Niko Herzeg Marketing

This weekend has been good for various reasons: first of we said hola to Santiago during the night. She kindly said hola back. and then some.
Secondly, we survived our personal version of a Chilean bbq; grilled for over two hours by a VC; keeping the bad bbq analogies going, in the end he did [...]

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The great lesson in microeconomics is to discriminate between when technology is going to help you and when it’s going to kill you. And most people do not get this straight in their heads. But a fellow like Buffett does.
For example, when we were in the textile business, which is a terrible commodity business, we [...]

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“Don’t try and write rock songs, write a pop song and then rock it up or whatever else you wanna do, on top..”
Noel Gallagher
This equally applies to our work: First come up with the problem the brand can/wants/should address, that is rooted in actual consumer buying/using behaviour. Trace back to understand what has lead them [...]

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One magazine;
Four advertisers;
Different agencies;
Same category.
No convention was harmed during the making of any of these campaigns.

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As seen at Frankfurt Airport. Books that help you learn a foreign language by turning the learning into a “Who-done-it” novel. Best bit of gamification I’ve come across in a long time.
Yes new tools (slowly) change cultural practices of people. Yes we should be aware of the new. No, we should not jump [...]

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Harvard Thinks Big 2010 – Daniel Gilbert – ‘Global Warming and Psychology’ from Harvard Thinks Big on Vimeo.
Pretty good insight checklist in general:
Are you finding stuff in the lives of people that is:
Immoral
Imment
Intentional
Instanteneous
Obviously the creative translation does not (should not?) have to amplify that fear. But having a fear/problem to work of instead of the [...]

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‘Utopia Now’ – Lecture by Stephen Duncombe from SKOR on Vimeo.
a great addendum to some of my thoughts written here and here

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“Good heavens!” I cried. “Who would associate crime with these dear old homesteads?” “They always fill me with a certain horror. It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.”
“But [...]

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A couple of things have been popping up on my radar interesting, or I think interesting, enough to warrant a hypothesis about business, communications, people and politics.
First there is:
This story. An entertainment channel for the conservative American.
What makes them interesting is the fact they seem to be focused on spreading content, the way [...]

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Amongst the many things identified by Diamond, again we see the use of wrong analogies that frame our actions and perceptions of success, or lack thereof. The fact the talk is four years old, yet not dated, adds to its urgency, to me at least.
Howerever you like your tea, this talk should touch some [...]

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