How the color black turns a car into a brand.
A car manufacturer with outdated models remembers its origins, bridging the time gap before new models are marketed. An almost completely black advertising campaign helps build an exclusive image and raise the interest of the target group.
Good perfume unfold its bouquet in the subconscious mind.
The preference for a certain fragrance is based on the bottle, the brand and the advertising. The perfume may become a new classic if an archetypal story is told and the scent triggers basic memories.
You can sell anything to pregnant women over a certain age.
Women who have their first baby late in life will do anything to ensure a good birth and a healthy child. Gynecologists can provide special offers to meet the needs of older mothers.
Good coffee isn’t about taste.
When you want to drink a good cup of coffee, you’re looking for an olfactory experience. So communication should not talk as much about the taste of coffee, but rather the aroma.
Amusement parks are in the business of selling memories.
A visit to an amusement park can leave you with just as many vivid memories as an entire vacation. Any amusement park should think of ways to sell different memorabilia and produce specific memorable moments.
It takes hunters and gatherers to make green energy happen.
Producers of solar energy are hunters. Storing energy is the business of gatherers. Both target groups are psychologically different and require different communication approaches.
Medical doctors and craftsmen don’t have emancipated customers.
When a doctor suggests a therapy or a craftsman suggests a certain brand, patients and customers perceive these suggestions as neutral recommendations.
Erectile dysfunction is a lifestyle.
Interviews with urologists reveal that men who suffer from erectile dysfunction also suffer from stress, tend to have affairs or are generally more promiscuous.
Trucking companies have emotions.
The purchase of a new truck follows a predefined set of requirements. But in the end, everyone wants to be King of the Road.
How a small advertising agency packs a punch.
It’s hard for any advertising agency to convey its competence. The “punch” of the boxing terminology becomes the theme for a small agency and delivers new leads.
How a roll of paper saved an advertising concept.
The advertisement of a building society shows a construction site where a man stands on a ladder looking down at a concrete floor. The ad doesn’t communicate. With a paper roll under his arm, the man becomes the owner of the building and makes the ad a success.
The spirit of the smartphone is optimism.
People who make best use of their smartphones feel like masters of their own universes and look towards the future with great confidence.
Career and family are irreconcilable.
Mothers who don’t set clear priorities on what comes first – work or family – fail to be perfect in both worlds.
Each brand has the craftsman it deserves.
Craftsmen prefer certain brands. It has been shown that craftsmen unconsciously pick up on even the most subtle brand message and express it in their attitudes and performance on the job. This way, craftsmen boost the brand image, including its flaws and downsides.
Repressed mother conflicts are resolved while doing household chores.
Women experience their roles in very different ways when doing household chores. Depending on their relationships with their mothers they feel like either slobs, slaves or great housewives. Some would rather leave all it behind. Brands can help by using appropriate key signals.
Household insurance insures the irreplaceable.
People who take out a household insurance policy have the emotional value of their belongings in mind.
In Hamburg it's important how you serve a dish, while in the Ruhr region it's more important what you serve.
Table culture is treated differently in various regions of Germany. In Hanseatic cities like Hamburg, people cherish a stylish table setting, even if the served dish is rather ordinary. People in the Ruhr region, on the contrary, refrain from staging food.
Intestinal polyps encourage men.
Men who are afraid of colon cancer don’t go to prevention screenings because they feel that would be a confession of their own anxieties. But if the cancer screening is framed as an act of bravery and the communication talks about polyps instead of cancer, men will be more motivated to have a colonoscopy.
Cats belong on a roof – but only in France.
Many cat owners love the freedom of their cats. But in each country, cat lovers have different ideas about how to allow their velvet-pawed friends this special freedom.
Dust can be heard.
The quality of a vacuum cleaner is judged by the crackling sound in the hose.
People who surf the web don’t read what they see.
When searching the web for information, most people don’t really process the information they find and therefore make pseudo-rational decisions.
Press fittings are not manly.
Experienced plumbers join copper pipes with fittings. These are traditionally soldered. There are also fittings that are pressed, but pressing is easy and goes against a plumber’s professional honor. However, you can motivate plumbers to use press fittings by offering them a very masculine pressing tool.
A color says more than a thousand words.
When researchers from different countries share a lab, colors are a universal language that even the facility manager understands. Keys in different colors mark different labs and access areas.