I feel quite smug. I’ve proof read my latest four books. Packed - well actually my wife has packed but I told her what to put in. I’ve downloaded a mass of books on to our Kindles, completed a couple of projects. Given books to charity and ticked off everything on “my to-do list”.
What is on my mind now?
I’m concerned about the way social media is going. No the internet is not the answer - I agree with Andrew Keen on this one. Twitter is in trouble - CEO Dick Costolo gone - investors angry. They were promised the moon and haven’t yet got much more than a piece of cheese. Apple is out to demolish Spotify. And this week I saw something weird - a poster which should have been a tweet.
Good punchy stuff but guys, guys…I’m driving and get the idea that Stella Export has just been launched. Damn. I nearly hit that cyclist trying to read the small print….and you mate and you.
Too many words - there are just too many words. At FCO the axiom was fewer words good - example Wimbledon Shoe from Nike “McEnroe swears by them”.
It’s too complex an idea - we are better than Stella - no didn’t get that first or second time - in fact “Why Stella is stellar” is a great ad for….sorry …Stella.
My point is a social media idea has been whacked onto a poster is the mistaken belief they work the same way. They just don’t.
And having mentioned Nike I recall talking about marketing to the Brighton Chamber of Commerce and being reviled for praising Nike. Down here in Caroline Lucas country where even Naomi “No Logo” Klein is regarded as too soft on brands like Coke and Nike, big US brands are capitalist and vile.
Small is beautiful.
Well I thought they were crazy but you know the stories about Nike coming out of from the FIFA debacle , the story in the Daily Mail - yes I know- “How Nike lured Mo Farah to work with coach Alberto Salazar in Oregon” and more recently the comments of Julie Strasser - wife of the late Rob Strasser, one of Nike founders - about the value shift in the company from attitude creator to money machine, well, all of those begin to question my previous judgement about a favourite brand.
And FIFA?
I hear Hillaire Belloc’s words in my ears:-
“And always keep ahold of nurse
For fear of finding something worse.”
Rather like the Arab Spring I suspect the toppling of corrupt tyranny often leads to something much worse.
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I still remember the Nike ad that never even ran but was apparently proposed for the start of the cricket season in the early 80s- 'Botham's back on the grass again'
Ha ha - thanks Nick, I think most people have one of those.
I worked for a five-a-side football company seeking to form a partnership with a well-known maker of condoms
because of similar demographics. One ad that never ran had the copy-line "Scores, shoots, dribbles"!
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