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""Great advertising is hard. Surround yourself with thinkers, dreamers and doers. When the right strategic idea (position) strikes the right creative, it's electric. It has the power to transform human behavior. Unless your advertising is built on this big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night.""
Focus key to our Stark County economy
Whether local leaders who are mustering up an initiative to reverse our community’s economy will succeed depends largely on the resources at their disposal, the degree to which true collaboration...
Businesses, markets ride pendulum of brand change
Americans elected Barack Obama, then eight years later elected Donald Trump. The pendulum swung and, by virtue of the differences between Obama and Trump, it is reasonable to deduce that...
Business Strategy: After finding your ‘why,’ it’s time to execute
Vision without execution is hallucination.
Company Focus: Know your ‘why’ to focus on ‘where’ and ‘how’
In last week’s column, we discussed the importance of finding your “why” — the reason your company does what it does beyond making money. It’s wrapped around a higher purpose.
Company Mission: Why does your company do what it does?
Why do we pay $1,000 for an iPhone X? Why do we pay $5 for a cup of coffee?
Think like a start-up when developing your company mission
Early and often over the history of this column our counsel has been about the importance of strategy in marketing our products and services and in the company mission.
Supporting Local Business: Think outside ‘big box’
According to a recent report, Stark County’s population will continue to decrease, get older and have fewer dollars if our community stays on its current trajectory.
Super Bowl Advertising Effectiveness: winners and losers
Silly and sentimental. Advertisers play it safe this year.
Super Bowl Advertising: Will advertisers ‘show me the new’ in Super Bowl LII?
In Super Bowl advertising, it might be the year of the familiar — familiar advertisers, familiar celebrities, familiar teasers, familiar promotional stunts and humor.
Niche Differentiation Strategy: Mine riches in niches
Charlie Munger knows a bit about making money.
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We've crossed the 'creepy' line February 20, 2019
Have Google and Facebook crossed the creepy line?Former Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt once said, "There's what I call the creepy line, and the Google policy about a lot of these things is to get right up to the cr...
Seasoned Super Bowl advertisers win on defense February 05, 2019
The Patriots, keepers of the Empire, struck back Sunday, marking the sixth win for the oldest coach and oldest quarterback ever to win a Super Bowl. The game was eked out in slow, lethargic doses with only a few flashes ...
Effective email marketing requires planning January 24, 2019
Effective email marketing campaigns planned and delivered to a targeted audience at the right time can provide the highest return on investment of any digital marketing channel — by twice, if not more.It’s no wonder. At ...
Old theory still explains a lot about business today January 09, 2019
Psychologist Abraham Maslow in 1943 introduced a concept that today can help guide how we run and promote our businesses to achieve greater success. It's still relevant in advertising psychology today.You might remember ...
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