by Jeff Slater | Sep 18, 2017 | Branding Issues, Interesting Brands, Marketing People
So many companies come and go. They spend millions on marketing to no avail. They get lost trying to grow faster and faster, forgetting why they even started. There is no substitute for sound marketing. They make promises they can’t keep, and they wonder why their...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 30, 2017 | Branding Issues, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing People
When a sock startup thought about expanding its reach, it followed the path to find an influencer with a following on Instagram. Iva Pawling and Tim Morse, friends and co-founders found after spending $2,000 that they could have used that money differently with...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 23, 2017 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice, Marketing People
GUEST POST BY PAUL MABRAY This month was a bit of a mess. Despite having an active lifestyle (running, home gym time, etc.) I became incredibly sick with a bout of diverticulitis. First, worst diet plan ever (9.5 lbs in 12 days). Second, eat more fiber. Third, it...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 11, 2017 | Branding Issues, Interesting Brands, Marketing People
When two former Warby Parker employees left to start their own company, they both had travel nightmare stories that guided their business idea. The luggage they used for travel didn’t meet their needs, fit their lifestyle or do what they wanted it to do and it was way...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 9, 2017 | Branding Issues, Foodpreneurs, Interesting Brands, Marketing People
Tina Sharkey and Ido Leffler don’t like to pay the brand tax. According to these two serial entrepreneurs: BrandTax™ is the hidden costs you pay for a national brand. We’ve been trained to believe these costs increase quality, but they rarely do. We estimate the...
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...
