“Placing a wedge of lime in the neck of a Corona bottle helps sell those beers. And where did that ritual come from? One story has it that two bartenders in California were curious how fast a ritual could spread. Astonishingly fast, they discovered.” TwoHelpingStoriesSellsSpreadCuriousBeerCaliforniaNecksBottlesRitualBartenderWedgesLimes Author:Martin Lindstrom
“We're also more affected by aspirational signals in an offline world where it is more difficult to "hide" and thus indirectly increases the influence from others.” WorldDifficultInfluenceIncreaseAffectedSignalsOffline Author:Martin Lindstrom
“Online marketing rarely is able to appeal to more than two senses - yet offline often (if utilized the right way) represents the option of multi sensory appeals.” IfsWayTwoAbleMarketingSensesAppealsOnlineRight WaySensoryOnline MarketingOffline Author:Martin Lindstrom
“The reality is that a brand can no longer afford to be "friends with everyone."” RealityBrands Author:Martin Lindstrom
“Powerful brands in the future will instead carefully choose who'd they'd love to be friends with - and who they'd be comfortable upsetting.” PowerfulComfortableBrandsUpset Author:Martin Lindstrom
“Opinion free brands simply will struggle to survive in the future - of that simple reason that we increasingly want to associate ourselves with opinionated and authentic brands.” WantReasonSimpleOpinionStruggleBrandsAssociatesOpinionated Author:Martin Lindstrom
“The fact that we all leave behind seemingly insignificant clues behind ourselves - emotional DNA or what I call Small Data - which are able to describe with an insane accuracy who we really are, our personalities and desires. But even more how we all represents out of balances - perhaps I feel too overweight, feel alone or feel I haven't achieved what I'd hoped for when hitting 40. These imbalances are surprisingly visible when visiting consumers' homes - and surprisingly invisible when relaying on Big Data.” FeelsFactsHomeBigsAbleDesireBehindsHavensEmotionalPersonalityBalanceInvisibleInsaneDataConsumersVisibleHittingClueDnaInsignificantAccuracyVisitingOverweightImbalance Author:Martin Lindstrom
“I did however realize that only 4% of the world's population turns creative when in contact with water and thus we dialed this dimension down and changed direction.” WorldTurnsWaterRealizingCreativeChangedDown AndPopulationContactDimensions Author:Martin Lindstrom
“We're all obsessed with our smartphones and thus really don't see anything around us.” ObsessedSmartphones Author:Martin Lindstrom
“Think about it - what's the first thing you do when waiting for someone who's late? Grab your smartphone and do something with it ...anything with it - so that you don't look like a loser. However by doing so we've lost our ability to be present - to observe, to connect with others and most importantly to be bored.” ThinkingFirstsLooksLostWaitingAbilityLateBoredLoserSmartphones Author:Martin Lindstrom