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Earning Trust in a Post-Truth Age
We used to say the truth was slippery. If we could never quite grasp it, still we believed it was out there somewhere, swimming the currents of events, perspective, and time. And as slippery as it might have been, getting at the truth mattered. These days, by contrast, truth is not only more difficult than […]
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How to Write an Award-Winning Tagline
Part three of a three-part series. One of the most fun categories to judge at the 2016 LIA Awards was taglines (endlines). This was because—as we say in the naming biz—we had seven words rather than seven letters to play with and consider! The taglines we reviewed were mostly from advertising campaigns, both print and […]
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How to Write Award-Winning Copy
Part two of a three-part series. As I mentioned in my previous post, I was recently invited to join the judges of the Verbal Identity panel of the 2016 LIA Awards. Now that the LIA winners for Verbal Identity have been announced, we can examine why those Gold and Silver winners took the honors. I […]
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How to Enter Your Work in an Industry Contest
Recently, I was honored to be included as a judge on the Verbal Identity Panel of the LIA Awards, held in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. Although the LIA has been rewarding excellence in advertising for 20 years, 2016 was the first year that Verbal Identity was added to the judging categories. I learned a lot over the course […]
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Four Steps to More-Viral Marketing Content
Going viral is the content marketer’s holy grail. By making audiences feel compelled to share your content, you can multiply the impact of your marketing spend by orders of magnitude. But how do you make that happen? How do you create viral content, like the Old Spice Guy video campaign . . . . […]
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Four Lessons Marketers Can Take from the 2016 Presidential Primary Season
Most U.S. presidents are good public speakers, hold popular policy positions, and possess personalities and résumés that are “presidential.” But that’s not enough to make it to the highest office in the land. To do that, you need marketing. The 2016 presidential candidates know this. Hillary Clinton prepped for her campaign by enlisting hotshot marketers […]
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Love or Hate Avon’s New Animated Video? Either Way, It’s a Win.
Whether you love or hate the Avon Foundation’s new “Will You Walk? Or Will You Walk Away?” animated video, I’m calling it a huge win for the breast cancer cause—and a case study on effective viral video. Launched January 13 on prime time TV in major markets where the eight 2014 Avon Walks will take […]
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Make Me Laugh! The Power of Humor in Marketing Communications
Laughter feels good—and in marketing, it can provide a kind of cognitive jolt. It not only gives marketers an opportunity to shift consumers’ attention to whatever it is they want to show or tell them, but also help them to remember it. As the father of a three-and-a-half-year-old boy (an age at which the “and […]
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Marketing Content and the Power of Storytelling
Once upon a time, it was a Mad Men world. Marketers worked by instinct, making enormous up-front investments with no clue whether campaigns would succeed or fail. Agencies grew more based on the thickness of their Rolodexes and their persuasiveness in pitch meetings than on their ability to drive clients’ bottom lines. Today, by contrast, […]
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Trendy Trade Show Give-Aways 2011
Fun, interactive, digital gadgets are the trade show trend of the moment, along with colorful, eye-catching iPad covers and chargers. Our guest blogger, Valerie Sison from identity services firm Insight Resource Group, clues us in on the most coveted conference give-aways.