Brands are marketed using individualistic messaging and increasing levels of personalisation. Marketing believes that people's choices are motivated by a need to stand out and signal their unique identity.
Feeling 'special' comes from being the same as others, not different.
This month on the #DCMPodcast, DCM's @TomLinay and Michael Tull are joined by Andrew Tenzer @thetenzer, Co-Founder of research consultancy @burstyrbubbleuk, to discuss DCM's latest piece of research - The Cultural Power of Cinema. 🎬🎙
Listen now: https://t.co/2pKPcc6oCh
🎬 @thetenzer, Co-founder of @burstyrbubbleuk, presented our brand-new research piece: The Cultural Power of Cinema. He expertly explained #cinema’s leading role in co-viewing experiences and how brands using the medium can maximise commercial and social impact.
#DCMUpfronts2024
Labour could win by a landslide tomorrow, but our Signal framework puts their signal strength on a par with online casino and betting brands we've tested over the past few months.
Doesn't say much for the state of political parties!
#Elections2024#marketing#brands
In my latest column for @MarketingWeekEd, I explain why the marketing industry is complicit in the on-going mental health crisis facing young people.
I argue that brands should focus on bringing people together in the real world.
#marketing#wellbeing
https://t.co/NU7CtxKkLd
"One intriguing possibility is that the marketing worldview itself is making marketers ill".
Our co-founder Ian Murray has written a thought-provoking piece for @TheDrum about why marketing’s wellbeing agenda does more harm than good.
https://t.co/UrcoXvJwin
Why seeking easy answers to incredibly complex questions says more about the industry and its view of class, than it does about genuinely championing social mobility and understanding mainstream audiences.
My latest column for @MarketingWeekEd.
https://t.co/PuPtXIyeBz
"Marketing is stuck in a neoliberal world of personalisation and the expression of individual identity."
This is from my recent Marketing Week column.
A worrying number of young people feel isolated from others.
Is marketing's obsession with personalisation good for society?
When is a small number a big number?
At @burstyrbubbleuk, we've been doing research on the well-being of young people. Here's the first of a few worrying things I'll be sharing about how young people are under pressure in the UK today.
#wellbeing#GenZ#research
‘Culture’ is not an aggregate of atomised impressions.
It is a system of shared experiences and meanings... It depends on effective communication that helps people understand what is acceptable and valued by other people.'
https://t.co/XhJuDnua5r
The result is EssenceMediacom's new forecasting tool which combines signalling, attention, pricing and reach predictions to provide a more holsitic view of the media landcape that brands operate in.
Our new study on the signalling power of media with @rich_kirk and @emc_uk is out!
Our study updates the award winning 'Signalling Success' research from @Thinkboxtv in 2020 to show that all attention is not equal.
https://t.co/dHxhXgk3PR
In his latest column for WARC, Ian Murray, co-founder of Burst Your Bubble, insists that understanding ‘real people’s lives’ should not be treated like a special mission. Real life is all around, if marketers care to look.
Take a read here: https://t.co/E0dOeDxz6h
#Marketing
"The ‘getting out there’ narrative is a ‘tell’ that exposes our industry’s penchant for othering the mainstream. It is an indictment of how unmoored we have become that experiencing ‘real people’s lives’ should be seen as a special mission or safari."
https://t.co/Yntdp5ovxf
'Marketing is hindered by its individualistic, neoliberal worldview'
Click on the image below to read my latest column for @MarketingWeekEd.
https://t.co/7rE3WPm1wb
You can't burst bubbles without paying close attention to what the world's top marketers are talking about!
@burstyrbubbleuk teamed up with @nbcucatalyst to support them on CMO Now - their longstanding thought leadership series. Have a read!
https://t.co/bqj1yTHLFt