by Jeff Slater | Nov 2, 2021 | Marketing Advice
I don’t love PowerPoint – but I use it all the time for the presentation. Last week I sat through my first MIRO presentation. Miro is software that you can think of as a collaborative online whiteboard. And you can turn it into a PowerPoint-like presentation....
by Jeff Slater | Oct 26, 2021 | Marketing Books
How can removing friction get people to adopt something new? In David Schonthal’s new strategically thoughtful book called The Human Element, he attacks the deep assumption of most marketers, innovators, executives, activists, or anyone else in the business of...
by Jeff Slater | Oct 10, 2021 | Marketing Advice
My wife asked me to take our car to the car wash to clean out the sand and salt from a recent beach trip. I hopped in the car since I needed a break from my eleventh Zoom call of the day. I haven’t taken our car to a car wash since pre-Covid, March 2019. I drove to...
by Jeff Slater | Sep 23, 2021 | Interesting Brands
Some brand categories are shallow engagement. Toothpicks. Three-prong converters. Cotton balls. Sugar. Combs. Whistles. Consumers aren’t deeply engaged in every category, every brand, and every product. They can’t be. The best metaphor...
by Jeff Slater | Sep 16, 2021 | Marketing Advice
We plant seeds to grow fruits, vegetables, and flowers. It takes time to place a plant or a seed deep in the ground. It needs to sprout roots. Special tools are needed. Patience is required as we allow the light to shine potential on our field. Marketing and farming...
