Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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It Made Me Laugh, It Made Me Cry – But Did It Make Me Buy?
Due to his Vulcan upbringing, Star Trek’s Mr. Spock was known for his ability to detach himself from emotion and arrive at decisions from a purely logical standpoint. As for the rest of us – not so much. Humans are emotional creatures. We may diligently do our homework in gathering the facts – fuel economy,…
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Don’t Be Fooled, Ad Wearout Is Real!
One of the most persistent point-of-view requests we get from clients concerns wearout of their advertising. Why; because ads are expensive to produce and media is costly. What we would all like to hear is that ads don’t wearout and that they will continue to drive brand sales at the same rate regardless of the…
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Effective Ethnic Advertising Results From Understanding the Cultural Impact on Your Brand
Effective Ethnic Advertising Results From Understanding the Cultural Impact on Your Brand With a purchasing power estimated to reach 1.5 trillion this year, the U.S. Hispanic segment has become a key target for many advertisers. With our studies proving that Hispanics tend to be more responsive to advertising than their non-Hispanic counterparts in terms of…
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Clarity or Contempt: What Does Familiarity Breed? A Look at Branding Cues
A continuing advertising campaign can bring instant recognition to a brand’s communications. In an era in which consumers are drowning in commercial messaging and in which a thirty second advertisement is considered long, this could certainly be considered a benefit. However, we are all familiar with the adage “familiarity breeds contempt”. Can a continuing campaign…
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Online Video’s Growing Importance in The Media Mix
In our previous posting on “How to Turn the Cord Cutting Trend into an Advantage”, we outlined how substantial video viewing time has migrated to internet-based platforms. This growth of online video has created new levels of complexity and uncertainty in the media buying and placement world, but also has brought new opportunity to those…
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How to Turn the Cord Cutting Trend into an Advantage
For many years, cable and satellite television services have been viewed almost as a utility akin to electric, water or telephone service – as an essential. However, recent trends toward cord cutting – the discontinuation of cable service – and cord shaving – changing to smaller and less expensive television packages – is dramatically changing…
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Creative is King – Long Live Great Creative!
Not since the advent of the television ad in 1941 has the potential for new ad formats been so great. The emergence of digital platforms is enabling marketers to experiment with a number of new ad formats, each of which could revolutionize marketing as we know it. Throughout 2014 we have been highlighting the most…
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Is Brand Preference Marketing’s Higgs Boson?
Chances are you have heard of the Higgs Boson, an elusive elementary particle that physicists have spent the last fifty years and billions of dollars to find. Reports of its potential discovery have captured headlines around the globe. If verified, not only will it help cement our mathematical understanding of how the universe works, but…
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Mobile Ads – The Timely Pocket-Sized Ads with Big Potential
Not since the advent of the television ad in 1941 has the potential for new ad formats been so great. The emergence of digital platforms is enabling marketers to experiment with a number of new ad formats, each of which could revolutionize marketing as we know it. Throughout 2014 we have been highlighting the most…
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2014 TMRE Conference in Boca Raton
We’d like to thank everyone for stopping by our booth at the TMRE Conference in Boca this week. It was good catching up with old friends and colleagues and nice meeting new ones. Here’s a very quick time lapse video of set up and tear down at the conference that I shot on my GoPro.…
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