There’s any number of highbrow ways to kick this article off. Where to start? In going with a splendid example of a no-frills metaphor, I’m torn between: William...
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Tell a Better Brand Story by Embracing Your History
Unless you work in the candy industry, you probably didn’t know that M & M's only became a household name after selling their candy-coated chocolate exclusively to...
The Importance of Location in Brand Story
Here’s our elevator pitch—Star Trek on a pirate ship. Same cast. Same plotlines… but instead of the outer reaches of Deep Space Nine, everyone’s cruisin’ around the...
Everything Managers Need to Know about Analytics in 4 Steps
We're taught to look at analytics wrong. We think we need to be able to drink from a firehose and still make confident decisions about what to do with the analytics...
Using Brand Archetypes to Build a Consistent Personality
If you watch a popular movie or read a best-selling book with your brain turned off, you’ll probably get some déjà vu. Whether it’s following the hero’s journey, or...
Memorable Brands Have Personality
Not all brands have a personality, but the ones you remember do. Walking into a Mcdonald's is different from walking into a Chipotle. Sprouts feels different from...
Brand Identity: Fine-Tuning Your Frequency
Bold vision separates the active from the passive, the fine-tuned brand from the scattered brand. Had he not imagined sailing into the warm waters of a faraway port on...
3 Questions to Supercharge Your Analytics Team
Marketing can seem confusing. There are lots of numbers and nobody understands them all. Usually, the people who are most confused about relevance are those who bring...
3 Reasons to Avoid the Latest Marketing Fad
Fads are fun, but they wreck and confuse your marketing plan. As a B2B marketer, you probably don't want to take a stick of dynamite to your marketing plan and see what...
Brand Identity: What’s Your Frequency?
If you’re breaking ground with some new start-up in Austin, Texas, or in Silicon Valley, you’re in a place that eats, breathes, and sleeps disruption. If you’re a...
Keep Marketing Simple: Think Before You Market
"Smart" people make things complicated. Effective people start with a simple plan they can understand. And then they build on it. This is especially true in marketing,...
Nobody Trusts Copycats – Superficial B2B Branding
Why would you trust a copycat? Unless you’re looking for something cheap, shoddy, and just waiting to crumble, you probably wouldn’t buy something from one. The...
Chasing Trends and Superficial Branding
“The world needs you as you are.” Sure, you’ve heard it before. You’ve probably rolled your eyes. It’s hard not to hate that message when everyone from YouTube...