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"Not since Jesus has a baby been so eagerly anticipated."
A pedido do André Kirkelis (Leo Burnett, S. Paulo) segue um trecho de uma recente entrevista dada pelo Lemmy dos Motorhead sobre o seu segredo com as mulheres e o facto de ter sido eleito pela revista Maxim como uma das "10 Lendas Vivas do Sexo".
"Ah, insights, everybody these days talks about insights. A consumer insight is like God - present everywhere but not seen, felt or easily understood. Verbatim judgments, linearly-observed consumer behaviour, or simply aphorisms for life are often passed off as insights. However, to get insights, you need deeper thinking. An insight is what connects the advertising idea to brand attributes via consumer life."

John Grant, co-fundador da agência St. Lukes, planner e autor de diversos livros entre os quais os conhecidíssimos "The New Marketing Manifesto" e o "After Image", tem agora um blog chamado Brandtarot.
Num dos seus posts, o John faz a seguinte e pertinente observação:
... dá que ruminar e pensar sobre o assunto, não dá?





"Starbucks should have learned a lesson from McDonald's, a brand that has resurrected itself not by adding things to the menu, but by getting back to basics. They talk fruit and salads, but it's the simplicity of the dollar menu and the appeal of the double cheeseburger that has brought the dollars back to the bottom line." - Laura Ries, Advertising Age