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I have two songs that have been stuck in my head for awhile now and
it’s driving me crazy. As many of you know I’m musically challenged. If
life was an opera I would be hanging out with Lenny in the field
tending rabbits. So this is as nagging and annoying as a kernal of corn
stuck in my teeth.
The two songs are “It’s Love” by Chris Knox and “The Sun Is Out” by the band Apples In Stereo. They’re both catchy tunes. Colby always tells me I’m a sucker for feel good music and that’s exactly what these songs are.
But alas, a few decent songs wouldn’t normally warrant a blog post.
The reason why I’m digitizing these thoughts are because of how I
discovered these songs.
It’s Love is the song in a neat Heineken commercial that is part of
their “Share The Good” campaign. Between the song and the Bollywood and
Russian Bath House scenes the commercial has become my favorite part of
watching television lately. Check it out.
The second commercial is for the Dodge Journey. A bunch of dudes
pull up in there Dodge and build a water slide down a city street. The ad is just ok buy the song is awesome.
So what exactly am I getting at here? Should we all be watching more commercials to find good music. Well, actually, yeah.
Advertising is certainly in the midst of a monumental shift.
Consumers are sick of the clutter. They don’t want to hear a brands
tired old message over and over and over again. Hence they block it
out. We DVR past commercials and refuse to click on digital ads.
Brands need to embrace content. They should create, share or present
that content to their consumers in a way that consumers will not only
tolerate but even appreciate. When I go to the Heineken or Dodge
website I should be able to download these songs for free. The music
business needs every boost they can get and those who can’t stand the
reek of commercialism should dive back into their vinyl collection. In
fact, perhaps every commercial should introduce new music. If I knew
the next commercial break was going to share four new songs I’d be more
likely to keep my eyeballs glued on the television.
Another example: I would love to watch every Sportscenter commercial
over the last ten years. It would be awesome to also get the outtakes,
hear how the ideas were created, rank my favorites (here’s my vote)
and even submit suggestions for the next clip. I’m sure that
site/section on espn would receive huge traffic and allow fans of the
show to interact in a super engaged way. Isn’t that what a brand
covets? Make it happen Gaff!
At Sportsvite, we often try to pitch brands to create a campaign to
connect with their customers in ways that provide unique value to their
consumers. Right now it’s often an uphill battle but my guess is that
hill gets flattened pretty quickly.
It will be interesting to see how advertising creative evolves in
the near future. I think this goes way beyond television commercials.
Web banners need to become web widgets (content snippets). Billboards
should be coupons. Mobile, well mobile is a blog post unto itself! In a
world of oversaturated marketing messages, the unmessage will be heard
the most.
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