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...
Social Networks & Communities
by Allegro 234 | Branding
Last week I was in a conference at IE University where I participated in a round table discussion about online communities, actually about building a compelling brand experience in university online communities. The first issue that I discovered was that in Spain, round tables are rectangular, and discussion means independent presentations of the three/four speakers... And questions is an unpleasent situation, not because of the kind of questions but because it's difficult to make it happens....
Right of precendence
by Cristian Saracco | Branding
At some point in history we lost our way ... Today, some people insist that we have found it... Did they say that seriously? do they believe in waht they are saying? And if so, what goes first? Right of precedence 1: From learning and knowing Here comes the first question on the right of precedence, assuming it is true that we can self-proclaimed that we are a "knowledge society" (seeing what happens over the world I think that in the last 50,000 years we have learned little): Are we a...












