4 Ways to Market to Millennials

1. Use the word “we” in your ad slogans and campaigns.

Millennials’ have a “Live and Let Live” mentality that is refreshing and defining. You’ll hear them say, “It’s All Good.” Or “No problem,” and mean it. They respect each other, and honor each other’s choices. They have an inclusive mind-set.

2. Create your own “mash-up.”

Take a lesson from the Glee song-book; combine two old songs to create a new one. Ie. Rolling Stone’s Start Me Up with Bon Jovi’s Living On A Prayer. In your campaigns take an old product or service and combine it with something new.

3. Get information into the hands of Mom and Dad—Grandma and Grandpa, too!

We often see Baby Boomer companies market to Millennial children, think retirement villages—they target children of Boomers. Same thing in reverse, target Boomers to reach their kids. 86% of Mills take advice from their parents.

4. Fill their need to balance work and family life.

If you have a product or service that allows Millennials to spend less time at work, or be more efficient with the time they have at work, most likely they will be looking for a downloadable version.

Marketing in 2014 is all about sharing your story: in words, pictures, videos, testimonials, social media…whatever it takes. But who has time to create all that content?!

Look no farther than your own office! 

Here is a list of 33 places in your office where your unique story is already written--and hiding!


1.    Your Website

2.    Your Company brochure or intro letter/email

3.    Your Forms you use to execute a job tell the story of “how”

4.    Your Customer service manuals or HR policy manual

5.    Your Bios/resumes of principle players in company/organization

   Let’s break down the top 5, or skip to the entire list below:

1: Your website. What information do visitors seek out first? A community calendar? A list of events? Vital information from a blog? Specifics about a product? Begin by sharing the content people request most. Proactively post that information on the social media platforms. Google Analytics will tell you which page is the most visited.

2: Your company brochure or intro letter/email. What #1 tool, other than the internet have you relied on to get your message out? Was it a company brochure, a sales flyer? An email campaign? Time to serve up that message on social media.

3: Forms you use to execute, track, or manage a job. Walk your people through the purchase and production process, help them see how easy it is to do business with you, or donate to you, or volunteer with you.

4: Customer service or human resources policy manuals. You’ve already got a written code of ethics on how you treat your employees and customers. Share that with your social media audience.

5: Biographies and resumes of your team. Include all levels of your organization; feature employees working directly with customers, feature management team responsible for direction of company. Share, share, share your story through people.

6.    Facebook

7.    LinkedIn

8.    Twitter

9.    Google+

10.  YouTube

11.  Pinterest

12.  Blogs

13.  Articles on other websites

14.  Email campaigns

15.  Newsletters

16.  eNewsletters

17.  Case Studies

18.  Annual reports

19.  White papers

20.  Research reports

21.  Books

22.  eBooks

23. Print magazines

24.  Digital magazines

25.  Infographics

26.  Videos

27.  Webinars/Webcasts

28.  Podcasts

29.  Virtual conferences

30.  Mobile content

31.  Licensed/syndicated content

32.  In-person events

33.  Press Releases

Selecting from these 33 information sources—that have most likely already been written (a few of them anyway), use what you learned about the 3 R’s to Repurpose, Repackage, and Redeliver this content for a new reader.

Next time, we’ll talk specifically on how-to share your story using the social media platforms: Facebook and Twitter.  

​#LoquaciousLindee