Marketing execs are in a fix. On the one hand, there is stark evidence that a powerful brand has enormous influence over purchasing behavior and customer satisfaction. On the other, rebrands are almost always a total waste of money, not to mention highly embarrassing and public when they fail. (You can predict the likely degree […]
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People are fascinated by car wrecks. The more awful, the more we feel compelled to look. The same is true in marketing. Somehow, everyone loves to cringe and comment when a company has some kind of public meltdown. And like with most car wrecks, the average observer will get a lot of the facts just […]
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A week ago the Tough Mudder team brought their unique brand of muddy fun and obstacle course racing to the Seattle area. Founded in 2010, Tough Mudder Inc. has zoomed to $75 million in revenue in just 4 years with over 60 events held per year worldwide. With growth like that, it’s worth taking a peek at what’s working […]
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This week, I tried out out the new blog posting functionality on Linked In. It’s pretty neat! I’ll come back in a a few months and let you know the business results of regularly posting there, but in the meantime, here’s a recap of what I covered in that post: I’ve noticed that plenty of […]
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By now you may have already seen or heard of this epic video made by 25 year old Marina Shifrin quitting her job. In case you missed the memo, it already has over 5 million views on YouTube and is all over the internet. Here is Marina, showing us that she truly knows how to […]
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