by Jeff Slater | Sep 9, 2018 | Advertising, Branding Issues, Interesting Brands
I’m inspired. And, I’m moved by the new Nike commercial feature Colin Kaepernick, LeBron, and Serena. I can’t recall watching a commercial that deeply touched me since the original Apple 1984 – Think Different campaign. But if you read the polls and the...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 25, 2017 | Advertising, Branding Issues, Marketing Advice
If you are marketing a product, service, brand or company in 2018, the following are tips that can help you succeed. These ideas come from years of marketing experiences from B2B and B2C marketing everything from brownies to business software. The following is...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 21, 2017 | Advertising, Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
Marketing plans shouldn’t be complicated. For most small to mid-sized businesses, marketing plans can be a page or two with a few essential pieces of information. A marketing plan is a road map telling you a little about where you are, where you are headed and how you...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 18, 2017 | Advertising, Branding Issues, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
When a client needed a way to market their new foam technology, I immediately thought of white board animation as the best way to explain something quickly that is complicated. The beauty of this storytelling approach through simple video animation is that it...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 2, 2017 | Advertising, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing People, Marketing Start Ups
While we are all busy snapping and posting photographs on Instagram, TouchNotes is a service that allows you to send postcards from your phone using that very same photo. The service has been around since 2008, but I just learned of it through an ad on TV and then by...
by Jeff Slater | Jul 21, 2017 | Advertising, Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
In a small office, a marketing manager had an idea. Why not use gas pumps as an advertising network? Put TV screens on each pump, turn up the volume and sell ad space. Think of all the loud, ten second TV ads companies would buy who sell goods at the gas station. It...
