Learning from the Legends: Yes, Virginia, It Really Is That Simple!
Marlboro was a failed filtered cigarette brand, marketed to women with the slogan “Mild as May”
Three Smooth Stones
Generosity is important to creating positive vibes for your business. And your time is more valuable than money. It’s a limited resource.
Beer And Headaches And That Awful Cramping
Chuck Blore's study for CBS found that advertising makes beer taste better. I believe it makes pain manageable, too.
Demonstration Ads — Part Deux.
Demonstration ads are like testimonial ads. They demand more of the advertiser and the creative team, but they're persuasive magic.
Cowards, Cow-words and tails between your legs
Are you writing ads with your tail between your legs? If you’re not acting like the young bull with nothing to lose, someone else is.
Your Business Culture – Asset or Liability?
Neglecting your culture opens the door to liabilities that will hold you back, especially as you grow.
Coke – they already had an empire, but…
No matter how big you are, no matter how much you spend, and even if you are the best marketers on the planet; you cannot bend the consumer to your will.
What the Bible teaches us about advertising
There is a natural order with advertising and time in the first 40 weeks. Respect it and win. Abuse it and risk wandering the desert.
Learning from the Legends: What Can’t be Questioned?
Immediately following the launch of the Mr. Whipple campaign Charmin displaced Scott as the #1 brand in America.
Will Advertising Sell What People Don’t Want?
It's a common desire in retail to advertise the things which aren’t selling and let those which will sell easily sell themselves.
Gaggia Espresso Machines had a problem
This is a lesson of overcoming resistance to new innovations. What to do with unwanted oily film? The answer built an empire and even changed how fine espresso is judged.
The Custodian of Hospitality
Covid-19’s impact on business and the decisions needed for survival are Frostian. But don’t lose your way. Survival depends on Frostian decisions.
Distinctiveness vs. Differentiation vs. Bonding
Branding aims at de-commodification: getting the customer to see you as the better, worthier option. And there are three ways of pursuing this goal.
The Biggest Waste in Advertising (a Case Study)
Advertising in the bigger community to draw customers to your smaller community is as futile as trying to make the water in a river defy gravity.
Secrets of a genius storyteller
Learn from the great Ronnie Van Zant from Lynyrd Skynyrd. Appeal to your audience by speaking to them in their language.