Tag Archives: Branding

Podcast: Sex Doesn’t Sell Products

(although it does a good job of selling itself) Synaptic Branding 005: Sex Doesn’t Sell Products This is a repost—with a new accompanying podcast—of one of our most popular blogs. I have a long-standing vision of myself as the big advertising art director. I’m donning peg-leg Armanis with a tight crotch, and sporting a flowing Diesel Sevento shirt. [...]
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Make It Funny

Humor is attention-getting, memorable—and persuasive It’s the funny ads that go viral. And funny ads regularly clean up the Clio awards, advertising’s Oscars. Marketers have always relied on humor, but now brain science is helping us understand why it works so well—and how best to use it.
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Narrative Builds the Brand

Patrick Hanlon’s Primal Branding taps into belief systems—and neuromarketing Before I even knew about neuromarketing, I was inspired by Patrick Hanlon’s book Primal Branding. Patrick’s premise is that brands are belief systems. Like all belief systems, they consist of seven pieces of what Patrick calls “primal code”: a creation story, a creed, icons, rituals, sacred words, [...]
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Podcasts Now Available

Synaptic Branding for Your Ears After a string of people suggested podcasting the blog, we obliged! We’ve started with a few of the favorite posts, and will expand from here. Great thanks to the talented  Dennis Crommett for production and theme music! Synaptic Branding 001: Neuromarketing 101 Synaptic Branding 002: You Put a Spell on Me Synaptic Branding 003: [...]
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Neuromarketing Slideshare Available

Interested in viewing our neuromarketing presentation from last week’s Communication and Leadership Conference at Western New England College? Download the PDF or view it online at Slideshare. Thanks again to Jennifer Williams of Verilliance for being the perfect co-presenter. Neuromarketing View more presentations from John Bidwell.
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