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Tums commercials gone wrong

By on September 14, 2011 in creativity, execution responsible, sex sells, viral marketing

In commercials, funny is money. So is sex. So when combined, sexually suggestive, funny commercials are usually bank. And the more sophomoric the humor, the more I usually like them. But these new spots for Tums antacid are just wrong — specifically these three: Inappropriately suggestive is funny when it makes sense, and is relevant [...]

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SPAM is SPAM if you say it is

SPAM is SPAM if you say it is

By on May 26, 2011 in digital marketing, ethics, execution responsible

Are you a spammer? I don’t care what the technical definition is – if you make it hard for people to unsubscribe from your mailings, you might be viewed as one. Don’t require multiple clicks to unsubscribe. Don’t force someone to enter their email address into your system to unsubscribe. Be responsible and use an [...]

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The 7 Keys to Responsible Marketing in 2 Minutes

By on October 21, 2009 in casting responsible, environmentally responsible, execution responsible, fun, message responsible, movies, roi responsible, socially responsible, strategically responsible, videos

Want to know what Responsible Marketing is about but don’t have the time to read our white paper on the topic? Well, here’s “The 7 Keys to Responsible Marketing in 2 Minutes,” featuring the characters you’ve grown to love (or hate) in our Responsible Marketing web shorts. View on YouTube There ya go—with a video [...]

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Chocolate covered grasshoppers get people talking

By on May 14, 2009 in execution responsible, launch, message responsible, social media, social networking, strategically responsible, videos, viral marketing, word of mouth

Yesterday, I received a lumpy mailer from a company I’d never heard of. Normally I give unsolicited mail about the same amount of consideration you probably do—a few seconds. But since it was, well, lumpy, and delivered via FedEx I opened it. Here’s what I found: On one side, it says “Yes, these are real [...]

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El Pollo Loco adds heat to KFC challenge

By on May 11, 2009 in advertising, competition, execution responsible, love it or hate it?, social media, videos, word of mouth

One way or the other, you probably heard about KFC last week. If you didn’t see one of their ads for their new Kentucky Grilled Chicken (the largest ad blitz in KFC history) you probably heard about the Oprah catastrophy. KFC was caught off guard when a promotion for a free two-piece meal featuring its [...]

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Responsible or not? Using the dead to sell

By on December 30, 2008 in advertising, casting responsible, cause marketing, creativity, execution responsible, message responsible, morality, responsible or not?, socially responsible, videos

On Christmas Day, John Lennon returned from the dead. Well, his image and voice were resurrected to help the One Laptop Per Child Foundation “OLPCF” and it’s raised a few eyebrows (and hackles). If you haven’t heard about the OLPCF, here’s a summary: It’s an education project, not a laptop project. Inexpensive, durable, networked laptops [...]

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Hey Chase! Leo Burnett doesn’t work here.

By on December 2, 2008 in execution responsible

We’ve all received direct mail that has our name, title and even gender wrong—the result of poor data integrity, database management, a hiccup at the mail house or any number of things that can happen along the way. It happens. But sometimes something lands in our mailbox that’s a real head-scratcher, like this: Leo Burnett [...]

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Is Whistler-Blackcomb email marketing responsible?

By on November 26, 2008 in branding, execution responsible, message responsible, responsible or not?

On Monday, I received a message from Whistler Blackcomb to inform me of the open dates for each of the mountains. I don’t recall signing up to receive these notifications, but I was there last season and might have provided my email address somewhere to someone. No matter. I didn’t mind receiving the message, and [...]

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Can you market as well as a state agency?

By on November 12, 2008 in cause marketing, execution responsible, PSA, social media, socially responsible, strategically responsible, videos, word of mouth

Some of the best marketing today is being done by groups typically considered boring and safe. You know—state agencies. Battling preconceptions to market employment office services to employers A few years back, Outsource Marketing helped a consortium of seven U.S. states whose charter was to find effective new ways to market state one-stop services to [...]

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10 marketing mistakes to avoid now

By on September 29, 2008 in broken marketing, creativity, deceptive marketing, ethics, execution responsible, research, social media, word of mouth

The financial crisis has everyone on edge, myself included. I lost my bank, and I’m not sure who’s next. Should I put my money in coffee cans and bury it in the backyard? When people are on edge, sometimes they do things they normally wouldn’t do. Same goes for businesses. Here are a 10 things [...]

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Bumvertising: Welcome to the Hall of Shame

By on September 16, 2008 in casting responsible, environmentally responsible, ethics, execution responsible, hall of shame, message responsible, roi responsible, signage, socially responsible, strategically responsible, videos, viral marketing

Bumvertising is exactly what it sounds like: Advertising on the homeless. It started in 2005 when 22-year-old University of Washington grad Ben Rogovy was looking for a cheap way to promote another company he started. Here’s a quick overview: View this video on YouTube The Bumvertising debate has attracted local, national and even international media [...]

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An old way to simplify a complex idea

By on September 2, 2008 in creativity, execution responsible, simplicity

Getting a prospect’s attention is tough enough, but let’s say you are able to break through. Now that you have their attention, can you keep it? Think your prospect will read four pages of copy to learn how you are different? Think again. We live in a sound-bite culture where scanning—not reading—is the norm. Sure, [...]

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Responsible Reading: Marketing Management

By on August 27, 2008 in books, execution responsible, roi responsible, strategically responsible

Seems every marketing book claims to offer the silver bullet—the marketing secret that guarantees incredible success. I’ve read 100′s of marketing books—including some great ones—but there are no shortcuts, folks. To be a Responsible Marketer, you need a strong grounding in the fundamentals. You won’t learn them in a three-day seminar, and probably don’t have [...]

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Why you need a Marketing Integrator

By on August 22, 2008 in execution responsible, strategically responsible

You can probably tell I’m a fan of Integrated Marketing Communications, so maybe it’s no surprise that one of our central positions at Outsource Marketing is called a “Marketing Integrator.” Our goal is to deliver strategic, seamless and sustainable marketing, and our Marketing Integrators are are a big part of the way we make “strategic” [...]

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IMC: It’s not what you think it is

By on August 20, 2008 in execution responsible, strategically responsible

Next time you are talking to someone that “knows” marketing, ask them what IMC is. If they know the acronym stands for “Integrated Marketing Communications,” they get a star. If they tell you, “IMC is when all your marketing communications are working together—your printed materials, your website, your advertising, direct marketing, new media and your [...]

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How Responsible Marketing builds trust

By on August 7, 2008 in casting responsible, environmentally responsible, execution responsible, message responsible, no trust, roi responsible, socially responsible, strategically responsible

Some people think trust is gained through integrity only. Not so, says Steven M.R. Covey in The Speed of Trust. Trust is equal parts character and competence. Here’s how character and competence are directly related to Responsible Marketing: It takes more than just doing marketing right. For long-term success, you really have to do the [...]

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If World Vision can do it, you can too

By on August 6, 2008 in execution responsible, social media, social networking, videos, viral marketing, word of mouth

In Big ideas, tiny budgets, I shared some of the good work World Vision is doing using viral video to draw attention to their initiatives in the US and Australia. Now, World Vision is back with a new video that builds upon their teenage affluenza theme: \ Watch this video on YouTube. Here’s the description: [...]

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Does marketing need a heart?

By on July 29, 2008 in casting responsible, creativity, execution responsible, message responsible, no trust, roi responsible, strategically responsible

There are seven keys to Responsible Marketing. Most would agree the first four keys are necessary just to do marketing right: Strategically responsible – to save time, money and improve focus Execution responsible – with best practices instead of best efforts Casting responsible – so your have the right people in the right roles, internally [...]

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Big ideas, tiny budgets

By on July 10, 2008 in cause marketing, creativity, execution responsible, strategically responsible, videos

Breakthrough creative agitates. It makes people uneasy, or angry. It might make you laugh or cry. And it always makes people feel—or think. Or both. But breakthrough creative doesn’t happen often enough. The excuse I’ve heard most often is “We don’t have the budget.” Well, some of the best marketing you’ll find doesn’t necessarily come [...]

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Where the hell is the marketing?

By on July 8, 2008 in creativity, environmentally responsible, execution responsible, fun, videos, viral marketing, word of mouth

A movie filmed in 14 months, across 42 countries with a cast of thousands. No, it’s not the second coming of Cecil B. DeMille. It’s one of the best examples of a viral video you’ll see: in 17 days, this video have been viewed nearly 4.6 million times. As crazy as it may sound, “Where [...]

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