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Monday, December 04, 2006
Cost Per Lead? Lets talk about this
Everybody wants to figure out how to drive traffic. Pay Per Click (PPC), email list rental, co-registration, banner ads, internal list, or something with viral nature (word of mouth).

Bristol-Myers Squibb just launched a genius campaign to do such that.

Lets just say that we were going to donate a crazy amount of money to the National AIDS Fund. Rather than just giving away that money, why not turn it into page hits.

If a consumer goes to the micro-site lights a candle (required action), they will donate $1 to the National Aids Fund (up to $100,000). By the time I came across the campaign, there were already 650,000 hits. Without taking away from their noble support of the fund, they have a cost per impression down to $.15 ea...

Finally, take the time to consider the irresistible send to friends and family functionality, making this a very difficult campaign to pass up.

Check it out
Posted by: Andy at 10:36 AM  |  Permalink


Comments:
I'd think much better of them if they just donated the money outright. By doing it this way, they turn a gesture that could have been interpreted as noble and good into yet another marketing campaign. It ceases to be goodwill and becomes a way to buy eyeballs. At $0.15 per click. Count me out.

Perhaps it would seem less offensive if the company weren't as absurdly wealthy and powerful as BMS is.
 
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