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Word of Mouth
  When a customer complains about your product, service, guarantee, or Web site, it's not always because the quality was lousy. It may have been because... more
 

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Webogram Power
  We've all done it. We've entered a store planning to purchase a single item -- a set of bags for the vacuum cleaner or perhaps some tomato paste. Then,... more
 

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Turn Customers Into Marketers
  P2P marketing is hardly a new phenomenon, however it is a phenomena that is about to be leveraged to unprecedented heights using our next generation of... more
 

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Three Step Brand Check Up
  Sorry, but this is for your own good. Open wide. Say, "Uniqueness, consistency, consumer focus." Well, say what you like, so long as you use your brand's... more
 

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Tell The Truth
  Some years a go a British real-estate chain decided to go the totally reverse way when selling houses and apartments. We all know the usual real-estate... more
 

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ROI Branding
  The days where branding was all about big budgets and doubtful return on investments is long gone. Even though the big brand image campaign still might... more
 

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Over Deliver
  For most manufacturers this initially would sound like a nightmare – but is it?


Recently I checked into The Peninsula Hotel in Chicago. Knowing... more
 

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How to Rip Out the Competition in One Go
  Some years ago, an Australian takeout pizza place used the Internet in an attempt to boost sales. Traffic was slow. Hardly anyone visited the site. The... more
 

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Emotional Ties
  A couple days ago, I was in a Scandinavian airplane on my way to Los Angeles. Ignoring the airline food, I noticed a cute little branding experiment on... more
 

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Creative Thinking is Required
  Some years ago, an Australian takeout pizza place used an untraditional channel in an attempt to boost sales. Traffic was slow. Hardly anyone visited the... more
 

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Country Branding
  While the whole world was celebrating New Years Eve one country had another point on the agenda – to leverage those pressures seconds after the clock... more
 

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Brand Survival
  As the international financial downturn continues, so does the test of branding.


I’m sure you’d agree with me that the easiest strategy for... more
 

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Brand Alliances Put to the Test
  I'll bet that, more than once in your career, you've pondered the risk of teaming up with some other brand in a co-branding deal. The deal probably looked... more
 

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Branding Your E-Mails, Part 2: Find Brand Loyalty Close to Home
  How do you achieve effective, branded e-letters? Well, last week I introduced the idea of branded e-mail, and I'll explore the topic further this time,... more
 


A Personal Recipe for Branding Success
  Some time ago, I checked into a hotel in Hong Kong. The receptionist handed me a bunch of business cards. They weren't the hotel's business cards but my... more