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The Gentle Sell

As residents of a highly commercial world, we are inundated with thousands of advertisements daily. From screaming billboards alongside the freeways on the way to work, to the Lacoste logo on a colleague’s shirt or bag, repetitive radio spots on … Continue reading

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Music Can Make It or Break It

Do you ever catch yourself humming a tune from a TV commercial? I sure do, and I can often remember the song, but not always the ad. Rarely the ad. The use of music in a commercial is crucial. You … Continue reading

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Marketing yourself in 140 characters or less.

What do Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears all have in common?  Besides being the most played and sung artists on my iPod in my car (proud to be a “Belieber,” a “Little Monster” and the biggest Britney fan … Continue reading

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Buytheway 2D Code

Following our fascinating discussion about 2D codes a couple of weeks ago I decided it would be a good idea to fully integrate our blog and make it readily available on our mobile devices. Capturing this QR Code should directly … Continue reading

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Oscar-Night, Also JCPenney-Night

During the Oscar-night, we saw JCPenney’s new brand logo appear throughout Academy Awards programming in 30-second commercials highlighting key brands  Liz Claiborne, MNG by Mango, People StyleWatch and Cindy Crawfored Style.  LCPenney worked with AOR Saatchi & Saatchi on its spring … Continue reading

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Building Brand Loyalty-Starts from Pronouncing the Brand Name Right

Italian Baby Product Brand Chicco’s Campaign Strategy How to enter foreign market? An Italian maker of baby products decides to start from educating people to pronounce their name right. The brand is Chicco, pronounced “KEE-ko.” Chicco’s products are priced as … Continue reading

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Win-Win Branding at the Oscars: Dresses

nd so every year again, Oscar audiences around the world are eager to catch a glimpse at the latest gowns and frocks, judging and dreaming, and buying into the lifestyle they promise – mostly with their minds, and sometimes also with their money. Continue reading

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Do You Do 2D?

2D codes are popping up all over the place in marketing, entertainment, art and business. While the technology has been widespread in more “tech-nations” like Japan many question whether the use of 2D codes in the US makes sense for … Continue reading

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Will Pepsi’s skinny can connect with customers?

Pepsi, recently unveiled a new design for their Diet Pepsi Cola, which will be made available to customers in March. The new design was presented at New York’s fashion week. Pepsi explains their new design concept as “a slim attractive can” made … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s Kinect: Did it “Kinect” to you?

Since the first launch of the Nintendo Wii, the video games industry has continued to investigate and develop the world of motion-sensor games, causing a new era in the world of video game and players.  No longer are games targeted … Continue reading

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