Before the Sale: Craig Arthur on Profitable Relationships – Part 1
Relational buyers are more profitable and make a long-term commitment.
Athletes to Business. Visualization Creates Golden Results
Beyond athletics, visualization makes brands famous by driving emotional bonds and actions.
Your Life is Forfeit
In this two page ad there are no photographs, prices, phone numbers, or website address. Here's why it works.
Building Your Culture is Your Brand
What sets exceptional companies apart? The story. The people. And every customer interaction.
Achieving Branding on the Brain
I’m always going to believe in the power of sound to resonate and provoke a response months and years down the road.
Winking in the dark
Speaking to the masses is the only way to have the masses buy your better mousetrap. And it works like any courtship.
Brand Building vs Sales Activation
95% of your potential customers are not currently looking for you, but they will someday.
Pretend is bad for business
When you communicate real beliefs, customers drink that tall glass of water and keep coming back for more.
Strategic Giving: A Guide for Local Businesses
If I ask you how many charity dollars you have left, and you don’t know, you are digging a dark hole.
Dominate Your Market Like Rolex — 4 Powerful Branding Lessons
Who are you NOT for? Who do you NOT want as a customer?
Military-Grade Persuasion for Your Branding
4 factors of messaging that make rivals clutch their pearls and whine at their inability to effectively counter you.
Classical Conditioning: Pavlov’s Dog in Advertising
How to get attention? Simple. Speak to the dog in the language of the dog.
When Good Advertising Advice Conflicts — And How to Reconcile It
Buyers want to hear what's in it for them. They also need to know “why can I trust you?”
The Wooing of Lifelong Customers
Jail time or love? It all depends on if you skip these steps.
Make the Invisible Visible — What Van Halen Can Teach About Branding
Apple earphones are white. Christian Louboutin features red soles. Is your brand that visible?