Today's marketing is becoming more and more sales focused. Gone are days when advertising above the line is simply messaging with call to action to 'look out for us in a store near you' or 'call our number to learn more' and below-the-line activities have gone beyond event sponsorships and brand gifting as rewards for … Continue reading Measuring Return on Awareness in the Age of Data and Ad Performance
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Wahala Be Like Bicycle and an Emerging Creator Culture
Brands once dictated things, things like consumer trends, purchase behaviours, social culture, even digital speak among other things through comms. More recently and in the year 2020, consumers, creators, entertainers and skit makers have taken charge, leading, identifying and dictating the roles that brands should and must play regardless of whether they align with the … Continue reading Wahala Be Like Bicycle and an Emerging Creator Culture
Is it influence or is it an ad?
"Is it influence or is it an ad?" attempts to shed some light into what qualifies as an ad or influence especially when brands use powerful social media actors today called influencers.
Driving Imagination in Marketing
In recent years, advertisers have turned to entertainment and social media in unlocking the best of marketing communications. Pepsi got the World Okurrr with Cardi B. Doritos staged a rap challenge between Morgan Freeman and Peter Dinklage – two unlikely rappers. Anthony Joshua fought himself for Under Armour. Guinness served us the first black undercover … Continue reading Driving Imagination in Marketing
What I Think about the Super Bowl LIV Commercials
https://youtu.be/trfbpONj3dk This year, the Super Bowl had it all. The good, the um-what’s-going-on-here and the Aha-I-See-what-You-Did-There. For me, Mountain Dew definitely falls in the “What’s going on here” category. Perhaps, I just don’t understand it. That’s fine, I guess. From Jason Momoa literally shedding skin for Rocket Mortgage to Chrissy & John’s Genesis … Continue reading What I Think about the Super Bowl LIV Commercials
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