Posts Tagged ‘Brand’

A classmate and I were having a discussion about Darden’s culture and mission statement.  During our discussion he referred to the multiple logos and the apparent identity crisis Darden has in their book store, and then made the comment saying that is more of a branding issue than a cultural issue.  This got me thinking about [...]


My 3 year old daughter taught me that Orange = Home Depot.


I am heading up to NYC on Thursday this week to interview with WPP for the WPP MBA Fellowship.  I have been asking myself how I was selected for this amazing opportunity, so I decided to look at the application I submitted.  Once I read my submission I began to understand why I made the [...]


The marketing climate has been evolving at an extremely fast pace, many of the old marketing ideas and methods are on the verge of extinction.  Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist describes it in this Ogilvy interview. The key point is the difference between Advertising and Information Delivery.  Targeting your marketing efforts with [...]


Laser-like focus is great to execute your strategy, but don’t forget about the bigger picture and the changing environment.


“What’s your story?” would you have an answer?


The U.S. Brand

05May09

An uncharacteristically deep question came up during a lunch discussion the other day.  “Why is the U.S. on a large scale perceived so poorly by the rest of the World?” Several of us pontificated on the various perceived ‘evils’ of the U.S., but we eventually zeroed in to what I think is the biggest misstep [...]



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