{"id":629545,"date":"2023-04-15T09:49:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T14:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/15\/bud-light-uproar-exposes-need-for-marketers-to-manage-marketer-influencer-controversies\/"},"modified":"2023-04-15T09:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T14:49:54","slug":"bud-light-uproar-exposes-need-for-marketers-to-manage-marketer-influencer-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/15\/bud-light-uproar-exposes-need-for-marketers-to-manage-marketer-influencer-controversies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bud Light uproar exposes need for marketers to manage marketer influencer controversies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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April 14, 2023\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a04 min read<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 By Kristina Monllos<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Managing controversy following a campaign effort or partnership is par for the course for marketers \u2014 various efforts, even those that may seem innocuous or like a strange Super Bowl stunt<\/a>, for example, don\u2019t always land. That\u2019s why scenario planning<\/a> is commonplace now as marketers need to be prepared to react should their messaging get caught up in a negative news cycle.<\/p>\n

Over the last two weeks, Bud Light has been part of an ongoing news cycle following the brand\u2019s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. On April 1st, Mulvaney posted a video touting Bud Light\u2019s March Madness contest as well as a commemorative can the brand had made for her.<\/p>\n

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Since then, the brand\u2019s partnership with Mulvaney has continued to make headlines as it has some fans of the brand calling for a boycott<\/a> for working with a trans creator. At the same time, comments made by a marketing exec for the brand on the need for it to be less \u201cfratty\u201d<\/a> and more inclusive have also drawn criticism. (Bud Light did not respond to requests for comment. However, Anheuser-Busch did release a statement works with \u201chundreds of influencers across our brands as one of many ways to authentically connect with audiences across various demographics.\u201d) <\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately we\u2019ve come to expect this in today\u2019s climate and on the contrary, we need more brands to take a similar clear stance in support of trans influencers,\u201d said Mae Karwowski, CEO of influencer marketing shop Obviously.<\/p>\n

Bud Light\u2019s work with Mulvaney comes as brands are pushing to be more inclusive with influencer marketing campaigns \u2014\u00a0a trend they expect to continue, three influencer marketing execs told Digiday. <\/p>\n

Younger generations, particularly millennials and Gen Z, are paying closer attention to what brands say about various social and human rights issues<\/a>, the execs explained, and they tend to spend their dollars with brands that align with their values.<\/p>\n

\u201cGen Z and millennials specifically put their dollars toward people and brands that align with their value set,\u201d said Vickie Segar, founder of influencer marketing shop Village Marketing. \u201cAnd value set doesn\u2019t mean political affiliation, that is a component. Value set alignment \u2014 anything from environmental impact, do you have women of color in leadership positions, etc. it is a very long list of things we as humans care about \u2014 the more a brand aligns with our values the more we\u2019re willing to buy what they\u2019re selling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

While influencer marketing agency execs expect the push for inclusion in influencer marketing to continue, they did note that the partnership between Bud Light and Mulvaney was surprising. \u201cYou don\u2019t usually see a brand that has a majority of a demographic under one value set risking their potential business at broad scale to go in the other direction,\u201d noted Segar. \u201cYou have to compliment them for doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bud Light has previously highlighted the LGBTQ+ community in its advertising before. Last May, for example, the beer behemoth announced a partnership<\/a> with the\u00a0National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC<\/a>) while highlighting the brand\u2019s \u201c20 years of support of the LGBTQ+ community through various organizations and activations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBrands are increasingly being more up front about what their values are and aligning with influencers who match those,\u201d said Danielle Wiley, founder of influencer marketing shop Sway Group, who added that the current political climate will likely mean brands should expect to deal with backlash when they do so. \u201cThere will be more of this but I wouldn\u2019t tell brands to step back or influencers to step back. They just have to be prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, there haven\u2019t been ripple effects of the ondsagoing backlash cycle to influencer marketing agencies and the requests they get from clients. Influencer agency execs say that brands are still seeking to be more inclusive with their influencer marketing efforts and that brands haven\u2019t been asking questions about how the Bud Light situation could impact them.<\/p>\n

Going forward, influencer marketing execs believe brands need to be prepared for potential backlash and be ready to back their decision to support trans influencers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a brand is working with a trans creator, they\u2019ve already done the calculation and they\u2019re making a value statement that they won\u2019t stand for bigotry and discrimination,\u201d said Karwowski. \u201cThey want to work with creators who align with their values and their customers\u2019 values. It goes both ways \u2014 in the last few years, we\u2019ve seen creators more diligently vetting brands too before they agree to collaborate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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