January 2, 2005

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Johnnie Moore

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A good post by Tom on dysfunctional relationships in marketing. He asks and answers:

OK. So if markets are relationships the question we have to ask is, “Can business relationships be something other than imbalanced, one-way, power-based, and pathetically needy? Can they be some or all of that stuff we talked about a couple of lines ago?” And, by the way, can the conversations that take place in those relationships please sound like something other than a freakin’ Ovaltine commercial? Please?
Of course they can. That’s what people want. Shit, they’ll even pay extra to get it.

Waterfalls and chaos

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.

Unhurried marketing

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.

Medinge Moments

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

The volatile chemistry of trust

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!

Customer-centricity: is it the answer?

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?

What brand are you?

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

New Abbey

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”)

Just Undo It?

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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

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Needy Love Marketing

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