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Apple Advertising Over 40 Years

April 5, 2016 by Joe Cannon Leave a Comment

Many of our students love Apple products and the brand in general. It usually ranks in the top 2-3 most frequently mentioned when I survey my students to share their favorite brands. Our textbooks use an Apple case study to open chapter 5 (Consumer Behavior). Over the last 40 years, Apple has produced some truly memorable advertising. Some have called the Apple 1984 Super Bowl commercial the greatest ad ever. I personally like the “Think Different” campaign and enjoy using it to demonstrate differentiation and positioning. Over at The Next Web you can find “The 40-year evolution of Apple ads” (April 5, 2016). It offers some commentary sprinkled between 12 ads from over the years. Most of the ads are from the last decade.

These ads could be shown to demonstrate how Apple’s strategy has evolved over the years — or a few could be shown to introduce chapter 5 and foster a discussion of this chapter opener. The ads could also be used to show how the personal computer market evolved (product life cycle) or as examples of advertising when that is covered in class. The video below provides a look at Apple’s history in 40 seconds.

 

 

Filed Under: Advertising, Consumer behavior, Product life cycle, Video

Mercedes Benz’s driverless car prototype

April 29, 2015 by Joe Cannon Leave a Comment

The driverless car is a reality. This video might be fun to drop into a lecture on the external market environment — to stimulate a discussion of technology. What markets will the driverless car influence? How will it change law enforcement? What about bars and restaurants — which may have more demand as people can stay out and drink without having to drive home? There are predictions that driverless cars will have many fewer accidents? What are the implications for the automobile insurance industry? What about demand in hospital emergency rooms?

These discussions will help students see the need to monitor technological changes that may not immediately appear to impact their business. The emergence of the driverless car (which now seems inevitable) will impact many different product-markets. There might also be a discussion of consumer behavior (some consumers may love this idea, it may be a challenge for others) or the product life cycle (how do you introduce this product to the market) or new product development (the role of prototypes).

The video shows Mercedes Benz’s driverless car prototype.

Filed Under: Consumer behavior, External market environment, New-product development, Product, Product life cycle, Video Tagged With: Technology

Caterpillar Uses Viral Video in “Built for It” Campaign

March 10, 2015 by Joe Cannon Leave a Comment

Many of the most creative campaigns are for consumer brands — so I really enjoy seeing a B2B brand do something creative. Caterpillar (the high quality, premium priced tractor and heavy equipment maker) has been running a campaign for about a year now: “When you choose Cat®, you get what you pay for — durable and reliable equipment, and long-lasting relationships. Discover what we’re built for…” They have released a series of five (so far) clever videos that demonstrate their products in action. The videos are great two minute stories. Any one of the videos could be used to motivate topics as diverse as B2B, product quality, premium pricing, promotion — even international. One of my favorites is this play on the old game of Jenga but using 27 blocks that weight 600 pounds each:


We have also posted this at Learn the 4 Ps.

Filed Under: B2B, Price, Product, Promotion, Publicity, Video, Viral campaign Tagged With: Value

Carlsberg Does it Again…

February 9, 2015 by Joe Cannon Leave a Comment

As you may know, I am reluctant to promote alcohol commercials. Still, I sometimes show them in my classes — many are quite good. Some of you may prefer not to show ads like this to your students. Others of you may figure that it cannot hurt and such ads are often funny and can be used to demonstrate interesting marketing concepts. We have previously posted one of Carlsberg’s ads. In this one Carlsberg creatively tries to position the brand around friendship.

This ad/viral video  made me smile, too. I hope it brings a smile to your face, too.

Filed Under: Advertising, Positioning, Video

Adweek Picks the 10 Best Ads of 2014

January 5, 2015 by Joe Cannon Leave a Comment

It is the time of year when many publications are picking their “Best of” lists. Adweek offers a range of different video ads — almost all of these are longer than the 15 to 30 second spots we see on television. This is a reflection of the fact that many ads are now watched on purpose and online. You can see a great range of different ads (many of them were new to me) in “The 10 Best Ads of 2014” (November 30, 2014). One of my favorites was for UK retailer John Lewis — see below. We also posted this at Learn the 4 Ps. 

These ads could obviously work when you cover a range of topics — from advertising to segmentation to non-profits and more. You might use them to kick off and motivate a topic or as an example of a concept.

Filed Under: Advertising, Positioning, Promotion, Video, Viral campaign

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