Tips for Businesses to Deal with Inflation
Inflation has spiked, supply chain issues persist… and your customers are likely being protective with their dollars.
Harnessing The Pure Power of Friendly Familiarity For Owner-Operators
Of course you’ll grab Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes over the (significantly) cheaper, generic and off-brand alternatives.
Rosie the Robot is happy serving other customers
Since March 2020, some businesses are hiding behind an excuse. We don’t have anyone to work. Blah, blah, blah.
Branding in 75 Words or Less
When the main benefits your brand delivers are self affirmation, status, and hope, you can charge almost anything you want.
Dr. Brinkley – Way ahead of his time or complete quack?
He did it successfully in the 1920s. Only now they call it content marketing with lead magnets, tripwires and a funnel.
Empire Builders: Listerine – How to get the girl, by Listerine. Oh, and Axe.
How Listerine created the problem of bad breath so they could solve it.
Milton Friedman should not like your advertising.
An opportunity to save money today overshadows an opportunity to make money tomorrow.
Fundamental Forces of Business – Part 4
Harley Davidson's use of the Strong Atomic Force earned them $360 million last year -- not on bikes -- on branded merchandise.
A Powerful Branding Lesson From an Off-Color Joke My Mom Told Me
Two southern college coeds meet up for lunch during summer break after a year away...
5 Things I Learned From Video Games.
People who don’t play video games might see them as a waste of time; an anchor to the couch. I like to think of it as interactive art.
Marketing lessons I learned from Dad
His friends questioned where he was. Mom wouldn’t tell ‘em. They feared there weren’t enough eels for everyone.
Fundamental Forces of Business – Part 3
Nike’s “Dream Crazy” ad is a great example of electromagnetism. While some people hated the ad and burned their Nike gear, others embraced it.
The Hybrid Persuasive Power of “Slice of Life” Campaigns
These are mini-dramas in which the efficacy of the product is semi-demonstrated, as testified by the main character.
The PROPER Way to Advertise a Sale
Brand building requires deliberate, diligent, dedication. And when it’s time for a sale… go big, or skip it entirely. No middle ground.
Empire Builders: Burt’s Bees – The accountant was only?!?
They hired a 14-year-old to manage the books. This was before Clorox bought them for $925 million dollars.