#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:...

 - 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 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...

  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 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 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: 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....

  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....

  Inspire your marketing strategy using semiotics; benefit from this advice I prepared for the NHS re marketing its Long Term Plan. In April 2019 the Social Research Association North in the UK invited me to give a demonstration of semiotics, showing what it can do...

  The same question lands on my desk all the time. 'How do we talk about this trending social issue without being patronising?' The answer is going to come down to pronouns, which can bring with them a shift of perspective. Brands that are having a problem...