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Building Personalized Experiences: Marketing Lessons from Coca-Cola

12/15/2015

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By Hanna Moore
 
I was fortunate enough to attend PRSSA National Conference this November for the second time, where I was able to listen to speakers discuss various topics relevant to public relations and communication. My favorite session this year was “Building Personalized Experiences” from Scott Cuppari (@scottcuppari), Global Marketing Director for Coca-Cola Freestyle.
 
As soon as I read over the list of presentations, I was immediately drawn to this one. I have been brand loyal to Diet Coke and Coca-Cola for as long as I can remember, so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to hear from one of its directors first hand.
 
Cuppari began by asking the room who had heard of a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine. About half of the people raised their hands. He then asked how many people had seen the “drink machines from the future.” Everyone in the room raised their hands.
 
He asked us if we could remember the first time we had seen a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine, and my friend and I both looked at each other and immediately said “Five Guys!”
 
Listening to someone from some a well-known brand that has strong marketing campaigns was a dream come true. Cuppari shared personal career experiences that shaped how he got to his current career and offered some advice, such as “Don’t get complacent,” “Everything can change in the blink of an eye” and “Challenge yourself — think broader! Always ask questions.”
 
Cuppari used his experience at Coca-Cola Freestyle to describe how personalized marketing campaigns have changed the customer experience.
 
He said that this is the “age of personalization,” and that the challenge is to turn a mass-produced product and make it into a personalized experience for customers.
 
Some of the ways Coca-Cola Freestyle has been able to market directly to customers in a one-to-one world are through Coca-Cola’s “Share a Coke” and Powerade’s “Just a Kid” campaigns.
 
The session mostly focused on the Coca-Cola Freestyle machines, which have more than 150 options for consumers. Cuppari described the four types of media: owned, your own website and social media channels; paid, advertising; earned, third-party endorsements and media coverage; and shared, your partners’ and consumers’ social media channels.
 
I have heard about owned, paid and earned media in my classes, but the idea of using shared media was unique and is something to consider when looking at types of media.
 
Cuppari also encouraged us to think of consumers in the context of a “pinball machine” because you don’t know where they came from, but they should still be in the center of your marketing.
 
He finished the presentation by showing success Coca-Cola Freestyle has had with marketing and the role that big data had in the campaign. Overall, this was a great session that inspired me to think of marketing as a personalized experience for consumers, rather than a “one size fits all” campaign for all consumers.
 
My key takeaways from the session are:
  • Pinball effect: You don’t know where the consumer is going to drop in. You need to boil down points of contact to make sure the right consumer receives the right message in the right context at the right time.
  • Clear Connection: between the brand and consumers. All of your messages should be from the “same song sheet,” regardless of the medium they are distributed from.
  • Provide tools for consumer amplification: Having a connection between marketing campaigns and social media, as well as applications and other tools help to strengthen your efforts.
  • Be authentic: Marketing is not just about the transaction; it should feel personal for consumers. 

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