Howard Johnson’s – The First Restaurant Franchise
How did they go from 2 locations in 1935 up to 107 locations 4 years later?
Lite Beer: How listening launched a whole new category
It's not going to sell if you don’t help customers identify with your brand.
How to create a strategy – Let’s get real.
If it’s something that’s really common, it’s a tactic. It’s not a strategy because a strategy can’t be repurposed.
Play angle of approach for fun and profit
Angle of approach lets you transform a rolling piece of scrap into a dream car.
Ding dong! Avon calling! – Why it worked.
Persis showed how the best way to market to women was to have women selling.
The Rise of Root Beer – Attaching to the Familiar
How did a pharmacist popularize his alternative to polluted water or alcohol? Can we use the same play?
Calendly’s Formula – Dive Into The Customer Experience
There was software he found that solved bits and pieces, but none checked all the boxes.
Yahtzee’s Rise To #1 – What The Creator Got Right His 2nd Time
A door-to-door salesman creates Bingo and stays broke. How did he make millions on his next game?
Pictionary’s Secret to Success – Something Old, Something New
A lot of places go, "Let’s just do PR." But they did something better.
Liquid Death’s Secret Ingredient – Not Water. Marketing.
He came from the advertising industry and was tired of the handcuffs.
This is a GOOD Car Commercial
My daughters were like, "That's a stupid ad." But they were pinpoint targeting the DNA of the drivers they wanted.
Slinky’s Marketing Springboard
Christmas is coming and he has not sold one. So what does he then change to sell 300 million?
How Old Spice Saved Their Brand!
"We've got nothing to lose." It was hard to say yes and run this strange ad, but they were that desperate.
Donut Stop Believin’: Dunkin’s Recipe For An Empire
How'd they become the 2nd largest restaurant chain in the US? Get the 'hole' story.
How Poo-Pourri Went Viral
When you tone something like this down, it doesn't work. The owner must be ready to go all the way into the joke.