by Minter Dial | Aug 22, 2018 | Marketing
Let’s say you run a company selling appliances, such as refrigerators. Whether it’s an online or IRL store business, I think you’d agree that one of the key components of the purchase is the service, i.e. the surrounding help around the product. That...
by Minter Dial | Jul 17, 2018 | Branding, Marketing
From everything I hear and read, it’s fair to say that brand marketing teams — at least at major consumer-facing companies — have all now established some kind of influencer marketing strategy. With influencer marketing platforms becoming more...
by Minter Dial | Jul 10, 2018 | Collaboration, Futureproof, Marketing
In today’s tumultuous times, it takes more than reading tea leaves to predict your future prospects. I read with not a little interest a couple of recent articles about my former employer, L’Oreal, the #1 beauty company in the world. First, there was the...
by Minter Dial | Jun 17, 2018 | Marketing, Minter Dialogue, Podcast
Minter Dialogue with Amy Errett Amy Errett is an unique businesswoman who has worked in big business, led a VC, operated on many boards and has also started multiple entrepreneurial outfits. Her latest is Madison Reed, launched it in 2014, manufacturing and selling...
by Minter Dial | May 31, 2018 | Marketing
Now that May 25th — the date when the European regulation GDPR officially took effect — has come and gone, the barrage of GDPR-related messages has subsided. At one point, opt-in requests and privacy setting announcements seemed to be ALL I was...
by Minter Dial | May 17, 2018 | Leadership, Marketing, Responsibility
To accept imperfection is perhaps the most complicated of attitudes to adopt in business. It’s almost antithetical to everything senior business executives have been trained to do. In some regards, however, I would suggest it’s a core mindset for an...