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The campaign, which features vogue dancers in high heels, marks a shift away from stereotypical definitions of masculinity
Via Matt Skallerud
He sold a record number of Big Macs. Crowds mobbed him. So why did McDonald's have to retire his satin jacket early?
Anything Google can do Facebook wants to do better. And with the latter's new product ads, it has a data advantage that could lead to big revenue for the social network.
Most Americans, when asked if they are affected by advertising, will say “not really.” They think other people are influenced by cultural messages, but that they are somehow immune.
Whether people are shaped by the media they consume seems to be a perpetual question. The fact that billions of dollars are spent every year attempting to influence us is probably a sign that advertisers know it works. Scientists get in on the action, asking pressing questions like: Do violent video games increase violence in real life? Do sexy, thin models hurt girls’ self-esteem? We do the studies and the answers are often inconclusive, probably because of how complicated the relationships are.
Psychologist Stefano Ghirlanda and his colleagues asked a slightly simpler question: Do celebrity dogs influence the popularity of dog breeds? They looked at 100 movies with prominent dog characters from 1939 to 2003 and compared the release date to breed registrations. The answer seems to be: with the exception of box office flops, yes.
“You would be amazed to find how often we mislead ourselves, regardless of how smart we think we are, when we attempt to explain why we are behaving the way we do,” Dichter observed in 1960, in his book “The Strategy of Desire”. He held that marketplace decisions are driven by emotions and subconscious whims and fears, and often have little to do with the product itself. Trained as a psychoanalyst, Dichter saw human motivation as an “iceberg”, with two-thirds hidden from view, even to the decision-maker. “What people actually spend their money on in most instances are psychological differences, illusory brand images,” he explained.
At a time when national companies were aggressively jockeying for position among Americans—a suddenly cash-happy and acquisitive bunch—Dichter promised a way to influence consumers' brains. If shopping was an emotional minefield, then strategic marketing could be a gold mine for companies.
Between the late 1930s and 1960s Dichter became famous for transforming the fates of businesses such as Procter & Gamble, Exxon, Chrysler, General Mills and DuPont. His insight changed the way hundreds of products were sold, from cars to cake mix. He pioneered research techniques such as the focus group, understood the power of word-of-mouth persuasion and earned startling fees for his theories. By the late 1950s his global business reached an annual turnover of $1m ($8m today), and he enjoyed a reputation as the Freud of the supermarket age.
If you thought outdoor advertising was either too expensive or not capable of making a real splash, check out the Zeusvision digital media bus! These literal outdoor advertising vehicles have 31-fo...
I suppose by now you've all seen the latest Chanel N°5 commercial featuring Gisele Bündchen... It's actually a film, directed by Baz Luhrmann. Nothing against Chanel N°5 film, but I remain a Coco g...
Have you seen Subway's latest ad ~ the one with the woman who reminds us to "Eat Fresh!" and stay healthy & slim so we can fit into our sexy Halloween costumes? Jezebel did. And out came the re...
The results reported by Chobani and Taco Bell are in line with metrics Facebook disclosed from Ben & Jerry's and Levi's last December. ...Neither the brands nor Instagram disclosed the spending by the campaigns, an important factor for advertisers considering the platform. The ads are sold on a CPM basis, meaning advertisers pay a fee based on every 1,000 people reached. Salesforce has estimated the average price of an app-install ad on Facebook at $5.68. Assuming a CPM in the range, both campaigns cost in the tens of thousands of dollars....
Via Jeff Domansky
With the number of advertising programs that limit or down-right prevent adult products, services, and websites from participating, I'm often asked about just where adult businesses can advertise o...
Via Gracie Passette
Time and again, we hear online merchants urging online marketplaces to advertise their sites more prominently, with many sellers advocating TV campaigns to drive shoppers to their listings. eBay and Overstock.com have run some memorable television ads in the past, but for the most part, online marketplaces stick with Internet, email and affiliate marketing to attract shoppers.
So news that Rakuten.com Shopping has begun promoting its marketplace through television and billboard advertising in the U.S. is big news, even though they are testing the campaigns in limited geographic areas.
The social media movement born of Alan Jones' sexist comments had huge early success, but its clicktivists' wings have since been clipped. It was around the year of my birth that Philip Morris began a campaign to seduce its female smokers. In an era largely untroubled by my pregnant mother's cigarettes, the Virginia Slims campaign was, in itself, unsurprising. What was surprising was the company's use of a ''women's libber'' to promote its product. This was the first time feminism sold anything to anyone; apart from its core principles, I suppose. Since then, the idea of an emerging social freedom has been used many times to sell women face cream and alcohol. The ''you go girl'' message has been successfully co-opted to bring my gender high heels and financial services and small cars. Because you're worth it. These days, women are still buying back their own dissent from advertisers. But things are different now. In an age of social networking, where so many of us feel we are in ''control'' of our media, the way to a lady's wallet is a more difficult business....
Via Jeff Domansky, Deanna Dahlsad
retrogasm: “ The Academy of Mystic Arts ”
The Independent Sex doesn't sell? This study into women's response to raunchy advertising ...
Via Desife
thestrongestmustache: “ really. yes, really. the actual ron burgundy scotch is coming! ”
In the mid-20th century, businesses began to see the huge commercial possibilities of holding a contest where pretty girls would compete just for the honor of representing their product or main export.
Although online marketing is a growing resource for product and service promotion, print advertising still creates a significant impact on those who pick up your advertisement. Both online and print advertising can be designed to target a certain group for maximum effect. However, print advertising is tactile. The reader can hold on to it, or pass it off to a friend. Online advertisements are gone as soon as the reader clicks away from the page.
Via Matt Skallerud
Sex and marketing | Psychology for Marketers
Can sex and marketing work in synergy? Dive into human psyche to understand why sex sells and see the list of the top ads using sexual messages
I’m not an especially visual person, so I can appreciate people who are. I’m blown away by the style and creativity I see on some Pinterest boards.
In the fickle world of modern-day advertising, there is one certainty we can always count on: Sex sells. Or so we've been trained to believe. Indeed, that age-old mantra of consumerism is repeated so often by marketing executives that it’s accepted with pious conviction, but past research on the effectiveness of sexual imagery in advertising has been at best conflicting and at worst downright murky.
Back when I was a kid and I didn’t understand intellectual property such as sales & marketing slogans; hence, I never understood why Kellogg’s didn’t just come right out and...
The Mondale-Ferraro campaign used the Halloween “Trick Or Treat” theme to get some votes in the bag.
A recent study may have found an increase in ads using sex to sell, but using sex to sell has been around a long long time. Perhaps the study didn’t...
Since industry estimates now peg the average time a reader spends looking at your ad at 3 to 5 seconds, a successful print campaign now hinges upon eye-catching presentations that are meant to capture and resonate with the audience.
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