Chevy’s Holiday Message: How to Bury the Brand
Chevy deserves high marks for attempting something not bathed in beige. But being bold won’t ensure you are loved.
Candy Lady Secrets: How to Make Customers Feel Like They’re Winning
It was always her line that drew a crowd. Why?
Category vs. Product vs. Client-focused Ads
We’ll give you good and bad advertising examples to give you a more concrete idea of what works and why.
One Question to Powerful Branding
Nail this question and you’ll have the beginnings of a powerful branding campaign with an advocated position.
Story, Culture, and Experience – Align all 3 to become a world-beater.
According to Jonathan Haidt, the human mind is best suited to be a story processor, not a logic processor…
Marketing like mom’s apple pie. Homemade always beats the canned stuff.
Companies cut corners with AI generated campaigns thinking nobody can taste the difference.
Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful!
She thought the line was so ridiculous she nearly left the audition. But it created P&G’s first billion dollar brand in hair care.
I hope I can turn you into a fan!
The best advice I've received on social media is that you're talking to one fan at a time. It's much more intimate.
Core Strategy: First Step in Creating a Great Ad Campaign
Most businesses fail not because they’re reaching the wrong people but because they’re saying the wrong thing.
Showing Up — And Why Your Ads Might Not Be
Emotional Campaigns outperform Rational Campaigns by 5X. And campaigns that create fame are even more effective.
What “Experts” Get Wrong About Disney — And Why It’s Crucial to Growing Your Business
People come for the freaking princesses and all the other cool characters they fell in love with as a child.
Relational and Transactional Ads: The Perfect Combination
Do you want a quick sale or do you prefer building a solid customer base you can retarget for future transactions?
Why Conflict Is Essential – In Advertising and Life
We demand conflict, tension, and drama — be it in sports, books, movies, or advertising.
A Marketing Lesson, With Love From Gaston
Spoiler Alert… Gaston doesn’t get the girl, and you likely won’t get the customer if you take his same approach.
What’s Your Ad Campaign’s Meta-Narrative?
Is the story of Rocky really about boxing? Or is it about an underdog’s epic journey? Great ads are like that too.