Emotional Technology & How Ideas Spread

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Slides from my Techmesh presentation at The Rose Bowl, Leed Metropolitan University on Thursday 8th March 2012. The theme was the often neglected need for emotion in marketing campaigns in order to make products, services and ideas succeed and spread.

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Emotional Technology+

How Ideas Spread

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Everything startswith an idea

(the rest is just detail)

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Each new product or service begins with:

• Imagination

• Creativity

• Excitement

• Enthusiasm

• Belief

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Over time… too many meetings, discussions and amends suck the life out of what was once pure & inspiring!

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At launch, you’re already feeling jaded, de-motivated & bored with the product - just when you need to be at your most enthusiastic!

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The Answer?

• Speed to launch

• Less talk, more action

• Avoid decision by committee

• Stay close to the original vision

• Fall in love with the product

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Vision & Speed

• Named after the domino effect (one powerful idea spreads down the line from person to person)

• Cutting out the middle man (in this case the publisher)

• Rapid time to market (‘Anything You Want’ = 12 weeks)

• Short, pacy books (Designed to be read in under 1hr)

• Domino Project Street Team. (Rewarding the sneezers)

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Domino Project Street Team

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Pillow Talk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrfJ9EOSFEU

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Whether it’s B2C or B2B, people want:

• Inspiration

• Storytelling

• Solutions

• Beauty & emotion

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Think like Don Draper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suRDUFpsHus

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Everything startswith an idea

(the rest is just detail)