Kevin Bondelli's List: Marketing

So how does the ad industry recognize its opportunity to connect with today's diverse general market and become more inspirational in motivating people?

1. Represent the people. Get the best and brightest people to develop marketing campaigns that are clearly part of the demographics of the marketplace you are targeting. This would include not just the one consumer group that has traditionally been the primary representation, but today's multicultural America, which includes African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and others. Leverage their experiences and draw from their life stories, needs and issues.
   
   
   
   
2. Be inclusive in leadership. Make sure you are not only representing the people but their perspectives and opinions are involved from start to finish and from top to bottom in the development of the strategy and execution of marketing campaigns. Barack Obama is a clear example of that kind of leadership.
   
   
   
   
3. Make a point that resonates and inspire. So much of today's advertising is about entertaining and not enough about making a point that matters. Today we are bombarded daily with an overload of information, and the hardest thing to get is people's attention. Barack Obama did just that in his campaign and there were obviously plenty of people that could truly relate to it. When it comes to developing a message, the best way to inspire is to make a point about something that matters to people and that they can relate to. You will be getting that by having resources that represent and understand the people.