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, [...]
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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, [...]
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