November 26, 2008
November 21, 2008
November 17, 2008
November 12, 2008
November 11, 2008
"Food for thought"
"Creativity is the ultimate source of all forms of power and freedom."-- George Gilder
One a day
I've always had a particular admiration for St. Lukes (since the time when Andy Law and Jonh Grant were around).
"Daily Aphorism" is the agency's most recent and interesting online project.
November 06, 2008
Companies 2.0
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"Are organisations prepared for the millennial consumer?"
[Source: Economist Intelligence Unit]
Facebook "Big Boss"
"Kyle Doyle, 21, is currently facing an internal investigation after he called in sick for work then updated his Facebook status bar to read: 'Kyle Doyle is not going to work ... I'm still trashed. SICKIE WOO!'. Unfortunately for Doyle his boss was also a friend on Facebook and saw the incriminating status report."
"Virgin Atlantic has sacked 13 cabin crew staff after they criticised the airline's safety standards and insulted passengers on a social networking website, it has been revealed."
November 04, 2008
A Brief ... should be brief
A brief can sometimes be a mind dump from the account group.
The things the client wants to highlight.
The things the client doesn’t want highlighted, but wants mentioned.
The new direction the advertising must take.
The nod in the direction of the old advertising.
Pretty soon, you’ve got so much information your head is swimming.
The job looks insurmountable, your energy is sapping away.
(...)
Remember a brief is supposed to be just that.
Brief.
by Dave Trott
The things the client wants to highlight.
The things the client doesn’t want highlighted, but wants mentioned.
The new direction the advertising must take.
The nod in the direction of the old advertising.
Pretty soon, you’ve got so much information your head is swimming.
The job looks insurmountable, your energy is sapping away.
(...)
Remember a brief is supposed to be just that.
Brief.
by Dave Trott
October 29, 2008
October 26, 2008
A new theory is born
After Thomas L. Friedman (in)famous "McDonald's theory" (a type of Pax Burger), we now have a new international relations theory based on Starbucks, another global chain:
"The higher the concentration of expensive, nautically themed, faux-Italian-branded Frappuccino joints in a country's financial capital, the more likely the country is to have suffered catastrophic financial losses."
October 23, 2008
October 21, 2008
"Food for thought"
"We work in an area burdened by jargon and complexity, but the best marketing strategies are defined in simple terms. If something is too complicated, then it’s time to start again."-- Andrew McGuiness, BMB
October 20, 2008
"Chief"/"Gramma"
"Even the worst people in the planet need the planet."
Client: MTV Switch
Agency: Leo Burnett, Buenos Aires
October 17, 2008
October 14, 2008
October 13, 2008
October 10, 2008
October 09, 2008
"Food for thought"
"People who despise consumerism and advertising are usually just as guilty (possibly far more so) of seeking status through Veblen effects. The Guardian-reader who shops organically and holidays in Macchu Picchu is far more guilty of displaying rarity-snobbery than a Sun reader who goes to Burger King and Benidorm."You got to love Rory Sutherland!
Great thesis. The only problem is that when the majority of the brands act as social levelers you will end up creating an anonymous and homogenized class of consumers.
That's why you have people trading up more often (the majority of the masses saving 3 month salary to buy a shirt from Prada) rather than trading down (the affluents eating McDonald's and flying EasyJet, for example).
October 08, 2008
"Think. Again."
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"The Atlantic was born out of questioning. To not question the world around you is to choose to live in the dark. That's why we turned these Atlantic questions in neon questions, we took their questions out of the magazine into the street and this is how people responded."
-- José Ricardo Cabaço, Euro RSCG North American CCO
[Via: Creativity Online]
October 02, 2008
"Food for thought"
"Campbell's Soup has introduced chicken noodle soup with "25% less sodium." What does that say about Campbell's regular chicken noodle soup? That it has too much sodium? Then there's Campbell's Healthy Request line of soups. What does that say about Campbell's regular soups? That they're unhealthy? Then there's Campbell's Chunky soups. What does that say about Campbell's regular soups? That they're thin and watery?" -- Al Ries in Ad Age
October 01, 2008
September 23, 2008
"Play it again?"
Cadbury - Drumming Gorilla from Stepa Mitaki on Vimeo.
According to the Brand Republic website and quoting a recent TNS study Cadbury's flagship Dairy Milk brand has lost market share to arch-rival Galaxy.
After the huge success of Juan cabral's "Gorilla" (Fallon London), it appears to me that the old discussion about the true role of advertising will be triggered again:
Should advertising entertain and generate awareness per se or should advertising be more effective in making people buy stuff (as if the last is detached from the former)?
Obviously advertising is just one of the "P's". Obviously advertising is always the weakest link when marketing departments fail on the rest of the tools and strategies.
September 18, 2008
September 10, 2008
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