Save a Little – Lose a Lot: The Potential Pitfalls of Translated Ad Copy
As more brand managers come to the realization that the Hispanic consumer plays an important role in the current and future health of their brands, the struggle to find enough money within the advertising budget to succeed across targets has intensified. Over the past decade or more, most of the larger brands have carved out sufficient ad budgets to engage Hispanics with dedicated creative, and the debate is around whether to create...
Are You Sacrificing Your Brand’s Identity To Be Cool?
Mondelez International, one of the world’s largest snack food companies, has just announced that they are moving away from the ad agency of record approach to one in which small teams within any number of ad agencies develop creative approaches for their brands, including Oreos, Trident and Cadbury. The plan is to implement new ideas in small markets, and then roll out the concepts that produce short term sales…
Assessing Brand Relevance: A True View
Most major brands and advertisers have systems in place to track and quantify brand health. While the inputs and sophistication of these systems vary, there are several aspects of brand health that nearly everyone can agree are important, including: salience, differentiation, relevance, and loyalty…