by Minter Dial | Jul 5, 2011 | Branding
The overlap in multi-channel communicationsThe options and tools for communication abound and the messages are splintering. Your message is not being heard enough. Sound familiar? In the maelstrom of figuring out the right marketing strategy in...
by Minter Dial | Feb 22, 2011 | Branding
Here is quite a thought provoking ad, co-produced by Chevron with IBM (“we agree”). A couple of thoughts: How exactly do technology companies think? If it is the Google Beta Myndset, then ok! Microsoft or NCR? Hum! Should it be THINK or ACT [differently]?...
by Minter Dial | Jan 24, 2011 | Branding, Social Media
Branding gets personal inside and out When companies have been “brought up” to be high performing and distinctly professional in their approach, there is a real risk for them going forward if they do not loosen up their “settings” to be more personal. Not only does...
by Minter Dial | Jan 22, 2011 | Branding, Social Media
Looking for the business lessons in Google doodles (the freedom to play with its logo on its home page) is a little like trying to learn from Apple’s miracle marketing. There is a uniqueness and freshness that is contagious in Google’s changing logo. Along...
by Minter Dial | Dec 5, 2010 | Branding
How to customize marketing efforts without violating personal data? With all the news about the “close quarter” searching in the United States at airport security checkpoints, one might be excused for thinking that airlines are getting a bit too close for...
by Minter Dial | Oct 23, 2010 | Branding, Marketing
Transforming your brand into a winning, learning organization This white paper, “The Brand University,” co-written with my ex-colleague and long-time friend, Eric Mellet, was published here by BrandChannel (October 2010). Alternatively, since it is rather...