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What does Love mean to brands?

Posted by: Sean X on: January 31, 2012

Love. What does it mean to brands? Often people give presentations about “brand love” and cite brands like Apple, or Starbucks, or Virgin. Guess what? No other brand is Apple, or Starbucks, or Virgin. and you cannot just go out and copy those brands. If I stood in front of you and presented a case [...]

O.co EPIC FAIL

Posted by: Sean X on: December 28, 2011

Overstock.com recently gave up on its effort to fully change the company to O.co . When will brands learn that anything but a “.com” address of snow is fraught with disaster? People have said they bailed on their “rebranding.” They didn’t bail out on “branding” They bailed out on a name change. What these brand managers [...]

Chrysler ran an ad on the Superbowl in 2011 for the Chrystler 200, that embodied their brand, repositioned it, and grittily carved out a niche. “Imported from Detroit.“ It was quite possibly one of the most brilliant stances taken by a car company, for reasons I will explain below. In disservice to that ad USA Today [...]

3 Brands that flunked Digital 101

Posted by: Sean X on: December 21, 2010

There are hundreds of brands that continue to be stuck in the “old way” of thinking, pre-Web 2.0. Some survive because they didn’t jump on the next fad, and some perished because they did. Many brands are starting to get it, but for many it may be too late and Web 2.0 has passed them [...]

When taglines go bad

Posted by: Sean X on: April 23, 2009

It is often obvious when the client is the copywriter for their companies tagline. But seldom is the result this aggregious. “Experience the power of the source of all your paper, packaging and facility needs. – Unisource.” Wow. I really should not have to make any comment. “the power of the source” ? Huh? Yeah [...]

Why FriendFinder works… “Sex Sells”

Posted by: Sean X on: April 19, 2009

So while debating with someone who started to spew statistics about FriendFinder and how they have so many emails and registered users I was reminded of a basic axiom in advertising… “Sex Sells” FriendFinder (the company) is basically Penthouse. The vast majority of their network, as far as members and subscriptions, is sex based sites. [...]

Hope is currency

Posted by: Sean X on: April 19, 2009

You are not a Republican. You are not a Democrat. You are not your car, your house, your jewelry. Your double-latte-decaf. You are not the health club you belong to. You are definitely NOT your religion. You are not better than anyone else, nor are you worse than you believe. You are not your body [...]

Sarah Palin is not God

Posted by: Sean X on: November 19, 2008

It is through our limbic system that advertising has the most impact. Love me or hate me, but whatever you do don’t be indifferent towards me. I will force you to react to me, whatever that form takes. The energy required to ignore me is more powerful than that to engage with me. For that, [...]


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  • The Mobile Signature: 'Please excsue typoo's' May 9, 2012
    NOTE This is an iPhone email. The iPhone keyboard is, to say the least, persnickety. Since I have neither the thumbs of a newborn, nor the texting prowess of a 13-year-old, please excuse the occasional spelling mistake. And so reads my iPhone signature line. Why should this offend anyone? And what harm is it alerting someone of this possibility? Ah, therein […]
  • Top 11 Responses to 'Can We Have Your Facebook Password?' in an Interview March 27, 2012
    I have been embroiled in debate over employers asking potential interview candidates for their Facebook password. It is such a fundamental breach of privacy that I almost become apoplectic when I think about it. Unfortunately people applying for jobs are not in power positions, and often feel pressured to comply. As seductive as the potential job may be, do […]
  • How to Teach a Client About Pinterest... and Help Yourself While Doing It March 8, 2012
    Like nailing Jello to a wall, Pinterest is a bit hard to "get." It's fairly easy to define the concept, "scrapbooking with high viral potential," however many people, including many of my clients, struggle to figure out if it has any worth to them. Instead of just telling them about it, which loses some of the impact of what Pinteres […]

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  • I could write a book on the information at the sessions I attended today.
    I attended multiple sessions, all valuable, and was actually upset that I could not attend more. How rare is that? I could probably write a book on just the information that was available today at AdTech in the sessions I was in. So if you are in the marketing industry and you are not here, a piece of advice. Get to an AdTech! One of the most interesting ses […]
  • This is the Year of… "Everything"
    From the activity on the floor, to the bravado of its attendees, the marketing industry, and more specifically the digital marketing business is thriving. The floor is packed with new exhibitors, new faces, and new energy. Of course the big boys are here... Bing and Yahoo (Right Media,) ComScore, and Amazon (Web Services,) but a surprise was more traditional […]

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