You May Walk Like a Duck and Quack Like a Duck, But You’re No Duck! Brand Advertising vs. Direct Advertising
There are two kinds of marketers — brand marketers and direct marketers. In the world according to Jon Roska, CEO & Chief Creative Officer of Roska Direct, a Montgomeryville, PA direct advertising agency, brand marketers are hens (i.e., chickens) and direct marketers are ducks and both vie for the attention of the farmer (i.e., pharma client). The question is, Can chickens and ducks work together to provide the farmer with the best of both kinds of marketing?
This article reviews the observations and ideas on this topic presented in the entertaining book “Ducks in the Henhouse: The Challenges of Integrating Direct and Brand Advertising.” Topics covered include:
- Brand Advertising vs. Direct Advertising
- Can a Duck Work for Chickens?
- How About a Chicken in Duck Clothing?
- So What’s Wrong with Chicken Advertising Anyway?
- Fusion Marketing
- PMs Need DM Education
Are you a duck or a chicken? You are a duck if you answer “yes” to all four simple questions posed in this article.
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Update (December 2011): See the blog post and article below for a follow up on this issue. Also, to address a requirement of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act), FDA may be required to revisit this issue (see “FDA Summary of Drug Benefits vs Risks“).–>
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Issue: Vol. 4, No. 2: February 2005
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