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When Cost is THE Conversation: What You Need to Know for 2026 Health Insurance Outreach

Marketing for Change has conducted consumer research for federal and state health insurance enrollment projects for two decades. Our findings have consistently reinforced one essential rule: cost matters most, no matter what. But this year, our data is showing an important shift in the enrollment landscape. In 2026, cost isn’t…

Marketing for Change has conducted consumer research for federal and state…

AI Companions Are Here. And They’re a Risk to Suicidal Youth.

If you or someone you know needs emotional support, you can…

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Why We Need to Kick the Negative Campaign Habit

Speed kills. Alcohol gives you Alzheimer’s. Our climate is hurtling towards…

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What Missouri’s Election Results Can Teach Us About Changemaking at the Local Level

The Internet is teeming with post-election think pieces. Analyses of why…

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How to Fight Misinformation Without Making It Worse

I’ve weathered hurricanes in Orlando for 20 years, and Milton was…

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The Surgeon General Just Sounded the Alarm – Parents Are Not Okay. Our Public Health Marketing Needs to Change Accordingly.

Parents in our society are not okay. I’m a parent. I’m…

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You’ve Jumped off the Knowledge Train. How Do You Sell It up the Chain?

We often talk to you about awareness campaigns like we’d talk…

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You Really Don’t Know

Next time you catch yourself saying, “I know you [think /…

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How the Pandemic Changed Public Health Marketing

We live in an era where you can say “remember the…

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Why You Need Me on Your Team

I am an older adult. It shouldn’t be hard to write…

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How to Design a Better How

Most social good campaigns involve asking someone to change something. Eat…

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Love Us, Hate Them

As humans, we are driven to be part of an in-group.…

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How to Use Social Norms in Your Next Behavior Change Campaign

The rebel in us may not want to believe it, but…

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Looking to Spark Change? Make an Offer. And Make It a Good One.

If you or your organization are in the field of sparking…

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Boost Your Behavior Change Savvy With Our Best Blogs From 2023

Want to be a smarter change agent? Marketing for Change has…

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Use the “Friday Night” Question to Make Better Content

A large part of my job is looking at content before…

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Climate Fatalism Is a Problem. Here’s What You Can Do to Help.

At the Change 2023 social marketing conference last month in Brisbane,…

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5 Key Behavioral Insights for 988 Mental Health Outreach

For the past several years, Marketing for Change has been working with a behavioral health authority in Central Maryland to develop a research-informed outreach campaign to encourage local use of the new 988 suicide prevention crisis line. One surprising finding from our work: putting suicide and crisis front and center…

For the past several years, Marketing for Change has been working…

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