Synopses & Reviews
According to advertising legend Phil Dusenberry, business ideas may or may not be valuable, but true insights are much rarer than ideas and much more precious. A good idea can inspire one commercial. But a good insight can fuel a thousand ideas, a thousand commercials. An insight gives you an entirely new way of thinking about your business.
Consider just a few of the breakthrough insights that Dusenberrys agency, BBDO, has offered their clients over the years: That General Electrics unifying tagline should be We bring good things to life. That Pepsi should be targeting the Pepsi Generation. That Ronald Reagans 1984 reelection theme should be Morning in America. That Visa should compare itself with American Express, not MasterCard. Talk about moving the needle!
Dusenberry argues that these brainstorms dont come out of thin air, even at a world class organization like BBDO. They are actually the result of a rigorous and disciplined process of insight generation, one that any manager in any type of business can adopt. Dusenberry explains this processResearch, Analysis, Insight, Strategy, and Execution (RAISE)in plain English. And he offers examples of some of the greatest business insights of our time, from the birth of Federal Express to the positioning of HBO.
Moving the Needle will help businesspeople get to the heart of their toughest problems.
Synopsis
Advertising legend Dusenberry reveals the secrets of powerful business insights--how people get them, how they recognize them and how they keep them coming.
About the Author
Phil Dusenberry is chairman emeritus of BBDO North America, the ad agency he transformed into a creative powerhouse. He joined BBDO as a copywriter in 1962 and rose through the ranks to become chairman while winning numerous industry awards. Since retiring in 2002, he conducts creative seminars and lectures around the world.