--- title: Blog | LA's Premier Higher Education Marketing Agency | Outrage Marketing description: Outrage Marketing | Discover the time-saving, result-generating, and process-simplifying hacks we've used to grow awareness and enrollment for our higher education partners. image: https://blog.unincorporated.com/hubfs/UN_twitter_logo.jpg --- [![UnincorporatedLogo_Full](https://blog.unincorporated.com/hs-fs/hubfs/UnincorporatedLogo_Full.png?width=400&height=87&name=UnincorporatedLogo_Full.png "UnincorporatedLogo_Full")](https://unincorporated.com) ![abd73a_dbaedf0e6dde44fead653ec8ce32177a_mv2](https://blog.unincorporated.com/hubfs/abd73a_dbaedf0e6dde44fead653ec8ce32177a_mv2.webp "abd73a_dbaedf0e6dde44fead653ec8ce32177a_mv2") ABOUT - [The Team](https://www.unincorporated.com/about) - [Our Manifesto](https://www.unincorporated.com/manifesto) - [Our Services](https://www.unincorporated.com/services) CONTACT - [Get In Touch](https://www.unincorporated.com/contact-us) - [Careers >](https://apply.workable.com/unincorporated/) CASE STUDIES - [Cal Lutheran](https://www.unincorporated.com/cal-lutheran) - [USC Ostrow](https://www.unincorporated.com/usc-ostrow) - [USC Dornsife](https://www.unincorporated.com/usc-dornsife) - [USC Kaufman](https://www.unincorporated.com/usc-kaufman) - [View More Work](https://www.unincorporated.com/work) KNOWLEDE - [Higher Ed Marketing Blog](https://blog.unincorporated.com/) - [Higher Ed Happy Hour Podcast](https://www.unincorporated.com/podcast) - [Sign up for the Higher Ed News Brief >](https://blog.unincorporated.com/topic/outrage-marketing#newsletter) ##### [View Latest Launched Projects](https://music.usc.edu/) [![abd73a_d0a53ba884ad452ba537445bc00aedfa_mv2](https://blog.unincorporated.com/hubfs/abd73a_d0a53ba884ad452ba537445bc00aedfa_mv2.webp "abd73a_d0a53ba884ad452ba537445bc00aedfa_mv2")](https://www.unincorporated.com/) # HIGHER ED MARKETING BLOG [![](https://blog.unincorporated.com/hubfs/kimono-viral-outrage-marketing-tactic.jpg)](https://blog.unincorporated.com/kimono-outrage-marketing-strategy) ## [Kim Kardashian’s KIMONO is an Outrage Marketing Masterpiece](https://blog.unincorporated.com/kimono-outrage-marketing-strategy) Kim Kardashian announced her new shapewear brand, KIMONO Solutionwear, and in the process infuriated entire countries, captured news headlines, and has the whole media world’s attention before launching her official brand name. [![](https://blog.unincorporated.com/hubfs/Featured-Image-Airlines-Outrage.jpg)](https://blog.unincorporated.com/outrage-marketing-lgbtq) ## [From Outrage to Advocate: American Airlines' LGBTQ Marketing](https://blog.unincorporated.com/outrage-marketing-lgbtq) Outrage marketing is a viral marketing tactic that capitalizes on the shock, anger, or indignation of consumers, whether intentional or unintentional, to gain awareness and win public favor. [![](https://blog.unincorporated.com/hubfs/nike-outrage-marketing-campaign-dream-crazy-colin-kaepernick-feature.png)](https://blog.unincorporated.com/nike-outrage-marketing) ## [Dream Crazy: The NFL's Outrage Became Nike's Marketing Advantage](https://blog.unincorporated.com/nike-outrage-marketing) When big brands experiment with outrage, it's like a mad scientist combining chemicals in the laboratory - mixing marketing with provocation produces explosive brand breakthroughs at the risk of creating a mess of negative publicity. [![](https://blog.unincorporated.com/hubfs/spacex-publicity-stunt-outrage-marketing-prank.jpg)](https://blog.unincorporated.com/outrage-marketing-stunt) ## [Outrage Marketing is More Than Publicity Stunts](https://blog.unincorporated.com/outrage-marketing-stunt) Publicity stunts and viral marketing pranks – forms of outrage marketing – share a similar goal, but their executions are subtly different. [![](https://blog.unincorporated.com/hubfs/outrage-marketing-campaign-strategy-ihop-ihob.jpg)](https://blog.unincorporated.com/outrage-marketing-ihop) ## [How IHOP Used Outrage Marketing to Increase Burger Sales 400%](https://blog.unincorporated.com/outrage-marketing-ihop) In the first day IHOP recorded 614,000 tweets, in the first ten days there were over 2.1 million social media conversations, and in the first three weeks they sold 400% more burgers. Why was IHOP so successful? What is Outrage Marketing? Outrage mark... 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