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    Brand Fast-Trackers #197 – Brand Managers Are Universal Soldiers

    Brand Fast-Trackers #197 – Brand Managers Are Universal Soldiers

    Categories: Brand Marketing Strategy, Industry Trends, Podcast Discussion

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    As readers of this blog know, I have a particularly fondness for purposeful brands, that is, brands who are sustainable and socially responsible. This can come from many things from how they source their ingredients/materials to how they treat their employees and customers to causes they authentically align themselves and beyond. Think Patagonia and [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #195 – Innovation Comes from Practice

    Brand Fast-Trackers #195 – Innovation Comes from Practice

    Categories: Creativity, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    Send to Kindle  Contrary to the cartoon above, you don’t always have to face the maze of destruction when bringing an innovative idea to market. Today we speak with global innovation & trends expert Debra Kaye. Debra is an author of the brand new book Red Thread Thinking. We have covered innovation in the past before with [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #194 – Lovable Marketing

    Brand Fast-Trackers #194 – Lovable Marketing

    Categories: Content Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    What is Lovable Marketing? Today we speak with HubSpot CMO Mike Volpe. Now I have been a big fab of content and inbound marketing for quite some time, and in full disclosure am a HubSpot user myself. I reached out to Mike because I don’t think the Inbound story is one that is [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #193 – Gordon Gekko is Dead

    Brand Fast-Trackers #193 – Gordon Gekko is Dead

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Creativity, General Discussion, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    Today’s guest is Peter Shankman, perhaps most well-known for founding HARO (Help a Reporter Out), which he then sold to Vocus. Peter has a new book coming out in April called Nice Companies Finish First: Why Cutthroat Management Is Over–and Collaboration Is In.  In a lot of ways, the theme of Peter’s book is [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #192 – Branding an Ingredient

    Brand Fast-Trackers #192 – Branding an Ingredient

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Commerce, Creativity, General Discussion, Industry Trends, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    Woohoo the theme is now live!! I am beyond thrilled and hope you will stand by a wee bit longer as we perfect any kinks. And of course, as always, I’d love to hear your suggestions. Branding an Ingredient On to today’s podcast….we are returning to our series with Chris Brace  (See Episodes 140, 141, 144, 147, 149, 155, [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #191 – Marketing is a Joke

    Brand Fast-Trackers #190 – The Shopper Journey

    Brand Fast-Trackers #190 – The Shopper Journey

    Categories: Advertising, Commerce, E-Commerce, General Discussion, Industry Trends, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    Send to Kindle  Today, we return to our shopper marketing series with Chris Brace. (See Episodes 140, 141, 144, 147, 149, 155) Marketing is traditionally viewed as transactional. It is all about guiding the shopper to the transaction, the purchase. When P&G introduced their path-to-purchase model (above), it was revolutionary. It is also very linear [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #188 – Think Like Zuck

    Brand Fast-Trackers #188 – Think Like Zuck

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Content Marketing, Creativity, General Discussion, Industry Trends, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    Send to Kindle  I am beyond thrilled that we were joined by Ekaterina Walter on the podcast yesterday. Given Facebook’s announcement of their new graph search, I sped this through the editing process to get this to you today instead of next week. Ekaterina does offer her take on the announcement during the interview. The [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #187 – Loyalty Wins

    Brand Fast-Trackers #187 – Loyalty Wins

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Content Marketing, Creativity, Industry Trends, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    Send to Kindle When respected marketers like Scott Monty, Eric Ryan and Porter Gale – all former guests of this very podcast – agree on something, I pay attention. In this case, they all raved about Rob Fuggetta’s recent book on Brand Advocates. The word-of-mouth / brand advocacy concept has been around for ages, but [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #186 – Shooting in the Dark

    Brand Fast-Trackers #186 – Shooting in the Dark

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Commerce, Creativity, General Discussion, Industry Trends, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    Good morning and happy 2013! I hope you all had lovely holidays and are having a fantastic start to the New Year. As I’ve mentioned recently, we’re expanding Brand Fast-Trackers this year. I’m really excited to start offering more relevant, helpful content beyond the podcasts. So stay tuned! Today, we are returning to our [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #184 – The Consumer is in Charge

    Brand Fast-Trackers #184 – The Consumer is in Charge

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Commerce, Content Marketing, E-Commerce, General Discussion, Marketing Strategy, Mobile Marketing, Podcast Discussion

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    Send to Kindle  We’ve all heard the term ‘big data’ tossed about quite a bit in the last year. But what does big data really mean and how can marketers take advantage of it? Today. we speak with a true authority in the space, Martin Doettling, CMO of Webtrends. In the past, we have spoken [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #183 – Content is King & Queen

    Brand Fast-Trackers #183 – Content is King & Queen

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Branded Content, Branded Entertainment, Content Marketing, Creativity, General Discussion, Marketing Start-ups, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion, Starting a Business

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    Today’s episode is with Rob Barnett, CEO/Founder of My Damn Channel. Rob had a long career in TV and radio when he founded My Damn Channel in 2007. Think back, in 2007, YouTube had been purchased by Google already, but it was nowhere near the behemoth it has become. Rob and his team took the bet [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #182 – Mobile is Not a Channel

    Brand Fast-Trackers #182 – Mobile is Not a Channel

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Commerce, Creativity, E-Commerce, General Discussion, Industry Trends, Marketing Strategy, Mobile Marketing, Podcast Discussion

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    Mobile Marketing To QR or Not to QR QR codes…maybe you love them, maybe you hate them, but chance are you are not ambivalent. QR codes may not be the end all, be all mobile engagement tool it’s been promised to be, but the question is not what you gain by using them, it [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #181 – It’s All Commerce Now

    Brand Fast-Trackers #181 – It’s All Commerce Now

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Commerce, Content Marketing, Creativity, E-Commerce, General Discussion, Industry Trends, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    Send to Kindle “It’s all commerce now because consumers don’t recognize channels anymore … we are all just connected ” Forget the ‘e’ in eCommerce says today’s guest Diane Kegley, CMO of RichRelevance. To me, this is right on. Consumers want to be able to connect with a brand/retailer seamlessly whether they are in-store, or on their desktops, tablets or [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #180 – How the Shopper Shops

    Brand Fast-Trackers #180 – How the Shopper Shops

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Content Marketing, Creativity, General Discussion, Industry Trends, Marketing Strategy

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    Send to Kindle In this episode of Brand Fast-Trackers, we return to our shopper marketing series with Chris Brace. In the previous episodes, we have explored initial concepts of shopper marketing, delved into the differences between the consumer and shopper mindsets, discussed how brands can use shopper insights to their advantage, and how brands are diverse as CPG, automotive and financial [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #179 – The (Underutilized) Power of Sound

    Brand Fast-Trackers #179 – The (Underutilized) Power of Sound

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Branded Content, Branded Entertainment, Content Marketing, Creativity, General Discussion, Industry Trends, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    The Power of Sound Do you remember what song was playing when you shared your first kiss? Or the first time you met your partner? Sound is an incredibly powerful sense. When is the last time a song came on the radio or Spotify, and immediately you were taken back to a junior [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #178 – Any Company that Sells Anything to Anybody

    Brand Fast-Trackers #178 – Any Company that Sells Anything to Anybody

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Content Marketing, Creativity, General Discussion, Industry Trends, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    In this episode of Brand Fast-Trackers, we return to our shopper marketing series with Chris Brace. In the previous episodes, we have explored initial concepts of shopper marketing, delved into the differences between the consumer and shopper mindsets and discussed how brands can use shopper insights to their advantage. All of this seems [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #175 – Shopper Insights Are Key

    Brand Fast-Trackers #175 – Shopper Insights Are Key

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    In this episode of Brand Fast-Trackers, we return to our shopper marketing series with Chris Brace and discuss shopper insights and why they are critical to marketers. Chris shares why insights and generalizations are often confused and gives a simple reason for why companies struggle with insights: “If you can’t measure it, you [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #173 – Always Execute

    Brand Fast-Trackers #173 – Always Execute

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, Content Marketing, General Discussion, Marketing Start-ups, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion

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    Creating genuine emotional connections. Inspiring consumers. Sincere passion for the product. These are key values, Omar Johnson, VP of Marketing for Beats by Dr. Dre, embraces. Before triumphantly producing year-over-year sales increasing +300% for Beats, Johnson created and led innovative marketing programs for global brands that include Nike, Coke, Kraft and Moet. Most recently at Nike, Johnson produced some of Nike’s most memorable TV commercials including “Rise,” [...]

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    Brand Fast-Trackers #172 – What is Shopper Marketing?

    Brand Fast-Trackers #172 – What is Shopper Marketing?

    Categories: Advertising, Brand Marketing Strategy, General Discussion, Industry Trends, Marketing Strategy, Podcast Discussion, Starting a Business

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    In yesterday’s post/episode, we introduce a new shopper marketing series we will be doing with Chris Brace, founder of Shopper Intelligence. We briefly addressed the basics of shopper marketing: Consumer Advertising tells consumers what to think; Shopper marketing tells them what to do.  In today’s episode, we delve more deeply into the definition of [...]

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