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In California's drought, can sex sell water conservation?
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Jun 12, 2015
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In California's drought, can sex sell water conservation?
Can Californians be sold on the idea of saving water if the messages are sexy? Pepperdine marketing professor Andrea Scott explains.
An image for San Francisco's 2015 water conservation campaign.
An image for San Francisco's 2015 water conservation campaign.
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Can Californians be sold on the idea of saving water if the messages are sexy? Pepperdine marketing professor Andrea Scott explains.

Officials are taking various avenues to encourage Californians to conserve water, like good ol' facts and figures, or even messages that convey a sense of guilt.

But the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has announced a revamped version of their drought campaign, which first took a sexy turn last year. This year's campaign features messages like this one:

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And this one:

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Andrea Scott, a marketing professor at Pepperdine, explained what messages are effective for encouraging water conservation.