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Wait 'Til Next Year

caneruler wrote 1 week ago: Although more companies are collecting bills on time, a true strengthening of credit risk depends on … more →

Tags: COLLECTIONS, commerical collections, Collection Agency, bad debt, cash flow, CFO.com, CFO, collecting bills on time, Credit Risk

Brand Avoidance - or - stop that brand!

rringer wrote 2 weeks ago: Brand avoidance, motivations for anti-consumption, organizational disassociation, and freedom of ant … more →

Tags: narrative branding, Brand Marketing, Metaphors, Brand experience, reinvent marketing, global branding, brand avoidance

How do you increase public demand around climate change?1 comment

Emily Davila wrote 1 month ago: For me, the climate change debate is about communication. To increase supply of clean energy by chan … more →

Tags: climate change, climate crisis, DHL, Europe, Market research, Public Opinion

U.S. Q3 economic growth revised down, house prices up

ramanan50 wrote 1 month ago: Figures do not really make one cheerful. Apart from rise in unemployment, figures relating to invest … more →

Tags: Economy, US, Altavista, BBC, bloglines, buzz yahoo, Conspicuous Consumption, del.icio.us, Digg's

Anecdotal evidence of marketing coming back to life

rringer wrote 1 month ago: It seems that change is in the air. In my conversations over the past few weeks with marketers on bo … more →

Tags: Brand Marketing, advertising, reinvent marketing

The power of WOW: How to rock your customers' worlds

andreakates wrote 2 months ago: by Andrea Kates, Founder, Business Genome™ We’ve just finished celebrating National Customer Service … more →

Tags: Customer Impact, Leadership & Talent Development, Defining Your Secret Sauce, SMB DNA: Small/Medium Sized Company Entrepreneurism, Customer Satisfaction, Competitive advantage, Innovation, Small and Medium Sized Businesses

Howard Johnson as a character

rringer wrote 3 months ago: In my previous post I began to discuss the ways to consider your brand as if it were a person, a ful … more →

Tags: narrative branding, Brand Positioning, Brand Marketing, advertising, Brand experience, The Oranging of America, Howard Johnson's brand

Consumers Spending More Money

retailersguide wrote 4 months ago: The Consumer Confidence Index rose during the month of July meaning that consumers are beginning to … more →

Tags: Consumer confidence, Economic Crisis, housing, Auto Industry, consumer spending

China's Domestic Demand: What's the Hold Up?2 comments

prchovanec wrote 4 months ago: One of the most insightful and articulate commentators on China’s economy is my counterpart at … more →

Tags: China, Economy, Global economy, stimulus, consumption, Exports, Imports, domestic demand, Service sector

Umami, the fifth sense for business leaders: How to build a business based on what customers want but can't tell you

andreakates wrote 4 months ago: by Andrea Kates, Founder, Business Genome™ For years we believed we knew how to describe the basic c … more →

Tags: Capitalizing on Future Trends, Customer Impact, cross-industry insights, Customer Satisfaction, business growth, Strategy, Trends, Innovation, Future Planning

Free at last: How to navigate a business world where "free" is an option

andreakates wrote 5 months ago: by Andrea Kates, Founder, Business Genome™ Part One: Free Radicals A long time ago, Steal This Book … more →

Tags: Capitalizing on Future Trends, Defining Your Secret Sauce, cross-industry insights, Strategy, Economics, Analytics, Trends, brand value, Business Scenarios

A tale of two cities (aka why is one brand experience not like the other?)

rringer wrote 6 months ago: In the past 2 days I had 2 different retail experiences that I would like to share.  One of them is … more →

Tags: narrative branding, advertising, Brand experience, Circuit City branding, Duane Reade rebranding

Boomers Predict the Future

olcranky wrote 6 months ago: I am not a seer or prognosticator of note.  Heck, I hardly know what to expect this afternoon much l … more →

Tags: Economics, Government, Politics, Family, Business, Boomers, economic forecast, green cars, future economic growth

Ethical brand/products rising in demand

marvelousgirl wrote 6 months ago:  Corporation Institute (ECI) has found the current economic climate is having little effect on consu … more →

Tags: cadburys, Consumer Behavior, economic downturn, Environment, ethical brands, ethics, fairtrade, Products, Rainforest Alliance

What do tracking studies really track?1 comment

rringer wrote 7 months ago: There is a pandemic of brand tracking studies sweeping across the nation.  These studies are often g … more →

Tags: narrative branding, Brand Positioning, Market research, advertising, Metaphors

Beware surfers: cyberspace is filling up

greenfloyd wrote 7 months ago: (Pictured: Cyberspace) courtesy Village Voice Media Beware surfers: cyberspace is filling up The Sun … more →

Tags: India, YouTube, China, BBC, Computers, Cyberspace, John Harlow, internet users, CAPACITY

Can an ad agency recommend budget cuts to a client?

rringer wrote 8 months ago: The names of the not-so-innocent have been disguised in this post.  So if you recognize your company … more →

Tags: advertising, marketing budget cuts

What is a Chaotics?

rringer wrote 8 months ago: One of the wonderful things about Philip Kotler is that he never gets stuck in the past.  His openne … more →

Tags: Economy, Philip Kotler, Chaotics

Are all insights really insightful, part 2

rringer wrote 9 months ago: Some further thoughts on why companies often miss the best insights: Our friend Erich Joachimsthaler … more →

Tags: narrative branding, Market research, Metaphors


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