Imagine a giant, glowing, lumbering presence walking across your city.
Think Attack of the 50 Foot Woman / Mr Burns when he was radio active repeating 'I love you'... over and over again.
Today that's effective marketing.
Its stunning, slightly absurd, large, enters on a large scale and you cant ignore it. The gigantic penetrative Marketing Campaign.
Today's marketing needs an edge. There is on on going cut and paste derivative trend;
Hokey folkey warmpth, soft edged marketing. Think Sportsgirl, Portmans, Cocolatte, even Johnston and Johnston are going that way, from pasta to car manufacturers spouting tales of generational allegiance to their brands including Barilla and Volvo.
Then there is the twee self effacing campaign think iinet and Buzz Insurance.
Pre on trend Viral marketing, online social networking positioning, Hipper than hip so now it hasn't happened yet and very individual...to see a hard copy version the free VICE magazine Melbourne it is a perfect example of this niche platform and can be found at indy haunts and cafes. For the informed its blatant and completely transparent - I am sure it works.
What is interesting is that it all still leans heavily on the visual. So the Artistic Director and Photographer are pivotal - so some things don't change.
There is the sound bite that can rocket an unknown artist to stardom - anything associated with an Apple product is testament to that big. Brand + tune (hand in hand) = a vertical market. Sure the multi faceted campaigns have to hit the mark from every angle but god what a perfect trade it creates.
So lets face it we all have to be a bit of a 'Radioactive 50 foot tall Mr Burns hermaphrodite' in the ad sense these days. The world just keeps getting savvier and the white noise of commercial competition louder, deafening us now. So how does one stand out from the crowd?
I might take a swan dive off the perceived common reality board into an altogether unplumbed depth... called genuine sincerity.
Currently I am marketing myself as a brand here on my blog and what is my Unique Selling Proposition?
We know and hear sincerity on a very base instinctual level - even if it is in the guise of super slick marketing, sometimes we get it - it gets us in reality and the bond is set.
Otherwise its just white noise.
Image reference for last two photographs here
Think Attack of the 50 Foot Woman / Mr Burns when he was radio active repeating 'I love you'... over and over again.
Its stunning, slightly absurd, large, enters on a large scale and you cant ignore it. The gigantic penetrative Marketing Campaign.
Today's marketing needs an edge. There is on on going cut and paste derivative trend;
Hokey folkey warmpth, soft edged marketing. Think Sportsgirl, Portmans, Cocolatte, even Johnston and Johnston are going that way, from pasta to car manufacturers spouting tales of generational allegiance to their brands including Barilla and Volvo.
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| Cocolatte - I don't think these girls were at Woodstock. |
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| Does mocking yourself/the company make the campaign more successful? |
Pre on trend Viral marketing, online social networking positioning, Hipper than hip so now it hasn't happened yet and very individual...to see a hard copy version the free VICE magazine Melbourne it is a perfect example of this niche platform and can be found at indy haunts and cafes. For the informed its blatant and completely transparent - I am sure it works.
What is interesting is that it all still leans heavily on the visual. So the Artistic Director and Photographer are pivotal - so some things don't change.
There is the sound bite that can rocket an unknown artist to stardom - anything associated with an Apple product is testament to that big. Brand + tune (hand in hand) = a vertical market. Sure the multi faceted campaigns have to hit the mark from every angle but god what a perfect trade it creates.
So lets face it we all have to be a bit of a 'Radioactive 50 foot tall Mr Burns hermaphrodite' in the ad sense these days. The world just keeps getting savvier and the white noise of commercial competition louder, deafening us now. So how does one stand out from the crowd?
I might take a swan dive off the perceived common reality board into an altogether unplumbed depth... called genuine sincerity.
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| Image from a very personal shoot I directed with Paul Louis Villani a brilliant photographer |
Currently I am marketing myself as a brand here on my blog and what is my Unique Selling Proposition?
I rely on two plain and simple rules:
- I mean what I say and say what I mean.
- The content is genuine its my own perspective.
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| Not quite 50 feet tall in a gown I have made. |
We know and hear sincerity on a very base instinctual level - even if it is in the guise of super slick marketing, sometimes we get it - it gets us in reality and the bond is set.
Otherwise its just white noise.
Image reference for last two photographs here
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