by Jeff Slater | Apr 24, 2022 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
Reframing can reinvigorate a category. When observational consumer research into the world of diapers showed that at around age 2, kids didn’t want to wear diapers anymore, the Kimberly Clark Huggies brand management team wondered how they could reframe their product....
by Jeff Slater | Apr 17, 2022 | Foodpreneurs, Interesting Brands
Fishwife is a sustainably sourced tinned fish that looks remarkably different from your idea of fish in a can. This Los Angeles-based tinned fish company markets sardines from Spain soaked in olive oil and smoked albacore tuna from Northern California. Caroline...
by Jeff Slater | Mar 17, 2022 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
Sustainable Business Plan Pillars The days of the one-hundred-page business plan decks are a thing of the past. These days, a business plan can be one-page. But your plan needs to clearly articulate the basics – what makes you different, who you will serve, and...
by Jeff Slater | Mar 10, 2022 | Interesting Brands
Turning a Negative into a Positive When the identical twin founders of the athletic shoe company – APL (Athletic Propulsion Labs) started in March 2009, they never envisioned that the NBA would ban their sneakers. Adam and Ryan Goldson were at first crushed and...
by Jeff Slater | Feb 13, 2022 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Start Ups
This is no Jokr I’m still amazed when I click the buy button and the next day, a bright, red, and shiny toaster shows up at my front door. Amazon, and e-commerce in general, has stretched our imagination of what’s possible. So when I learned about Jokr – I thought,...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 11, 2022 | Interesting Brands
The business model for non-profits almost always involves asking for donations. Two friends, Adam and Josh had a different idea that shifts the business model and has become their path to create their ticket to success. High school mates Adam McCurdie and Josh Ross...
