The Power of Simplicity
The second in a series analyzing seven new economy trends
“Let’s make it more complicated.” In 20 years as a creative director, I don’t believe I’ve ever uttered that sentence to my team or to a client. So it seems a little silly to spend time and energy writing here about the need to keep your communications simple.
Except that so few of us ever truly work the other end of the spectrum with intent. That is to say, how often do we look at a program and say “How can we make it more simple?” In the daily rush of deadlines and wildfires, we develop solutions, integrate layer upon layer of “collaborative” input (usually to get it approved quickly and easily), and as fast as is humanly possible, we deploy.
And where do we aim? Right at today’s new economy consumer, a person so emotionally overwhelmed he or she can hardly process critical information, much less a complicated marketing message.
My advice is this: The next time you develop a piece of communications, add to your process a step in which you take a moment, step back, and say with intention: How can we make this more simple? Then start stripping away. I guarantee your properly targeted audience will not only be more receptive—they’ll consider your offering a welcome lifeline.
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The third in a series analyzing seven new economy trends
