Brand it Like Bogie
Four simple-as-dirt branding lessons from Casablanca on how to become irresistible to customers & impervious to competitors.
Personality Prescription, Part 10 – The Company Spokesperson
People don’t expect you to be a polished professional. They do expect you to be sincere and to tell them the truth as you see it.
The dark side of business is a villain
In the pursuit of money, people do terrible things. That’s not you. But the darkness that clouds the community lingers through your life.
Personality Prescription, Part 9 – Using Your Culture
When the boss is spread so thin he (or she) can’t work even one more hour, the company stagnates at that level.
Time to do the Opposite
My first reaction was, “Who does this?” It doesn’t make sense… until you really digest what’s transpiring. This applies in business just as well as sports.
KFC – The secret 11 herbs and spices
He never gave up, put crazy miles on his car, promoted and sold Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), and worked well into his seventies.
Personality Prescription, Part 8 – Your Company’s Reputation
Reputations take years to build through word of mouth but can be built in only months through consistent advertising.
When advertising is the LAST thing you need.
Most businesses are blind to friction points that may be holding their sales back. Here's the solution.
Improve Sales Effectiveness & Company Culture With One Simple “Hack”
It’s important for you to seem like the same company in-person as on air.
The key to happiness
This year’s team only has two returning players from last year. One of them is my son. He thinks I’m full of crap.
Fox 40 – From referee to whistle entrepreneur
They all go, “Can I buy one?” Now he doesn’t say, “Oh, I haven’t made it yet.” He says, “Nope, they’re on backorder, but I can take orders.”
Personality Prescription, Part 7 – Company Culture
As each company grows, employees observe and work out the actual rules of survival for their job.
Skunky Beer is the Worst (Part the Third)
For his chocolate-coffee stout, he used pounds of Wilbur Buds dark chocolate (a local delicacy). Then the brewer made a tragic mistake.
Wrigley’s Origin – You buy the baking powder you get the gum
How the power of premiums created an empire.
Who you gonna call?
Halloween 1985 would have been forgotten if Chris hadn’t brought the Roman candles. But in business, Remarkability and Memorability are often rejected for the safe.