by Jeff Slater | Nov 12, 2020 | Marketing Advice
On his podcast Akimbo, Seth Godin talked about the idea of Wabi-Sabi. No, not the condiment wasabi used on sushi, Wabi-Sabi comes from Japanese sensibilities around the idea of “flawed beauty.” Wabi has many meanings like living, breathing and of nature. Sabi...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 10, 2020 | Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
A friend is under consideration for a senior leadership position with a non-profit. He asked for my assistance in putting together his presentation to the hiring managers. In this case, it was a board of directors, and he had to present for fifteen minutes about...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 8, 2020 | Branding Issues, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
When I first saw Carvana’s car vending machine marketing metaphor, I had one reaction. Brilliant! They took car purchasing and vending machines and created a unique point of difference. When you buy a car from them, you can drop a special coin into their device, and...
