Thursday, May 21, 2009

Lead the Tribe!




Be the leader of a tribe, or from a marketing perspective, segment your market and know who is your target customer. This speech by Seth Godin, a great mind full of energy, illustrates how finding people that have the same interests and by challenging the status quo, a business or brand can reach the next level.

Check out the video, it is very entertaining and informative.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Don't play with fire!




Socially responsible marketing can be creative too and I definitely like this idea of using pictures of crying children made out of matches. What they are trying to say with all this: "Don't leave matches around children". A nice way to get noticed and remembered, don’t you think?

Tagline: 72,000 children were seriously burnt in Mexico last year. Don't leave matches around children.
Advertiser: Michou y Mau Foundation for the Burnt Child
Advertising Agency: Young And Rubicam, Mexico
Creative Directors: Carl Jones, Adrian Brizuela, Ramiro Plascencia
Art Directors: Arlette Farah, Mario Aguilar, Carl Jones
Photographer: Paolo Gori
Copywriter: Lilianzur Fuentes