Got Milk?

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I live off diary products and the one brand I truly love is Stonyfield Farms (or Stonyfield). They specialise in organic diary products, targeting towards family, farming and most importantly, living a healthy and organic lifestyle. In this blog post I will be discussing the benefits of business blogging and how that can unlock value and productivity using Stonyfield as an example.



Stonyfield Organic Blueberry Yoghurt Advertisement


Going Green Before it was Cool

The company was founded in 1983 by Samuel and Louise Kaymen on a 19th century farmstead as an organic farming school where the organisation grew into making delicious yoghurt, ice-cream, milk and dairy products. Stonyfield currently makes the number one selling brand of organic yoghurt and number three in the states, also owning a few other yoghurt brands. (Gunther, 2008)




Stonyfield does an amazing job of staying true to their brand by concentrating on building an emotional relationship with their consumers. Through creating a frequently updated blog, along with many other social media platforms, Not only are their blog posts not professionally done, they are written by real mothers that are living the healthy green lifestyle that Stonyfield is promoting. Stonyfield is able to reinforce their brand in a very genuine, behind-the-scenes kind of way through their blog where soft sale messages are also contextualised into these posts.



Read the blog - The Yogurt Dish here



This social technology technique gives Stonyfield an advantage where the company can heavily influence their consumers and also gather information and feedback for the brand, associated with the value levers by McKinsey Global Institute 2012.   

I think the company has taken advantage of the full benefits from having a business blog where they are able to build community and enlighten their readers about leading a green life while staying strong with the brand. What are your opinions?