Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Consultancies are not inherently creative, so why not a creative consultancy?

A recent story in AdAge recounts a campaign failure at Anheuser-Busch and cites the positioning statement created by a management consulting firm. Click the links for I N F I N I T E W I S D O M 'S take on it - excerpts below:

Bud's Big Blunder: Letting Consultants Steer Brand - 'Drinkability' Campaign Flop at Anheuser-Busch Comes as Marketers Expand Influence of Outside Advisers on Ad Work

AdAge, Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, Bud Light, Budweiser,  Cambridge ConsultingConsultants "can be outstanding at what they do, which is linear thinking and process," said Peter Krivkovich, CEO of independent Cramer-Krasselt. "It's just important for clients to remember that human behavior is not linear."

4 comments:

  1. Consulting: If you're not part of the solution, there's money to be made in prolonging the problem.

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  2. Yeah, but I create new problems! Isn't there a buck to be made there?

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  3. Yes there is, but you may have to go into politics to make any serious money doing it.

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  4. Ha! Do you think Democrats or Republicans profit more from this strategy?

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