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Category Archives: Communications
TIKI: You Could Have Been Firmer
Imagine your brand being co-opted by an odd mix of right-wing frat boys with funny haircuts, toothless old men with grey beards and beer guts, and sniveling shifty-eyed wanna-be soldiers. In other words, the Master Race, same as they ever … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Diversity, Leadership
Tagged alt-right, branding, charlottesville, TIKI
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“Digital” is Just Accelerated Direct Marketing
Says the great Drayton Bird in his email this morning: “On-line marketing is just accelerated direct marketing.” He’s right. It’s therefore more important than ever that your marketers are properly trained: it’s harder to keep the rubber on the road … Continue reading
A Loyalty Program Retort: British Airways
“When you pass the football, three things can happen. Two of them are bad.” This quote has been attributed to Woody Hayes–probably incorrectly–Darrell Royal, Chuck Mills, and several other famous football coaches. It’s stuck with me over the years, particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Customer Care
Tagged direct mail, Drayton Bird, Loyalty, Retention
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Now, Nobody Will Read About It
You still have to build something worth talking about for people to talk about it. Continue reading
Ignore “Three Rights” At Your Campaign’s Peril
I believe in the old “40/40/20” rule of direct response marketing which states that 40% of the performance of a campaign is dependent on the the list, 40% on the offer, and 20% on everything else. You can also think of it as the “Three Rights” which you must do correctly to for successful digital performance marketing campaigns. Continue reading
Fairy Tale: “Ads We Want to See”
One of the biggest fantasies shared by digital marketers and advertising technology providers is that people want to see ads. The problem isn’t them, it’s us. If only we installed more technology (and chipped away at privacy a little more), we’d … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Communications, Marketing, Media, Strategy
Tagged adtech, consumer, creative, delusion, digital marketing, identity management, technology
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Three Things I Learned From PewDiePie
If you have been conned into running influencer marketing campaigns, do you know how every one of those influencers is representing your brand? Have you–not your agency–read every word they’ve posted and every second of video they’ve uploaded? Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Communications, Marketing, Media, Predictions, Tactics
Tagged brand equity, Disney, Felix Kjellberg, influencer marketing, influencers, Maker Studios, PewDiePie, YouTube
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Publish The Denominator, Google.
You might have seen Google patting itself on the back today for taking down 1.7 billion ads–2X last year’s total!–that violated the company’s policies. The problem, like most digital media hype and nonsense, is that they didn’t bother to publish … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Data, Media, Rants
Tagged digital marketing, fraud, Google, malvertising
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