Advertising works not by communicating, but by making someone feel something. Emotions are the key
Les Binet & Peter Field
Category: Quotes
What is an insight?
…an observation framed in such a way that it changes understanding of the situation and suggests action
Jem Fawcus, CEO – Firefish
The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.
Bob Iger, Chairman – Disney
Information is only useful when it can be understood
Muriel Cooper, Art Director – MIT Press
If no-one truly hates an idea, it’s highly likely that no-one truly loves it either
Unknown
Creativity has a considerable affect on marketing campaign effectiveness
“Our findings confirm the conventional wisdom that creativity matters: Overall, more-creative campaigns are more effective – considerably so … a euro invested in a highly creative ad campaign had nearly double the sales impact of a euro spent on a noncreative campaign.”
Werner Renartz, Professor of Marketing at the University of Cologne & Peter Saffert, research associate at the University of Cologne in Germany. via Harvard Business Review
In marketing, data can’t easily reveal customer desires
“Businesses have come to rely on big data to understand the emotions of their most important asset — customers. And while big data is helping companies see patterns in huge masses of information, it’s proving limited for understanding the most important aspects of customers’ needs and desires.”
Martin Lindstrom, author – Buyology
The three dimensions of trust in marketing
“Three factors influence people’s willingness to depend on someone else … … The three dimensions of trust in marketing
“As seen on TV” conveys something which “as seen on Facebook” does not
Rory Sutherland
There may be a gap in the market, but is there a market in the gap?
Andrey Ivanov, Business Games podcast
Bite-Sized Marcomms 