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Branding Strategies for Success (Collection)
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Branding Strategies for Success (Collection)

by Joan Kiddon Larry Light Brian D. Till, Donna Heckler, Ryan D. Mathews, Russ Hall, Watts Wacker, Robert Brunner, Stewart Emery
March 2012
Beginner
704 pages
18h 19m
English
Pearson
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Truth 43. Keep advertising simple, but not simplistic

The camera holds tight on a Master Lock as a bullet penetrates the lock casing, but the lock holds steadfast. A distinguished gentleman in a tuxedo adds his soiled handkerchief, some ice, some water, and All-Temperature Cheer to a martini mixer, shakes, and removes the clean handkerchief. Early VW Beetle advertising used uncluttered visuals of the car with straight-forward headlines such as "$1.02 a pound," "Think small," and "If you run out of gas, it's easy to push." Folksy Tom Bodett pitched Motel 6 as a basic good-value place to stay and promised to "leave the light on for you." Each of these classic ads had a very clear message delivered with laser-sharp crispness.

People are bombarded ...

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ISBN: 9780133039030