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Paid Attention with Faris Yakob

Our guest is Faris Yakob, the author of Paid Attention: Innovative Advertising for a Digital World, this month’s Bigeye Book Club selection. Faris explains what attention is, what the latest research reveals about how it works in humans, and the important role it plays in advertising. Faris also discusses his planning model, the Media Pyramid. IN CLEAR FOCUS listeners can claim a 20 percent discount on Paid Attention at KoganPage.com by using the promo code BIGEYE20 at checkout.

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The Metaconomy with Matt Garrepy

Since Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta, there’s been an increased interest in the metaverse. Our guest this week is Matt Garrepy, Chief Digital Officer of Solodev, a cloud services company headquartered in Orlando. Matt explains some of the technologies that underpin virtual worlds like Decentraland and discusses why they could become primary channels for consumer engagement and transactions. Matt also forecasts future roles for NFTs in retail and brand marketing.

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Distinctive Brand Assets: The Value of Sights and Sounds

A distinctive brand asset has two characteristics—it must be ‘unique’ in that it only evokes the one brand, and it must be ‘famous’, meaning that everyone who sees it, thinks only of that brand. Of these two, uniqueness is most important. Ehrenberg-Bass Institute When most people see a pair of golden arches or hear the …

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Just Like Family with Dr. Andrea Laurent-Simpson

Our guest this week is Dr. Andrea Laurent-Simpson, the author of Just Like Family: How Companion Animals Joined The Household. Andrea explains why a majority of pet owners regard their animals as members of the family and suggests how pet product manufacturers and marketers should approach the emergence of the “multispecies family.” Andrea uses contemporary advertisements to illustrate how dogs and cats are increasingly identified and treated as legitimate members of the household.

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Using Semiotics in Retail with Dr. Rachel Lawes

Our guest this week is Dr. Rachel Lawes, the author of Using Semiotics In Retail, this month’s Bigeye Book Club selection. Rachel discusses how retailers and brand marketers can use commercial semiotics to provide fresh insights into consumers’ wants and desires, spark revenue-generating ideas, and analyze under-performing stores. IN CLEAR FOCUS listeners can claim a 20 percent discount on Using Semiotics In Retail at KoganPage.com by using the promo code BIGEYE20 at checkout.

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Effective Sonic Logos with SoundOut with David Courtier-Dutton

David Courtier-Dutton, the CEO of SoundOut, joins us to discuss the art and science that lies behind some of the most effective sonic logos in the US today. David explains how consistently using brand music creates a Pavlovian trigger: when people hear it, even in isolation, a flood of emotions that they associate with the brand is immediately triggered in the brain. We also learn how marketers can ensure that a sonic logo maps precisely to a brand’s archetypes and values.

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Inclusive Marketing in 2022 with Sonia Thompson

In 2020, Black Americans’ buying power totaled $1.6 trillion or 9 percent of the nation’s total – despite being 13 percent of the population. These consumers are willing to shift around 30 percent of their current spending to companies that better address their needs. Inclusive marketing expert Sonia Thompson returns to the podcast for a lively conversation about Black History Month and offers practical advice for brands seeking to develop authentic, truly inclusive marketing.

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