by Minter Dial | Sep 16, 2015 | Marketing
What makes for a great storyteller? I have to believe it’s an alchemy between talent, content and practice. Like a musician doing repeated scales and arpeggios, it is true that for those who live in close proximity, the practice can also drive one a bit nuts....
by Minter Dial | Sep 15, 2015 | Marketing
In a survey that isn’t exactly quantitative, Indiana University of Bloomington did a survey of 72 people, aged 18 to 34 years old. The purpose of the study was to see the difference in emotional impact between an email and a voicemail message. The results are...
by Minter Dial | Sep 1, 2015 | Marketing
Would you describe yourself as a business executive, working furiously to drive the business? Are you also an individual who, weeknights and weekends, lives at home? Of course, this description should include most of us. Yet, so many executives somehow manage to...
by Minter Dial | Jul 16, 2015 | Marketing
In today’s busy life where customers have a lot of choice, a heightened level of impatience and limited resources, it is ever more difficult for a brand to achieve consistent customer satisfaction and lasting loyalty, much less customer advocacy. Among the...
by Minter Dial | Jun 24, 2015 | Marketing
Once I lay into my vision of what real branding is — and what needs to happen in today’s internet-enabled world with the new generation of customers — I have often been asked whether it’s actually worth developing a meaningful brand? As a...
by Minter Dial | Jun 18, 2015 | Marketing
After someone asks you “What do you think?”, have you ever caught yourself saying, “Yes, um, it’s interesting.” It’s one of those nonsense statements, especially without any qualification. Like when you are in a museum and you...
