(PRESS RELEASE) NEW YORK – “Conservation,” the first video in the Diamond Empowerment Fund’s Real Stories, Real Diamonds, Real Impact campaign targeting millennials, garnered 11 million impressions in its first month. The one-minute video, which appears on both the Diamonds Do Good website and on YouTube, garnered 7 million views of at least :30 seconds, and 5 million views of the entire video. According to YouTube, “this is a a surprisingly high rate of completion, especially considering the longer length of the video.”
The “Conservation” video is the first in a series the Diamond Empowerment Fund will create to educate the public on the positive stories behind diamonds. All videos in the series will be housed on the D.E.F. website’s video library page. D.E.F’s Diamonds Do Good library of videos will be available for retailers to share with their customers.
The Real Stories. Real Diamonds. Real Impact video library was made possible through the grant D.E.F received from the JCK Industry Fund, and media support was augmented through an in-kind donation by the Diamond Producers Association. In November, the Diamond Empowerment Fund launched the “Real Stories, Real Diamonds, Real Impact Proposal Contest” with the winners being sent to Botswana in 2019 to see the positive impact of diamonds and share their experience through social media.
D.E.F President Anna Martin, senior vice president of GIA, says, “Educating the younger generation on the good diamonds do and inviting them to engage in this narrative will help boost consumer confidence and ultimately demand for diamonds.”