBalance $100,000
HootsuiteContract(Oct.2013-Oct.2015) $18,000 $82,000
PromotionalVideo $42,000 $40,000
GeorgeLopezEndorsement $10,000 $30,000
TracyMorganEndorsement $10,000 $20,000
AlonzoMourningEndorsement $10,000 $10,000
ChrisKlugEndorsement $10,000 0
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