5 years ago, the average American was exposed to 247 commercial messages each day according to the Consumer Reports. This year, the average consumer will see or hear 1 million marketing messages – that’s almost 3,000 per day. No human being can pay attention to 3,000 messages every day. I know I don’t.
The Better the Story, The Better the Brand
The biggest problem with much of today’s market advertising is that it fights for people’s attention using the tactic of interruption. For instance, a short commercial on television interrupts your favorite show. What do you do? You start channel surfing, right? Or you’re reading a great article and on the opposite page is an ad that is screaming to be noticed or read. More times than not you ignore the ad. Or you’re having dinner with your family and you get a telephone call that interrupts your family time. You take the call and abruptly hang up. This interruption model used to work when there weren’t so many coming at you each day and because consumers used to be more attentive. Today, this pushy marketing approach simply doesn’t work very well. Instead, what you need is a brand story that people actually want to read, listen to, and most importantly, be a part of. That makes for a better brand and a more successful brand.
Bold City Brewery’s Red Ale has a brand new look and feel that presents its roasted flavor in a most attractive way. It gets you to look and read, and possibly buy. That’s the point of marketing and the mark of a successful brand marketing campaign. it’s what printers and companies need, too. Without the appeal, there’s probably not going to be a sale.