Your Core Story

As reported by Brandweek, 33 television ads across 12 categories were analyzed by 14 emotion and physiological research firms, with tools that included testing heart rate and skin conductance to brain diagnostics.

Reported Brandweek: "The report contends that in many ways, advertising is stuck in the past. The 20th century was dominated by a one-way transactional focus where ads were pushed at consumers. Today, consumers interact with ads to 'co-create' meaning that is powered by emotion and rich narrative."

While facts and features are important, the authentic narratives become the platform that let a brand take on a life of its own. They create reason to believe, and help transform product utility into experience and connection.

While this phenomenon is particularly evident in smaller businesses, it holds true for many large companies as well.

As companies get larger, they typically use various mechanical media and distribution tactics to extend narrative virtue and achieve scale. We see this happening with virtually every large business, and it's a model many advertising agencies build their businesses on. Of course, the paradox is that with greater scale, the more institutional and faceless a brand becomes, making authentic narratives ever more important -- but challenging to maintain.

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