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Marketing Strategy

Marketing strategy is the science of designing messages and branding that win. A successful marketing strategy is not a good advertising campaign. Rather, it is a comprehensive marketing identity that knocks the ball out of the park. Accordingly, marketing strategy is one of the most powerful levers of corporate success. To innovate, strategists need a constant influx of new ideas. That's where AD CULT comes into play. Join the cult!


Cultural Branding

The most coveted brands are elevated to the status of cultural icons. These brands are desired and embraced into the fabric of our culture. In some cases, they are even tattoed onto flesh. Tools like emotional branding, cool-hunting, and guerilla marketing are often used to enter the consumer psyche. However, these tools by themselves cannot explain the iconic success of cult brands like Apple, Harley Davidson, Guinness, and Nike. The science of cultural branding is one of the most difficult and rewarding concepts in the field of marketing. The creation of a cultural brand is the "Holy Grail" of marketing.


Innovative New Ads

There are mavericks in the world who take ads seriously. Motivated by a fervent desire to discover tomorrow, these individuals are constantly searching for the next great ad. Employed in design, art, media, strategy, and marketing ad mavens set the rhythm for the pulse of pop culture.


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A few years ago, when Pepsi tried to translate its motto, "Come Alive: You're in the Pepsi Generation" into Chinese the direct translation resulted in, "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead." Microsoft's tag line for their new operating system, Vista, turned out to be a disparaging term for a frumpy old woman in Latvia. And Motorola's "Hellomoto" ring tone sounds like "Hello, Fatty" in India. "Bert Esselink, a globalization consultant for the Waltham, Massachusetts-based translation ag… [More]



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Last November, Volvo launched a video game titled, 'Volvo Drive for Life'. Unlike Grand Theft Auto, Volvo's game rewards safe driving, not speed. Fortunately, speed lovers everywhere can satisfy their cravings because Ferrari is also launching a video game, and won't emphasize safety... To create… [More]









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A long-waited vodka dream ironically came from England. As some magazines would call it "the champagne of vodkas" the O2 vodka is the world's first sparkling vodka. Produced by the International English Distillers and created by Philip Maitland the 80-proof premium vodka's production process is pate… [More]



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FON is an exciting new community due to become the next big thing in Wireless Access. The Creator of the FON concept is Martin Varsavsky, Argentine entrepreneur and philanthropist, as well as the founder of a number of successful companies. How do you become part of the FON Family? Well first you n… [More]



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The concept of canvertising has been around since 2004. While the idea is innovative, it still hasn't taken off. One of the key issues, is that the removable tops are instant garbage. This was pointed out by Steve Hall of Adverblog years ago. However, Advercan, the driving force behind canvertis… [More]



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UNOTES is a new venture launching a line of free college notebooks, suplemented by advertising. The program is rolling out nationally in September. For advertisers, the site describes, "UNOTES is a high quality notebook that would cost up to $6.99 in college bookstores. It has a life cycle of at … [More]



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