Remember when Youtube didn’t have any ads? Well if you do, here’s another fun fact to make you feel extra good about your age: it’s been 10 years since the introduction of Youtube itself. As a birthday celebration, Youtube has launched a new campaign recognizing the role advertising has played in the site’s growth, especially considering that out of the top 10 most viewed videos of 2014, four of those were advertisements. This got us thinking, what exactly makes a great ad? Not all fantastic marketing campaigns come from great ad agencies. Picking from some of the top advertisements hashing it out for best of the best, we’ve broken it down into one-word answers (followed by some insight of course). Humor – The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (Old Spice) One of our personal favorites is Old Spice’s “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” and its subsequent trail […]
How to be a Hero at the Infographic
As people and technology have evolved, so has our means of communication, both verbally and visually. The average person is exposed to the equivalent of 174 newspapers full of text each day, but with more than half the population (65% to be exact) being visual learners, obviously this leaves something wanting. Enter infographics! From the first cave paintings to the first use of bar graphs and pie charts in the 1800’s to our the modern day hybrid of graphic art and data; for centuries infographics have been used as a means to educate, persuade and inspire curiosity. In terms of using an infographic as a marketing tool, studies show that visuals are processed 60,000 times faster in the brain than text and that most people only remember 20% of what they read. Not only that, publishers who use infographics found a 12% increase in traffic as compared to those who […]
Branding as a Cultural Concept
Ije Nwokorie, global CEO of the brand consultancy firm Wolff Olins, is fascinated by the richness of what branding can be. In a video interview from Design Indaba, he considers the commercial, cultural, technological and societal influences behind branding in order to create rich, fulfilling experiences. Discussing the connection between brands and people, he encourages us as designers to accept the reality and embrace the imperfections and use that to create something meaningful.
How Branding Transforms your Business
In a way it’s true what most brand managers will tell you. People don’t actually buy products. They buy brands. They buy brands because they have a deep-seated connection to it or because it represents something positive to them. If you presented two identical items, (same specifications, same quality, same price tag, same everything) … to an average shopper … and you placed any brand on one of the 2 items and left one unbranded, ., 9 times out of 10, the shopper will pick the branded item. Branding makes all the difference. That is why branding is critical to a company or its products. Branding is not so much about the product’s physical or material make-up. It’s about what a brand means to a consumer. Products will come and go. Brands will live on. We take pride in describing Calgary branding as a passionate drive to make consumers not […]
Web Content Generation
Learning Why Creating Great Web Content Will Boost Your SEO Rankings Conventional wisdom says that if one wants to be read, one’s headline or story title better be striking enough to attract the reader. This is so true in the development of content for a company’s web or blog site. If an article has original content, search engines will most likely be able to help get more exposures for the site. It is Google’s way of rewarding websites which contain subjects that are original. So with unsullied content, not only will your website be better, its rankings in search engines will also be boosted. It therefore makes sense not to take content generation lightly. It sometimes can be difficult, but the really good content writers will demand some time for research and smart writing. Proven Tips for Developing Great Web Content What follows are some guidelines that have been proven […]
Any Business Requires Marketing
The kind of business a company is in doesn’t really matter. All businesses depend on customers and clients. Without them, there’s no point staying in business. And so, one of the biggest challenges that will confront a start-up business is attracting customers. This is why a good marketing plan is needed. Anchored essentially on how to create interest for the product and draw people in, marketing will help pave the way to establishing a company in a position of strength in the market where it plays. What Is Marketing? In a large scale perspective, marketing may be described as almost anything that a company does to get the customers interested in its products, service or the company itself. It may use any or a combination of available communications resources and platforms which may include, advertising, online marketing, research, branding, direct selling, any special promotional events as sales or discounts and […]
Top Advertising Commercials of 2013
A nice video we stumbled across this weekend analyzing videography, film production and styling for some upcoming video production we have scheduled. We’re keeping it light before we launch into somer seriously cool stuff in a couple weeks, stay tuned! 🙂