Sunday, July 31, 2011

google

Seeing ads next to your e-mail (if you use Google’s free e-mail service) can provide reminders, sometimes startling, of how much the company knows about your inner self. Even without your e-mail, your search history reveals plenty—as Levy says, “your health problems, your commercial interests, your hobbies, and your dreams.” Your response to advertising reveals even more, and with its advertising programs Google began tracking the behavior of individual users from one Internet site to the next. They observe our every click (where they can) and they measure in milliseconds how long it takes us to decide. If they didn’t, their results wouldn’t be so uncannily effective.
James Gleick, author of the superb The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood, on how Google dominates us

advertising love story (final)

Monday, July 11, 2011

uae publishing and broadcast companies

what does the next generation of creative minds want?

  • First and foremost, the students are constantly curious.

  • You can expect them to challenge and question everything. They will not do things the way they've always been done.

  • They are digital natives.

  • Expect them to want to affect change and therefore try to solve social issues around sustainability and creating a better life by asking the brands they work for to do the same.

  • Expect their interests to include all aspects of branding from product design, package design, in-store display and content development, making companies like Ideo, Redscout and What If? places of interest to them.

  • You can expect them to have a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to create their own intellectual property.

Monday, July 4, 2011

a process for companies to create value

- philip kotker's definition of marketing

treat customers as friends

creative advertising revolution legends

David Ogilvy
Bill Bernbach
Leo Burnett

leo burnett 2¢ worth on advertising

bill bernbach 2¢ worth on advertising 2/2

bill bernbach 2¢ worth on advertising 1/2

david ogilvy's 2¢ worth on advertising

when life gives you lemons

mini countryman: getaway

favorite ad of all time