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TAKE-HOME-MESSAGE
Add Strategy
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1. CONCLUSIONS FIRST
Inform about “brand + key-benefit-claim”
And don’t wait till the f***ing end
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1. CONCLUSIONS FIRST
#FAIL
Superbowl Darth Vader ad.Ad recall : TOPAd performance AKA brand recall/… : MEDIOCRE
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1. CONCLUSIONS FIRST
TV on-demand ads: Fast forward
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TV on-demand ads: Fast forwardYouTube pre-rolls?
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1. CONCLUSIONS FIRST
Even radio ads
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WHAT IS “STRATEGY” ?
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Media planning?
Brand Strategy?
Communication strategy ~ Science of PERSUASION
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WHAT IS “STRATEGY” ?
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@tomdebruyne
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WHAT IS “STRATEGY” ?
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@tomdebruyne
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WHAT IS “STRATEGY” ?
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Communication strategy applies communicative nudges in actual communication. It is not mere persuasive design or stimulus-response cycli
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WHAT IS “COMMUNICATION STRATEGY” ?
1. Conclusions first2. ……
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2. SOCIAL PROOF
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2. SOCIAL PROOF
KNOW ABOUT IT ?
Yes No
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2. SOCIAL PROOF
EVER USED IT ?
Yes No
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2. SOCIAL PROOF
Social proof relates to concept of descriptive norms
-Boundary conditions-Pitfalls
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2. SOCIAL PROOF
Forget about social proof
Learn about descriptive norms instead.
Start here
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WHAT IS “COMMUNICATION STRATEGY” ?
1. Conclusions first2. Descriptive norms3. ……
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3. SOLOMO
Forget about that as well
SoLoMo does not drive your effects.
The underlying working principle is relevance
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3. SOLOMO
Peripheral processing Central processing
Your ad/app:-Print-Mobile-TV-Radio-Billboard…
RELEVANCE(and other things)
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3. SOLOMO
Peripheral processing Central processing
Strong arguments
Weak arguments
Attitude
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3. SOLOMO
Peripheral processing Central processing
Strong arguments
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Attitude
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Peripheral processing Central processing
Strong arguments
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3. SOLOMO
Peripheral processing Central processing
Strong arguments
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Attitude
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3. SOLOMO
Forget about SoLoMo
Learn about the elaboration likelihood model instead
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WHAT IS “COMMUNICATION STRATEGY” ?
1. Conclusions first2. Descriptive norms3. Elaboration likelihood4. …
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4. STRATEGIC CREATIVITY
Forget about SoLoMo
Learn about the elaboration likelihood model instead
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Placing of logo, endorser …Color or b&w
Rotation of product pictureComparative ads
DECISION IS …Creative Strategic
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4. STRATEGIC CREATIVITY: COLOR?
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Only few deliberately abstain from colors
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4. STRATEGIC CREATIVITY: COLOR?
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Color is an attention grabber.
“Attention. Wait a second, that is ELM stuff. Color is good!”
Nope.Color attracts from the outsideColor distracts from the inside
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Peripheral processing Central processing
Strong argumentsAttitude
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Experiment 1
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Experiment 2a & b
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So what if color distracted some of the respondents?
-It distracts those with a priori processing motivation.(That is your preferred comm receiver)
-And it distracted them from the brand/product that should win due to the better arguments
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4. STRATEGIC CREATIVITY: COLOR?
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Experiment 3
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Experiment 3
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Many apparently creative decisions bear strategic implications.
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WHAT IS “COMMUNICATION STRATEGY” ?
1. Conclusions first2. Descriptive norms3. Elaboration likelihood4. Strategic creativity…
ACADEMIC INPUT: Interpretation on abstract levels: prediction Identification of (boundary) conditions
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CREATIVITY IS ESSENTIALSTRATEGY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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CREATIVITY IS ESSENTIALSTRATEGY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Our creative advertising success is a curiosity, by the way
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#FAS14– June 6th 2014Institute for Media Studies @ KU Leuven
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