twisted funnel
exploring the new paradigm of communication
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If you wandered in here....
Monday, July 27, 2009
The underdog phenomenon and why we love AXE ads
Take a quick look at most of the movies targeted at teens and college students – it is always a story of an underdog – a thin frail guy who gets the prettiest girl on campus or the braces spotting nerdy chic who transforms into a bombshell by the end of the movie. Off the top of my head, I can name tens of such movies – “College”, “Accepted”, “The Girl Next Door”, “American Pie”…the list is endless. And these are all decent commercial hits – some even became huge box office successes. There is something about these stories that we love. Throughout these movies, we constantly root for the underdog – and obviously it is the underdog who wins in the end – how else can we call it good entertainment eh?
And it has worked really well for them. Because at some level – we all connect with the “underdog” – and we all want to win before the credits roll – and if a deodorant promises me that – why not!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Why am I *still* blogging?
Everyday, I gather a lot of information – from the people around me, TV, blogs, RSS feeds, tweets , facebook links and so on. I want my blog to reflect how I make sense of this. From what little I have learnt about this industry – I have realized one thing - you cannot look at advertising and communication in isolation. You need to be aware of the world outside advertising – the world of economics, business, technology and most importantly culture. And advertising is – after all - the point of convergence of all the above. And I want to talk about all of them. I want to turn this blog from yet-another-blog-about-social-media to something more.