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WE’RE MAKING MORE FASTER,
                                                                                           INTUITIVE, EMOTION BASED
                                                                                           DECISIONS TO NAVIGATE DAILY
                                                                                           LIFE. BRANDS MUST DO

                                                                                           MORE IN RESPONSE.


                                                                                           When it comes to media consumption,
                                                                                           a recent study involving 11,300
                                                                                           participants in the U.S found that two
                    SYSTEM 1?                                                              can, and that this is now ‘ingrained
                                                                                           thirds skip video ads as soon as they
                                                                                           behaviour’. The study concluded that
                                                                                           6 seconds is the new 30 seconds -
                                                                                           which doesn’t leave much room for
                                                                                           brand equity communication*.
        THINK SENSORY                                                                      Analysis by Peter Field and Les Binet


                                                                                           in their book ‘The Long and the
                                                                                           Short of It’ clearly shows a decline in
                                                                                           advertising effectiveness from 1998 -
                                                                                           2016. They observed too much focus
                                                                                           on immediate activation vs. long term   THE ANSWER IS
                                                                                           brand building.
                                                                                                                                   SENSORY POWER.

                                                                                           So how can brands compensate for
                                                                                           this loss? How can they break through   THE ABILITY TO
                                                                                           the noise with communications that
                                                                                           work in spite of ad-blocking and        COMMUNICATE QUICKLY
                                                                                           consumer apathy?
                                                                                                                                   AND UNDER THE
                                                                                                                                   CONSUMER’S RADAR.







                                                                                           * Data sourced from IPG Magna, IPG Media Lab.
                                                                                           Published via WARC February 2017
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