What is the Most Direct Cause of Customer Loyalty?
Don't settle for mere Transactional Loyalty on price, ease, and quality. You need Relational Loyalty to get rich.
Stronger Ads: Are They More Harmful Than Good?
Well crafted ads that instigate emotions are sure to put someone in a tizzy.
Stop Promising, Start Surprising: The Pivotal Tweak for Customer Loyalty
It's not what you say in the ads. It's all about what you leave out.
The Myth of Marketing Specialists
Following the same path “your industry” follows guarantees you’ll blend into the competition. You need to break a rule or three.
Storytelling & Showmanship: How Memories & Experience Are Created
“Showmanship and storytelling don’t change objective reality, but they do change perceptual reality.” - Roy H Williams
I Hate a Roman Named Status Quo!
Mr. Status Quo preys on people and makes them fearful of failure. He even takes the shape of friends and family.
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.
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.
Not all who wander are lost. Unless your brand’s marketing wanders.
Chasing shiny new frontiers means you never get traction anywhere.
Triple B’s of Writing TV Ads (Bad, Boring, Brilliant)
According to Robert H. Smith, adults watch TV between 13 to 23 times longer than PC and mobile, respectively.
One Question to Powerful Branding
Nail this question and you’ll have the beginnings of a powerful branding campaign with an advocated position.
Brand & Branding – Feeling and Supporting that Feeling.
With a mass media campaign the click-through rate on Google Ads improves. You're now cutting the line.
The Problem With Predictable, Common Ads
When people are bored, they tune out, stop paying attention, and don't remember your brand.
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.