by Jeff Slater | May 21, 2020 | Marketing Advice
Reputation. The cornerstone of marketing is trust. You build trust based on your reputation. A brand builds a reputation when you act with purpose. Does everyone on your team understand: Who do you serve? What your brand represents to them? How those you serve will...
by Jeff Slater | May 19, 2020 | Foodpreneurs, Interesting Brands, Marketing People, Marketing Start Ups
Here is a small idea I love—a supermarket of small brands for home delivery. Imagine dedicating a business to up and coming food brands. No big guys allowed. Just focus on new products from foodpreneurs. In the UK, Mighty Small has started an online supermarket to...
by Jeff Slater | May 17, 2020 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice
I’m working on an exciting project for a beverage client who wants to evaluate ten beverage concepts with consumers. We planned to write up a brief description of each idea, get a graphic artist to design an accompanying picture to illustrate it, and then to have...
by Jeff Slater | May 14, 2020 | Marketing Advice
Sacred Cows “If we all think alike, no one is thinking.” Ben Franklin What would it mean to your business if you nurtured your team to think differently about the challenges at hand? Imagine leading a team without groupthink and complacent agreement? Do...
by Jeff Slater | May 12, 2020 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
Show don’t tell is one of my favorite marketing tips. I could write ten thousand words convincing you that the carpet I was marketing will stay clean through every type of situation you can imagine. Or, I could create a video where flooring company Mohawk...