Employer Branding – how Virgin added ‘Virginess’ to Virgin Active
I love employer branding and when done well it can revolutionise Government Departments, large and even small businesses. Always on the look out for businesses doing this well, I was excited to find this fantastic presentation by Elaine J0bson, where she shares the principles on how Virgin successfully took the old Health and Raquet club brand and [...]
Advertising People Vs Normal People
Ever wondered if we ad folk live in a bubble? This infographic explains it all. haha
Social Media to the rescue
With so many of us now connected to multiple social media platforms, we are all aware what a powerful marketing tool social media can be. We are now also beginning to realise ways in which we can harness its power to help people. Social media was a primary source of communication following the earthquake and [...]
CMO’s Guide to Social Media Sites
The social-media landscape has grown since last year with an additional 5 more communities/platforms added and a quite a few of them are already booming. So, which social media tools and channels will work best for your business? This years largest growing community is Pintrest, which reached 10 million monthly visitors in less time than [...]
Memorable approach for a Serious Medical Issue
Rethink Breast Cancer uses a very funny online advertisement to promote a free app that helps woman check their breasts regularly for early signs of breast cancer. Aimed at a younger female audience, in an effort to prevent breast cancer, the ad uses humour and hot guys to firstly grab attention before going onto explain the [...]
Origin Energy Sustainability Drive Campaign
Early last year Origin Energy released a campaign called – Sustainability Drive Campaign. The reasons for the campaign were simple; with the growing demand for energy, climate change became an issue and Australians started noticing their energy bills begin to rise. People started to notice who their energy provider was and what they were offering. If they didn’t [...]
Semi-Permanent
Well designers, it’s that time of year again! Have you got your tickets for Semi-Permanent yet? Semi-Permanent is a world leading design conference that to date has hosted 29 events in 9 cities, covering 5 countries, with over 200 speakers and 50,000 attendees. In 2012, Semi-Permanent celebrates ten years of events – that’s a decade [...]
Seth Godin – Tribes. Why they are important to marketing.
There is no doubt that the internet opens up many opportunities for each of us to find and communicate with people that have similar interests to us. Most of us have joined a group, a club, or a forum that we visit regularly to talk about or interact with what we love most. From a [...]
Augmented Reality Business Cards
This blog is continued from my previous blog on creative business cards, that think outside the box. Over the last week I’ve been taken into the world of augmented reality and how this amazing technology is changing the way business can connect with their clients/customers. I’ve seen all kinds of amazing ideas, such as a [...]
Cut
Recent findings from a number of large scale studies of consumers and their habits suggest that less choice equals more sales. Interestingly, secondary conclusions for this hypothesis suggest that less choice converted to quicker decision processing and therefore greater sale conversion. Could these findings be due to the time poor nature of consumer habits or [...]
