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DO WORDS
MATTER?
March 26, 2014 Janet Barker-Evans & Curt Munk
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http://bit.ly/1h6KbRm
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“I wrote the same,
but different words.”
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=+AUDIENCE ENVIROMENT context
IT’S ABOUT USING THE “RIGHT WORDS”
=+BRAND BENEFIT content
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“I don’t care what it says,
it just has to have appetite appeal.”
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“Just use the headline from the print ad.”
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WORDS HAVE INCREDIBLE POWER
Hurt or Help Build Trust, Inspire or Promote
Focus on Commonality or Divisive Elements
Sell or Alienate Confuse or Clarify
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AS MARKETERS, WORDS ARE OUR BEST BET…
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In reality, people respond to emotion first, and reason last..
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DECADES OF COPY TESTING…
Perception
Experience
Memory
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It’s: Feel, Think, Do Not: Think, Do, Feel
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5 THINGS THAT MATTER
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#1: NOSTALGIA WORKS!
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NOSTALGIA
• Thoughts evoked by
nostalgia are not always
positive
• However, "yearning for
yesterday" as a message is
more effective than not
connecting with nostalgic
thoughts
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#2: CONTEXT MATTERS, A LOT!
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CONTEXT MATTERS!
"MESSAGES ARE NEVER THE SAME FOR ALL RECIPIENTS BUT FILTERED
BY NEEDS, CONDITIONS, SUBCULTURE, AND USAGE"
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=+AUDIENCE ENVIROMENT context
=+BRAND BENEFIT content
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POWER WORDS REALLY WORK,
PROVIDED THEY AREN'T WALLPAPER IN YOUR CATEGORY
• New
• Improved
• Free
• Time-tested
• Doctor
Recommended
• Scientific
• Miracle
• Now…
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Child
Mother
Daughter
Family
Husband
Marry
Friend
Feel
Date
Love
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Man
Guy
Sex
Marry
Romantic
Love
"Real Man"
Cancer
Anxiety
Eat
Freckles
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The words Judges use in
opinion reflect their
hierarchy in the appellate
system…
Cautious Words
Hedging
Seem Tend
Suggest Assume
Probability Usually
• It could be the case that…
• It might be suggested that…
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“Just use the headline from the print ad.”
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#3 - INTERESTING OFTEN BEATS SAFE
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THE NEW "INTERESTING" ADVERTISING WORDS
• Luxurious
• Decadent
• Sugary
• Sexy
• Exquisite
• Bitchin'
• "I"
• Solid
• Nourishing
• Brown
• Well-molded
• Sustainable
• Post-consumer
• "We"
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#4 - LANGUAGE EVOLVES
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CREESE
CRANCH
PROBANG
PORLAN
OCTANDRIOUS
COMPLEMENT-FIXATION
SNOLLYGOSTER
WORDS YOU'LL NO LONGER NEED, APPARENTLY
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“Incubus”
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SOME WORDS ARE BANISHED BECAUSE
THEY ARE OVERUSED…
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Selfie
Twerk/Twerking
Hashtag
Twittersphere
Obamacare
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WORDS & EXPRESSIONS WE LIKELY DON'T MISS…
Fiscal Cliff (2013)
Occupy (2012)
Mama Grizzlies (2011)
"Friend" as verb (2010)
Bailout (2009)
Perfect Storm (2008)
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http://bit.ly/1ixGxje
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"amazeballs"
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#5 – WE HAVE GREAT NEW TOOLS
TO GET OUR WORDS RIGHT…
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FUNCTION WORDS MATTER
• Personal Pronouns - You and My
• Impersonal pronouns - It and That
• Contractions - Can't and They'll
• Articles - The and An
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LIWC: LINGUISTIC INQUIRY
AND WORD COUNT
Liwc.net
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FUNCTION WORDS
Provide a window to the
mind because they are
connected to our social
behavior at a neural level
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SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN FOR US?
Audience understanding
Matching benefits and language
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5 KEY TAKEAWAYS
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1. use nostalgia
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2. know context
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3. be interesting
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4. have fun
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5. use tools
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CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION
WITH US
THANK YOU!
@CurtMunk @webjanet
Share your examples of
great words on our Tumblr
http://WordsInAction.tumblr.com
Find this presentation at: http://bit.ly/dowordsmatter

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Do Words Matter?

Notas do Editor

  1. It was a lot more than just “different words” that she used. By knowing her audience, recognizing the environment, and understanding the power of words to elicit emotion, she was able to change their impact considerably. The emotion is what makes this so much more successful.
  2. Who are you more likely to pick up? If you are a Mom, or have a Mom or miss your Mom – the answer is easy
  3. Understanding the context alongside the content helps craft more compelling messages/The same is true when and where we meet our shopper. SO YOU THINK WE ALREADY KNOW THIS? WE KNOW BETTER?? Hmmm…. If that is true…..
  4. A client said this to me .This client, who shall forever remain nameless, believed that “Moms see the delicious food and reach for the package.” But that is so counter to what we need to do to attract the right people in the aisle blah blah blah
  5. I’ve heard this one too. Defies the medium: print is initimate, I choose to engage, I linger over it. It is also targetted by readership, I know different things about the reader. It’s a very different CONTEXT than in-store or on mobile, etc.
  6. We're only using a fraction of the power of wordsOur lessons from being in this business a while, and a few things we see which we think matter
  7. "On measuring the power of communications" Bruce Hall, Journal of advertising research, June 2004, pp 181 - 187
  8. Reason leads to conclusionsEmotion leads to action
  9. "The Power of Reflection: An empirical examination of Nostalgia advertising effects"Journal of Advertising, fall2004 pp25-35It gives us something else to feel when evaluating a messageJANET: Note that the visuals certainly convey nostalgia – but so does the headine. It COULD have said “Mom’s recipes”
  10. Legand campaign with sentimental music
  11. In-store and tv focus on family time
  12. Even in pet food – nostalgia works!
  13. Back to our original example – context makes all the difference
  14. FPO
  15. "When do advertising 'Power Words' work? An examination of congruence and satiation"Journal of Advertising Research, July/August 1993
  16. Middle EastHyperbolic language
  17. WashingtonUniveristy in STL and Northwestern Univeristy here did a study of Judicial rulings."Higher" judges used less hedging language in their opinions
  18. Back to Janet's example – Some brand managers and marketers lack experience – and confidence. So an approved line is better than an unapproved one. Self-preservation is a strong instinct.
  19. You'll never do anything remarkable is you're not prepared to be wrong.
  20. "The 7 words you can't say in advertising"Steve Simpson
  21. Humor isn’t the only thing that can be interesting
  22. Most shared IKEA product on social media
  23. Using the right word
  24. Snollygoster: a shrewd but unprincipled person
  25. If you're confused, an incubus is an evil spirit that, in medieval times, would descend upon women and have sex with them. That's right, Reebok was marketing rape shoes.Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_17686_the-8-most-ill-conceived-product-names-all-time_p2.html#ixzz2vt2clZF3
  26. LSSU.edu
  27. When we word cloud this out, there isn't a lot in here your grandmother would recognize
  28. When we word cloud this out, there isn't a lot in here your grandmother would recognize
  29. Fight between who gets credit for the word "Amazeballs"Perez Hilton or Elizabeth Spiridakis - fashion blogger
  30. If this topic had a rock star, it would be this man - Dr. James Pennebaker, University of TexasResearch on language use on health and social behaviorHe noticed something interesting
  31. Speed daters where language matches were more liekly to pair of than those whose language differesText language is a better predictor of relationship longevity than anything else we do
  32. Dead Poets SocietyLook for the "I"
  33. "The words that Bind" Discover, Nov 2013Marina Krakovsky
  34. "The words that Bind" Discover, Nov 2013Marina Krakovsky
  35. This is interestingBut the real value to all of us is to use these types of tool to understand how our brands are being discussed by shoppers and consumers.