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What the Heck Are They Selling?

Posted by Tyler W. Spencer
on Jun 13, 2011

When making a commercial it’s important to remember 3 things:

1. Make the message clear. If you want them to buy cheese, find a way to tell them to buy cheese. Talk about quality, superior processes, things that people can imagine.
These guys decided to kill a mouse…but not really.

2. Make it memorable. This british commercial does surprisingly well at keeping the brand name fresh in their customer’s minds.

3. Make it fun. This Pepsi commercial is more fun to watch the 2nd or 3rd time around. That’s because it has a great pay off.

Commercials like these can help your brand gain and enforce market position. And if nothing else you are getting your name out there in a memorable way.

Media with a Message

Posted by Tyler W. Spencer
on May 17, 2011

It’s viral videos like this that make me love film as a medium.

Black Hat vs. White Hat Internet Marketing

Posted by Tyler W. Spencer
on May 12, 2011

SEO Strategies

Everybody wants to know how to make their internet investments show significant ROI. Well, good SEO can really help your products and services get recognized. Unfortunately, bad SEO can get your name out there faster. But is that a good thing?

Cheaters Never…

I like to think of it this way, every sitcom ever written has had at least 50% of their episodes (90% if you’re Seinfeld) following the same theme. That is, the main character does something that’s supposed to save time or energy (takes some sort of social short cut) and it pays off big time, at least at first. Then, eventually, everything blows up in the main character’s face.

Human Physiology

Human kind is hardwired with special spindle neuron’s in our brains that go crazy whenever we feel we’re being treated unfairly OR if we feel that we are treating someone else unfairly. “Humanity? Maybe it’s in the Wiring” NYT

black hat white hat

Where do you stand?

In Internet Marketing their are two basic camps of strategy, White Hat and Black Hat. I’d compare Black Hat strategies to our sitcom example or any “miracle diet” you’ve ever heard of. In economics it’s called Lemon Theory and at Google they call it, “cheating.” White Hat strategies involve real, time proven practices that yield good relations (CRM).

I’m proud to be a part of a company that knows the difference and doesn’t compromise.

The World will End in 2012

Posted by Tyler W. Spencer
on May 06, 2011

Apparently not in fire or in some catastrophe, rather the world ending isn’t factual at all. It’s figurative. The Mayans figured it out. The world isn’t going to blow up. 2012 simply marks the year we run out of creative things to say.

24 Most anticipated movies of 2012

That’s right everybody, another Batman, another INDIANA JONES, another die hard, another James Bond, another Bad Boys, another The Expendables, another Wolverine Movie (oy), another Superman, another GI Joe Movie, another Men in Black, another Spider man, another Ghost Rider (totally serious), another Bourne ID Movie, another Star Trek, another Underworld, another IRobot, and another Resident Evil. At least Marvel is saving us time by putting the latest Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America sequels into one movie…The Avengers.

The thing that makes me kick myself the most of all? I can’t wait for most of these to come out. Sad.

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