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The ‘C Suite’ – Clever
I started writing this short series yesterday with a little introduction focussed on Creativity.
Today, I want to extend that thought into the concept of something that builds on creativity. You have created your piece it is rising above the cacaphony, the clutter of life - but if it doesn’t connect with what you are about as a person, an organisation, an enterprise a charity …. whatever it is - then so what?
As I suggested yesterday - being creative is hard enough - but it must connect - you to your audience. That’s why it needs to be clever.
Clever - so that the creativity touched back to the core of your campaign, your programme, your message.
An extreme example ? Most people would agree that Picasso was creative. But. Simply using a piece of his art to catch attention and rise above the clutter will do nothing.
As an example - what would Guernica be saying about your product ?
A Creative and Clever Campaign or Communication would absolutely rise above the clutter AND - once attention has been gained - the audience will understand how that piece ties into the essence of the message you are conveying.
At the risk of overusing Apple as an example - consider the original iPod ads. Creative? Absolutely. They rapidly separated themselves from the clutter that surrounded them. Clever? Totally. What you saw was a simple message - 1,000 songs in your pocket, outlined images of people enjoying themselves - listening to music - dancing in a very very simple way - one of the core messages of Apple.