ALL POSTS TAGGED Rational advertising

An Interview with FXGuide

Posted Sep 23 in Press tagged , , , , by

Here’s an interview with FXGuide on how we change behaviour at Naked Communications.  Its a video about 24 minutes long.

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Getting People Involved

Posted Mar 14 in Opinion tagged , , , by

So by now most people are getting the message, forget about making people receive information passively, and get them involved in the communications. Getting people to act with the message is a much more effective tool for behavioural change rather than just yelling at people. I’m sometimes surprised how much difficulty marketers are having with [...]

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Action Advertising Over Emotional Advertising

Posted Jan 17 in Opinion tagged , , by

I’ve spoken previously many times about the importance of getting people to ACT and not just RECEIVE a message. The whole industry has been hijacked by ad agencies flogging ‘emotional advertising’ (‘Lovemark anyone?’) for too long. The choice has always been is it emotional or rational advertising (for the record if you’re after passive advertising [...]

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The Obsession With ‘Emotional Advertising’ is Missing the Point

Posted Oct 11 in Opinion tagged , , , , , by

Recently Millward Brown put out a white paper titled “Should my advertising stimulate an emotional response?” I applaud Millward Brown for trying to answer such a question – and the article is a good read, concluding unsurprisingly with ‘yes’ we should encourage an emotional response. However, to be frank, I think asking a different question [...]

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In Advertising Give Me Utility over Emotion Anytime

Posted Sep 15 in Opinion tagged , , by

Here’s my latest Adnews article. It’s about Utility Marketing, trying to use every possible opportunity to give people what they want. It’s an alternative to the ‘emotional ádvertising’ thing people talk about (see previous blog posts). I’d be interested in peoples thoughts.

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