by Jeff Slater | Dec 21, 2016 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing People
In 2003, two Australian mates, Travis Garone and Luke Slattery were having a quiet beer in a pub and started to comment on fashion trends. Where have all the mustaches gone, they wondered? Inspired by a friend’s mother who was doing a fundraiser for breast cancer,...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 14, 2016 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
There are hundreds of companies that sell scented candles for the home. But only one gives you a ring with each candle, and a chance to win a $5,000 diamond ring! Diamond Candle is one of those brilliantly simple marketing ideas that can teach you a powerful lesson....
by Jeff Slater | Dec 12, 2016 | Foodpreneurs, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Books, Marketing Start Ups
When a business or a marketing team is limited by resources or time, that is when they must use your superpowers. They must think inside the cupcake box. Constraints can help you find solutions because it more tightly and narrowly defines a problem and causes you to...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 7, 2016 | Foodpreneurs, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
I’m fascinated by business models that bring value to customers through unique marketing approaches. Thrive Market is an online retailer whose mission is to make healthy living easy for everybody. The founders looked at Costco’s club membership approach and Whole...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 18, 2016 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing People, Marketing Start Ups
When Andrea Sreshta and Anna Stork were challenged to come up with a product to help the Haitians immediately following the earthquake, a light bulb went off. Food, water, and shelter were the obvious areas that help was needed. But what about light? How could they...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 10, 2016 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
What are your customers doing right now? What are they paying attention to while you are trying to reach them? How will you be relevant to them so that they will listen to your message? Pay Attention to Attention The wisest marketers focus on opening relationships not...
