Today’s one minute marketing topic is Second Half Recovery Act – creating a recovery marketing plan That’s not a new government program, it’s your own plan for rebuilding business in the second half of 2020. We added the word “act”…
Today’s one minute marketing topic is Second Half Recovery Act – creating a recovery marketing plan That’s not a new government program, it’s your own plan for rebuilding business in the second half of 2020. We added the word “act”…
I am often asked, “What’s the one thing I should be doing to market my business?” My response is that there is no “one thing” in marketing. Typically, this comes from business owners who are rightly looking to maximize their…
There is One Thing You Can Definitely Count On Just like every January: People make wild predictions. New things will happen. Mobile will get more mobile. Websites and apps will have more opportunities to put your message in front of…
Bonus tip: Tie Your Creative into a Campaign. Example: Snickers William Dafoe/Marilyn Monroe Often Super Bowl ads kick off new creative campaigns that are carried to other media. That’s fine. It is truly a waste when a big splashy ad…
Principle 3: Use storytelling to reinforce features and benefits of the product. Super Bowl (and other) advertising is best when it tells a story. People love stories and being caught up in one. We love to be carried along to…
Principle 2: Don’t let the creative idea steal from the point of the ad. Too often creative is done for creative’s sake. The creative angle is so sweet that it becomes the focus of the spot, rather than the actual…
Principle 1: Don’t let what you can do with technology drive the creative. Use technology to support the creative message. Example: Puppy/Monkey/Baby – Mountain Dew Kickstart This ad features a CGI created creature which is a combination of a puppy,…