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Persuade with Visual Metaphors

While we think of metaphors as mainly word-based, visual metaphors can be a potent selling tool. They can both engage the brain like text metaphors and stimulate the viewer's senses in a way that words alone may not.

Disney Media and Advertising Lab

Back in 2009, we reported on what seemed to be a secret neuromarketing lab in Austin operated by Disney. As much as we hear about neuro-cinema and neuro-enhanced movies, it seems that Disney's goal is more prosaic: determining which…

Bad Association: Video Overlay Fail

This YellowPages.com video overlay ad at Ustream TV and the Austin-American Statesman isn't likely to develop an urge for Austin Travel among its viewers, as it is superimposed on a live feed from the smoking building after a plane…