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The Do the Deed kit includes           the Deed—stops people in their                            that garnered
   a program sheet with logos,            tracks. The logo features bright                          almost 450,000
   stencils, posters, and outreach        colors and bold type with an                              impressions and
   guidelines. Videos and photos          abstract dove ascending on the                            1,000 clicks.
   may be viewed and shared               right. It’s confident and play-     • The Do the Deed video received
   online, and you may even track         ful at the same time and would        almost 11,000 views, and 3,200
   your progress in doing good            look great on a bumper sticker.       people visited the website.
   deeds. It can be as simple as          The campaign benefits from          • Miss Kansas, Lauren Werhan,
   smiling at a stranger. Some of         many applications from bill-          adopted Do the Deed as her
   the most popular deeds are:            boards to small buttons, and the      platform in the Miss America
                                          viral nature of the videos and        Pageant. She spoke about the
• Grabbing a shopping cart in the         tweets allows it to spread easily     initiative throughout Kansas and
   parking lot and taking it into the     through social media. All pro-        to the nation in Las Vegas at the
   store with you                         motional materials drive people       national competition in 2011.
                                          to the website, which offers deed
• Leaving the waiter a little extra       suggestions and a place to log          Takeaway Tip
• Writing to a former schoolteacher       in and track your own deeds.
                                                                                    Attach a memorable name (using allitera-
  Why It Works                           Success Metrics                            tion, rhythmic cadence, and a built-in call
                                                                                    to action by the choice of words) to a
   Humor plays a significant role       • Within the first month, the                 marketing campaign to serve as a strong
   in distinguishing the cam-             Wichita Eagle ran online ads              call to action.
   paign. The blunt name—Do

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