by Jeff Slater | May 6, 2018 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice
How do you create a category of one when there is no competition? How about building a business creating edible art for brands through pancakes. Yep, the kind you eat, on Sundays. Dan Drake, a twenty-something St. Louis native, specializes in making incredible edible...
by Jeff Slater | May 3, 2018 | Branding Issues, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing People
Amazon knew in the early years that making buying easier is essential to long-term success. They created and patented 1-Click checkout in September of 1999. Although the patent has expired and had to withstand challenges, it is emblematic of Bezos’ marketing genius...
by Jeff Slater | May 1, 2018 | Branding Issues, Marketing Advice
I waited for seven days to hear back from a company online. Then I tweeted to them and still heard nothing. So, I went to their website and used their live chat function, and they immediately responded and helped me solve my problem. This is what I call a marketing...
by Jeff Slater | Apr 29, 2018 | Branding Issues, Marketing Advice, Marketing Books
Over and over again one idea has proven invaluable to marketers who struggle with pricing. Good. Better. Best. One of the thought leaders on this topic is William Poundstone who wrote Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value. Poundstone, an MIT professor, created a framework...
by Jeff Slater | Apr 25, 2018 | Marketing Advice
The conference room had whiteboards and post-it-notes showing the pros and cons of each competitor. SWOT analysis and other MBA-type tools permeated the space. The management team and their colleagues were trying to figure out a strategy for success. Big data was...
by Jeff Slater | Apr 24, 2018 | Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
In the last sixty days, I have conducted about 30 discovery interviews with several clients. The goal of the work is to understand how internal or external stakeholders feel about products, services, and activities associated with their brands. My goal in conducting...
