Tag Archives: Brand Management

The voice of McDonald’s – largest global singing competition of its kind

McDonalds' sign in Harlem.

McDonald's' sign in Harlem. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The voice of McDonald’s is a worldwide contest to discover, recognize and reward the most talented singers among the more than 1.7 million employees working in McDonald’s restaurants. From a branding perspective it’s a nice combination of employer branding, employee motivation and public relation. The competition was kicked off in 2005 and in 2011 more than 20,000 employees entered Voice of McDonald’s IV.

 

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Term 9: Sound Icons

Sound Icons are sound branding elements in their shortest design. Common examples are signal sounds at the computer. A computer by Apple sounds different than a Microsoft PC. Another example are sounds in GPS devices. The objective is to trigger acoustic recognition: the development of a unique sound with character and emotional profile.

Do you agree or disagree with this definition? Is anything missing in the definition we use? Please post your ideas in the comments section.

Audi Sound Branding – Eminem vs. Audi: lawsuit in Germany!

Eight Mile Style, the company that is responsible for licensing Eminem’s songs, has filed a lawsuit against Audi in the Hamburg regional court in Germany, claiming that the Audi A6 commercial uses a version of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” without permission. (Source: Spiegel News magazine)


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Sound Branding Blog is noted as a top 50 up and coming branding blog

I just received this Email.

“Hello Karlheinz,

I’m writing this because I thought that both you and your readers might want to know that Sound Branding Blog has been included in our article, “Top 50 Up and Coming Branding Blogs.” Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any feedback, I’d love to share it with the team –

Best,

Alba Collazo

Co-founder, Advertising Blog

A note about our methodology: When finding blogs our authors use popular search tools (Google/Bing), observe blog rolls, and peruse social media sites. The most relevant, and interesting blogs are then included in our article, which doesn’t rank blogs, but rather lists and categorizes them.”

Thanks a lot for this feedback! I like it :) and it shows the power SoundBranding has! Karlheinz Illner