When you sit down to write an ad, you have a chance to tell a story. Who is the hero of the story? It’s not the advertiser. In his e-book How to Tell a Story, Donald Miller lays out a very effective structure for a marketing piece: A character [the hero] as a problem, then meets a […]
One answer to this question comes from a study conducted a few years ago by the Stanford University School of Medicine and Packard Children’s Hospital. According to AdAge.com, kids 3 to 5 years old were fed two sets of identical foods — some in McDonald’s wrappers and some wrapped in plain paper. They overwhelmingly preferred […]
Timing is a funny thing. The other day I read the Miles & Co What Are You Bragging About? blog post, in which Lynn Peisker finds a hotel chain’s chest-thumping less than compelling. Peisker asks this question: Does your messaging truly reflect your above-and-beyond-brand of Shareworthy Service, or are you promising what every customer simply expects? The very […]
How do you want your customers to describe you? Can you give them an easy, short phrase to remember? Re-reading Scott Ginsberg’s How To Be That Guy recently, I happened upon this gem: PICTURE THIS: you’re sitting in the CNN Green Room, ready to be interviewed about your cool new idea, company, or product. After giving the […]
Some reasons to ponder come courtesy of a Roy Williams’ Monday Morning Memo essay, from way back in 2008. Read the whole thing here. Every point he makes is still valid today. Here are a couple: 2. reputation. Consider the people who don’t buy from you. Are they buying elsewhere because they haven’t heard about your company, […]
