Thoughts on Re-Branding Your Company

About three years ago, Tropicana changed the design of its orange juice cartons. Because of this, sales of Tropicana orange juice fell significantly. At this point, Tropicana decided after a period of a couple months to transition back to its old logo.

The uptake of that is this – consumers trust established


How to Win the Lottery (and Succeed in Online Advertising)

How to win the lottery, and succeed in online marketing

There is one absolutely certain, fool-proof method of winning the lottery, which I will reveal at the end of this article.

Mean time, let’s talk about advertising online.

To spend money on a conventional online advertisement campaign is to buy a set number of impressions, where x number of users will be exposed…


Elegance, Vacuums, and How to Generate Buzz

How to create a vaccum with social media

Manuel dos Reis Machado, known as Mestra Bimba, was a South American martial arts master. When he was in his 80s, he was challenged to a fight by a much younger fighter, a man in his 20s. So the story goes, the young man wanted to demonstrate his dexterity and mobility, and began…


How to Ask Without Asking: Community Creation in Social Media

Think about your top five reasons for making your most recent major purchase.

It is likely that at least one of these reasons will reflect a community-driven item of insight. Did your mechanic tell you how great a certain new car is? Did your IT person at work recommend a certain brand of…


40 Horses, a Bull, and One Button: Online Marketing Simplified

Around the year 1600, in Cambridge, England, there was a stable owner named Thomas Hobson. When a prospective customer arrived at his stable to rent a horse, he would not offer the customer his choice of the horses in the stable. Instead, the customer would be offered Hobson’s choice: the sole option of…