A while back we talked about what your customer thinks about all the time. You can click here to revisit that article if you like but the simple thing your customer thinks about constantly is the future. Perhaps not surprisingly, that relates very closely to what your customer ultimately, REALLY wants – A BETTER future! […]
Ever wonder what psychology goes into choosing a color scheme for a logo or overall look for a brand? Here’s a link to a short but remarkably detailed discussion on that very subject. Good stuff, well packaged, and worth knowing. Of course, there are also plenty of examples of how completely ignoring convention and doing […]
According to Warren Littlefield, former president of NBC TV and the author of Top of the Rock, the show that followed the antics of six twenty-somethings as they navigated the waters of post-college life was originally called “Six of One” rather than name that is now enshrined in television history and pop culture, which is […]
Google has an interesting guiding principle. They believe that everything – every product, every process – is constantly in beta. This helps them avoid the all-too-common “paralysis by analysis” that often derails businesses of all sizes. It lets them get products into the hands of customers so those customers can begin enjoying the benefits of […]
You’d think because my profession is marketing that the Super Bowl would be my favorite time of the year. That’s not exactly the case. While it is always interesting to see how these organizations develop huge productions that do indeed grab the eye, may entertain, and may have us buzzing about some of them around […]
Oklahoma City Jeweler, BC Clark, used the same jingle for their Christmas promotion year after year. Then a few years ago, they got to thinking that maybe the market was tired of this jingle, because they were getting tired of it, so they decided to change it. They quickly learned it was a big mistake […]
Often new products fail because there is no perceived need for them. That is, they don’t solve a real consumer problem. What is it that makes a problem “real?” For that answer, like all marketing/business/strategy answers, we have to ask the ultimate expert in our business, THE CUSTOMER! Whatever “real problems” we think our product […]
Ever wonder why you see so many commercials that make you wince and say, “Why would they put something like that on the air?” The short answer is RESOURCES. The two key resources are time and money, and rarely does any organization, large or small, have enough of either these days. If they ever did. […]
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