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Insights
that Incite
Unlocking the Simple, Yet Untapped




                                     The Yellow Papers Series
Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series                                                                                                 2




The best insights are the
simplest ones – the ones
that once introduced
blend into our day-to-day
consciousness with nary
a ripple.

Arguably the most effective and enduring       For Mr. Sadow, inspiration had come one         has had such impact. In fact, if you think
communications are born from single,           day in 1971 when he was lugging a large         about the word “luggage” it connotes “to
simple insights into human behavior –          suitcase through customs and a man              lug,” to be uncomfortable, to be a human
or more specifically, human consumer           breezed by, towing heavy machinery on           beast of burden. It took us a long time to
behavior. Insights so simple, in fact, that    a dolly. Mr. Sadow drew on the idea to          shatter that notion.
once revealed people react by saying,          develop the technology whereby travelers
“That must already exist” or “Why didn’t       could pull their luggage with a leash. And      You see, the best insights are the simplest
I think of that?”                              sure, these poorly balanced suitcases           ones – the ones that once introduced
                                               toppled over en masse in airports and           blend into our day-to-day consciousness
Let me begin with the story of an innovation   train stations, but it was still a huge         with nary a ripple. They are so smoothly
that illustrates the power of an insight. In   improvement over the technology that had        incorporated that we feel like they have
Moby-Dick, which came out in 1851, one         remained largely unchanged for centuries.       always been there. Now we can hardly
of the characters straps his sea chest to a    He demonstrated that an insight comes           remember luggage without wheels.
wheelbarrow, but then, not knowing how to      from acute observation and deduction and
maneuver the barrow, he gathers the whole      changed the industry from lug to tug.           This also illustrates how critical it is to
assembly and carries it. Now fast-forward                                                      understand human and consumer behavior
to the 1970s, when wheels first appeared       Now we move to 1989, because it takes           and to unlock the opportunities they
on traditional suitcases. This breakthrough    a further 17 years to improve on leashed        present in business communications. This
is attributed to Bernard Sadow, who tugged     luggage, when Northwest Airlines pilot          paper explores methods of gaining those
his odd-looking prototype into Macy’s in       Bob Plath develops the roll-aboard              critical insights, along with illustrative and
1972. The luggage buyer ridiculed him,         suitcase for flight crews. It soon spawns       entertaining examples of how to leverage
saying no one would want to drag their         wheels on all luggage types. I spend a          them to grow brand awareness and value.
luggage, but was soon overruled by a           great deal of time flying and continue to
sharper, more travel-savvy vice president.     marvel at roller luggage – a simple idea that
Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series                                                                                                     3




                                                                                                 Jeff Swystun is Chief Communications Officer,
                                                                                                 DDB Worldwide. He is responsible for all aspects
                                                                                                 of the DDB brand, including intellectual capital,
                                                                                                 marketing, internal communications, and
                                                                                                 knowledge management. Jeff has spoken at
                                                                                                 more than 80 conferences in over 25 countries.
                                                                                                 He is the editor and author of numerous
                                                                                                 books, papers and reports, among them “The
                                                                                                 Brand Marketer’s Report” and “The Brand
                                                                                                 Glossary.” Jeff’s work has appeared in over
                                                                                                 250 publications and on numerous television
                                                                                                 programs, including CNBC’s “Squawk Box”
                                                                                                 and “On the Money.”




Defining Insights
Now let’s get definitional. An insight is a piece of information. It is the act or result of apprehending the inner nature of things. When done
well, it appears as if one sees intuitively, almost magically. It involves introspection and self-examination. Often acute observation and
deduction are required. Penetrating analysis and perception aid in identifying a catalyst that shows us what can and should be, rather
than the status quo. Because, and I paraphrase, convention defends the status quo long after the quo has lost its status.

There’s an interesting story about Dartmouth College and why its central “green” looks
the way it does. Years ago, Dartmouth commissioned an architect to design walkways for
students. The architect decided to wait until winter to lay out the paths. Once the snow fell
— and it being New Hampshire, a lot of snow fell — the architect simply looked out from
the campus bell tower and sketched the footpaths the students naturally wore into the
snow. That pattern is the Dartmouth green of today. An insight can manifest itself suddenly
with such startling clarity that it can be equated to a philosophical or religious epiphany.

A business insight comes from a deep understanding of consumers’ attitudes and beliefs.
It allows the marketer to connect at an emotional level while still communicating and
extolling functional benefits of a product or service. Brands are relationships built upon
shared values. I am preppy so I wear Lacoste or Brooks Brothers – I enjoy that instant
pedigree and feeling that I belong to a club of like-minded people. This is a simplistic
example of a branded community.

                                                                                                 And forming communities is what humans
                                                                                                 do. We join communities to find one
                                                                                                 another, to belong. But in actuality we
                                                                                                 join communities to express ourselves
                                                                                                 – whether religiously, politically, or on
                                                                                                 our Facebook page. The drive to form
                                                                                                 communities is as old as civilization. In fact,
                                                                                                 it’s why we have civilization in the first place.
Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series                                                                       4




The Long View:
We increasingly trust people more than institutions and marketers




Source: “Trust, Value and Engagement in Advertising.” Nielsen Global Online Consumer Survey, July 2009




Clearly defined communities have become more monetarily important. This study
shows the rise of peer-to-peer influence and the simultaneous decline of more
traditional forms of media. Five to ten years ago, TV would be much higher up the list.
So we, as marketers and communicators, know that if we want to grow our businesses,
we need to engage influencers that drive their peers within specific communities. And
we need insights to motivate those influencers to do so.

In a related but different study, people were asked to pick the various sources they use
for information. As it shows, trust in family and friends tops the list in every category.


Information Sources:
U.S. and Global


                                       New Info Sources
   80

   70

   60

   50

   40                                                                                               USA
                                                                                                    Total Global
   30

   20

   10

    0
        Family Members or Friends   Editorial (Net)   Advertising (Net)   Online/Internet sources

Source: Roper Reports Worldwide, Spring 2006
Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series                                                    5




When you combine this rise in trust in friends and family with the ever-expanding universe
of social media, and add a decrease in trust of traditional institutions like government,
church, and corporations, we must react and get ahead of the associated implications.
I believe this situation irrevocably changes our jobs as marketers and communicators.

I say that because it is more difficult to get brands to stand out, communicate trust, and
be influential in a swelling stream of sameness and cluttered communications. It is the
brands that have influence that ultimately succeed in standing out in both the short and
long term. Insights are a powerful ally in creating uniqueness, connection, and loyalty for a
brand.

Insights can be based on real or perceived weaknesses that can be exploited in
competitors’ brands. Or they can take advantage of the attitudinal or perceived barriers
in the minds of consumers regarding your brand. Or my favorite, insights can reveal
an untapped, compelling belief or practice that a brand can choose to own and use to
connect with consumers.

Insights are most effective when they are unexpected, causing us to re-examine
standards and conventions, and if they alter the momentum of the category, exploit a
clear point of difference, and ultimately change the way people think and act. Insights
are interesting in isolation, but their real purpose is to solve a problem. And in business,
certainly in marketing, that equates to creating customers.




                                                 Insights can reveal
                                                 an untapped,
                                                 compelling belief
                                                 or practice that a
                                                 brand can choose
                                                 to own and use
                                                 to connect with
                                                 consumers.
Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series                                                            6




“If everyone is thinking alike,
then somebody isn’t thinking.”
                                          - George Patton



                                                            Let me share a case that illustrates
                                                            how a simple insight can be absolutely
                                                            compelling; it communicates, too, that it
                                                            is critical to avoid “group think,” be caught
                                                            in convention, lose objectivity, or think
                                                            like everyone else. Philips is a globally
                                                            recognized brand associated with making
                                                            lives easier through technology. Recently,
                                                            Tribal DDB was tasked with launching
                                                            the world’s first cinematic proportion TV,
                                                            called Cinema 21:9; to give it its due we
                                                            created the first truly cinematic experience
                                                            online. Everything about the dedicated site
                                                            was designed to be cinematic – the title
                                                            sequence, the way the movie is filmed as
                                                            one single tracking shot, the interactive
                                                            score, even the way you can choose your
                                                            connection speed. You can have fun on
                                                            the site by using your mouse as a scrubber,
                                                            stop the film to look at the director’s view
                                                            on 21:9, see the difference between normal
                                                            16:9 aspect ratio and 21:9, or switch
                                                            Ambilight on or off.

                                                            The simple insight,“Let’s launch
                                                            cinematically,” almost steals from that
                                                            old consumer packaging dictum (and I
                                                            paraphrase), “Always show the product,
                                                            naturally.” Thanks to social media and
                                                            other technology, we could take our insight
                                                            of sharing this launch widely and mirror
                                                            the experience one would receive with
                                                            the actual unit. And this appealed to the
                                                            consumer behavior of the target audience:
                                                            techno-savvy, hands-on, sophisticated
                                                            users.
Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series                                7




                                                 “The defeat of habit by
                                                 originality overcomes
                                                 everything.”
                                                            - George Lois


Here is another example that leverages
a very simple insight into consumer
sentiment and behavior. Wanting to
de-position Starbucks as it aggressively
entered the coffee game, McDonald’s
tapped into and embraced an undercurrent
of dissatisfaction and expressed it originally
and succinctly. Its coffee was packaged to
resonate on the street with real people. This
was highly effective because it captured
the commonly held belief of cash-strapped
consumers that “Four Bucks Is Dumb.”

This de-positioning tapped into consumer
emotion. The campaign also spoofs
the stuffy language of the competition,
then engages customers in sidewalk
conversations. What I love about this is
Starbucks has become an almost integral
part of many people’s lives. The company
has gone a long way toward accomplishing
founder Howard Schultz’s vision of making
the chain the third place major destination
for people, after their home and work. But
that does not mean we should accept or
maintain the option. McDonald’s took it to
task and the battle rages on.
Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series                                                                                                  8




                                                          How would you like this challenge? After 200 years, Sweden ended its
                                                          mandatory military recruitment policy. For the first time in history, the armed
                                                          forces needed to attract recruits – a rather tough undertaking given their
                                                           image as a playground for no-brain bullies. DDB in Stockholm developed a
                                                            truly integrated campaign to attract potential officers to the armed forces and
                                                            improve their image by asking a simple question:

                                                             Have you got what it takes? Potential officers answered that question for
                                                             themselves through a series of interactive tests. The website was the hub of
                                                              the campaign; clever copy in print, interactive web banners, direct mail and
                                                              TV were launched almost simultaneously, to drive participants to the site.
                                                               One direct mail piece sent out to prospective recruits from the Swedish
                                                               Armed Forces contained a puzzle and a note, which read: “You are
                                                                chosen. Call this number for further instructions.” After dialing the number,
                                                                they would hear instructions telling them that they had 40 seconds to
                                                                complete the puzzle and enter the code shown to stop the countdown.

If they completed this challenge they were instructed to bring the puzzle into a dark room, where they could read the message that their
recruitment had begun; the message directed these recruits to the website for further instructions. It only took a matter of days for the
site to start picking up visitors.

Inspired by the real tests recruits take when applying for pilot training, people could find out on the web if they had what it takes to be
an officer. Using headphones, the experience created the feeling that the instructor was right there in the room with the test taker. While
completing tests on memory, multitasking, spatial thinking and concentration, participants could see how they compared with others,
particularly any friends who may have challenged them to take the test.

The site has had over 360,000 visitors, and 180,000 completed the tests, with over 70,000 hours of interactivity. And that’s in a country
with only nine million inhabitants. In one month, there were more applications than in the whole previous year.

The insight appealed to brain over brawn while avoiding the relevant but too often tapped message of national pride and duty. The
Swedish campaign resonates with the target market of problem solvers, not problem makers, so it not only gets quantity but it also
attracts a different caliber of recruit.
Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series                                                           9




                                                                  “Ideas are a commodity.
                                                                  Execution of them is not.”
                                                                                      - Michael Dell




How would you like to be brand manager of the Monopoly board game
in this age of social media, video games, and cell phones – all of which
compete with the time consumption of Monopoly’s target market? Since
changing the game itself would be sacrilege, we decided that Monopoly
needed a bigger game board and some 21st century twists. Along with
Hasbro, Tribal DDB launched Monopoly City Streets, a four-month-long
global online campaign that takes the game into the real world via a range
of Google platforms.

Hasbro, Tribal DDB in London and Google took the concept into the real
world with an online game that expands game play to any street in the
world. Armed with $3 million in virtual cash, players can purchase and
construct 3D buildings on any street in the world via Google Maps and
then get a bird’s-eye view of their empire through Google Earth. They earn
money through rent collected from properties owned each day they log
on. Players can increase the earning potential of their properties by adding
structures like schools or eco-friendly wind farms.

With Chance cards, players can sabotage their opponents by erecting
hazards like prisons or sewage plants on competitors’ streets or get hit
themselves with exorbitant fines. As mini-magnates make more bucks, they
can develop bigger and better properties. Anyone who reaches billionaire level
will qualify for the Monopoly World Championships.

City Streets is part of Hasbro’s marketing push for its new Monopoly City
Edition board game. It complements the online game and officially kicked off in
October, 2009, running to January 2010.

In simple terms this is a strategy to marry offline and online in terms of the user
experience, but ultimately the insight is that there is no difference in game play.
The business challenge is and will remain: There are only so many hours in a
day and so many dollars for leisure activities, so how does Hasbro’s Monopoly
stay in the first consideration set? The answer is to: Appeal to Monopoly
lovers’ love of competition and their drive to succeed.
Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series                                                        10




“He who will not apply new remedies
must expect new evils; for time is the
greatest innovator.”
                                               - Francis Bacon

                                                         Insights require a refreshed perspective
                                                         or rare objectivity because they often
                                                         require one to take a hard look at one’s
                                                         self. I believe discovering a game-changing
                                                         consumer insight requires a personal and
                                                         natural curiosity about how things work or
                                                         how they should work. Did you know that
                                                         children ask over 150 probing questions a
                                                         day, while an adult will ask approximately
                                                         seven? By questioning our environment
                                                         and asking more of ourselves, we can
                                                         change the way people think and how our
                                                         world works. Clorox did just that recently.

                                                         Here is an incredibly obvious insight:
                                                         “The world is a dirty place.” Our people
                                                         at DDB San Francisco saw an opportunity to
                                                         use that insight on behalf of client Clorox in
                                                         its launch of the new product Green Works.

                                                         In 2008, Green Works commissioned
                                                         reverse graffiti artist Paul “Moose” Curtis
                                                         to create a work of eco-friendly street art.
                                                         This was captured in a documentary. The
                                                         documentary followed the creation of the
                                                         140-foot mural in a tunnel in downtown San
                                                         Francisco. The design featured indigenous
                                                         plants from the area. Large stencils were
                                                         used along with the Green Works product
                                                         in a power-washing process that strips the
                                                         dirt from the surface. The result is a design
                                                         that actually looks like something has been
                                                         applied rather than stripped away. Another
                                                         descriptor of it is “green-tagging.”

                                                         The documentary became the number
                                                         one video on YouTube with over 650,000
                                                         views; within six months of launch, Green
                                                         Works had taken the #1 position in the
                                                         natural cleaning category, and helped
                                                         double the category as a whole. If you have
                                                         a chance to visit San Francisco, the mural is
                                                         still visible and continues to inspire people
                                                         with its simple, insightful message, while
                                                         enhancing the Clorox image as a company
                                                         that cares.
Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series   11




A company allied with DDB, Interbrand,
was tasked with raising sales of Nestle’s
Yorkie bar in the UK. The research was
quite clear: The sheer size of the bar
appealed to men and mostly to those
who worked in the trades. From there the
functional benefits were easy to define
and the emotional attributes were fairly
basic, which all led to the simple insight,
“It’s not for girls.”

These insights were quickly reflected in
the Yorkie bar’s revised package design
and in its messaging, which resonated
with the core “bloke” through colloquial
language in bold, clear statements. Also
straightforward was the media placement.
Ads ran in publications read by the
“bloke’s bloke” and Interbrand generated
some on-the-street promotion to create
a swarm of supporters. And perhaps the
most interesting part of the case was how
the insight drove a change in package
design by producing the bar with one
sharable, manageable chunk “for the
birds.”
Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series                                                                                                   12




“Anyone can look for fashion in a boutique
or history in a museum. The creative person
looks for history in a hardware store and
fashion in an airport.”
                                                                                         - Robert Wieder
                                               I am often asked about how insights are revealed and would be foolish to advocate
                                               anything like a linear process because I do not believe such a process exists. Insights are
                                               synonymous with inspiration and they can spring from a multitude of sources that are hard
                                               to define or systemize. So instead of covering process, it makes more sense to discuss the
                                               qualities and skills a communicator must possess to be insightful.

                                               In my experience, healthy doses of curiosity, objectivity, observation, deductive reasoning,
                                               perceptive analysis, analytics, creative reasoning, and an open mind are all beneficial.
                                               Really what we are talking about is seeing the possible and being the change we want
                                               to make in the world. And in this time of incredible change in communications with the
                                               advent of new technologies, social media, expanding channels, communications fatigue,
                                               increasing consumer sophistication, and collapsing traditional boundaries and borders,
                                               the attributes required to be insightful are ones critical to taking advantage of these new
                                               opportunities and operating reality.

                                               I believe that marketing is a process whereby an individual finds out if he or she is actually
                                               a customer. It is a process of information, education, dialogue, and ultimately, choice.
                                               Communications and advertising play a critical role within the process as either arguments
                                               for change or advocates of loyalty. And insights are invaluable in driving change and
                                               ensuring loyalty.



                                               Insights that Incite
                                               I want to close by asking you, as a communicator—whether a marketer, a CFO, a graphic
                                               designer, whatever you do—do you challenge yourself and your work? I believe that as
                                               communicators, you will do better by your clients, your audiences and yourselves, if you
                                               regularly pose these questions to yourself: How insightful am I? and How inciteful am I?

                                               Does your work prompt new thinking? Will it change the way people think? Is it creative solely
                                               for creative’s sake or does it solve a problem or advance an argument? Does it help your
                                               client sell more, more often, to more people, at a higher price? Does it improve our world?

                                               There was a great line from AMC’s Mad Men where the creative director, Don Draper,
                                               critiques some advertising copy and offers the copywriter the following advice: “Stop writing
                                               for other writers.” His lesson: Be relevant to the consumer and engage them with powerful
                                               insights executed with brilliance, both strategically and creatively.

                                               It is the task of communicators to look at things from new angles, examine problems from
                                               other perspectives, and seek inspiration from other industries, the animal kingdom, science,
                                               and science fiction. Uncover the insights that incite and you will find yourself in a rarified and
                                               exciting place. But do not be surprised that once you identify and implement that particularly
                                               amazing insight that people say, “Wasn’t that done before?” or “That’s not new,” because
                                               as Arthur Koestler said, “The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems
                                               afterwards.”
13




DDB Worldwide Communications Group Inc (www.ddb.com ) is one
of the world’s largest and most influential advertising and marketing
services networks. With more than 200 offices in over 90 countries,
DDB provides creative business solutions by its proprietary
philosophy and process built upon the goal of influence. DDB and its
marketing partners create and deliver unique, enduring, and powerful
brand experiences for competitive advantage.

DDB is excited by ideas. We invite you to visit our website to share yours and
keep abreast of ours. We believe that creativity is the most powerful force in
business and that ideas get sharper with more minds rubbing against them.

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  • 1. Insights that Incite Unlocking the Simple, Yet Untapped The Yellow Papers Series
  • 2. Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series 2 The best insights are the simplest ones – the ones that once introduced blend into our day-to-day consciousness with nary a ripple. Arguably the most effective and enduring For Mr. Sadow, inspiration had come one has had such impact. In fact, if you think communications are born from single, day in 1971 when he was lugging a large about the word “luggage” it connotes “to simple insights into human behavior – suitcase through customs and a man lug,” to be uncomfortable, to be a human or more specifically, human consumer breezed by, towing heavy machinery on beast of burden. It took us a long time to behavior. Insights so simple, in fact, that a dolly. Mr. Sadow drew on the idea to shatter that notion. once revealed people react by saying, develop the technology whereby travelers “That must already exist” or “Why didn’t could pull their luggage with a leash. And You see, the best insights are the simplest I think of that?” sure, these poorly balanced suitcases ones – the ones that once introduced toppled over en masse in airports and blend into our day-to-day consciousness Let me begin with the story of an innovation train stations, but it was still a huge with nary a ripple. They are so smoothly that illustrates the power of an insight. In improvement over the technology that had incorporated that we feel like they have Moby-Dick, which came out in 1851, one remained largely unchanged for centuries. always been there. Now we can hardly of the characters straps his sea chest to a He demonstrated that an insight comes remember luggage without wheels. wheelbarrow, but then, not knowing how to from acute observation and deduction and maneuver the barrow, he gathers the whole changed the industry from lug to tug. This also illustrates how critical it is to assembly and carries it. Now fast-forward understand human and consumer behavior to the 1970s, when wheels first appeared Now we move to 1989, because it takes and to unlock the opportunities they on traditional suitcases. This breakthrough a further 17 years to improve on leashed present in business communications. This is attributed to Bernard Sadow, who tugged luggage, when Northwest Airlines pilot paper explores methods of gaining those his odd-looking prototype into Macy’s in Bob Plath develops the roll-aboard critical insights, along with illustrative and 1972. The luggage buyer ridiculed him, suitcase for flight crews. It soon spawns entertaining examples of how to leverage saying no one would want to drag their wheels on all luggage types. I spend a them to grow brand awareness and value. luggage, but was soon overruled by a great deal of time flying and continue to sharper, more travel-savvy vice president. marvel at roller luggage – a simple idea that
  • 3. Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series 3 Jeff Swystun is Chief Communications Officer, DDB Worldwide. He is responsible for all aspects of the DDB brand, including intellectual capital, marketing, internal communications, and knowledge management. Jeff has spoken at more than 80 conferences in over 25 countries. He is the editor and author of numerous books, papers and reports, among them “The Brand Marketer’s Report” and “The Brand Glossary.” Jeff’s work has appeared in over 250 publications and on numerous television programs, including CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and “On the Money.” Defining Insights Now let’s get definitional. An insight is a piece of information. It is the act or result of apprehending the inner nature of things. When done well, it appears as if one sees intuitively, almost magically. It involves introspection and self-examination. Often acute observation and deduction are required. Penetrating analysis and perception aid in identifying a catalyst that shows us what can and should be, rather than the status quo. Because, and I paraphrase, convention defends the status quo long after the quo has lost its status. There’s an interesting story about Dartmouth College and why its central “green” looks the way it does. Years ago, Dartmouth commissioned an architect to design walkways for students. The architect decided to wait until winter to lay out the paths. Once the snow fell — and it being New Hampshire, a lot of snow fell — the architect simply looked out from the campus bell tower and sketched the footpaths the students naturally wore into the snow. That pattern is the Dartmouth green of today. An insight can manifest itself suddenly with such startling clarity that it can be equated to a philosophical or religious epiphany. A business insight comes from a deep understanding of consumers’ attitudes and beliefs. It allows the marketer to connect at an emotional level while still communicating and extolling functional benefits of a product or service. Brands are relationships built upon shared values. I am preppy so I wear Lacoste or Brooks Brothers – I enjoy that instant pedigree and feeling that I belong to a club of like-minded people. This is a simplistic example of a branded community. And forming communities is what humans do. We join communities to find one another, to belong. But in actuality we join communities to express ourselves – whether religiously, politically, or on our Facebook page. The drive to form communities is as old as civilization. In fact, it’s why we have civilization in the first place.
  • 4. Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series 4 The Long View: We increasingly trust people more than institutions and marketers Source: “Trust, Value and Engagement in Advertising.” Nielsen Global Online Consumer Survey, July 2009 Clearly defined communities have become more monetarily important. This study shows the rise of peer-to-peer influence and the simultaneous decline of more traditional forms of media. Five to ten years ago, TV would be much higher up the list. So we, as marketers and communicators, know that if we want to grow our businesses, we need to engage influencers that drive their peers within specific communities. And we need insights to motivate those influencers to do so. In a related but different study, people were asked to pick the various sources they use for information. As it shows, trust in family and friends tops the list in every category. Information Sources: U.S. and Global New Info Sources 80 70 60 50 40 USA Total Global 30 20 10 0 Family Members or Friends Editorial (Net) Advertising (Net) Online/Internet sources Source: Roper Reports Worldwide, Spring 2006
  • 5. Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series 5 When you combine this rise in trust in friends and family with the ever-expanding universe of social media, and add a decrease in trust of traditional institutions like government, church, and corporations, we must react and get ahead of the associated implications. I believe this situation irrevocably changes our jobs as marketers and communicators. I say that because it is more difficult to get brands to stand out, communicate trust, and be influential in a swelling stream of sameness and cluttered communications. It is the brands that have influence that ultimately succeed in standing out in both the short and long term. Insights are a powerful ally in creating uniqueness, connection, and loyalty for a brand. Insights can be based on real or perceived weaknesses that can be exploited in competitors’ brands. Or they can take advantage of the attitudinal or perceived barriers in the minds of consumers regarding your brand. Or my favorite, insights can reveal an untapped, compelling belief or practice that a brand can choose to own and use to connect with consumers. Insights are most effective when they are unexpected, causing us to re-examine standards and conventions, and if they alter the momentum of the category, exploit a clear point of difference, and ultimately change the way people think and act. Insights are interesting in isolation, but their real purpose is to solve a problem. And in business, certainly in marketing, that equates to creating customers. Insights can reveal an untapped, compelling belief or practice that a brand can choose to own and use to connect with consumers.
  • 6. Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series 6 “If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.” - George Patton Let me share a case that illustrates how a simple insight can be absolutely compelling; it communicates, too, that it is critical to avoid “group think,” be caught in convention, lose objectivity, or think like everyone else. Philips is a globally recognized brand associated with making lives easier through technology. Recently, Tribal DDB was tasked with launching the world’s first cinematic proportion TV, called Cinema 21:9; to give it its due we created the first truly cinematic experience online. Everything about the dedicated site was designed to be cinematic – the title sequence, the way the movie is filmed as one single tracking shot, the interactive score, even the way you can choose your connection speed. You can have fun on the site by using your mouse as a scrubber, stop the film to look at the director’s view on 21:9, see the difference between normal 16:9 aspect ratio and 21:9, or switch Ambilight on or off. The simple insight,“Let’s launch cinematically,” almost steals from that old consumer packaging dictum (and I paraphrase), “Always show the product, naturally.” Thanks to social media and other technology, we could take our insight of sharing this launch widely and mirror the experience one would receive with the actual unit. And this appealed to the consumer behavior of the target audience: techno-savvy, hands-on, sophisticated users.
  • 7. Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series 7 “The defeat of habit by originality overcomes everything.” - George Lois Here is another example that leverages a very simple insight into consumer sentiment and behavior. Wanting to de-position Starbucks as it aggressively entered the coffee game, McDonald’s tapped into and embraced an undercurrent of dissatisfaction and expressed it originally and succinctly. Its coffee was packaged to resonate on the street with real people. This was highly effective because it captured the commonly held belief of cash-strapped consumers that “Four Bucks Is Dumb.” This de-positioning tapped into consumer emotion. The campaign also spoofs the stuffy language of the competition, then engages customers in sidewalk conversations. What I love about this is Starbucks has become an almost integral part of many people’s lives. The company has gone a long way toward accomplishing founder Howard Schultz’s vision of making the chain the third place major destination for people, after their home and work. But that does not mean we should accept or maintain the option. McDonald’s took it to task and the battle rages on.
  • 8. Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series 8 How would you like this challenge? After 200 years, Sweden ended its mandatory military recruitment policy. For the first time in history, the armed forces needed to attract recruits – a rather tough undertaking given their image as a playground for no-brain bullies. DDB in Stockholm developed a truly integrated campaign to attract potential officers to the armed forces and improve their image by asking a simple question: Have you got what it takes? Potential officers answered that question for themselves through a series of interactive tests. The website was the hub of the campaign; clever copy in print, interactive web banners, direct mail and TV were launched almost simultaneously, to drive participants to the site. One direct mail piece sent out to prospective recruits from the Swedish Armed Forces contained a puzzle and a note, which read: “You are chosen. Call this number for further instructions.” After dialing the number, they would hear instructions telling them that they had 40 seconds to complete the puzzle and enter the code shown to stop the countdown. If they completed this challenge they were instructed to bring the puzzle into a dark room, where they could read the message that their recruitment had begun; the message directed these recruits to the website for further instructions. It only took a matter of days for the site to start picking up visitors. Inspired by the real tests recruits take when applying for pilot training, people could find out on the web if they had what it takes to be an officer. Using headphones, the experience created the feeling that the instructor was right there in the room with the test taker. While completing tests on memory, multitasking, spatial thinking and concentration, participants could see how they compared with others, particularly any friends who may have challenged them to take the test. The site has had over 360,000 visitors, and 180,000 completed the tests, with over 70,000 hours of interactivity. And that’s in a country with only nine million inhabitants. In one month, there were more applications than in the whole previous year. The insight appealed to brain over brawn while avoiding the relevant but too often tapped message of national pride and duty. The Swedish campaign resonates with the target market of problem solvers, not problem makers, so it not only gets quantity but it also attracts a different caliber of recruit.
  • 9. Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series 9 “Ideas are a commodity. Execution of them is not.” - Michael Dell How would you like to be brand manager of the Monopoly board game in this age of social media, video games, and cell phones – all of which compete with the time consumption of Monopoly’s target market? Since changing the game itself would be sacrilege, we decided that Monopoly needed a bigger game board and some 21st century twists. Along with Hasbro, Tribal DDB launched Monopoly City Streets, a four-month-long global online campaign that takes the game into the real world via a range of Google platforms. Hasbro, Tribal DDB in London and Google took the concept into the real world with an online game that expands game play to any street in the world. Armed with $3 million in virtual cash, players can purchase and construct 3D buildings on any street in the world via Google Maps and then get a bird’s-eye view of their empire through Google Earth. They earn money through rent collected from properties owned each day they log on. Players can increase the earning potential of their properties by adding structures like schools or eco-friendly wind farms. With Chance cards, players can sabotage their opponents by erecting hazards like prisons or sewage plants on competitors’ streets or get hit themselves with exorbitant fines. As mini-magnates make more bucks, they can develop bigger and better properties. Anyone who reaches billionaire level will qualify for the Monopoly World Championships. City Streets is part of Hasbro’s marketing push for its new Monopoly City Edition board game. It complements the online game and officially kicked off in October, 2009, running to January 2010. In simple terms this is a strategy to marry offline and online in terms of the user experience, but ultimately the insight is that there is no difference in game play. The business challenge is and will remain: There are only so many hours in a day and so many dollars for leisure activities, so how does Hasbro’s Monopoly stay in the first consideration set? The answer is to: Appeal to Monopoly lovers’ love of competition and their drive to succeed.
  • 10. Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series 10 “He who will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.” - Francis Bacon Insights require a refreshed perspective or rare objectivity because they often require one to take a hard look at one’s self. I believe discovering a game-changing consumer insight requires a personal and natural curiosity about how things work or how they should work. Did you know that children ask over 150 probing questions a day, while an adult will ask approximately seven? By questioning our environment and asking more of ourselves, we can change the way people think and how our world works. Clorox did just that recently. Here is an incredibly obvious insight: “The world is a dirty place.” Our people at DDB San Francisco saw an opportunity to use that insight on behalf of client Clorox in its launch of the new product Green Works. In 2008, Green Works commissioned reverse graffiti artist Paul “Moose” Curtis to create a work of eco-friendly street art. This was captured in a documentary. The documentary followed the creation of the 140-foot mural in a tunnel in downtown San Francisco. The design featured indigenous plants from the area. Large stencils were used along with the Green Works product in a power-washing process that strips the dirt from the surface. The result is a design that actually looks like something has been applied rather than stripped away. Another descriptor of it is “green-tagging.” The documentary became the number one video on YouTube with over 650,000 views; within six months of launch, Green Works had taken the #1 position in the natural cleaning category, and helped double the category as a whole. If you have a chance to visit San Francisco, the mural is still visible and continues to inspire people with its simple, insightful message, while enhancing the Clorox image as a company that cares.
  • 11. Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series 11 A company allied with DDB, Interbrand, was tasked with raising sales of Nestle’s Yorkie bar in the UK. The research was quite clear: The sheer size of the bar appealed to men and mostly to those who worked in the trades. From there the functional benefits were easy to define and the emotional attributes were fairly basic, which all led to the simple insight, “It’s not for girls.” These insights were quickly reflected in the Yorkie bar’s revised package design and in its messaging, which resonated with the core “bloke” through colloquial language in bold, clear statements. Also straightforward was the media placement. Ads ran in publications read by the “bloke’s bloke” and Interbrand generated some on-the-street promotion to create a swarm of supporters. And perhaps the most interesting part of the case was how the insight drove a change in package design by producing the bar with one sharable, manageable chunk “for the birds.”
  • 12. Insights that Incite The Yellow Paper Series 12 “Anyone can look for fashion in a boutique or history in a museum. The creative person looks for history in a hardware store and fashion in an airport.” - Robert Wieder I am often asked about how insights are revealed and would be foolish to advocate anything like a linear process because I do not believe such a process exists. Insights are synonymous with inspiration and they can spring from a multitude of sources that are hard to define or systemize. So instead of covering process, it makes more sense to discuss the qualities and skills a communicator must possess to be insightful. In my experience, healthy doses of curiosity, objectivity, observation, deductive reasoning, perceptive analysis, analytics, creative reasoning, and an open mind are all beneficial. Really what we are talking about is seeing the possible and being the change we want to make in the world. And in this time of incredible change in communications with the advent of new technologies, social media, expanding channels, communications fatigue, increasing consumer sophistication, and collapsing traditional boundaries and borders, the attributes required to be insightful are ones critical to taking advantage of these new opportunities and operating reality. I believe that marketing is a process whereby an individual finds out if he or she is actually a customer. It is a process of information, education, dialogue, and ultimately, choice. Communications and advertising play a critical role within the process as either arguments for change or advocates of loyalty. And insights are invaluable in driving change and ensuring loyalty. Insights that Incite I want to close by asking you, as a communicator—whether a marketer, a CFO, a graphic designer, whatever you do—do you challenge yourself and your work? I believe that as communicators, you will do better by your clients, your audiences and yourselves, if you regularly pose these questions to yourself: How insightful am I? and How inciteful am I? Does your work prompt new thinking? Will it change the way people think? Is it creative solely for creative’s sake or does it solve a problem or advance an argument? Does it help your client sell more, more often, to more people, at a higher price? Does it improve our world? There was a great line from AMC’s Mad Men where the creative director, Don Draper, critiques some advertising copy and offers the copywriter the following advice: “Stop writing for other writers.” His lesson: Be relevant to the consumer and engage them with powerful insights executed with brilliance, both strategically and creatively. It is the task of communicators to look at things from new angles, examine problems from other perspectives, and seek inspiration from other industries, the animal kingdom, science, and science fiction. Uncover the insights that incite and you will find yourself in a rarified and exciting place. But do not be surprised that once you identify and implement that particularly amazing insight that people say, “Wasn’t that done before?” or “That’s not new,” because as Arthur Koestler said, “The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.”
  • 13. 13 DDB Worldwide Communications Group Inc (www.ddb.com ) is one of the world’s largest and most influential advertising and marketing services networks. With more than 200 offices in over 90 countries, DDB provides creative business solutions by its proprietary philosophy and process built upon the goal of influence. DDB and its marketing partners create and deliver unique, enduring, and powerful brand experiences for competitive advantage. DDB is excited by ideas. We invite you to visit our website to share yours and keep abreast of ours. We believe that creativity is the most powerful force in business and that ideas get sharper with more minds rubbing against them.