by Jeff Slater | Jun 1, 2015 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
A commodity brand is interchangeable and no one wants to remark about it. It has no reason for people to share the story of what you offer. If you went away, no one would miss you or your work. Commodity brands swim in an ocean of sameness? Have you asked yourself why...
by Jeff Slater | May 29, 2015 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing People, Personal Stories
Brands are in a fight for attention. They need to go beyond collecting reams of data to understand how a consumer engages with a product or service. Big data doesn’t trump emotions and values. You can’t just talk about features of your product anymore. At the...
by Jeff Slater | May 18, 2015 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
In two separate conversations this past week, I was asked for advice about product names by two food companies. Both businesses are either new or in turn around mode, and are thinking how the right brand name can be a part an effective part of their marketing...
by Jeff Slater | May 11, 2015 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
“Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed, a poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed, and then one day he was shooting at a squirrel, and up from the ground came a bubbling oil.” I remember my family sitting around the TV in the 1960’s watching The...
by Jeff Slater | May 8, 2015 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
I’m surprised at how hard people struggle to market their products. My observation is that they are trying to make people want something they don’t need. That is so difficult. Think of me trying to sell you stuff you hate or have no interest in – I can annoy the...
by Jeff Slater | Apr 29, 2015 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
Does your product market itself? Does it carry within something that a customer wants to share with her friends? Do you understand how you got your first sale and what story someone believed about your product? If not, you may to to rethink what story you want your...
