Which Brand Would You Choose for a Tattoo?

Right brain, left brain, logic or emotions, the never-ending debate. But in the end emotions are important when it comes to buying a certain brand and marketing experts do know how to make use of those latent emotions. Because the ads that stay with us are not those who sell the cheapest product, but those who sell our own way of living, or the one we aspire to.

For example, Coca-Cola has turned me into its obedient “follower”. I quit drinking Coke a while ago, but I can still easily connect with their message. And I’d like to go buy some, although after you quit drinking it for long enough, you start wondering why you loved it in the first place. It’d never happen with Pepsi though. Especially after their new Pepsi Max commercials! Although they did open my eyes. I had no idea men, especially young ones, wanted to be turned into a sexual object that bad! And here are the rest of us, striving for the exact opposite!

The same for the Zaraza brandy. I hate brandy, I really cannot drink it. Still, they have a campaign praising values such as culture, adventure, and wanting to have more than material things. I wouldn’t drink it, but it would make a good gift in the future.

Or my all time favorite slogan: “I would rather die of thirst than drink from the cup of mediocrity”. It is a Stella Artois slogan. And I liked it a lot better than their funny ads.

Some think that a brand can actually stand the test of might when it can get its “followers” to have it tattooed on their skin. Just like Harley Davidson does.

So I ask you. Is there one brand you’d choose for a tattoo? I guess I’d have a Dune tattoo for a couple of months :)

This post has 10 comments

  • Sim

    I also tend to choose the products I use guided by
    the ads I see. Not always, but sometimes I do. I also tend to quit
    using products if I don’t like their ads or if they transmit a message
    I don’t agree with. I love Zaraza ads, I search for them on Youtube
    from time to time to see if they have any new ad. They are just great.
    Now I’m addicted to Paginas Amarillas (Yellow Pages) ads. Here’s an
    example:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=xX19KwVro7I
    The idea is just great, and the music they use is very nice. There are
    several ads of this campaign and I love them all.
    Now, I don’t think I’d have a tatoo of a brand, but if I’d have to I
    don’t know which brand I’d choose. I’ll think about it until tomorrow.
    Kisses!

  • b0gdan

    :P
    Alina, you can’t have a tattoo for a couple of month, U have it for life…. otherwise is just a drawing on your skin.

    Me, one, i would tattoo NOKIA.
    Where??? good question, don;t know yet.

  • Mihaela Lica

    Do they make tattoos of salsa sauce? J! He he. No way! No tattoos on my skin. They kinda look creepy in the dark. Hohoho!

  • Alina Popescu

    Hi Sim, how’s the kid? :D Yup, this Zaraza campaign is great, seriously. I’ve watched the ad and
    some more of the series for Yellow Pages, they’re really nice. Bogdan,
    of course there are. They’re called temporary tattoos :) Oh, and
    remember the guy who borrowed his forehead for a month? :P So, have you decided where, yet? :P haha, Mig, the looking creepy in the dark part is great! But besides
    salsa, any favorite brands? You must have some :D

  • Ryan

    Hmmm… Seems like I’m immune to PR &
    Marketing. I usually choose my brands by trial error and the
    recommendations of my friends compared to my own needs and
    possibilities. And no brand has me hooked for life (yet), to turn my
    skin into their free advertising space. So for now it remains reserved
    for my personal statements, like an Aries tattoo. Oh, and I also
    contemplate sometimes a skin transplant to show my love for dark
    chocolate. :D

  • Alina Popescu

    Well, Bro, you are a lucky one :) Who said anything about free? The forehead guy got a few thousands of dollars :P

  • ali la loca

    Hmmmm. Well, I already have one tattoo, so another
    one - and of a brand name or logo - would have to be a very compelling
    case for me to say yes.
    My favorite brands tend to stand for values that I identify with, much
    like you, but I don’t feel so strongly about them that I’d go for body
    ink. At least not now.
    I like The Body Shop, Burt’s Bees, and other environmentally conscious
    brands.
    I also like good liquor campaigns, like Johnny Walker and Absolut (I
    used to collect the print ads when I was in high school and had over
    100 of them!).

  • Alina Popescu

    Hi Ali!

    One tattoo is cool, the second one is harder to digest I think :)
    The Absolut campaign was indeed cool. Your collection sounds impressive. Do you still have them?

  • Bogdan

    The ones who launched this idea are Jonas Ridderstrale and Kjell Nordstrom. Their books were also published in Romania by Publica publishing.

  • Alina Popescu

    Hi Bogdan! I know, that is why I linked to their site :) I have both books, but thanks for the info.

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