With hardly a word, visuals can tell us a memorable tale.

With hardly a word, visuals can tell us a memorable tale.
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View Full PostMarketing ROI calculations often measure activities such as sales, inquires, and clicks to gauge the effectiveness of a program. The strength is that these measure what someone actually does, as opposed to what he or she says they will do. However, activities, even ones as concrete as sales, are short-term behaviors; what someone does today […]
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View Full PostAd flow narrative problems can rarely be saved by first-frame branding.
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View Full PostPrint Ad 101: When an ad is hard to read, nothing much happens.
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View Full PostAd looks good, right? But it ran back inside cover. Costs more, recalls less.
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View Full PostEarned immersive ads can be strong alternatives to paid TV spots.
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View Full PostSocial Media helps advertisers improve the return they earn on their multi-million dollars investments Social Media has changed the game for Super Bowl advertisers. A recent study by communications research firm, G&R, shows that social media enables advertisers to multiply the efficiency of their advertising investment by increasing the number of people who see the […]
Corporate advertising is sometimes portrayed as a wasteful use of corporate resources. Critics say it is self-indulgent ego-stroking by management that often backfires to reflect negatively on the company and/or is seen by consumers who don’t like or understand it. (See typical talking points with a good example of how not to do corporate advertising […]
Comparative ads work best when the matters they compare matter most.
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View Full PostConnectedness in headline and visual bonds message and reader.
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