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Unboxing my first book, “Using Semiotics in Marketing: How to achieve consumer insight for brand growth and profits.”
Unboxing your first book is like seeing a new baby for the first time.
How do ad agencies use semiotics? An AQR webinar with Dr Rachel Lawes and Matt Gladstone of Grey London.
Ever wondered how ad agencies use semiotics? Matt Gladstone Strategy Partner of GREY London and Dr Rachel Lawes, author of ‘Using Semiotics in Marketing’ interviewed by Louella Miles in an exclusive AQR webinar. AQR: What can semiotics do? Rachel: What semiotics can...
#Semiotics tip of the day: Earn the trust of clients
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#Semiotics tip of the day
#Semiotics tip of the day: here's a tool to stimulate your imagination and help you identify conventional expectations of products and categories. Digitally or on paper, cut out the logo of your client's #brand or competitor brands. Take some #advertising from...
#Semiotics tip of the day: push yourself to be #creative.
#Semiotics tip of the day: push yourself to be hashtag#creative. Can you draw? Can you write poetry or flash fiction? Do you know why you should have a go? It is about courage. There is something holding nearly everyone back from acquiring these skills:...
Semiotics tip of the day: Omit needless words. Cut out the flowery prose.
- Use words that your client can understand. - Focus on their business objectives. - Get to the point. Did you write this sentence as you attempted to describe a brand of furniture polish? "Sensorial machinations pave the way to a tangible method of child-like...
Semiotics Tip – Wreck This Advertising
#Semiotics tip of the day: here's a tool to stimulate your imagination and help you identify conventional expectations of products and categories. Digitally or on paper, cut out the logo of your client's #brand or competitor #brands. Take some #advertising from...
Semiotics Tip – Brands Serve Consumers
Here's a tip to improve your #semiotics. Put yourself in the position of the consumer. Once they have purchased a #brand, whether it's shoes, coffee or a bank account, they are instantly liable to be made accountable for their choice by other #consumers. The...
Semiotics Tip – Grow It or Shrink It
Semiotics tip of the day: use #semiotics to identify the norms or conventional rules surrounding things, then break the rules. It's a great way to get consumers' attention. One simple way to find and break a rule is to dramatically alter the size of products....
Semiotics Tip – Be Clear and Precise
#Semiotics tip of the day: Earn the trust of clients by respecting their intelligence. Use precise language and try not to exaggerate. • Make claims which are coherent. If you claim to have measured something, it must be capable of being measured: it is fixed,...
#Semiotics tip of the day: Identify the Norms
Semiotics tip of the day: use #semiotics to identify the norms or conventional rules surrounding things, then break the rules. It's a great way to get consumers' attention. One simple way to find and break a rule is to dramatically alter the size of products....
Using Semiotics in Marketing by Rachel Lawes
Now available for pre-order, my new book 'Using Semiotics in Marketing'. Will be published 3 March worldwide and 28 March in the United States. Use code AMKSIM20 for 20% off at Kogan! It's a comprehensive how-to guide to semiotics for marketing professionals....
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