Posts Tagged: Advertising


15
Jul 11

Why you need bra & panty in your next marketing strategy


*Before we proceed any further into this article, kindly look into your mind’s eye and honestly tell me you’re thinking about filing your taxes and making an honest living and not those luscious, drool-inducing, balls-tingling tits and ass.

Alright. Here we go.

The two most fascinating words of the male dictionary. Well, in my case, for obvious reasons but also because they’re purely a professional hazzard.

No.

I know what you’re thinking i.e. either this guy is a male stripper who grinds the bars for the rich-but-lonely-wives, or is a professional godzilla slinger aka hairy Mexican pornstar or one of those guys who’s drooling and ogling dirty pictures in the next window while conceptualizing this literary jaunt.

Or my favourite- he’s plain old horny and cheap like every other man except for Bill Clinton.

What? He was framed.

Although, those would appropriately fit my label, there’s more to a bra’s and panty’s obvious functionality.

One.

Today, because of clutter and competition, to engage the customer or as we, in the advertising industry put it, get the target audience enticed and hooked over the brand becomes a challenge.

Hence, you need your communication to be catchy.

*Like those tits you saw the other day, while you sat across the room with your girlfriend at a cafe. You remember she was wearing a white dress, her long brown hair were caught in the wind (even though this was indoors and there was no fan) and the fact that she itched her toe twice, shifted three times and did that thing most girls do- fixed her shirt because she could see the drool on your chin from across the room.

She was like a breath of fresh air. Thats recall.

Is your campaign engaging enough for the audience you have set out to have a conversation with?

Two.

Sampling the product so that a customer can get a flavour i.e. like a test drive or demo.

*You walk into a strip club, get a lap dance and the girl quietly slips a business card in your jacket pocket while you orgy over her assests.

Raise your hand if you agree thats some kick-ass one-on-one selling right there. Can your product demo deliver and capture the imagination of your customer?

Three.

Delivery. You’ve enticed the customer, given a kick-ass demo but when the panties come off, there’s a dirty bush and it smells of alcohol and a baloney sandwich that was on the bottom-most shelf of your friend’s fridge for two whole months.

Failing to deliver to the brand promise will result in losing the customer forever, garnering a bad word of mouth and, the most common of all, an erectile dysfunction- the business going kaput.

I also think a bra is much like the advertising campaign that entices and engages with the client, guest, customer or consumer and the panties become the after sales service.

How well and prepared are you to listen and meet the needs as well as evolve with time to keep things alive and fresh?

For instance, an advertising baba would do a like an under-the-waterfall-in-her-saree-slow-motion-dance for an Indian and a let-me-grab-that-pen-of-the-floor for you in a really tiny skirt for an American.

Disclaimer/Tip: After all, it ain’t rocket science dude, with one hand in his pant and the other on the mouse. Simply spread the index and thumb into a “U”, slide your hand up her shirt from behind, press down firmly on the straps and bring thumb and finger apart.

Voila. I said bra and panty.

Image: ffffound.com


19
Aug 09

Neil French – XO Beer

One of the greatest copywriters of all time is Neil French. He’s a great fan of the print medium – he even started the World Press Awards. And he usually writes long copy ads – which I simply love – that grip you from word one. I also find his work to be very up market and classy. I suppose its probably because he’s been choosy about his clients.

Some words of wisdom by Neil French himself:

Anyhow, here’s a look at a print campaign which was done as an exercise to prove the viability of the print medium. You can read more about that here.

You can view the full campaign here.


12
Jul 09

Auto Giants Get It Right

Recently a close friend asked for my vote, which would help her in winning a contest that involved a 3000km road trip across the Indian terrain in a Mitsubishi Cedia. The contest requires its participants to collect the maximum number of votes to qualify. More details will be available, albeit shortly.

This contest is reminiscent of something similar done by Ford, popularly known as the Fiesta Movement. Except Ford chose its individuals on their own criteria.

This brings me to an argument of – in times of pocket crunch, advertising budgets are being cut, unlike fats from most bloated bodies. Classic print ads, television commercials, radio spots just wont cut the cheese. So what do you do? The idea is to involve the end consumer.

Follow these links Ford and Mitsubishi.

Just get ordinary people to do the job for you, for free! Well, almost free. It certainly beats spending millions on superstars. Companies around the globe are learning and cashing in on the social media networks. The results are simply rewarding. You get a whole bunch of noise and buzz by people ready to dive on the once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity boat. It seems that some companies have gotten it right. Others, however, look at all this and turn their heads – sooner or later they’ll see the light.


21
Jun 09

Fiat Punto

The Fiat Punto is finally here. Its a relief from all those Swifts littered on the road. Anyhow, I was awaiting the Fiat Punto launch. So on a Sunday morning I took off for the dealership. And my conclusions are as follows: A spacious car, decently priced, good to look at, smart interiors (I seem to like dark interiors) and finally a nice change from all those me too concepts. Thums Up!

Here’s some innovating advertising of the Punto.