Author: erich

  • Adwatch: Gillette bringing the 90s vibe back

    Adwatch: Gillette bringing the 90s vibe back

    One thing that comes to my mind, when trying to remember ads from the 1990s, is that almost all ads back then had it’s own song. The songs were sometimes really catchy but also sometimes really dull with product features text lines. One very well known song back then, was the “best a man can…

  • Liquid Death clones – will they work as well?

    Liquid Death clones – will they work as well?

    Liquid death is one of the marketeers and brand consultants most beloved brands at the moment and there a dozens of analysis out there, why the brand has become that successful. I will not go into much detail but the concepts behind are its radical differentiation (bottle canned in beer cans with a big skull…

  • Trendwatch: Social Commerce

    Trendwatch: Social Commerce

    Ever bought a product directly on a social media platform? No? No problem, according to a research of Capgemini only 24% already have. But not only this consultancy calls out social commerce as a top tier trend to watch and to invest in the near future. I personally stumbled upon this use case 6 years…

  • My Top 10 Marketing Learnings from 2023

    My Top 10 Marketing Learnings from 2023

    The last year in marketing was indeed very instructive for me and it also brought up some pure surprises like the new perspective on the ad wear out topic, that basically replaces with strong evidence a decade long believe in advertising. There were a lot of discussion during the summer between the UK and Australian…