Monday, April 28, 2008

In Defence of Advertising

April 26, 2008

After thirty years of hearing "I hate advertising", Terry's springing to the
defence of his industry. Will he argue that all advertising is great? No.
But he will make a case that maybe, just maybe, it doesn't suck as much as
some people like to think.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Strategy of Persuasion

April 19, 2008

How did General Isaac Brock and the great chief Tecumseh capture Fort Detroit in 1812- though outnumbered nearly two-to-one? The same way today’s brands nestle themselves in your brain: strategy. This week, Terry O’Reilly examines one of the most vital- and least understood- facets of the world’s $600 billion marketing industry.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Crowd Control

April 12, 2008

This week, Terry O’Reilly explores the evolving relationship between marketers and audiences, and how modern media have made audiences the product, and advertisers the buyer. While all art craves an audience: in the age of persuasion, ad-driven media exist for the purpose of procuring an audience, and delivering it to advertisers. Terry examines the business of audience research, and explains how studies of “demographics” and “psychographics”, are giving way to a new classification: social “tribes”.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Award in Edgewise

April 5, 2008

Try Googling the phrase “Award-Winning”. Go on; we’ll wait. See? 71 million hits. Join Terry O’Reilly - wait- the “award winning” Terry O’Reilly - as he explores the persuasive power of those two little words in our culture. He’ll play- yes- award-winning ads, and examine the self-congratulatory side of our culture.