👍🏼 Warped Affirmations For Ad Agency Creative Directors—From ChatGPT

The Ricks ask ChatGPT for an assist in developing their latest edition of Affirmations for Ad Agency Creative Directors and things go … sideways. The result: Well, you'll just have to hear for yourself.

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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 👍🏼 Warped Affirmations For Ad Agency Creative Directors—From ChatGPT

IN THIS EPISODE

📸 Nothing beats a celebrity endorsement … right? (at 01:18)
⚠️ Don't forget to harness the power of … punctuation? (01:29)
⚾️ The truth about spec work for RFPs (01:42)
🎪 Think: Experiential—no matter what? (02:02)
🤖 Generative AI isn't something to fear … until it is (at 02:17)

Approx. 2 minutes, 48 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🧠 FOMO for Fun & Profit: The Secrets Of Psychology-Driven Marketing

Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). Social Proofing. Tribalism. What are the most powerful psychological triggers for shaping consumer behavior and beliefs? In an all-new episode, we get insights from Jake McKenzie, CEO of Birmingham, AL-based Intermark Group, one of the nation's top psychology-driven ad agencies. By blending sociology, psychology, behavioral economics, and technology, it's possible to dramatically increase the efficacy of marketing programs. The problem: Far too many marketers start with a creative concept informed by demographic data masquerading as insight. In this can't-miss episode, we explore ways to hack the human psyche to boost marketing performance.

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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🧠 The Secrets Of Psychology-Driven Marketing

IN THIS EPISODE:

🧐 An introduction to applied research and "creative psychology" (at 01:01)

🛍️ Adding psychographic insights to demographic data to optimize outcomes (01:43)

🦏 Animal House: Mohawk Flooring's carpet ride to market dominance (03:33)

📍 Building a better brief: Inside the mind-mapping process to make insights actionable (06:59)

👩🏼‍🦱 The problem with marketing personas: Context is everything (08: 57)

👀 The power of psychological heuristics like Social Proofing (10:36)

🍎 Who cares about product specs? Peer pressure doesn't fall far from Apple (12:50)

😳 Juicing demand by building a sense of scarcity–and why too many brands fear it (14:15)

🤓 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and advances in neuromarketing (16:23)

👥 Focus groups: The need to get past what participants tell you (17:44)

🚭 Smoking surprise: The least and most predictive indicators of a future purchase (18:33)

🙅🏽‍♀️ Why anti-drug campaigns fail to leverage what works in changing behavior (20:13)

✊🏼 Harley-Davidson & Rita's Italian Ice: How brands can tap tribal psychology (21:03)

Approx. 24 minutes, 18 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🛍️ Surprising Stats on Digital Ad Spend, E-commerce...and the Wienermobile?

It's time for a quick round of Rick and Rick Loaded Questions. This time out: Think digital advertising is seeing the biggest increase in marketing budgets this year? Think again. Meanwhile, is e-commerce up, down, or flat relative to pre-pandemic levels? And who's raking it in if Amazon isn't? Plus: Oscar Mayer's "Meat Fleet" is getting a rebrand. So what are they calling the 87-year-old Wienermobile now?

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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🛍️ Surprising Stats on Digital Ad Spend, E-commerce...and the Wienermobile?

IN THIS EPISODE:

📫 What's growing fastest: digital ad spend or…? (at 00:50)
🌭 What do you call an 87-year-old Wienermobile? Cybertruck? (at 03:05)
🏪 Is e-commerce getting old? Or just the online-only variety? (at 04:11)
📊 Are e-commerce sales ⬆️, ⬇️, or ↔️ vs. pre-pandemic levels? (at 04:57)
🛒 Is BOPIS eating the e-commerce giants' lunches? (at 05:18)

Approx. 6 minutes, 30 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🤖 Content Creation—The Good, The Bad & The Generative AI

Is that an AI chatbot taking your order at Wendy's? Is that ChatGPT behind Coca-Cola's new "Real Magic" commercial? And is Britney Spears really back on Instagram, or is that a bot, too? The Ricks look at the good, the bad, and the WTF of Generative AI's impact on content creation.

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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🤖 Content Creation—The Good, The Bad & The Generative AI

IN THIS EPISODE

🕵️‍♂️ "The Night Agent" is on the prowl (at 01:32)
🧟‍♂️ Rick W. revisits "The Walking Dead" (at 02:10)
👂🏻 Why we need subtitles in our movies and TV shows these days (at 04:33)
🍔 Are AI chatbots coming to a Wendy's drive thru near you? (at 07:39)
🧠 Beyond the buzz: What exact is "Generative AI?" (at 10:23)
⚠️ The controversy about copyright and Generative AI training sets (at 12:25)
🥤 Coca-Cola finds inspiration in Generative AI for a new commercial (at 17:28)
👨🏽‍💻 … But what about the impact on creative jobs? (at 18:56)
🦿 …But should we regulate or give Generative AI more running room? (at 20:06)
🎤 Is that Britney Spears or a bot on Instagram? So far, Britney has been mum (at 21:12)

Approx. 22 minutes, 25 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🤵🏼‍♂️ Snapchat's AR Mirrors For Prom Season, Consumer Confusion Over AI & More

⁉️ It's time for a quick round of Loaded Questions featuring questions about Snapchat's new AR initiative for Men's Wearhouse, consumer confusion over phrases like "Powered by AI" and more.

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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🤵🏼‍♂️ Snapchat's AR Mirrors For Prom Season, Consumer Confusion Over AI & More

IN THIS EPISODE

🥽 Forget cosplay lenses: Snapchat AR is going retail—just in time for prom season (at 00:39)
💸 A $700 million settlement rocks the media world (at 02:40)
🤖 WTF does "powered by AI" mean? Confused consumers want to know (at 04:32)
🪄 Canva's alternative word for "AI" that's pure–we'll, you'll just have to hear for yourself (at 05:45)

Approx. 6 minutes, 44 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.