Empathy in marketing

It’s only few weeks after the terrible terrorist strike in Paris on the 13/11/2015. This has been an attack that shocked the entire western world as we know it and spread sadness to everyone. Paris, similarly to New York have been terrorist targets not only because they belonged to France and the USA, but mainly because they are iconic cities with landmarks widely known to the world and synonymous to the western way of living. This is exactly the same reason these two cities have been vastly used in marketing campaigns of several products.

Few days after the attack, I visited my neighborhood’s supermarket for the weekly grocery shopping when I  saw a perfume product display with the promo message #myriseparisi (translate from Greeklish: #smellslikeParis).

myriseparisi

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Empathy in marketing

Alternatives to an Outstanding Point of Sales Messaging

Well summer of 2015 is over…for good. It has been a memorable summer for a number of reasons. Now that I try to gather my thoughts and go through the summer photos, I came across this funny photo I shot in a village near Chalkida and my mind instantly traveled back to the relaxed time we had over there. However -and you can call this perversion- I just also thought that this is a great effort from a plain Farmer to communicate at the Point of Sale.

POP messaging

The sign reads in English:

For three reasons you should do your shopping:

  1. Because we use no pesticides → Here
  2. Because the stuff is fresh from the grove
  3. Because it’s cheap

The result is surprisingly good especially if you consider the educational level of the author… but can we do it better? Continue reading “Alternatives to an Outstanding Point of Sales Messaging”

Alternatives to an Outstanding Point of Sales Messaging