Youth Marketing is all about something you do with not to youth.” Graham Brown (mobileYouth 2008 Report)
Following my earlier riff about trends in the marketing of Great Youth Brands (last time was Red Bull), I’d like to talk about one of my favourites.
This is the key question – how does a mass market “everything to [...]
Common sense dictates that if a brand gets it wrong, it’s time for damage limitation with the marcomms department leading the charge.
That’s how ordinary brands deal with extraordinary issues – in average ways producing very average results.
However, I’d like to focus on how great youth brands are breaking the mold and doing something out [...]
Vodafone, like most mobile operators, faces the ongoing challenge of being relevant to the next generation of its customers (youth) while at the same time not losing its broad appeal. It couldn’t re-invent itself as another Blyk or Boost Mobile (nor would it want to) but at the same time, as with the current problem [...]
I’m a big fan of Seth Godin, you probably know already (I’ve already blogged down the line about The Dip). I borrowed one of his riffs earlier when I blogged about Sliced Bread and why we need to challenge the received wisdom. Godin was the first author to switch me on to the idea of [...]
