Most substance abuse treatment, prevention and recovery programs do not have the luxury of big marketing budgets or even a designated staff marketing person. Coupled with the stigma that comes along with substance use disorders, marketing and branding an organization becomes challenging, to say the least. Managers are tasked with promoting programs on shoestring budgets and little education on the intricacies of marketing. This course will examine various concepts and strategies for developing an integrated marketing communications plan – that includes traditional and social media strategies - within your organization.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After taking this course, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the basics of branding an organization;
2. Understand what an integrated marketing communications plan is;
3. Provide examples of how social media can be used to support marketing and branding efforts; and
4. Provide examples of how external communications can support marketing and branding efforts.
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Marketing Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Recovery Programs
1. New England School of Addiction and Prevention Studies:
June 9, 2014
presented by Jennifer Iacovelli Barbour
Marketing Substance Abuse
Treatment, Prevention and
Recovery Programs
2. About me
¤ Blogger, copywriter, author, new media consultant
¤ Chief Engagement Officer (CEO) for Another Jennifer
Writing Lab; author of another jennifer blog
¤ Former communications specialist for Crossroads in
Scarborough, ME / Current Marketing Consultant
¤ Author of Crossroads blog (crossroadsme.org/blog) and
monthly e-Newsletter; admin of Facebook.com/
crossroadsforwomen, etc.
¤ 10 years working in behavioral health handling public
communications
¤ More here: anotherjennifer.com/about-jennifer/
3. About you
¤ Who are you?
¤ Why are you here?
¤ What are you trying to accomplish for yourself,
for your organization?
4. What we’ll cover
¤ The basics of branding
¤ Writing and implementing an integrated
marketing communications plan
¤ Using social media to support marketing and
branding efforts
¤ Using external communications to support
marketing and branding efforts
¤ Measuring your impact
9. What is a Brand?
Brand = Personality of
your business
What are you portraying to
potential clients, donors,
community partners, etc.?
10. Branding Exercise
Visualize your organization as a
person. What does he/she look
like? What is his/her personality?
What does he/she like to do?
Where does he/she shop? What
are his/her favorite colors?
Describe him/her.
11. An Integrated Marketing Plan
May include:
¤ Mission, Values & Goals
¤ Competition analysis
¤ SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats)
¤ Target audience(s)
¤ Key messages
12. Integrated Marketing Plan (cont’d)
¤ Strategies for several communications channels:
¤ Email
¤ Social media
¤ Website
¤ Blog
¤ Traditional advertising
¤ Public relations
¤ Online advertising
¤ Signage
¤ Flyers, brochures and other printed materials
¤ Events / community outreach
¤ Staff / board / volunteer communications
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19. Important Questions to Ask
¤ Who is responsible?
¤ One person?
¤ Team?
¤ Volunteers?
¤ Hired out?
¤ How will you keep your branding and overall message
consistent?!
¤ How will you track your success?
¤ Do you have the budget?
20. Writing a Marketing Plan
1. Who is your audience?
2. What actions do you want your audience to take?
3. What does your audience need to believe in order to
take those actions?
4. Which communications channels will you utilize?
5. What is your message?
6. What is your social media policy?
21. Why Use Social Media?
¤ Mostly free (except for time)
¤ Easy way to get out information fast, in real time, and
reach a big audience
¤ Levels the playing field
¤ Gives everyone a voice
¤ Allows people to connect all over the world at any time
¤ Establishes expertise
¤ Platform to educate, advocate, inform
22. What you should consider
¤ Who is allowed to post for your organization? Where?
¤ What will the posts say?
¤ Do social media postings need to be approved?
¤ How will your posts comply with your confidentiality
policies?
¤ How will you handle negative comments?
¤ Are employees allowed to post or comment during work
hours? (Can they access the social networking sites?)
23. More considerations
¤ What is appropriate to share; not to share on a social
networking site?
¤ What is your procedure for sharing client stories, photos or
videos?
¤ How will you educate staff, volunteers, board, supporters,
etc. on utilizing your social media sites?
¤ What happens if staff, volunteers, board, etc. don’t
comply with the social media policy?
¤ Who is the go to person if/when questions arise?
26. Why blog?
¤ 78% of internet users conduct product
research online
¤ 57% of businesses have acquired a
customer through their company blog
¤ Companies that blog get 55% more web
traffic
Source: HubSpot
27. What a blog can do for you.
¤ Establish expertise, thought leader status
¤ Your platform to educate, advocate, entertain, etc.
¤ Build brand awareness
¤ Build a community
¤ Drive traffic to your website (SEO)
28. Social media best practices
¤ Have a strategy (tweak as needed)
¤ Be consistent with your branding (images, messages, etc.)
¤ Share regularly - not too much, not too little
¤ Don’t limit people’s ability to interact with you
¤ Monitor, monitor, monitor!
¤ Reply to comments and mentions, keep the conversation going
¤ Be authentic!