Showing posts with label Marketing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marketing. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 April 2013

Not so sad ads

For once that comunication agency peeps not hammering with big beats, misused songs, huge discount, easy money loan, fear of bacterias or ... . I enjoy engraving a stone about two of them here while keeping this one from Banksy straight in the background:

Simple and efficient. As usual from Banksy.

Back on a skidding tracks, whereAds for cars are no longer speaking about the cars themselves, rather highlighting interior design, modularity, big time warranty, here simple as it gets. Really enjoyed this renault ad with reference to the british side.

Yes, this ad first started as a joke with the German and German quality. I feared they would use it to the drain, hammering us year after year about it, but well sometimes in the mess, another recycling move gives the breach to new lights.


Here, what raised my eyebrows is this one about Renault, mostly the "a driving wheel on the left, how could we not have thought about it before?"

And a special mention to this one, simple and beautiful. What i do love in a creative message for a product or service:

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Friday, 28 September 2012

Idea for next next tee-shirt, from yours truly

So thinking about the next next one,

Two fronts in my mind,

Either


or simply come dancing, straight this one:


Acheter Pierre, Feuille, Ciseaux

And so the back in itself, full size, well erase the head and adjust to fit, tight :


Giving everything to it

Tuesday, 14 August 2012

idea for next tee-shirt - from your pub agent, truly


I do like medical waiting rooms. So many messages around, and well maybe some applicable in other context. :)








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    Wednesday, 12 October 2011

    Exchange rates viewed by Amazon

    English

    The exchange rate viewed by Amazon, why I won't buy a Kindle while i wanted to, not the fire, the readers one.

    I am dubious. Looking to get the kindle touch, I went to review both amazon.com, .co.uk, .fr, and least to say, I am disappointed even more by not having access in Europe to the Kindle touch, than the story of the price below. I do understand Amazon.com aligned itself to a Microsoft strategy in the US, and searching its path in Europe, Europe which will quickly make up on the delay, so why not attempting to gather all chances in a product launch...


    Price of the normal kindle in the US: 79 Dollars (see Picture)


    Price of the normal kindle in France: 99 Euros, 99 pounds and the Kindle touch, priced 99$ above, not displayed on the European site.

    I am disappointed by that and the extent of products available here, making the european market appears like a secondary market after the US. I do understand maturity of both markets are distinct, but here kind of annoys me.

    Ok yes perhaps 15 to 20% of the book market is about ebooks in the US, still, the old continent has a love story with books and publishing. it s more a matter of seduction than any other moves.

    And when I am digging further, 24.99 euros for the 2 year warranty, 9.99 for the charger even if i think one is delivered with the product, 29,99 euros for the leather cover.... so depending on what you are searching, even before accessing the kindle store to pay a book, you will have put twice the price US citizens are paying for their kindle touch. Link shop.

    Somebody got to explain this to me. It can be due to:
    -A discount in time (it exists as it is 109 dollars after the discount for a Kindle in the US)
    -The US Kindle only delivered to a US address while they have fulfillement center in the US and Europe and shouldn't be too hard,
    -A cost of production higher here than there (well don t know their supply chain but do believe sourcing cannot explain such a difference given the volume such products are manufactured to)
    -A picture not the same as the product,
    -A butterfly flapping its wings in Australia.

     I don't know but I will pass.  it is my view as a potential customer for these products.

    Just looking to an exchange rate right now at 9PM, October the 12th:




    Français

    Bon, au delà du format ePub que je trouve utile pour une liseuse en Europe, j'aimerai qu'on m'explique comment Amazon gère les prix de ses produits. Niveau Epub, je comprends qu'Amazon se place dans une optique Microsoft aux US, Apple en Europe vu la percée des produits dans ces marchés, je ne suis pas sur que ce soit le pari a tenir. Pourquoi ne pas rassembler toutes les raisons de percer et de faire un succès...


    Je cherchais a obtenir un Kindle, surtout le touch, pas encore le fire, beau ma foi, Apres une visite sur Amazon.com, .co.uk, .fr, je suis désabusé et je ne pense plus acheter la liseuse Kindle standard...

    Prix du Kindle standard nouvelle version aux Etats-Unis: 79 dollars (see amazon.com)
    Prix du Kindle standard nouvelle version sur Amazon.fr: 99 euros

    Je me fonde sur les images des produits qui semblent les mêmes. Oui, c'est succinct mais quand même. Si c'est la cas, Amazon doit m'expliquer comment ils font la règle de trois des taux de change.

    Je voulais m'en réserver un, je ne le ferai plus... Apres, on peut expliquer cela sur différentes logistiques, sur une remise valide aux Etats-Unis pour l'introduction du produit (oui, elle existe, normalement cela coûte 109$), des coûts de production differents, même si je crois que a ces volumes, une réduction des coûts se fait en groupant, un coût plus fort pour le traduire en français (manuel et OS, sérieusement??? ) ou du a un papillon qui bat des ailes en Australie. Toujours est-il que les prix pourraient être harmonisés ou souhaitent-ils faire marcher un circuit parallèle?

    C'est mon point de vue de client potentiel, je passe mon tour. Ok, l'Europe peut passer comme un marché secondaire après les States, mais la je trouve ça trop flagrant...  corrigez moi si je me trompe...

    Thursday, 14 April 2011

    Digital and Viral Marketing - EN FR


    Update 2012: more hardcopies from Henri Moufettal here
    MBA the Magic Bible of Arts, reviewed and formatted. http://www.lulu.com/product/couverture-souple/mba-the-magic-bible-of-arts/18814696
    And another ones in English on the stage:
    Play the brackets on stage, reviewed and formatted http://www.lulu.com/product/couverture-souple/play-the-brackets-on-stage/18814451
    And the last one in French, L'autre rivage, revu en couleurs, http://www.lulu.com/product/couverture-souple/lautre-rivage/18811927



    English 


    Viral marketing is playing its success on emotions. Too much kills it, It s where simple recipes are providing good impact. Take maybe these vision I had, they might prove inefficient, still had to give it a go, today the 14th of April, between 16h18 and 16h44

    Visa – A story about losing your wallet. Put in play the quest from the one who found it to the one it s returned to.


    Renault – Make a music from the beep beep of our car keys.

    Nespresso -  More than coffee, but what is a coffee? It’s sharing. Put some subliminal messages of what happens during the day readable through the surface of the coffee like we did with tea in some other belief.

    Nokia – Ok coming back to an old play I wrote. Make a smartphone speak with your old fixed phone, with all the possible parallels you can think of. Discussion I put in  my last book "Burp Buzz", Chapter 17, Page 52 - on Google Doc https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B0QkwmjY7H4ZOGVmZjAyNmQtM2QzOS00MDk3LTk4ZjctZjM1YmZlYTYzMzM4&hl=en )

    Watch Makers – in the perpetual quest of time, freeze the pins and highlight the key event it was seen at the time. I quite enjoyed the latest campaign from Nurun Agency for TAG Heuer, http://www.monaco-v4.com/ a whole history speaking for itself. so interesting

    Vinci or Century 21 – build an house from symbolic walls: FAMILY – LOVE – RESPECT and the fourth one, the floor and the ceiling I cannot think of right now.

    Evian – Again coming back on an old idea, maybe even not mine given it s so evident. EVIAN be NAÏVE, simplicity is good.

    Air France – Stress out the destination you re going to, and from there, create an ambiance. Rather than picturing a tourist arriving to a place and taking all for granted, show all that is gained by meeting another culture, and living by their basics.


    Business School - Take another breath in your career. It would be the opportunity to show both the public and companies that diverse profile are good for the future of the business

    So just ideas coming from up left, bottom right, coming from what I ve seen so far:

    Publishing – The torment of the authors thinking of the possible twist of his stories, all the ideas that came and are not taken into account. I ve seen that somewhere, cannot remember where.

    Buzuu – Highlight this language only used by a few people, eight from what they say



    Google - Their annual Zeitgeist are true moments of our modern lives in themselves.

    And one that is now part of my preferred one:



    NB: I am speaking about ideas, after you ve got the whole mechanism of how to set up this initial wave to hit the climax through the internet ocean and in other places. It is a different concern, treated by many and various studies available here and there, which i am not focusing hereas i still keep in mind the root causes in most of my endeavours.



    Viral Marketing, added to use of all medias possibly, is an effective way to make one product, service known and build up demand within the months of introduction. So that you know how to manage your supply chain added to the efficient consumer response ECR program the supply chain use. 


    Update 7th May 2011: I really enjoyed the video below, ok in French, but still focusing on value added from people, far from the only financial world, It is the main reason why I will enjoy working in supply chain management. Demand, satisfy, and value added chain, seen below


    Français

    Le marketing viral joue sur nos émotions. Trop d’émotions tue l’émotion, donc dans cette activité, la simplicité gagne. Prenez un exemple simple qui peut arriver dans la vie de tout les jours, des visions qui ont pris racines entre 16h18 et 16h44 ce jeudi 14 Janvier. Elles sont peut être inefficaces enfin c’est ce que je vois la :

    Visa – Oubliez son portefeuille et mettre en scène la quête de celui qui le retrouve jusqu'à celui a qui il revient. Qui il, qu’il ?

    Renault – faire une musique des beep beep que comprennent nos clés

    Nespresso – Plus qu’un café, mais qu’est qu’un café ? C’est un partage. Lire dans le café le quotidien de la journée

    Horlogerie – a la poursuite du temps, chaque aiguille symbolise un moment icône de la journée

    Nokia – je reviens sur une vieille pièce que j’avais écrite, faire parler un portable et un de nos vieux téléphones fixes, en faisant un parallèle que l’on peut imaginer

    Vinci ou Century 21 – construire une maison a partir de murs symboliques : FAMILLE – AMOUR - PARTAGE et je ne pense pas encore au toit, au sol et au quatrième mur

    Evian – oui bon la je recommence sur une vieille idée, qui je pense est diablement connue, EVIAN be NAIVE. La simplicité a du bon

    Air France – accentuer sur la destination loin du quotidien, le fait de se faire aux coutumes du pays au lieu d’arriver en touriste pur et dur que tout le monde doit accueillir, deux expériences en contraste qui montre ce que l’on peut recevoir, qui ne se paie pas

    Voila juste des idées qui viennent de ce que je vois de gauche de droite


    L’édition – La tourmente de l’écrivain dans son roman, les idées qui passent et qui ne sont pas prises en compte, une fiction que j’ai vu quelque part, je ne me rappelle plus ou.


    Buzuu – sur ce langage buzuu parle par quelques personnes seulement


    Google – leurs Zeitgeists annuels sont des moments de vies en eux-mêmes.


    NB: Je parle d’idées initiales a construire. Apres bien sur, il y a tout un mécanisme qui fait de ce frémissement initial une transformation en véritable vague de l’océan internet et autres. Ce sont des points de vues différents, je fais confiance aux études alentours, pour ma part je me concentre plus sur les causes originelles de ce mécanisme.



    Le marketing viral, allie a l’utilisation des medias possible, est une voie efficace pour se faire connaitre, construire et soutenir la demande sous-jacente des mois avant l’introduction reelle. Ainsi on sait comment gerer mieux la logistique, en plus des reponses efficaces aux demandes clients (ECR)


    Friday, 14 May 2010

    The Break Up


    Please watch the video before reading below
    This ad from Microsoft is more explanatory than any words. FMC branded Goods are relyinh heavily on advertising. To be fair, against the battle to private labels, it is one of the way to keep differentiation. All powers (distribution, price, strategic place, offerings, closeness) are now in hands of super hyper mega market. Looking further, you may not agree, I might not be right in what I do foresee, these centers of distribution will keep going under their hyperconcentration process.
    Still, we said that for many years concerning the automotive industry, power being mainly in the hand of car manufacturer. It happened for GM in the 80s with the entry of Toyota, it might happen again now with the soon to come entry of general fully developed green cars giving a way for possible new entrants. So it is not a frozen process. The likes of Carrefour, Lidl, Aldi, Tesco, El Corte Ingles are already delivering so this distribution leverage might shift again on the ones supplying he goods.
    It is where the FMC Branded Goods like the ones from Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal, Philips, Gillette or Wilkinson might want to continue ensuring delivering directly to customers bypassing retailers. Supermarkets are doing it, and nowadays, in a lean leading life, everybody would like to minimize the waste of time in every day. Away from food, for non perishable product in the time being, that might be a solution of adding value to a product by the offerings of services aside, keeping the mind of the customers at peace, without trying to control forcefully his life, just giving him the best range of choice and comfort in this purchasing experience.
    Now, coming back to the video above. Yes I do believe it is more explanatory than only the words in it. FMC branded goods have to differentiate themselves and use a lot of advertising. Now the customers might be like this woman getting frustrated, with no trust. In the case of one couple in an argument at a restaurant, pay attention to the waiter. He might always get more than you would expect. A waiter is here to give a services, to make your experience invaluable, to get the add-ons on a unique experience. And what is a waiter? Away from restaurant, he can wait, analyse, and ensure making the right move forward at the right time. He is at the front of the scene and he can help with his advices to get people more into their purchasing process. The waiter is a good listener, and acts at the right time. This might be true for these FMCG, Electronics, lights, DIY, clothes retailers
    There are different leverage I can quickly think of at this stage if not already levered:
    - Don t hammer and scare customer, accompany them further in the purchasing process
    - Ease more his life reducing he 7 lean wastes of purchasing mode: Logistics, inventory, Time, over purchase and so on
    - Enable a change in behavior by get him/her more active in the process
    - Green and corporate responsibility promoting fair trade and a responsible supply chain
    NDLR: This is written in the context of developed countries with stable and fully developed market as I am sure retail will keep finding way for an escape growth through emerging market.

    Thursday, 17 December 2009

    Marketing insight in a D2D situation in 2D

    Marketing prospective.

     Madrid subway made me discover again this environment. 9 o' clock in the morning, put 400 people in a tube.

    Now, nobody speaking apart with friends, very serious and clinical environment. This could be enhance further to gain creativity and possible opportunities from thoughts contained in this train. I mean, nobody speaking too much, nothing else to do than waiting your stop, or waiting the subway.

    it is a panel, ok only from big town, but broad panel from a lot of background... so... put one foreign guy, speaking the native language down a station or inside, and set up a forum.