The tendentious Dr. Utterson | ‘IAmMyBrand’ trend & Branding | Chapter 6

Arriving to the "IAmMyBrand' trend, I presume that we arrive to a point of real discussion. As some of you may know, I have a clear opinion regarding personal branding. This is that I'm against that concept: Brands and branding was and is developed to objects: We can work on improving certain identity and build its image We are subjects: We are what we are and that's something difficult to change. We can only work on personal image To work on subjects cannot follow a pre-defined process: If we...

The tendentious Dr. Utterson | ‘From virtual to online’ trend & Branding | Chapter 5

by Allegro 234 | Branding

One of the deepest changes during this century has been that we have moved from a world split in real and virtual to one that could be described as offline and online... but always real. Now, there is little room for the virtual! The effect of this new way of understanding our context has produced (also) a modification in our behaviors. In the online real world, the key is not longer to posses, but to allow that things flow. The new leader is not longer the one who has, it's the one who...

The Tendentious Dr. Utterson | The ‘innovation disruption’ trend & Branding | Chapter 4

by Allegro 234 | Branding, Marketing

During the last years, we have segmented and studied different tribes. Actually, we have arrived to "almost one member tribes"... The real issue, behind the scene, is that thinking of this situation we have converted our gray matter in a sort of mashed potato. We have thought a lot... Gray puree! And some results are as great as interesting... Probably the most important event is that our lifes are becoming disrupted... and so our innovation processes. Disruptive innovation is not to invent...

The tendentious Dr. Utterson | The ‘Phantasy’ trend & Branding | Chapter 3

by Allegro 234 | Branding

There are several sites talking about 'phantasy'. Perhaps, the most valuable synthesis about this trend could be found in TrendWatching and The Cool Hunter. Phantasy is based in two movements that are happening at the same time: People are taking distance from mass-media, mass production, mass-advertising, mass-whatever People are emphatically showing their opinions and thoughts in a more transparent and conversational mode Trend #3: The 'Phantasy' of being demode The observed result is that...

The tendentious Dr. Utterson is back | Chapter 1

by Allegro 234 | Branding

Some of you, actually only few of you, remember the very beginnings of Brand 3.0... The original name of this social network was "Jekyll & Hide on Branding"... It had 3 pages and the third one was the one that talked about trends, and the one who 'wrote' there was Dr. Utterson, the lawyer and loyal friend of Jekyll. So, getting to the point, this is the first post of several which will talk about trends and branding... connections, implications and challenges... Hope you enjoy them! Trend...

Twenty-first century slaves

by Cristian Saracco | Branding

Gideon would say: "Deleuze in The Logic of Sense: It's a strange position the one that blindly values the depth at the expense of the surface, giving to superficial the mean of lack of draft instead of long dimension". Two facts that I am paying some attention: Increased access to information via the Internet, especially through social networks We know more, though with less depth (even without actually knowing if what it has been said is true) More information wherever and whenever we want,...

Quantity vs Quality to build an online brand experience

by Allegro 234 | Branding

For a couple of weeks, I was in a rush and only updated my status in Webjam, continue with some conversations here and in LinkedIn, invite people in Facebook to read/re-post old things that I revisited and thought they are still relevant (at least for me)... So, I'm back! During this period of time I was also thinking (at least for a couple of hours a day) and paying attention to social networks, communities... and specifically, I was looking at our interaction... To give a framework to my...

Between grayscale and bleached

by Cristian Saracco | Branding

"... Leaden, dense and static clouds covered the sky producing a time confusion and diverted us from the moment to make us feel like in a limbo where time stands still. For Jose, his soul was like the day and the pressure in his chest did nothing but confirm that he should speak with Ramirez. Yes, he called her using her last name when it came to something important, and she knew it. - Ramirez, you look so cute and, at the same time, so like the others. At certain point it makes me think that...

I am with the brands

by Cristian Saracco | Branding

A month ago, two TV Channels in Spain launched a campaign in"defense of the branded products"... We are hearing slogans like "We believe in brands" and/or "Do not stay white"... "We are with the brands"... These ads are based on the principle that there is a war between branded products and white labels... and the second ones are winning the battle... Wrong principles generate confusion This principle is, at least, inexact... I was trying to think, remember, find examples of white label...