We have an exclusive video of Oliver James, the well known psychologist, author and broadcaster, talking at the recent AQR Trends ‘07 about his fascinating new book Affluenza. The chat is both thought-provoking and funny, and there’s an audience q&a session at the end.
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Sean refers to his company, Captain Crikey, as an ‘alternative marketing consultancy’ and listening to this chat with Sarah you certainly get an alternative, highly sceptical view of web 2.0, social networks and Second Life. Listen as Sarah defends some of these exciting innovations from the man who believes that luddites are a “…much maligned set of people.”
Sean also shares the reasons why we should have more Chav representation in agencies.
Of all the trends discussed during the AQR Trends ‘07 conference, the one William talks about here could be one of the most significant, in our humble opinion. He suggests that age-based targeting is becoming significantly less relevant across many categories. For example, grey folks exhibit teen-like behaviour (eg. still into hedonism and rock ‘n roll) and vice versa (teens exhibiting social responsibility and an interest in politics).
Listen to William as he chats with Alison from the award-winningFirefish, about the wider implications of William’s theories. Interesting tidbit about Alison and William: we randomly paired them up for this chat but little did we know that the two already knew each other from years ago as they were growing up!
BTW, references to ‘Oliver’ are to Oliver James who spoke before this chat took place, and he spoke about his new book, ‘Affluenza’.
We popped to the AQRTrends Day event yesterday, something that’s run every couple of years, and were pleasantly surprised by the interesting mix of speakers and excellent organisation thanks to AQR chair Rosie Campbell and her team.
Below is a teaser featuring the following bods while we beaver away on the full edits…
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In this thought-provoking chat, Dan O’Donoghue tells Olaf Willoughby why the end of advertising agencies is nigh, why planners should return to their roots as consumer champions, and why researchers shouldn’t expect guidance from ad. agencies during this time of media flux
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Dan O’Donoghue, Worldwide Strategic Planning Director, Publicis, and author, “Born in 1842 – A History of Advertising”
TOPICS Rationale for copious writing; TNS and other non pure-plays struggle in online research; pharmaceutical and medical research; report from the Marketing Week MR Forum by Tim Williams, ICG; challenges with startup #2; business benefits achieved from blogging and podcasting; new B2B Intl office in China
NOTABLE MENTIONS AQR, B&MR, Chrissie Hague, Ciao, Dunlop Rubber, dunnhumby, Fiona Jack, Greenfield Online, Harris Interactive, Julia Cupman, Martin Hayward, MRS, Nick Hague, Tesco Clubcard, TNS, YouGov
GUEST John Kearon, founder and Chief Juicer, BrainJuicer
TOPICS Good financial results from online researchers; Addressing declining participation rates; John’s winner and loser of the week; AQR’s 25th anniversary; Rant of the week; BrainJuicer wins Philips global Insights Testing
NOTABLE MENTIONS AQR, Bill Gates, Birds Eye, Cadbury, iD Factor, Ipsos, James Surowiecki, Martin Glenn, Melinda Gates, Millward Brown, Philips, Research Now, Rosie Campbell, Siamack Salari, TNS, Unilever, Warren Buffet
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