Tuesday, February 3, 2015

how to design effective comms, Super Bowl domestic violence ad & drinks co recession learnings....








How to design effective communications
This is a good article – it starts by saying it’s no good having a vision or idea if you can’t express it – and the best way to do that is to do so in the form of a promise. Business is nothing but a series of relationships and you need to turn those relationships into actions.  Communication defines the idea, it creates understanding and leads to engagement.  Well worth a read.

Super Bowl Domestic Violence Ad
This is interesting on a few levels – that the Super Bowl was chosen as a time to show this ad (no doubt in recognition that with extra alcohol being consumed around major sporting events, it leads to a lot more domestic violence), the way it suggests women or men can report domestic violence without actually saying so and that the NFL donated its own ad agency and the airtime – usually costing $4.5 million for 30 seconds - free of charge.

Prosecco on the menu again!
Interesting case study on how Dalcassian Wines have survived and have thrived since the recession.  They credit this to a few things – their sales reps investing the extra time they had on their hands into customer relationships, having their own brands, picking up good staff from the competition when the latter retrenched and working harder than ever and taking pay cuts during the lean years.  Nice to see them credit a former boss with the customer philosophy of “treating the customer with the utmost respect”.


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