SBP 091: The Cost Of Dull Ads. With Adam Morgan.

Welcome to another episode of the Sleeping Barber Podcast! Join Marc and Vassilis as they dive into the fascinating world of marketing strategy and innovation with a special guest, Adam Morgan. Adam is a pioneer in business and marketing, best known for his book "Eat Big Fish," which has inspired countless brands to adopt a challenger mindset. He’s also authored "The Pirate Inside" and "Overthrow" and hosts the podcast "Let's Make Things More Interesting." In this episode, Adam discusses his latest research with System1 and Peter Field on "The Cost of Dull," exploring the financial impact of uninspired advertising. Guest Bio:  Adam Morgan Partner, eatbigfish: Brand and Marketing Consultant On LinkedIn Follow our updates here: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/sleeping-barber/⁠⁠ Get in touch with our hosts: Marc Binkley: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcbinkley/ Vassilis Douros: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/vassilisdouros/⁠ Timestamps 0:54 - About Adam 3:23 - Defining Dull 4:28 - The data sources of Dull 6:16 - Mediocrity inspired this research 10:01 - 4 the horseman of the dull-ocolypse  14:10 - Do dull ads influence consumer perceptions 17:33 - Optimizing to the average 18:27 - Sponsor - Quatical: Fractional Marketing Leadership 20:46 - The Smarter we get, the duller we get 22:07 - The financial impact of Dull 24:49 - Is average ad creative actually responsible? 27:34  - What makes impactful communication 30:15  - Emotion is more than tears 34:05 - Insurance industry has raised the B2B bar of creativity 36:19 - The % of B2B ads that are dull 41:07 - Attention & reach are different 43:03 - Dull inputs lead to dull outputs 44:10 - What is Risk and what is responsible 48:21 - Using AI in ad creative  52:52 - More about Adam 54:04 - Post Pod with V & Marc Literature: Risk & Responsibility: A lesson in creative responsibility The Cost of Dull with Peter Field — The Challenger Project | The Home of Challenger Brands Let's Make Your Brand More Interesting | Inc.com The £10m cost of dull advertising | WARC | The Feed