SLIDE 1 Telling Your Story through Marketing
Mary Dickson, RD, LD School Program Coordinator for Dairy MAX
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Dairy MAX
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- Gain insight into marketing trends and be
able to apply marketing techniques to your
- wn programs.
- Learn how to utilize social media to market
your programs.
- Gather communication skills necessary for
promotion of your programs.
Objectives
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What is Marketing?
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Why Marketing?
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Marketing Trends
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Marketing to Kids
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SLIDE 9 Junk Food Marketing Tactics
- BOLD Colors
- Music
- FUN!
- Characters
- Action
- Simple messages
- Celebrity
- Toys and prizes
- Games and contests
- Story
- Kids' clubs and VIP access
- Peer to Peer / Teams
- Popular music
- Ties to popular movies / TV
- Websites / advergames / social media
Which ones can you use?
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Healthy Food …look familiar?
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Telling a Story
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How many meals has McDonald’s Served? How do we know this?
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Marketing Trends
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Story Telling
SLIDE 19 Dodge Ram
- Insert Dodge Ram farmer video
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McDonald’s
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Dairy MAX
SLIDE 22 Story Telling Tactics
- Simple statements
- Don’t give too much detail
- Pull on heart strings
- Explain why you are doing what you do
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Telling the Child Nutrition Story
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What is Our Story?
What do you do? Why do you do it?
SLIDE 25 How to Tell Our Story
Nutritious Meals Hunger Solution Fuel Learning
SLIDE 26 How to Tell Our Story
# Meals Pre BIC
: 450
ADP: 150
375 # Meals Post BIC
: 450
ADP: 250
375
BIC increased breakfast participation by 100 meals per day on average
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Paint a Picture
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Infographic Templates
SLIDE 29 Child Nutrition Story Telling Tactics
– We feed 20,000 kids a nutritious breakfast and lunch daily
, reimbursable meal, type A meal, etc…
– “Pick a 5 star meal!” vs a “reimbursable meal”…or some call them “meal deal”
SLIDE 30 Child Nutrition Story Telling Tactics
- Tell about healthy menus
- More whole grains, fresh fruits &
veggies, low fat & non-fat dairy products, etc…
- Tell about the fun ways you
promote healthy foods…
- Lucky Tray Day
- Thirsty Thursdays
- Fruit/veggie of the month
SLIDE 31 Where to Tell Our Story?
Printed Menu Websit e Social Media Signag e Cafete ria
Child Nutrition Story
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Where to Tell Our Story
Printed Menus
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School Website
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Cafeteria Wall Art
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Service Line
SLIDE 36 Telling the Child Nutrition Story…
To Kids!
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How can Child Nutrition use these tactics to market to kids?
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Display/Sample Tray
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Neat Displays
SLIDE 41 Merchandizing Standards
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OR
SLIDE 42 Marketing Tactics
- See things from a kid’s point of view
– Walk through the line on your knees – All food needs to be visible to students – No cardboard boxes, parchment paper, or aluminum on the service line – No handwritten signs – Take down signage that is ripped, torn, or falling off the wall
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- Use bright colors
- Simple messages on signage
- Correct grammar
- Create a colorful display/sample tray
- Keep the service line clean and stocked
- Colorful posters or wall art
- Music
- Characters
- Contests/Promotions
SLIDE 44 Promotions
- Prom Giveaway
- Fill your Glass
- Milk Mustache Booth
- Taste Testing's
- Strawberry Milk for February
- Ice Cream Cups for Holidays
- Theme weeks
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SLIDE 49 Events: Students on a Red Carpet
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Fuel Up to Play 60
SLIDE 51 What about Customer Service?
Do Students see you
Like This…. …
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Or this?
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What about Parents?
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Do your parents know about the healthy meals you serve?
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Or do they assume the worst?
SLIDE 56 Where to Tell Our Story?
Printed Menu Websit e Social Media Signag e Cafete ria
Child Nutrition Story
SLIDE 57 Tactics for Parents
– Post new menu items – Pictures – Infographics – Promotions
– Menus – Nutrition Info – Nutrition Education
- Printed Menus
- Flyers
- Clear, simple messages
– Hunger Solution – Nutritious Meals – Fuels Learning
– Health Fairs – Samples at PTA meetings
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Social Media
SLIDE 59 Social Media
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=jottDMuLesU
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Social Media
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Mesquite ISD FNS
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Pinterest
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Pinterest
SLIDE 64 Nutrislice
Burleson ISD
– App for smart phones – Menu by school – Individual Item Specs:
- Picture
- Description
- Nutrition content
- Allergy Information
– Can print a PDF of the menu from your phone
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Infographics
SLIDE 66 Fasting vs Glucose-Rich Brain
FASTING
The Mid-Brain
Food Seeking Mode
* Distracted, irritable, Restless, anxious
Glucose-rich
The Front Brain
Working Mode
* Calm, focused,
thoughtful
SLIDE 67 Ways to Use Social Media
- Blog about child nutrition programs
- Tweet about specials and events
- Menus on Facebook with updates
- Videos of staff training on YouTube
- Photos of school events on Flicker or
Instagram
SLIDE 68 Speak with One Voice
To Tell Your Story
SLIDE 69 Guess the Slogan
- “…and a smile”
- “It is so good”
- “I’m lovin’ it”
- “Have it your way”
- “Just do it”
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Slogans
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Mission Statements
SLIDE 73 Telling Your Story
Putting it all Together
SLIDE 74 Marketing Through Story Telling
- Builds trust and loyal customers
– Pulls on heart strings – Clear, simple messages
- Nutritious Meals
- Hunger Solution
- Fuel Learning
– Speak with one voice
- Slogans
- Mission Statement
SLIDE 75 Where to Tell Your Story
- Cafeteria
- Service Line
- Menu Boards
- Signage/Posters
- Printed Menus
- Website
- Social Media
- School Health Fairs
SLIDE 76 Tactics for Kids
- Bold, bright colors
- Fun characters
- Clean service lines
- Neat displays
- Visible food
- Clean, simple signage
- Service with a smile
- Contests & Promotions
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How Can Dairy MAX help?
Dairy Dollars for Schools Fuel Up to Play 60
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Questions?