Apr 6, 2009 | 27:00Age of Persuasion NOT "Brand Loyalty” - Season 3 AudioAge of Persuasion NOT "Brand Loyalty” - Season 3 Apr 6, 2009 | 27:00This week, Terry O’Reilly explains the tangible- and intangible process of forming loyalties between brands and customers: and what goes into that ‘gut’ feeling that makes people reach for one brand over another, when all else is equal.
Jan 19, 2009 | 27:00Age of Persuasion “Nasty is the New Nice” - Season 3 AudioAge of Persuasion “Nasty is the New Nice” - Season 3 Jan 19, 2009 | 27:00Is it just us, or has the tone of advertising gotten colder, nastier, more rude? This week Terry O’Reilly shows how the tone of advertising is taking on a new meanness. The humour of some campaigns is taking on a decidedly sharp edge. Broadcast ads are becoming more heavily laden with violence and bodily functions. Ad copy is developing a case of potty-mouth. We’ll trace some of the sources of this trend, and explain why the earnest, innocent ad copy of the 50’s just won’t cut it today
Apr 13, 2009 | 27:00Age of Persuasion "Big and Small" - Season 3 AudioAge of Persuasion "Big and Small" - Season 3 Apr 13, 2009 | 27:00For more than a century, advertisers have fallen to the lure of hyperbole: over-inflating the importance of their brand. They made cheap currency of claims such as bigger, faster, stronger, better-tasting, harder-working, brighter, softer, newer, more-economical and longer-lasting. As Terry O’Reilly points out, some very small help is on the way. A newer, better, smarter generation of advertisers are finding ways to leverage the ‘smallness’ of their brand, and still get noticed without hyperbole.
Aug 29, 2009 | 27:00Age of Persuasion "The Real Deal: Authenticity" - Season 3 AudioAge of Persuasion "The Real Deal: Authenticity" - Season 3 Aug 29, 2009 | 27:00The secret to Tiger Woods’ success as a golfer is that he can make a golf ball soar, spin, curve- heck, he can make it deal cards if he wants to. But what’s the secret to Tiger Woods as a brand? It’s authenticity. This week Terry O’Reilly explains the importance of a brand living up to its promise- of actually being everything it says it is.
Jun 1, 2009 | 26:59Age of Persuasion Museum of Persuasion - Season 3 AudioAge of Persuasion Museum of Persuasion - Season 3 Jun 1, 2009 | 26:59Anyone remember subtlety in advertising? Or longform ads with irresistible prose? Or the quaint, old-fashioned jingles that were once the mainstay of national advertising. Terry O’Reilly has collected them in a magnificent new Museum of Persuasion. And he’s just itchin’ to take you on a tour. He’ll offer a nostalgic look at ways advertising has reached people in the past, and show how it points to where the craft of persuasion is headed.