There is this story Gordon Livingstone tells in his book about Vietnam. As a young luitanant in the 82d Airborne he tried to determine the position of his platoon. His platoon sargeant walked up and asked if he knew where they were.
Livingstone answered: “according to this map, there should be a hill around here. Yet I don’t [...]
Entries from August 2009
Advertising and Awareness
August 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: agency · marketing · planning
how human nature can change consumption habits
August 12th, 2009 · No Comments
The above commercial shows us a bias that can help producers and consumers change their habits to more eco friendly ways without less consumption.
It is called the Diderot effect
If you buy a bigger washingmachine, you of course need a better detergent to help with the bigger loads.
So if we want to change habits on a [...]
Tags: herd · marketing · planning
Hello world!
August 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
Tags: Uncategorized
Show, don’t tell
August 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Above three pictures taken in the Rotterdam subway this morning.
1) Advertising space in the wagon I was sitting in.
2) An ad announcing the sale of seasontickets for local Premiership Football club Sparta.
For the season 2008-2009
3) The media company that sells the space, trying to convince potential advertisers for this medium.
If you are going to tell somebody, [...]
Tags: marketing