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Figure 11.4<br />

The other campaign option was called “Spectrum”; it utilized a spectrum of colors to represent the depth <strong>and</strong><br />

breadth of stories available on msnbc.com.<br />

Also, as you’ll notice <strong>in</strong> Figure 11.4, SS+K proposed an update to the previous msnbc.com logo. Matt<br />

Ferr<strong>in</strong> started with the idea of a p<strong>in</strong>wheel to visually communicate the ideas of the full spectrum. This idea<br />

generated discussion about chang<strong>in</strong>g the client’s logo (never an easy decision) to make it part of the new<br />

br<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g effort.<br />

Can you guess which campaign the team decided to use? If you were the client, which would you choose,<br />

<strong>and</strong> why?<br />

Now that the campaign creative approach was decided (as you learned <strong>in</strong> Chapter 9 "Choose Your<br />

Communication Weapons: SS+K Decides Upon a Creative Strategy <strong>and</strong> Media Tactics"), <strong>and</strong> the<br />

media plann<strong>in</strong>g was done (as you learned <strong>in</strong> Chapter 10 "Plan <strong>and</strong> Buy Media: SS+K Chooses the<br />

Right Media for the Client’s New Br<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g Message") it was time to start plann<strong>in</strong>g the full<br />

production.<br />

Once msnbc.com had the strategy laid out with SS+K, it was time to start produc<strong>in</strong>g the materials for<br />

the media that had been bought, as well as materials for other market<strong>in</strong>g efforts outside of unpaid<br />

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