by Jeff Slater | Sep 19, 2016 | Branding Issues, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Books
When a food client of mine was creating a new website, they asked me to look at their wireframes and preliminary concepts. I told them I could sum up what I thought in one word. BORING! Why was it boring? It was formulaic and blended into dozens of other sites in the...
by Jeff Slater | Jun 1, 2016 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Books, Marketing People
Brands that have a purpose meaning and value rarely endure by doing nothing. For just ten years, from 1985-1995, Bill Watterson illustrated an imaginative world that captivated my daughters and me. There was genius in every panel. We laughed. We cried. We loved being...
by Jeff Slater | Apr 6, 2016 | Marketing Books
I’m reading an excellent book called A Beautiful Constraint recommended to me by my friend Reka. Written by Adam Morgan and Mark Barden, this is a book for you if you feel the weight of constraints holding you back. A Beautiful Constraint: How to Transform Your...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 27, 2015 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Books, Marketing Start Ups
Food and beverage products have a wonderful chance to deliver a little surprise. When I recently opened up a dozen eggs from Whole Foods, the organic, Vital Farms free-range eggs came with a tiny, little newsletter. It was from the chickens who laid the eggs and told...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 11, 2015 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Books
Business models can sometimes be applied from one industry to another with great success. We typically think of places like golf courses or health clubs as having memberships, but what happens when a retailer does this? Stores like R.E.I. and Costco both offer...
by Jeff Slater | Oct 28, 2015 | Marketing Books, Marketing People
I first learned about Bernadette Jiwa’s work from Seth Godin. He referenced her TedX Perth speech in a blog post a few years ago when she spoke about The Secret to Spreading Ideas. I have been captivated by her writing and ideas since that first encounter....
