"Estée Lauder wanted 'to take this year’s campaign so much further in the digital realm by leveraging the experience we’ve been gaining in social media with our brands,'" said Marisa Thalberg, VP of global digital marketing at Estée Lauder. "By doing so, we hope to make it much more about participating and reaching newer, younger audiences." Estée Lauder’s 16-year-old "Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign," an autumn tradition thanks to its pink ribbons, gains a major digital component this year. The campaign will have its largest online presence ever this year, including social media, display ads, and special content.
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Estée Lauder has teamed up with Brickfish for a storytelling part of the digital campaign. Individuals are encouraged to share inspirational stories about how breast cancer has affected them. User entries can be voted on and shared. This part of the campaign will be hosted on Estée Lauder trademark websites including aveda.com and Clinique.com. It will also be supported with display ads.
Estée Lauder will also take its message to MySpace, Facebook, and other social networks through a partnership with Slide, a publisher of social network applications such as SuperPoke, which lets users virtually "wink" at intimates on their social media pages. This month, users will be able to poke someone with a pink ribbon. Participation is important because "women tend to share," Thalberg commented. If Estée Lauder can put a message about breast cancer in front of women online in a fun, participatory way, "women who are not exposed to these messages in traditional media will have a way to think about it" and share it, she continued. Thalberg also noted that, as breast cancer has a high rate of being treated if detected early, it was significant to try and reach younger audiences. "[Social media] is a really powerful way for women to communicate with one another," Thalberg said, adding that Estée Lauder may never know how far-reaching this campaign is because of its viral nature.
Beauty website TotalBeauty.com will offer a boutique featuring the Breast Cancer Awareness 2008 Pink Ribbon products to help raise funds for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
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