As recently as a few months ago, if you had introduced yourself as being from Lehman Brothers, you would have been wrapped in the mantle of one of the most storied financial brands in the world. The brand’s halo would have automatically bestowed upon you attributes of investment savvy, Wall Street pedigree and no shortage …
I recently asked my linkedIn connections to prognosticate about the future of social marketing. Most of those who responded defined “social marketing” in terms of the act of using a social network (e.g., like facebook) to persuade others, rather than the more traditional definition of seeking to affect social change for the greater good. Interestingly, …
Brands live in a dynamic, ever-changing environment. Many variables affect the well-being of a brand, including trends, economic cycles, new competitors, changing tastes, lack of innovation, just to mention a few. Brand health needs to be monitored and maintained. But how can you tell whether your brand is deteriorating? A 2007 survey of brand marketers …
The vast herd of investors knows they should buy low and sell high, but end up doing the opposite: putting their money in stocks or funds that are already doing well and then delaying when they get out of a falling investment because of the wishful thinking that “it will go up again”. Sophisticated investors, …
I’ve now heard several people say how McDonalds is “eating into” (hey, it’s not my pun!) the Starbucks brand with its specialty coffee drinks. Actually, I think the opposite happened. Starbucks tried to become more like McDonalds by being on every corner (some even with drive-thrus) and by offering everything short of burgers, but including …
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