If you’ve worked with me before, you’ve heard me talk about this. In a world that gets more complicated, with more moving parts and more choices and information, there is one thing that hasn’t changed. And that’s the size of the human head. We can only retain so much information, and for most most of us, it’s seems like it’s already full. (It’s why we can’t remember where we left our car keys).
So if that’s true, if you’re a marketer, what do you do? Your customers certainly don’t need a lot more information. They already have more than they can handle. You just have to ask one simple question. What is the Simple Human Truth about your business? Because if you want to get them to engage with you, you need to quit worrying about what you want them to know, and figure out why they should care. Because unlike our limited capacity for facts and details, we humans seem to have an unlimited capacity for emotions. You need to burn a whole in their head. Brands aren’t built on facts, they’re built on emotion.
You need to start with your Simple Human Truth.
Before founding jimwalkerseattle, Jim Walker was President and Chief Creative Officer for some of the world’s premiere creative agencies. He has spent his career inventing and reinventing how businesses big and small are structured and helping his clients launch, and re-launch their brands.
Walker has been recognized creatively both nationally and internationally, from Cannes and the London International Awards, to the Favourite Website Awards and the American Marketing Association’s Effie Awards for effectiveness. He has launched national brands like Taco Bell, Coca Cola, PowerAde, Washington Mutual, and Talking Rain’s Sparkling Ice. He has also led campaigns for American Airlines, Microsoft, REI, Nintendo, Ray Ban, Princess Cruises, Group Health Cooperative and AT&T.
Walker has served as a trustee for the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and ArtsFund, and is currently on the advisory board for the School of Art + Communication for Pacific Lutheran University, an advisor to The Raikes Foundation and collaborator with Deanna Oppenheimer’s CameoWorks. He has a BFA in painting and drawing and attended the UCLA extension program in film.
