Fierce Competition, Long Buying Cycles, and Great Advertising
For long buying cycles, pre-convince customers before they're looking. Waiting is too costly.
The Frame Game — If You’re Not Playing, You’re Losing
Don’t hide from your downside. The best thing you can do is to reframe the negative.
Warren Buffett on the Importance of Branding In 2023
If and when the economy turns south, you’ll be tempted to cut advertising costs.
The Biggest Lesson AI Can Teach You About Branding
Psychologists were studying human-AI interactions and came across this fascinating pattern.
Why You Want Your Branding Ads to Reach EVERYONE
Do you really mean everyone? Yes. Everyone. Well that’s just ‘cause mass media isn’t really targetable, right? No.
Why 60 Is The New 30
Recent studies show that ads aimed at creating implicit associative beliefs work better in longer formats.
Self-Image and Advertising
You want them asking: What kind of person am I, and who would that person hire or trust in this situation?
9 Common Branding Mistakes
Unless your ads sound, feel, and look different from everyone else’s, you’re doing it wrong.
Simple, True, Distinctive, and Sticky
You’re probably expecting something else from a “greatest of all time” beer campaign. Here's why it worked.
Character, Characters, and Advertising
No one will believe that a business owner has character unless he’s willing to be seen as “quite a character.”
Bing and the Secret to Brand Dominance for Local Business
Most customers go with the option they think of first (so long as they feel something positive about them).
Full Price and Free — The Only Two Prices You Need
The public thinks that if you’re “still making money” at a discount, then the discounted price is — or ought to be — the “real” price.
Your Branding Is Bass Awkwards. Here’s Why & How to Fix It
You think I’m exaggerating. Other people might be making this mistake, but not you. But you’re wrong.
3 Fundamental Misperceptions About Local Advertising
Number One: Assuming you have to rationally explain why you’re better than the competition.
For Everything Else There’s — Perhaps the Most “Priceless” Ad Campaign of the Last 25 Years!
Repetition-Break ads are more creatively awarded, and, yes, creatively awarded ads create better ROI.