Sometimes the conventional wisdom — no matter how fervently believed or widely accepted — deserves to be reconsidered in a new light. There is no shortage of perspectives on brand strategy, but when all the pundits agree, it’s time for a second opinion.
What does Showtime’s hit TV series, Weeds, possibly have in common with the business of online design and brand marketing? Let’s start with a song. Malvina Reynolds drove through the suburbs of 1960’s Daly City, California and saw rows upon rows of identical tract houses. Struck by the lack of visual distinction among houses and […]
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CVS Caremark, the owner of CVS pharmacies, has just changed its name, and while only one word has changed we think it could signal a profound transformation for the business. The new name is…wait for it…CVS Health.Fifty Shades Darker 2017 film downlod replaces Here’s why we think this subtle one-word change is something big: […]
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If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past few weeks, then you’ve likely witnessed the undeniable momentum and reach of the ice bucket challenge via your social media network. Benefiting ALS, the challenge calls on participants to dump ice water over their heads, call on others to do the same and donate […]
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Remember that DHL ad making the rounds a few weeks ago? It went viral instantly, and getting your competitors to advertise for you is inarguably awesome. Sadly, the piece was quickly revealed as a fake. But that’s not what was wrong with it – the problem with the ‘ad’ was its strategy. The spot’s message […]
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Catalyzing C-Suite Performance and Collaboration Business performance is driven by the performance of business leaders, and BrandCulture helps executive teams and individuals reach their full potential. Working in partnership with Decision Dynamics, a leadership consultancy with decades of experience advising enterprise clients all over the globe, BrandCulture’s leadership assessment and development services help executives create […]
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Content Marketing Starts with Great Content. Here’s How to Create It Identifying prospective customers, capturing their attention, fending off competitors and closing sales is difficult work. Smart companies everywhere are turning to content marketing to help them drive, nurture and convert leads more effectively. Also known as inbound marketing, it’s based on the premise that, […]
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 24 hours, you know that Conan is now on LinkedIn. And if you’re a practitioner or a student of marketing, you can see that an amazing natural experiment in branding just got started. Up until now, LinkedIn has been a serious business brand, catering to […]
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As the pace of business continues to accelerate, having the right marketing leader in place—one who understands how to leverage the strategic potential of the new tactics at their disposal—confers distinct advantages. The advent of new technologies and techniques for generating, tracking, nurturing and closing leads has precipitated dramatic changes across all global marketing functions. […]
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No corporate web presence would be complete without a section devoted to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The world, of course, has no shortage of challenges. Happily, there are corporate eleemosynary outlets of almost infinite variety ranging from the currently fashionable like sustainability to the consistently intractable like disease and poverty. Often CSR simply involves giving […]
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Yes, this is really an actual quote from the Pepsi press release about their first bottle redesign in 16 years. “The etched, grip-able bottom allows consumers to have a more stimulating, tactile interaction with the bottle itself.” And yes, we were tempted to end this post there and let Pepsi speak for itself. But soldier on we […]
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