Jenny Desmond and I talk about how to create one people actually remember—and maybe even repeat to their friends over mojitos in Havana.
Sticky beats clever. Clear beats cute.
#coverbrand #BrandScience #BrandStrategy
Jenny Desmond and I talk about how to create one people actually remember—and maybe even repeat to their friends over mojitos in Havana.
Sticky beats clever. Clear beats cute.
#coverbrand #BrandScience #BrandStrategy
This week on Cover Brand, I chat with Laura Diral about how to make serious B2B brands 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆—not just “relevant.”
Turns out, salience beats logic every time.
🎧 Listen anywhere you pod.
#CoverBrand #BrandScience #Marketing #B2BBranding
This week on Cover Brand, I chat with Laura Diral about how to make serious B2B brands 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆—not just “relevant.”
Turns out, salience beats logic every time.
🎧 Listen anywhere you pod.
#CoverBrand #BrandScience #Marketing #B2BBranding
Like, when you hire a proper group to do a proper audit on your proper company, what issues turn up over & over?
Like, when you hire a proper group to do a proper audit on your proper company, what issues turn up over & over?
This episode of Cover Brand, I talk with Evante Daniels about how neuroscience, physics, and culture collide to shape what trends (and what tanks).
Forget messaging. Start with the nervous system.
🎧 Listen anywhere you pod. #CoverBrand
This episode of Cover Brand, I talk with Evante Daniels about how neuroscience, physics, and culture collide to shape what trends (and what tanks).
Forget messaging. Start with the nervous system.
🎧 Listen anywhere you pod. #CoverBrand
- not George Santayana
(It's one of the reasons I love Paul Feldwick's work so much.)
- not George Santayana
(It's one of the reasons I love Paul Feldwick's work so much.)
Fines for fraudulent ads would be $1Bn
Revenue is $16Bn
There's no way in hell Meta wants to stop fraudulent ads, deepfakes, etc.
(Unless they were about Zuck or his family. Of course.)
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Fines for fraudulent ads would be $1Bn
Revenue is $16Bn
There's no way in hell Meta wants to stop fraudulent ads, deepfakes, etc.
(Unless they were about Zuck or his family. Of course.)
vist.ly/4hgsn
It’s easy to end up with turds in your data. Too easy. Waaaay too easy.
So what can you do to avoid crappy marketing data?
You can start by asking six very powerful, simple questions about the numbers you’re looking at.
It’s easy to end up with turds in your data. Too easy. Waaaay too easy.
So what can you do to avoid crappy marketing data?
You can start by asking six very powerful, simple questions about the numbers you’re looking at.
I chatted with Amy Biondo about marketing what people feel, not what they buy—aka, vibe marketing.
Turns out, the best brands sell an occasion, not a product.
Listen anywhere you pod.
#BrandScience #CoverBrand
I chatted with Amy Biondo about marketing what people feel, not what they buy—aka, vibe marketing.
Turns out, the best brands sell an occasion, not a product.
Listen anywhere you pod.
#BrandScience #CoverBrand
If you have 3 variables you can measure to 5 decimal places, and one turd, then your whole model is as good as turd.
But 💩 X 74.2849 + 4.561 / e^3.746 still = 💩
If you have 3 variables you can measure to 5 decimal places, and one turd, then your whole model is as good as turd.
But 💩 X 74.2849 + 4.561 / e^3.746 still = 💩
If you don't know of the CAH Black Friday Stunts, start now!
Stunts for the first few years were massively successful — huge spikes in search, buzz, and sales. By 2015 the little startup rivaled Monopoly.
My fave: vist.ly/4gczh
If you don't know of the CAH Black Friday Stunts, start now!
Stunts for the first few years were massively successful — huge spikes in search, buzz, and sales. By 2015 the little startup rivaled Monopoly.
My fave: vist.ly/4gczh
You know the funnel: awareness, consideration, purchase. It's a classic.
Give the new funnel a spin. It might re-tune your intuition about where to focus, what to do there, and how to measure success.
You know the funnel: awareness, consideration, purchase. It's a classic.
Give the new funnel a spin. It might re-tune your intuition about where to focus, what to do there, and how to measure success.
This week on Cover Brand, I talk with Michele Blazier and Arissa Kirkland from Bishop Fox about when brands should drop the polish and show some personality.
Turns out, a little chaos can be good for business.
🎧 Listen anywhere you pod. #BrandScience #Authenticity
This week on Cover Brand, I talk with Michele Blazier and Arissa Kirkland from Bishop Fox about when brands should drop the polish and show some personality.
Turns out, a little chaos can be good for business.
🎧 Listen anywhere you pod. #BrandScience #Authenticity
and not a thought to think.
We're awash in data and still thirsty for insight.
We're drowning in data and still can't connect cause & effect.
We're swimming in data and still can't craft a successful strategy.
Maybe it's not more data that we need.
and not a thought to think.
We're awash in data and still thirsty for insight.
We're drowning in data and still can't connect cause & effect.
We're swimming in data and still can't craft a successful strategy.
Maybe it's not more data that we need.
What could go wrong?
This week on Cover Brand Covers On Brand, Laura & I talk Therabody, creative chaos, & how brands can stand out without losing their cool.
🎧 Cover Brand Covers On Brand - wherever you pod.
#OnBrand #TeamRyan #TeamBianca
What could go wrong?
This week on Cover Brand Covers On Brand, Laura & I talk Therabody, creative chaos, & how brands can stand out without losing their cool.
🎧 Cover Brand Covers On Brand - wherever you pod.
#OnBrand #TeamRyan #TeamBianca
F’rinstance, does a rapidly-changing, relatively-young category still adhere to the "laws of brand physics?"
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F’rinstance, does a rapidly-changing, relatively-young category still adhere to the "laws of brand physics?"
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Learn about the psychology of data obsession, & why persuading with playfulness works better than pummeling with numbers.
Listen everywhere you pod. #CoverBrand
Learn about the psychology of data obsession, & why persuading with playfulness works better than pummeling with numbers.
Listen everywhere you pod. #CoverBrand
Plenty of evidence to refute this oft-said pablum.
And it's not so simple, either: is Cable "TV"? Is YouTube? Lots of people watch it on their home TVs, not just their phones.
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Plenty of evidence to refute this oft-said pablum.
And it's not so simple, either: is Cable "TV"? Is YouTube? Lots of people watch it on their home TVs, not just their phones.
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This week on Cover Brand Covers "On Brand with Jimmy Fallon", Laura Dodds and I break down the KitchenAid episode.
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This week on Cover Brand Covers "On Brand with Jimmy Fallon", Laura Dodds and I break down the KitchenAid episode.
vist.ly/4efyi
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🔸 Tons of 'em.
🔸 Each have their own specific audience.
🔸 Mostly gotta work with 'em 1 by 1, tho there is increasingly consolidation.
🔸 And what they really get you is high-quality REACH.
🔸 Tons of 'em.
🔸 Each have their own specific audience.
🔸 Mostly gotta work with 'em 1 by 1, tho there is increasingly consolidation.
🔸 And what they really get you is high-quality REACH.
Yeah—same.
On Cover Brand, I talk with Joel Grabois of Blue Onion Media about Sweet Stack, a media brand that proves even tech needs syrupy simplicity.
AI’s a feature. Clarity’s the benefit.
Listen everywhere you pod. #CoverBrand
Yeah—same.
On Cover Brand, I talk with Joel Grabois of Blue Onion Media about Sweet Stack, a media brand that proves even tech needs syrupy simplicity.
AI’s a feature. Clarity’s the benefit.
Listen everywhere you pod. #CoverBrand
Lots of headlines about how shocking it is that Virginia — which is soooo red — elected a blue governor from "just" the urban centers.
Well duh: that's where all the people are.
Lots of headlines about how shocking it is that Virginia — which is soooo red — elected a blue governor from "just" the urban centers.
Well duh: that's where all the people are.
This week on Cover Brand Covers On Brand, Laura and I talk Doughboy, nostalgia, and how to make brand characters feel human (without losing the frosting).
🎧 Cover Brand Covers On Brand
#CoverBrand #OnBrand #TeamPyper #TeamBianca
This week on Cover Brand Covers On Brand, Laura and I talk Doughboy, nostalgia, and how to make brand characters feel human (without losing the frosting).
🎧 Cover Brand Covers On Brand
#CoverBrand #OnBrand #TeamPyper #TeamBianca
I won't name names, but they're always the brands that ara left in the bowl, or uneaten, or taken in to the office.
One interesting reason people keep buying & handing out candy that few people want: the ABILENE PARADOX.
I won't name names, but they're always the brands that ara left in the bowl, or uneaten, or taken in to the office.
One interesting reason people keep buying & handing out candy that few people want: the ABILENE PARADOX.
Spoiler: it’s not.
In this week’s Cover Brand, I talk with Julianna Strickland of Space Camp Organizing about the myth of saturation, charging what you’re worth, and why math beats panic every time.
#CoverBrand #brandscience #branding
Spoiler: it’s not.
In this week’s Cover Brand, I talk with Julianna Strickland of Space Camp Organizing about the myth of saturation, charging what you’re worth, and why math beats panic every time.
#CoverBrand #brandscience #branding