Mal Chia – Southern Soapbox

Dad, DJ, Digital Marketer

Mal Chia – Southern Soapbox header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'Marketing'

AC/DC and Iron Man Destroy Rochester Castle!

April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Marketing, Music

The intersection of music, film and architecture results in an outstanding 3D building projection that is also an excellent example of ambient media. Historic Rochester Castle is shaken apart, brick-by-brick with a stunning visual display bringing together AC/DC and the film Iron Man 2. If you thought the Northern Lights during the Adelaide Festival of [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:·········

Why AC/DC matter more now than ever before

March 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Marketing, Music

Even though Craig Wilson has already written the post I wish I’d written about AC/DC, I thought there was still room to add my 2c worth to the discussion. It all began in 1990 at the age of 10 when I first discovered AC/DC while watching music videos on a Saturday morning. The video was [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:·······

Intel Lunch Room

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Marketing

Following on from the rather awesome ‘Rock Star’ ad that I wrote about here comes this new one from Intel. Debuting during the Super Bowl it is definitely one of my favourites so far this year. It builds on its predecessor by further strengthening the idea that Intel are not your typical tech company…

[Read more →]

Tags:······

Sun Tzu and the forces of marketing

January 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Marketing

“All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.” – Sun Tzu The Chinese military general and author of The Art of War, Sun Tzu, says that in battle, there are only two forces at play – direct and indirect. Direct [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:···············

History of Branding

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing

Silvia Azmitia introduced me to this video about the history of branding. It’s a cute, clear look at how the dissemination of brands has changed over the past 50 or so years.

[Read more →]

Tags:·······

Intel Rock Star

September 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Marketing

Not sure when it started airing in Oz, but I came across this TVC from Intel over the weekend which I absolutely love! Instead of the product, the focus is on the culture and the personalities at the organisation. Well worth the 30 seconds…

[Read more →]

Tags:········

Listen to your fans, not your critics: another lesson from Heroes

September 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing

Watching re-runs of first season episodes of Heroes, I was reminded of how much more engaging these earlier episodes are in comparison to the last two seasons. As a kid who grew up immersed in comic book mythology, the arrival of Heroes was like a wet dream. Although by no means perfect, season one was [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:·······

Why marketers need to sell

August 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing

You’ve probably heard the old adage that everyone in an organisation from the mailroom to the boardroom is in some way or shape is a marketer, but what about sales? Is everyone also a salesperson, or in fact, do marketers also need to be salespeople? As a marketer, I’ve always hated the generalisation that marketing [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:·····

Be like Drama

August 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Marketing

If you really want to get noticed in your market, you need to do something different. Don’t follow the competition. Make your own rules. Think outside the box. Deliver over and above what your customers exepct. Do something no one else in your catergory is doing and there’s a better chance that people will remember and come [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:··

Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes