Succeeding a 5-Senses Product Experience

Summer is already here and I literally don’t know anyone who doesn’t enjoy ice cream. Thinking about ice cream category communication you can argue that most of the time it is all about indulgence. You usually see ads with melting caramel close ups, mouthwatering slow motion pack shots and cracking chocolate sound effects to generate the impulse and the crave for ice cream.

As all of this takes place in the wonderful world of advertising, what happens in real life? Ice cream surely looks great, smells great and tastes great in real life, but is this what the whole product experience should be about? Could we involve all 5 senses in the tasting of a product? Continue reading “Succeeding a 5-Senses Product Experience”

Succeeding a 5-Senses Product Experience

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