Back in 1992, when Bill Clinton was running against Bush the Elder in the US Presidential elections, his campaign strategist James Carville coined a phrase – “It’s the economy, stupid” – to help the Clinton team focus on their message. Carville had spotted that President, George H.W. Bush, had lost touch with the voters. He didn’t understand that their biggest concern was the economy. Clinton’s team got this, shaped their messaging accordingly and won the election. Read more
Monologues about yourself and the stuff you’re interested in is one surefire way of boring others to tears. We’ve all been there, seated at the dinner table beside the self-absorbed drone, just waiting for the moment coffee arrives to politely excuse ourselves. And communication works the same way. If a company just talks about itself, its potential customers will lose interest and look somewhere else. Thankfully, there’s a cure Read more
Content marketing is hot in Sweden these days. That’s not really surprising, considering the way that traditional advertising is failing. But as more companies embrace content as the best way of connecting with their customers, there is also an increasing realization that content has to be based on a strategy. Read more