Advertising Archives - Bryan Eisenberg & Jeffrey Eisenberg

From Elephants to AQ: Why Sticky Phrases Create Unstoppable Brands

Most marketers underestimate just how physical persuasion really is. When you see someone smile, your mirror neurons smile. When you hear laughter, your brain laughs with them. Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran calls them “empathy neurons” because they dissolve the barrier between self and others. This is why the most memorable ads don’t just tell you something. They make you feel it. They create knee-jerk reactions, inside jokes, even little catchphrases you carry into your daily conversations. Wassup! That’s what Dr. Matt…

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When Ghosts, Ads, and Storytelling Collide: A Rock Solid Conversation with Monica Ballard

Bryan Eisenberg

What happens when you blend 20 years of creative firepower, a haunted hotel, and a glass of red wine? You get Monica Ballard. She’s written jingles. Directed shows. Led ghost tours. Voiced ads you’ve definitely heard. And if you’ve called “A Place at Home – North Austin (512) 521-3010,” you’ve already met her without knowing it. So when my friend Marion, a jingle writer himself, nudged me to invite Monica onto the Rock Solid podcast, it wasn’t even a question.…

How Do You Handle Revenue Blind Spots?

Bryan Eisenberg

Companies routinely have Revenue Blind Spots that cost them 20-60% of their revenue. It is like revenue that disappears without you knowing it or seeing it. It is like heat escaping from a poorly insulated home or water leaking from an old bucket. Or like the daily death by a 1000 cuts (think Sears). There are really small ones like a paper cut and others that run much deeper. Here is an example: Don’t let your blind spots get in the way…

Want Instragrammable Conversions? Leverage Context

Bryan Eisenberg

Error 403! Probably not what you want to see when you “actually” engaged with an ad , reviewed the landing page and were motivated enough to click on the call to action. What went wrong and how to prevent it? When we work with clients on the Buyer Legends process to plan their customer experience journey, we always start at the end. Let’s look at the reverse chronology of the Sudo.AI Instagram lead capture. We don’t have access to their…

Celebrate Entrepreneurial Independence Day with a Free Read!

Bryan Eisenberg

We all know the freedom that comes from being an entrepreneur. This holiday week a couple of friends of mine got together to offer you the chance to soak up the holiday sun, sip some lemonade and enjoy the gift of free and very low costs books to improve your business. Be Like Amazon: Even a Lemonade Stand Can Do It will be available this week as a Free Kindle download. You’re on a road trip with an old man…

Jerry’s Branding Punch Line

Bryan Eisenberg

Do you know the one about Jerry and Jeff walking into a coffee shop? “I love advertising because I love lying.” Jerry Seinfeld tells the room as he accepts a Clio award for his work with American Express. He goes on to describe how people are happy in the time between seeing an ad and experiencing the disappointment of the product. He continues “I think spending your life trying to dupe innocent people out of hard-won earnings to buy useless,…

Show Us Your Briefs

Bryan Eisenberg

When I talk to marketers about their creative briefs the responses I get are about as diverse as the undie aisle at Target. Their briefs come in all shapes, styles, and sizes and only the most brave and defiant don’t bother to use briefs at all. Some will preach on about the virtue of briefs and their necessary role in covering the company’s marketing essentials. Most complain their creative briefs offer too little support and grant their agencies too much…