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An exploration of brand and the stories generated by great brands


Does this brand make me look fat?
Buick did it with [tag]Tiger Woods[/tag]. [tag]Las Vegas[/tag] did it with families. Each tried to be something they're not. And nobody in the room stood up and said NO. In the past eight years, Buick's market share has dropped from 2.8 percent to 1 percent according to this IStockAnalyst.com ...
Brands don’t eliminate decisions
I'm hard core about maintaining brand standards - operational and visual. Consistent customer experience is what makes a brand a brand. If the experience keeps changing, the customer doesn't know what to think, there is no promise. The folks over at [tag]Usernomics[/tag], however, make a great point in this post ...
Music is powerful, if you get out of the way
It's been a while since the death of Earle Hagen, the writer and reported performer of the [tag]Andy Griffith Show[/tag] theme song (though his performance is in some dispute). The song - called "The Fishin' Hole" - is one of the most recognizable pieces of [tag]theme music[/tag] in the USA ...
Place branding: you CAN get there from here
In my last post, I said communities usually fall short in the execution stage of their "rebranding" efforts. After the [tag]logo and tagline[/tag] is put into place, they expect hordes of new residents, new businesses, new visitors to come running down main street...but nothing happens. I suggested it takes a ...
Place branding: you can’t get there from here
In the past year or so, I've been less and less attracted to the brand machinations of McDonalds and Starbucks and more fascinated by the stumblings of cities, counties and regions as they try to "brand" themselves. There are plenty of consultants in this market who, in my opinion, are ...