Over at adpulp dburn chips in to the Lovemarks debate: Will the real Kevin Roberts please stand up. He’s not read the book yet, but challenges bloggers who don’t like it. In doing so, he sparks off a constructive discussion which I joined in.
Thanks to dburn for speaking up for Lovemarks in the blog debate. While we wait patiently for the author himself, or any of his 7000 faithful employees, to do so…
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
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
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?
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”)
Oh dear. Since last October I have managed to avoid posting in my Dr Rant category but today I am unwilling to hold back. According to the Daily Mirror, Barclays
Paul Goodison blogs this extract from a site on co-intelligence. Co-intelligence is the capacity to live well WITH each other and life, creatively using diversity and uniqueness, consciously evolving together
A New Zealand School ditches the safety rules for its playground and gets some pretty amazing results. The Principal comments: The kids were motivated, busy and engaged. In my experience,
Robert Benjamin – From The Horses Mouth: On The Nature Of Equine And Human Negotiations – has some interesting observations on how professionals treat clients who are in conflict. I resonate strongly with his thinking.
