You won’t want to miss Fast Company‘s package on the gay/lesbian market, not least because longtime OP member Howard Buford — founder and president of award-winning ad agency Prime Access Inc. – is very prominently featured.
Here are some of his insights from the magazine’s November issue:
“Economically, it’s not efficient to spend money on broad national advertising to reach the 7% to 12% of the population that identify as LGBT.
“Technology is driving more efficient ways to target the audience”
“For Hyatt Resorts, our digital plan-ners use specific social-media sites where LGBT customers are sharing their travel experiences, such as gaycities.com and purpleroofs.com.
“Technology has allowed us to be so fine-tuned that we can advertise only on the pages that are about the specific destinations where Hyatt has resorts.
“At the same time, we reach out to the LGBT travel blogs and offer content, in the form of an interview, for example, with a Hyatt executive.
“It pushes beyond banner ads and shows a certain seriousness, placing all that information in context. You can’t just tell somebody something.”
