What happens to a business when its preeminent product becomes passe? Just ask Playboy founder and editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner. The 90-year-old magazine magnate agreed to stop publishing images of naked women—Playboy’s claim to fame—with the March 2016 issue of the 62-year-old publication, which debuted in 1953 with Marilyn Monroe on the cover.
What caused Hef to change his tune? As the Internet evolved and pornographic images became freely available, the magazine known the world over for its provocative photos was forced to undergo a redesign. The content was simply no longer relevant, having lost out to the Web in shock value, commercial value and cultural significance. Continue reading “I’m Supposed to Look at Playboy for the Articles Now?”
When a third party touts your brand message, it’ll hit home with your key targets a lot sooner than anything you say. Sorry, but that’s the cold, hard truth. Most audiences are inured to the slick promotional brand avowals they’ve heard in company-sponsored ads and other promotions most of their lives.
But enough about the actual game.
eaters are usually a big hit amongst holiday shoppers, but this year one sweater‘s message is creating chaos on social media.
