09

Feb

2010

Seven Deadly Video Marketing Sins

Seven Deadly Video Marketing Sins

So you want to develop a Web video campaign to put on your website and add to YouTube and all the other Web video directories. Maybe you even want to create a new video micro site to promote that hot new product or service you’re about to launch. You want it done right, professional, slick, and you want it to be effective. Well of course you do.

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28

Jan

2010

Killer Campaigns Volume 3

Tell A Memorable Story

Killer Campaigns Volume 3

A rabbi, a priest, and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender looks up from polishing a glass and says, “What is this… a joke?” Ba-Dum-Tsssh!

A good story has a lot in common with a good marketing presentation, and one of the best ways to deliver your marketing message is in the form of a story. It’s how you turn advertising into content, and content into a memorable experience.

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07

Jan

2010

HyperRealism As A Motivating Factor In Web Video

HyperRealism As A Motivating Factor In Web Video

If there is one thing every Web business executive can agree on, it’s that websites need to motivate people to act. That action can be to place an order, send an email, pick-up the phone, or maybe just join a mailing list, but whatever the intended response, your website must cause a reaction. It’s a case of simple cause and effect.

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03

Dec

2009

Killer Campaigns Volume 2

Making Emotional Connections

Killer Campaigns Volume 2

We live in an age of clones: somebody makes a very profitable movie about vampires, and the next thing you know we’re all inundated with movies, television shows, books, blogs, websites, and every form of blood-sucking permutation you can imagine.

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19

Nov

2009

Killer Campaigns Volume 1

How To Think About Webmedia

Killer Campaigns Volume 1

We’ve all seen Web video campaigns and television commercials that we actually enjoyed watching, not once, but over and over again. Whether it’s the Mac Versus PC ads or the thoroughly entertaining Visa Pizza Twirling Commercial, great campaigns are as memorable as great movies or television shows. When commercial presentations meet that standard, they transcend mere commercial status, and reach the level of Experiences.

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02

Nov

2009

How To Develop A Brand Story Communication Strategy

How To Develop A Brand Story Communication Strategy

Marketing campaigns should always start with a communication concept: a conceptual premise and framework that attracts attention and engages an audience in a way that penetrates each viewer’s mind, and captures the audience’s collective consciousness. It is the foundation of your brand story.

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