Strategic Brand Consultancy
Look around you. They are everywhere: The over-worked. The under-appreciated. The under-valued. The lost ones. The professional zombies. Today's professionals are not happy at work, and I think our thirst for meaning is at the core of the problem. Follow your bliss and doors will open where you would not have thought there would be …
There are some brands that I find so successful. I call them magnetic. One of those brands is Maui Jim, the sunglass company. The brand is best known for its high quality, reasonably priced and fashionable polarized sunglasses. I bought my first Maui Jim sunglass in 2008. Since then, I bought two more. As rational …
I love working with a brand named after its founder because they make my life much easy. The majority of brands still communicate merely what they’ve got (their products, their services, or their features.) Only a small number of brands communicate their “promise”, which is definitely a better marketing strategy. A promise is the universally-accepted …
Here is a universally accepted definition: a brand as a promise. However, for a marketer to focus solely on the promise is not enough. Here is why… We previously talked about how obsessed Millennials are with making a real difference. Fortunately for the world, and unfortunately for brand managers who got caught off guard, this is a new …