Institute CSA & Havas Media Brand Study in France In a newly released annual survey from France -- created by the Institute CSA on behalf of Havas Media -- that identifies the top brands present in the lives of the French, there were a number of major shifts,...
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Interview with @AlexLuff – Putting people into communications at Corporate Edge
Minter Dialogue #38 This interview is with Alex Luff, Managing Director of Corporate Edge, a branding and communications agency, specialized in B2B, whose mission is to put people at the heart of business communications. Their clients include many big brands such...
What really makes for great content marketing?
As Google continues to play with its algorithm, so must the spin masters, voodoo marketers and link farmers go fishing in other ponds. One of the chosen areas on which many choose to jump seems to be the content marketing bandwagon. As with all these...
This Store is a Story: Living lessons for Brand Marketers
For all the talk of storytelling, we don't often hear much about store-ytelling. On 10th avenue and 19th street in Manhattan, in West Chelsea, you ought to experience STORY! It's a truly innovative retail concept (thanks @MarkHurst for showing to me). Story is a...
Interview With Delphine Remy-Boutang, Ex Worldwide Social Media Director For IBM
Minter Dialogue #37 Delphine Remy-Boutang is the founder and CEO of Social Bureau, a social business consultancy, created in 2012. With a most interesting background, particularly when Delphine was Worldwide Director of Social Media Marketing at IBM, where she worked...
Example of a huge gaffe at the Oxo Tower Bar restaurant
A couple of weeks ago, I had a dinner set up at the glamourous Oxo Tower Bar, by Harvey Nichols, in London. Prior to going, I was sent a link by my friend to the restaurant (www.harveynichols.com/oxo-tower-london-bar/). The site is reasonably attractive, with a...
Is Facebook Earned, Owned and Paid Media?
With Facebook now a publicly traded company, brands in some kind of perpetual disarray and consumers still not trusting marketers, the question occurred to me: is Facebook trying to be all things to all people: Earned, Owned and Paid media? A dance between brand, user...
Why To Use Influence Measurement Systems Such As Klout, Kred Or Peerindex?
To use or not to use? You know it's a sad day when 18-year old Justin Bieber (91/100) is said to have more influence than Mick Jagger (whose stones are gathering no moss, as they have just announced two more shows both in London and in New York cf Rolling Stone)! But,...
Does the boss tweet?
I attended the Hub Forum 2012, founded and run by Vincent Ducrey and Emmanuel Vivier, in Paris this week. It's a grand event, attracting the luminaries of the net in France, the top brass of the French ad agencies as well as some high profile managers in...
How to make a viral video – digital marketing on drugs?
If your boss comes to you and says, "Hey, why don't we make a viral video?" you might want to consider running for the woods. As a brand, the chances of successfully making a video that goes viral is rather small and the odds can get much worse according to the...
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I’m Minter Dial and I serve my clients by elevating the debate and energy, telling powerful stories and connecting people and ideas. My mission to insert more meaningfulness into our lives and at work. I relish being an engaging professional speaker on leadership, transformation and branding. I’m known for being someone who walks the talk and delivers on or above expectations. I’m the author of four award-winning books, including the second edition of my award-winning book, Heartificial Empathy (April 2023, available in English and French), You Lead published by Kogan Page that won the Business Book Award 2022, and Futureproof (FT-Press/Pearson) that won the Business Book Award 2018. I’m also the producer of the award-winning WWII book and documentary film The Last Ring Home.
My last major published project was Dialogos, Fostering More Meaningful Conversations that was published weekly via Substack, over 79 weeks. I am currently working on a new book, The Avatar Trap.
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