’Tis the season – *groan* – for junk mail, needless promotional ads, spammy inboxes, and more! As consumers, the Holidays are a whirlwind of “too good to be true” offers and “hurry before it’s too late” pitches. With that and the absolute inundation of digital media with
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Direct mail marketing programs are not dead. They should be an integral part of your Direct Marketing Strategy. Contrary to every social media super star’s testimony to the contrary, when you use “Snail Mail” to send something of value to a customer or a prospect, it’s going
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Sometimes I get so laser-focused on the “day-to-day” that I forget the joy in what I do. Outside graphic design, outside web development and maintenance, outside content writing, outside video, outside all of the “tasks,” I love (pronounced “luuuuuuuv”) strategy. As Marie Kondo says, “It sparks Joy.”
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What is your brand doing to maintain relevance to its audience? If your / your company’s brand is dependent on continued exposure in a specific market, what are the steps you’re taking to maintain that contact and staying “top-of-mind?” Back in “the day” it was a combination
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We had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with the members of the Iowa Society of Association Executives (ISAE) this week, discussing branding and building a stronger association community through our TRUE Branding process. The afternoon breakout session covered the concepts of brand and branding as it
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Walking from a restaurant this afternoon, I ran into an old schoolmate (loosely put). I hadn’t seen her for almost 20 years and barely recognized her; but she yelled out my name like I’d forgotten to pay back some lunch money in 1986. “Andy Clark!” Yes, I
FEED ME MORE! >> →… Or Are You Just Glad To Be Seen? Brand extensions, they’re like bad hair weaves on The Flavor of Love – (usually) obvious and irritatingly pointless. You know ’em – everything from the innocuously sponsored video games and branded energy drinks; to the (extremely) disturbing, outer
FEED ME MORE! >> →Morsels making brand history: On this day, in 1912 was the first time Rueckheim Bros. & H.G. Eckstein, owners of Cracker Jack decided to put a surprise in every box of their nutty, caramel popcorn concoction. Until that time, the snack candy company was finding difficulty positioning
FEED ME MORE! >> →There’s a question I like to ask of myself (and others) on a regular basis: “Is there more to the story?” It’s never given to me immediately, but through focused observation, reading, research, discovery, and a few more questions; the answer about knocks me out of my
FEED ME MORE! >> →(Here’s a little insight on The Brand Chef’s personal brand) In person, I thank people profusely – almost annoyingly, for the littlest things (that extra roll on my tray at Panera – thank you). But in my blog, through Twitter, and FriendFeed, I tend to talk too
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