Ms Joenpolvi said similar results were found in posts on the luxury cars – those that included progress-focused language about sustainability achieved well above the average shares on Facebook for each brand.
“The posts that mentioned their luxury cars had ‘sustainable materials’, ‘eco-friendly materials’ or were fighting ‘plastic pollution’ achieve dismal shares, such as just 6 per cent of the average shares for that brand.
Humans have a Columbus complex with the stuff they buy. They didn’t get there first but they want to feel like they discovered it.
Oh, so true! I love that description.
I guess the challenge for a marketer is to successfully make the connection between reused and recycled with new. I suppose thats why a lot more people focus on words like ‘sustainable’.
Finally a real use for gendered marketing. Reforged Bogroll and Reborn Hygienic Tissue