Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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New Creative Development Workflow
Testing shouldnโt be a checkpoint. It should be part of the creative process. Too often, testing happens too late, after creative decisions are made and budgets are spent. With ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐, that workflow shifts. Now you can test ideas early, at storyboard or animatic, and see what connects within minutes. Then refine, retest, and…
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Growth Navigator 1
Whenโs the last time your brand strategy got a true reset? Every few years, even the best brands need a moment of strategic clarity. We helped one major snack brand do just that. The marketing team had no shortage of data. But they were stuck. Everything pointed backward. So we led a full brand strategy…
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Growth Navigator 2
What would your brand strategy look like if it started with the truth instead of assumptions? Every brand has siloed data. But very few have a clear, unified strategy. Thatโs where Growth Navigator comes in. It helps align what truly matters. First, we identify the consumer truth. How people think, behave, and perceive the category.…
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Giving Finance Confidence in Marketing’s Promises
Want marketing and finance on the same page? Start with preference. Too often, marketing and finance feel like theyโre speaking different language. Finance wants to know: ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ? Thatโs where preference becomes the bridge. Thereโs a quantifiable relationship between preference, share, revenue, and profit. If you can show how…
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Brand Advantage Tracking
Constant tracking creates constant confusion. Always-on tracking sounds great until you’re buried in meaningless fluctuations. ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐. We donโt chase weekly numbers. We focus on the moments that matter. We build tracking around decision points. That way, you have the sample size and structure to make confident decisions. No more asking if…
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Auto Insurance CES
Background The MSW Creative GaugeTM AI service evaluates the sales potential of advertisements of different formats based on the content profile of the ad itself. Results are typically available within minutes, making this low-cost tool ideal for applications such as competitive testing, concept screening, early-stage evaluation and landscape analysis. Automobile insurance is a fiercely competitive…
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๐ฌ See MSWโs Creative Gauge AI in Action โ Video Demo
Curious how your creative will perform before you spend on media or A/B testing? In this short video demo, one of our users will walk you through how Creative Gauge AI worked for them. this AI driven analysis tool evaluates an actual piece of creative, identifies what to fix, and shows how those changes improve…
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The Six Essentials for a Successful Brand Health Tracking Program
This paper presents the six essential requirements for a successful Brand Health Tracking Program.
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Brand Building Isnโt Dead. Itโs More Important Than Ever.
An email about an upcoming marketing conference landed in my inbox. One line stopped me cold: They saidโฆ โ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐บ.โ Wow! Letโs be clear, that is completely wrong! The idea that brand building is outdated or obsolete doesnโt line up with the evidence, or with…
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MSW Tracking: Creating a Brand Advantage and Unlocking Predictable Growth
Data alone doesnโt drive growth. Clear decisions do. And good decisions require the right data, at the right time, framed by the right model. Brand tracking should be more than a rearview mirror. It should be a guidance system. A tool to help you navigate an evolving marketplace and make confident choices about what to…
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