Posts Tagged ‘dissertation’

Relief…

Friday, December 5th, 2008

I can finally breathe a sigh of relief – I’ve decided on the topic for my dissertation (and none of this airy fairy ‘kind of about this, but looking at this’ nonsense!). Lovemarks: The Shift from Attention to Attraction in Branding.

I’ll be looking at the notion that it’s no longer good enough to shout about your brand and tell people that you have what they need, brands need to entice the audience and focus on what the consumer really wants. I’ll also be talking about the importance of building a dialogue with the consumer. So there you have it, the briefest little outline of a dissertation known to man – but it’s a more solid start than I had a couple of days ago!

Bring it on!

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

I’m busy trying to juggle about 50 million different things at the moment – my dissertation, professional practice and negotiated project are all due in in Jan (which sounds a long way off, but it really isn’t!!), and to make matters worse, I’ve got a stupid cold so I have to fit in some self-pitying time too!

I’m attempting to rebrand Woolies for my uni project – they weren’t in quite as much trouble when I started as they are now, but I can safely assume that isn’t my fault! For my dissertation, I’m looking at the use of language in branding to define an audience (its final title isn’t set in stone yet, I keep coming up with long winded versions that just sound too waffley…) and I’ve just finished reading ‘Class, Codes and Control’ (Bernstein) which sounds really dull, but was actually quite interesting. I’m just waiting for the chaos to begin…