by Jeff Slater | Jul 31, 2018 | Branding Issues, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
My friend Mark Schaffer wrote another exciting post about influencer marketing last week. He suggested that advertising is in decline and consumers are moving away from all forms of ads that interrupt content or programming. He also indicated that influencer marketing...
by Jeff Slater | Jul 29, 2018 | Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
As a graduate student in 1976 at Annenberg’s School of Communication at The University of Pennsylvania, I immersed myself in daily intellectual challenges. Surrounded by ridiculously smart people with undergraduate degrees in anthropology, sociology, linguistics,...
by Jeff Slater | Jul 19, 2018 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
Marketing professionals have so many tactics they can deploy. The list seems endless and always changing and evolving. What should I focus on? How can I grow my brand? Where should I invest? A recent client was faced with this dilemma in their start-up food business....
by Jeff Slater | Jul 17, 2018 | Marketing Advice
A value proposition isn’t a mystery. I’m working with a client on developing a statement of their value proposition. I love this type of opportunity because it forces me to read, learn, think and discuss an important strategic topic. Best of all, it requires a...
by Jeff Slater | Jul 15, 2018 | Branding Issues, Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
Brands have to wrestle with reality and its perception every day. Products can be positioned as fake, artificial or nasty by competitors causing brand managers to be on the defense and reactive. Or, products can be positioned as authentic, real and good by your brand...
by Jeff Slater | Jul 12, 2018 | Branding Issues, Marketing Advice
As Seth Godin reminded me this week, we all have an origin story. Superman had his story about coming from Krypton and Ben & Jerry have told their tale about taking a correspondence course to learn how to make ice cream. These origin stories are a vital part of...
