by Jeff Slater | Jan 14, 2020 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice
My friend went to a restaurant that is well-known in dining circles in St.Paul, Minnesota. She is a vegan and usually can find food to eat almost all the time. This posh and expensive place had a dish on the menu that sounded perfect except it had some Italian sausage...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 12, 2020 | Marketing Advice, Marketing People
My friend Mike Schall suggested I connect with Lisa Grimm, who led the social media and interactive digital teams at Whole Foods for the last few years. Lisa has an incredible marketing background. Today she is on a new life journey traveling and exploring what’s...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 9, 2020 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
Have you ever needed to get a physical product engineered, designed and developed like this DevaCurl Universal Hair Diffuser? I had this experience several times in my career and worked with an expert in product design, Tony Rogers from Creative Mechanism. You can see...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 7, 2020 | Foodpreneurs, Interesting Brands, Marketing People
Otto’s Naturals Although gluten isn’t a health problem for me, over the last decade, my wife shifted her diet to watch out for gluten in the foods she eats. So, this has made me extra aware of the food products introduced as gluten-free. Like an explorer...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 5, 2020 | Marketing Advice
What will be the most effective approach to marketing for the coming decade? My prediction is simple and is about the role of the release of tension in marketing. Think about the last week when someone helped you to achieve something important. How did this helper...