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4 Brands Who Struck Luck This St. Patrick’s Day
Many companies and brands find their most creative ideas for marketing campaigns during holidays both big and small. From Valentine’s Day to Halloween and even on Thanksgiving, you’ll find sweepstakes, giveaways, & holiday-themed treats. This St. Patrick’s Day you’re in luck! The four brands featured below have taken advantage of the green themed holiday in…
Read MoreGetting Under the Influencer: 5 Strategies for Influencer Marketing
Word-of-mouth marketing is one of the most effective strategies a company can use, since consumers are inclined to buy products based on the recommendations of people they know and trust. But that trust is not limited to people consumers know personally: Influential people, from celebrities to experts in a specific field, can also garner the…
Read MoreEffective Psychological Tactics for Your Next Video
If you took psychology in college, you may remember the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion, or ELM. Developed by researchers Richard E. Petty and John Cacioppo, ELM explains that messages persuade people through two paths: the central and peripheral routes. The central route refers to persuasion that is done through the actual content of a…
Read MoreWhy Hershey’s Kisses and Christmas Are So Connected
Twenty seven years ago, Hershey’s brand manager John Dunn was overseeing some potential TV spots and finished ahead of schedule. Instead of boarding a flight back to Pennsylvania, he asked their advertising firm, Ogilvy and Mather, to use the extra time to create a holiday themed ad. It was really just a fun experiment –…
Read MoreAmazon Go: A new way to shop
No lines. No checkout. (No, seriously.) It sounds too good to be true, but Amazon Go is about to make it a reality for people in their Seattle test store. Amazon Go is a shopping model that allows you to walk into a store, grab what you need and leave. You won’t have to wait…
Read MoreDoes Advertising in the Presidential Election Matter?
You’re watching TV with your family when a presidential election commercial comes on slamming one of the presidential candidates. Do you listen and put value into what is being said or ignore it and go make some microwave popcorn? TV ads have been an effective way of reaching large audiences for years, especially during political…
Read MoreCritical Mass Media
[imageframe lightbox=”no” style_type=”none” bordercolor=”” bordersize=”0px” stylecolor=”” align=”right” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][/imageframe] Are you watching less of your favorite network television programs these days? There are two ways to answer that question, and both of them are yes. In the first case, you are definitely watching less because there’s less to watch. The ratio between…
Read MoreThe Pitch and Other Guilty Pleasures
I do, however, watch The Pitch on AMC. For those who don’t know, the show follows two actual advertising agencies as they compete against one another for an important account. At the beginning of the hour the agencies come together in a conference room to be briefed on the project by the potential client company.…
Read MoreMay 2012 Chatter
Click here to view commerciaL Dollar Shave Club, a new web company that provides replacement shaving blades to customers each month for as little as a dollar, is, if you’ll pardon the pun, a damn sharp idea. Anyone who shaves with a “new tech” razor that boasts blade technology only slightly less advanced than the…
Read MoreFebruary 2012 Chatter
Click here to view commercials If this had a title it would probably be “Doritos, Dogs & Dames” (sorry for the non-PC reference to women, but I was looking for alliteration and the pickings are lean). Doritos is an easy pick. The spot with granny slingshotting a baby so he can snatch his brother’s bag…
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