People are connected through, email, cell phones, IM, social networks and blogs. A new democracy is forming quickly. The rules of the game are changing. The power of the collective will start to influence us beyond the boundaries of Media/ICT.(web 2.0). People seek sustainability, contribution to their life and that of the community, transparancy and intrinsic product values. Contribution Marketing helps companies to transist from being focussed on growth(isolated) to being focussed on contribution(connected).

Thinking about Mini..

March 21, 2007 in Contribution Marketing, Creativity, Innovation, Intrinsic values

Just read a blogpost on Communities Dominate Brands about Engagement Marketing at Mini.

Somehow having problems with the Engagement Marketing route.. The danger lies in it that you end up with undifferentiated product with no clear intrinsic value that is compensated with a kind of entertaining function added on top of the “so so” product to create a feeling of community or belonging. Resulting with greatly stimulated senses but no deep emotional connect based on emotions.. Hmm…

Decided to put some thought into a slide..(click on it)

Contribution Marketing

Contribution Marketing is the activity of focusing on creating intrinsic ‘product’ value with the purpose to contribute to individuals, groups and this planet. The coming years competitive advantage is created purely by right brain activities: creativity, intuition, communication and a holistic view of the world. This blog is about releasing the strength of the right side brain within businesses. It shows ways to create new value in an emotional driven world. This blog has the ambition to support companies to reach their true potential.

Companies applying Contribution Marketing see themselves as a part of society(instead of isolated closed entities) with a clear definition of their role on how to contribute to this society. These companies are not primarily focussed on growth, more profit or marketshare increase. These companies are focussed on creating TRUE(e.g. not aspirational) value to a group and extract sufficient value to be able to keep facilitating their selected group of people.

“Self Actualization is the intrinsic growth of what is already in the organism, or more accurately, of what the organism is.”
Maslow

A COMPANY AT BEST CAN BE ITSELF