Liz McMillan, CEO, Dictionary.com
Increasingly, consumers make choices based on a company’s values. Most will pay more for brands that are perceived to have a positive impact on society.
What are our values and what should they be?
Our product is words. “You’re product is commoditized,” I’ve heard, but I don’t believe It.
Words have a
deep, emotional relationship with our audience. Words create a reaction. Trends ... when #MeToo movement started, massive spikes in look-ups of the word misogyny.
As a brand, we are at the
intersection of those social moments and cultural moments when people are trying to find meaning, to understand the context. When we choose a word, it carries a big impact. What social impact are your
brand having in the world?
Media impacts people’s perception of the world, food will impact well-bring, CPG will impact environment we live in.
What’s the right way to eat a
Kit-Kat became a viral post. Define the word “break” since woman’s boyfriend was eating the candy whole.
Donovan Mitchell, an adidas athlete, wore a T-shirt for him defining
the word rookie. We promoted it, generating 91M impressions, elevated Mitchell, adidas and us.