One of the things I like about working with James is that he writes really clear articles for people trying to figure out what some of us blogging types are so excited about when it comes to new ways of marketing. His latest is a good example.
Not so much a nutshell James, more like a nice box of chocolate brazils.
I linked to this paper on wicked problems the other day and Chris Corrigan commented “there’s a lot in that paper eh?”. Which is true.
I’m experimenting with marketing less and listening more
Passion brands bring people together based on common interests and excitements. I’m particularly interested in ones created from the bottom up, as opposed to driven by producers concerned mainly with profit.
Just back from another extraordinary gathering at Medinge where the community that has produced Beyond Branding meets each summer. I was planning to keep this
Interesting research from Stanford suggests that exciting brands get more trusted after making mistakes and putting them right whilst more “sincere” brands start with more trust but lose it more easily. Perhaps the sensible interpretation is that second-guessing customers can be a waste of time!
Michael Hammer’s new book, The Agenda, is about the rise of customer power. But is customer-centricity really such a good model for business and society?
Thanks to Matt Tucker at Smith Associates for telling me about What Brand Are You. It strikes me that lots of companies waste money on
The AntiBrand: blackSpot sneakers, a project by Adbusters attacks Nike directly. In doing so they take on what has become one of the great icons
We live in a world of too much marketing and too much branding. People’s faith in advertising has fallen to new lows as we simply
So the Abbey National is rebranding itself this morning. As I write this entry, they are revealing their new look, their shortened name (just “Abbey”)
I found some interesting articles in the latest online edition of Greater Good. This one is all about power. Dacher Keltner challenges the Machiavelli notion of power in organisations with
Harold Jarche reflects on Jaron Lanier’s prediction that The people who are perhaps the most screwed by open culture are the middle classes of intellectual and cultural creation. The freelance
I agree with Andrew Sullivan’s analysis: America has exchanged some if its basic freedoms for the patina of phony security – and so easily… We have terrible enemies abroad seeking
I’ve just returned from running an open space event in Rome with my friends at Policy Unplugged. It was great and – as ever – I continue to learn about
