by Jeff Slater | Dec 27, 2018 | Foodpreneurs, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
KFC came out with a hilarious prank this week. It illustrates something I write about often. Have fun with your marketing and make people smile. No, I don’t want to buy a log for my fireplace that smells like KFC, but I have shared this graphic with so many people...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 16, 2018 | Branding Issues, Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice
In the last few days, I heard two people talking about the rebranding of Dunkin Donuts. One is a super smart Senior Vice President, Strategy and Marketing at Edison Research and the other is my 91-year-old Mom, Bea. Dunkin’ Donuts decided to drop the word donuts from...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 13, 2018 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
How have you built happiness into your customer’s experience with your product, service or company? When customers have a delightful experience, they share. When they share, your customers become part of your marketing department to help spread the word. A happiness...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 9, 2018 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
Every conference and symposium include a panel discussion to get experts to weigh in on issues that are top of mind. Last Wednesday, my daughter Fanny was asked to moderate a panel at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business on The Future of Protein at FoodCon. It is a joint...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 15, 2018 | Foodpreneurs, Interesting Brands
When Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, founders of Food52 in Manhattan wanted to begin to market their line of cooking products, they did something unusual. Their company had sold other companies’ kitchen-related products for years. Over time, they developed a...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 4, 2018 | Branding Issues, Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice
I’m sorry to break the news to you but average is over. Average products and services are slipping into oblivion. You probably didn’t notice because no one talks about dullness. An average business has no chance to sustain itself if they are so...
