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Tendency to tinker your marketing business plan often too tempting

Sometimes the right thing to do is to do nothing, and that takes discipline. In marketing, as in investing, sometimes the right thing to do is to do nothing. But the tendency to tinker with your marketing business plan is often too tempting. Doing nothing is a decision.

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Brand extension can help growth, but keep your focus

Companies must know the difference between line extension and a brand extension . . . and when to go each route. Apple CEO Tim Cook learned a gem of a lesson from the legendary Steve Jobs. “I learned that focus is key.

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What we can learn from Xerox and brand failures

Company failed (and failed again) when it strayed from its established core position. The basic positioning principle applies regardless of the size of your business or whether you sell to consumers or other businesses.

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Creative Thinking in Marketing: Reaching brains through sweaty palms

‘Creatives’ conjure the words, pictures and sounds that drive advertising messages into our minds. Creative thinking in marketing is what helps drive results. Creative.

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More than Dentistry, 'Dr. Mike' Keeps Stark County Smiling

Stark County's "Hardest Working Man in Dentistry" goes above and beyond to treat staff right and make a real difference in the community. A quote on display inside the office of Mike Thomas, DDS says it all. "Even the smallest act of kindness can be contagious. Spread kindness today.

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Starbucks: Instant Bad Karma

Starbucks Devalues Its Brand - To Go!

Starbucks has become a target over the last year or so with both Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's repositioning the coffeehouse chain to set up their own competitive positions.

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Best marketers benefit by applying marketing laws in their work

Wouldn’t it be great if there were truly immutable marketing laws to help us with marketing our products and services?

There are laws in nature. There are laws in science.

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Want to be like Buffet and Socrates? Read!

No less an authority than Warren Buffett believes reading is essential to business success. A Columbia University student asked Buffett what he could do to prepare for his career. Buffett thought for a few seconds and then said, “Read 500 pages a week. That’s how knowledge works.

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Good Things Happen with Right Positioning Strategy

Great creative may touch a nerve, bring a tear or generate laughter, but it is doomed to fail as effective advertising if it is not built on a solid positioning strategy. Throughout the history of advertising, creative minds have toiled to make products popular and services desirable.

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Repositioning with Crisis Communication

Click here to play video. "Repositioning" in a Time of Competition, Crisis Communication, and Change

On April 29, nearly five hundred business and marketing executives gathered at the John S.

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