Who doesn’t love Jelly Bellies? Let me tell you, I LOVE Jelly Bellies! My favorite flavor? Popcorn! Believe it or not, there is someone out there (me!) who is addicted to the popcorn flavored Jelly Bellies.
Popcorn is only one of the 50+ flavors ingeniously created by Jelly Belly. And this simply was not enough for the brand so they went to consumers to vote for a new flavor, via a promotion they called the Dream Bean Challenge.
So, who was the winner?
Açai Berry won and beat out the other flavorful finalists, which included honey, sublime chili lime, Thai iced tea and…
CBS just crossed over into the brand extension zone. Or rather, they are making it easier for consumers to re-enter The Twilight Zone. In June, CBS Consumer Products unveiled “Television City.”
An executive at CBS said: “Television City will become the umbrella title for all our classic TV shows…will offer marketers…the ability to engage millions of consumers.”
With distinctive packaging and signage programs, this initiative offers classic TV series to both consumers and retailers:
The Twilight Zone, Cheers, Mighty Mouse, Beverly Hillbillies, The Little Rascals, Dynasty, The Love Boat, Taxi, and Rawhide.
Expect to see the first products under the “Television City” banner in 2009.
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Everyone’s talking about measurement of results these days, and “intent to buy” is considered an important way to measure a campaign’s success. That’s why a recent report by research firm Advertising Perceptions is noteworthy:
Cross-platform exposure to advertising results in higher intent to buy. Here’s what the study examined: beer, apparel, automotive, consumer electronics and toiletries.
**TV produced weak intent to buy on its own.
**If you add online ad exposure to print campaigns or TV, consumer intent to buy goes up.
**When two or more media were included, all of them showed lift.
**Intent to buy also goes up when brand names are thought of…
I was writing a presentation deck yesterday and I used the C Word. Actually, I used it a lot. Look…I know better…but it has become so automatic to call people Consumers that I just did it.
The funny thing is that when I don’t use the word in a presentation and use people instead, it actually looks like I’m forgetting that this is about advertising. So I try to define what kind of people we’re talking about, based on why they use, or would use, the product. They may be true believers, fun fanatics, or truth seekers. Whatever their reasons are,…
