by Per Robert Öhlin on September 1, 2010

(Continued from Spock vs. Gump.)
We usually call rational marketable qualities USP, the unique selling proposition. And the brand’s emotional qualities we know as ESP, the emotional selling proposition. But the contextual, cultural connection is still unknown to many, so let us provisionally call it ASP, the affinity selling proposition. It is understandably the group, social network, culture and background that determine how a lot of things are interpreted. Read the full article
by Per Robert Öhlin on August 28, 2010

David Hallerman, a senior analyst at eMarketer writes today in AdAge about what made the Old Spice campaign such an earth-shattering success. David starts with probably the most important factor: »It is creative”, he says, and points out that »making advertising videos that consumers want to watch is, in truth, very, very difficult.«
Mind you, these are words from an analyst, not a creative.
While some say that this is an optimal case study in viral marketing, David delivers a more matter-of-fact explanation. He reminds us that »Procter & Gamble division figured out how to effectively blend ingredients from the three marketing media — paid, owned and earned — to reach its target audience.« And here’s how P&G and Wieden + Kennedy launched the campaign: Read the full article
by Per Robert Öhlin on August 27, 2010

(Continued from »Not nice. Gorgeous«.)
Once upon a time an old, bearded Greek by the name of Plato wandered the streets of Athens. He was convinced that truth had more dimensions than the objective, which wasn’t really at all especially objective. It is just something that we have in our heads. His view was that truth was divisible by three. Read the full article
by Per Robert Öhlin on August 25, 2010

Dan Landin’s little tweet caught my eye this morning. Dan highlights an interesting study from Brand Science Institute. This is too good not to blog about. It deals with a german study on corporate social media projects during the past 7 months. It was conducted in order to understand why most social media campaigns backfires. BSI included 560+ marketers in its analysis, representing 52 brands from some of the largest companies across 12 European countries.
Here are the findings: Read the full article
by Per Robert Öhlin on August 23, 2010

Is this the world’s first blog relay? Me and The Brand-Man (a.k.a. Micco Grönholm) will publish parts of my book Let’s get gorgeous on both my blog and his blog, by turns. Starting today. The book is a branding case book about Camitz Sparkling Vodka, founded by Mattias Lindberger and Peter Camitz.
Here’s the background:
The main character, Jhoan Camitz, is killed by a dead man in New York. (Try figure that one out.) At the same time, his friend Mattias, and Jhoan’s older brother, Peter, are sitting in Stockholm, finding themselves in ecstasy as they believe they have just come up with a brilliant idea. From that moment and onwards, the story about Camitz Sparkling Vodka, continues in leaps and bounds, between hope and despair. Read the full article
by Per Robert Öhlin on July 20, 2010

What does it take to be a leader? What is the one, single quality that
separates the mediocre, self-declared leaders from the true leaders, such as Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Steve Jobs and Ingvar Kamprad – people who actually changed things?
Inspiration.
Now, what is the true source of inspiration? Where does it come from?
Smart people?
Not necessarily.
Does it emanate from risk-aware cultures?
Not very likely.
Does it come from the nice and humble?
Nope.
Does it come from the safe and sound?
No way. Read the full article