Tag Archives: Branding
What Brands Can Learn from Digital Daters (and Vice Versa!)
In the 20 or so years since the public began accessing the Internet, I’ve watched people’s perceptions of online love shift from being some hidden passageway for sexual deviants to an acceptable avenue for mainstream meet-ups. Havas Worldwide has conducted “Love & Lust in the Digital Age” for a decade, and this year’s survey sees the social stigma shrink even further: 1 in 2 people say they know someone whose relationship started online, and 6 in 10 view online dating as “totally normal.”
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Millennials, This Digital Life
Get Real to Make People Dream Again
This digital life has been the discussion of marketers all over the world for the last few years, with one POV: “There is only one future and it is digital; analog is dead.”
Cautiously questioning the role of digital for brands—and, more so, its importance for mankind—was considered akin to questioning global warming. Too strong a comparison? I don’t think so. It was impossible to have a grown-up conversation, even though many studies—both quantitative and qualitative—clearly show that the current impact of the “digital world” on business success and/or brand building is minor.
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This Digital Life
Spotlight Campaign: Dr Pepper Ten
Recently, Dr Pepper has followed in its competitors' footsteps and released a diet soda—Dr. Pepper Ten—targeted specifically at men in a fashion similar to Pepsi Max and Coke Zero. In their TV spot, a grizzled man enjoys the drink in the midst of a laser gun fight in a jungle, while riding an ATV (slightly reminiscent of G.I. Joe commercials from way back in the day). The copy reinforces the manliness theme by more or less telling women that this soda is for men, and men only. To further this idea, Dr Pepper Ten has set up a men-only Facebook page that consists of "manly" games and quizzes.
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Gender
Down on the Farm with Chipotle
As part of its Food With Integrity campaign, Chipotle (with vocal backup from Willie Nelson) has released a new ad depicting how a farmer changes over to industrial meat production before returning to more sustainable methods. View it below and let us know what you think.
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New Consumer