Gimme! The Human Nature of Successful Marketing - Hardcover

Hallward, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047010029X ISBN 13: 9780470100295

Publisher: Wiley, 2007

Synopsis

In Gimme!, advertising research expert John Hallward shows you how the most effective advertising campaigns tap into our most basic, primal emotions to convince consumers to buy. For marketers and advertisers, this book looks at the human nature of consumers and presents the proven tactics, techniques, and arguments that best motivate the human animal to buy.

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About the Author

John Hallward started his career with Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson. He then cofoundedthe Canadian firm of Tandemar Research Inc., a leader in tracking advertising campaigns for top advertisers. After Tandemar was acquired by Ipsos, he went on to become Director of Global Product Development for Ipsos ASI, where he is also a member of the board.
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From the Back Cover

For too long, marketers have ignored the basics of how human beings are wired and how they work emotionally. And as a result, the effectiveness of their marketing and advertising suffers. Marketers who understand the emotional triggers and genetic characteristics of their consumers are better able to persuade and convince them with their marketing programs. Gimme! explores these evolutionary traits in ways marketers can easily understand, so they can better leverage these primary human drivers of behavior for greater marketing success.

In Gimme!, advertising research expert John Hallward explains how the most effective advertising campaigns tap into these evolutionary traits and emotions to move consumers to buy. As a senior leader at the international advertising research firm Ipsos ASI, Hallward knows more about how advertising and marketing really work than almost anyone else. Based on the thousands of surveys and closely tracked advertising campaigns that Ipsos ASI has logged, this book reveals what really, truly works—and what doesn't.

Gimme! argues that our true nature is self-centered. We have desires and we want them fulfilled. Great advertising pushes that "gimme" button, hitting on those self-centered desires that we often sublimate. The rational part of the brain might want a fuel-efficient car, but the self-centered, evolutionary part of the brain wants a car that makes the neighbors envious. Quite often, the latter gets what it wants.

This book proves to marketers, advertisers, and brand managers that consumers really are driven by genetic characteristics—even if they don't know it. Backed by unassailable evidence and reams of data, Gimme! not only reveals the true human nature of consumers, but also the proven tactics, techniques, and arguments that best motivate the human animal to buy.

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Praise for Gimme!

"Gimme! is a must-read for the marketing professional. Hallward brings together robust data, a deep understanding of consumer values, a knowledge of advertising, and great insights that make Gimme! an indispensable resource for marketing executives everywhere."
—Tracy Hampton, Senior Vice President, Research Services, Visa USA

"Gimme! is a fun and very practical read. It shares over twenty years of Hallward's research experience, studying, and reading. You won't agree with it all, but you will find it all thoughtful and thought provoking. What more can you ask from a book?"
—Bob Barocci, President and CEO, The Advertising Research Foundation

"Gimme! is a fascinating book and compelling reading for anyone interested in any aspect of why we do what we do. The combination of real data, personal experience, and genetic evolutionary theory is unique in its ability to help us learn how to do better in the future."
—Kate Sirkin, Executive Vice President and Global Research Director, Starcom Media Group

"Gimme! is a breakthrough collection of research showing how marketing follows our evolutionary features, and how marketers can better leverage human nature. In simple and evocative language, backed by solid data and decades of experience, Hallward explains how you can apply the insights of human nature to make marketing—and advertising— work better. Much better."
—Didier Truchot, Co-Chairman, Ipsos

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047010029X
• ISBN 13: 9780470100295
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240