by Jeff Slater | Sep 4, 2015 | Advertising, Marketing Advice, Marketing Books, Marketing People
There is a wonderful article by Douglas Van Praet in Fast Company about metaphors. WHY METAPHORS BEAT THE SNOT OUT OF FACTS WHEN IT COMES TO MOTIVATING ACTION. Doug spoke at a Wine Marketing Exchange Conference two years ago and his book, Unconscious Branding is...
by Jeff Slater | Jun 5, 2015 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Books
I read Better and Faster by Jeremey Gutsche this past week. Mitch Joel interviewed him on his podcast. Jeremy is the founder of Trend Hunters, a website/business that consults with companies to help them see patterns and opportunities. What business isn’t hunting for...
by Jeff Slater | May 27, 2015 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Books
Jim Collins brought the phrase Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) into our lexicon. I always loved the notion of having a promise that is wild and hairy for a brand. Can businesses do something so outrageous that it stops you in your tracks and grabs your attention? ...
by Jeff Slater | May 15, 2015 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Books, Marketing People
When you blog, you get a daily email that informs you that someone has subscribed or unsubscribed to receiving your email posts. For a long time, I would cringe when I saw that someone wanted to stop reading my work or hearing my ideas. Recently it became clearer to...
by Jeff Slater | Apr 3, 2015 | Marketing Books, Marketing People
Rohit Bhargava is one of those individuals who is a curator, a synthesizer and a grand observer. He teaches marketing at Georgetown University and for the last several years has published his non-obvious trends by trying to understand what others who try to predict...
by Jeff Slater | Mar 27, 2015 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Books
Have you ever thought of putting together a loyalty program for customers? This is one of my least favorite tactics for retaining existing customers. The programs are expensive, very time consuming and most of all, in my experience, ineffective. There is a better...
