Monday, April 29, 2013

ONE, GOOD REASON WHY TO GET CREATIVE



Most of us have a tendency to separate strategic thinking from creative thinking. Even more, we tend to think of processes - such as developing a new communications campaign - as having a strategic phase (to develop the Brief) and then a creative phase (to develop the Ideas). But, actually, the best strategic thinking is inherently creative. For example, and especially in today's "age of sameness" marketplace, there is no better time to come up with, to create Reasons Why in our Brand's Positioning that do what our Benefits can no longer easily do: create the impression of meaningful differentiation. That's our subject this week.


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Monday, April 22, 2013

MORE ON TARGETING



Last week we wrote about the 10 Most Common Blunders in Targeting. This week we want to share with you our thinking on how to choose your target.

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