Marsha Maung:: Freelance graphic designer and writer

I am probably the last person to ever say that I am the EXPERT in design and advertising. I am also the last person to say that I am damn near perfect when it comes to marketing, sales and promotion. But I have this knack of spotting a bad one. A self-proclaimed renowned critic? Don’t know why – born with tongue in cheek, I suppose.


Anyway, I hate most radio ads. Most of them are cliché, try-too-hard and absolutely horrible. But yesterday morning, I heard one of the best ads ever and the ad doesn’t say ANYTHING whatsoever, but it was one of the most impressive branding exercise EVER, EVER, EVER!!!


It’s the Nescafe “One Now” advertisement. That song that is full of energy and lyrics so well-written that it gave me goosebumps (really!). I can’t help bumping in the seat of my car and nodding my head to the rhythm of the song at drivers.


It’s brilliant. At one point in time, I thought Nescafe was a goner because of all those new brands of coffee to hit the market. The Ali Cafes and the Tongkat Alis, the Kopi O’s and the Teh Tariks….but no, in one single suave (and possibly expensive) move, Nescafe has repositioned itself as a leader among the young consumers (myself included – not young but ‘consumer, ok?).


You see, branding is very important to a company and its products. You don’t have to employ MANY different expensive tactics to get back on track but ONE SINGLE smart advertising move and you’re back in as a leader. Reminds me of Formula 1 and it IS a race – as far as a company is concerned.


So, out of the way Café 21, Nescafe is back in the game!


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Marsha
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I was browsing through a newspaper (The Star but don’t know what day) just about 5 minutes or so ago and couldn’t stop myself from doing a headslap. There’s something new for Malaysian viewers to watch and guess what….it’s ANOTHER reality show! My goodness, isn’t this an overload…and maybe overkill? Aren’t we all bored with the astronomous number of reality shows we have now.


This time, it’s a ‘football’ reality show. And then that’s not all – there’s another talent search show!


I am bored of watching reality shows and talent searches. I have to admit that I watched a lot of reality shows but when they started creating Millionaire-looking-for-wife reality shows and plastic surgery reality shows, I tuned out. This is WAY overboard. What, wouldn’t you start thinking whether the next type of reality shows would be along the lines of a woman or man testing out how good a person is in bed or something? It’s ridiculous and inconceivable!


And here we are….yet again, with another reality show with only one aim, to bring the advertisers in and lure the consumers to sit down and watch the show….oh, and the ads.

 

Marsha

www.marshamaung.com

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