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To co wiemy o . The lesbian-targeted ads were so successful that in , the car manufacturer signed Martina Navratilova, high-profile lesbian and retired tennis star, to represent in print, billboard, and television ads. For lesbians, it was that a Subaru fit their active, low-key lifestyle. Kurz po rajdzie Japonii jeszcze nie opadł ale coś mnie mówi że już po weekendzie możemy mieć jakieś potwierdzenia więc myślę że pora otworzyć nowy temat.

This was the type of discovery that the small, struggling automaker was looking for. The marketers found that lesbian Subaru owners liked that the cars were good for outdoor trips, and that they were good for hauling stuff without being as large as a truck or SUV. Photo courtesy of Subaru. Did the company want to make advertisements for gay customers?

Gay-friendly advertising was largely limited to the fashion and alcohol industries. Czy jest możliwość gdzieś w Polsce uaktywnienia systemu SOS w Subaru sptowadzonym ze Stanów. Unlike the pinkwishy-washy companies I identified a few days ago, Subaru has demonstrated true allyship that goes well beyond rainbows and Pride flags. Of all the niche groups, lesbians may have exhibited the most fervor.

Yet Subaru decided to launch an ad campaign focused on lesbian customers. Forester Wilderness i Hybrid Przez paki 6 Lutego w Forum Subaru Udostępnij Obserwujący 2. In focus groups and online polls, gay and lesbian consumers consistently choose Subaru vehicles as their favorite cars or Subaru as the most gay-friendly brand. Photo courtesy of Subaru Of all the niche groups, lesbians may have exhibited the most fervor.

The typical and on-brand outrage from right-wingers and moralists did not deter Subaru’s mainstreaming of the lesbian lifestyle. It was time to make the relationship public. Pop culture had also yet to embrace the LGBT cause. When Subaru marketers talked to these customers, they realized these women buying Subarus were lesbian.

Subaru’s lesbian-focused ad campaign was widely discussed in the New York Times, Washington Post, and trade magazines, and its success helped spur wild growth in gay and lesbian marketing. For medical professionals, it was that a Subaru with all-wheel-drive could get them to the hospital in any weather.

It was such an unusual decision—and such a success—that it pushed gay and lesbian advertising from the fringes to the mainstream. Trailseeker BEV, który ma mieć dwa rzędy siedzeń. Dzień dobry. And yet, Subaru executives signed off on ads aimed at. Rather than compete directly with Ford, Toyota, and other carmakers that dwarfed Subaru in size, executives decided to return to its old focus on marketing Subaru cars to niche groups—like outdoorsy types who liked that Subaru cars could handle dirt roads.

That was the question faced by Subaru of America executives in the s. At the time, in the mid s, few celebrities were openly out. Subaru is one of those brands that LGBTQ people seem to love and trust. The ad firm went out to a hotspot for Subaru sales – Northampton, Massachusetts. But it was easier to get senior management on board with making ads for hikers than for lesbians.

While every other car company was going after straight folks in the suburbs, Subaru was figuring out how to sneak Xena references into ads. Among gay people, it seems to have preceded Subaru’s explicit lesbian niche marketing. Użytkownik 5,4 tys. When Ellen Degeneres became a rare exception in , and her character in the show Ellen came out as gay in an episode of the sitcom, many companies pulled their ads.

An example of Subaru’s niche marketing—in this case to appeal to outdoorsy types. Subara is one of the few marketers to do its own research into the gay market, by which they found that lesbians love Subarus. Mr Subaru 1/24 Skąd: Gdańsk Auto: Forester E-Boxer Special Edition Black Bandit Baja XT AT Baja XT AT Outback H6.

W Nowym Jorku zapowiada się druga premiera oprócz nowego Outbacka. “These women were practically commercials for Subaru,” John Nash, the creative director of the ad agency that ultimately made Subaru’s gay and lesbian advertisements, recalled in Subaru’s strategy. A group of Subaru owners filed into a little room in a shopping mall to answer a few questions, and the.

Subaru had found its target market. NPR’s Planet Money tells the whole story. “Subaru spent more than a decade carefully targeting lesbian consumers” Noelle King and Stacy Bannock Smith explain. In a few years, Bill Clinton would sign the Defense of Marriage Act, which barred same sex couples from being recognized as spouses.

After firing the hip ad agency, Subaru of America changed its approach. For rugged individualists, it was that a Subaru could handle dirt roads and haul gear. Inside Subaru of America, though, not everyone was united on the effort. But Subaru had been looking for niche groups like skiers and kayakers—not lesbian couples. 3 In the early s, Subaru stopped winking at LGBTQ customers.

This search for niche groups led Subaru to the 3rd rail of marketing: They discovered that lesbians loved their cars. It was the mid s, and sales of Subaru cars were in decline. So it entered the market in and remains one of the few major companies to target gay women, as well as one with gay-specific market ads.