Your Brand Is Not About You.

Seven or eight years ago I found myself running into the same predicament over and over again. Our advertising agency would present our branding and marketing concepts to our clients and they would want objective assurances that our ideas would work. Although we were...

Is There Life After Branding?

A few months ago I made a presentation titled Building Brand Value to a group of industrial service providers. While I spoke there were about 300 people in the room furiously scribbling notes. As soon as I finished talking, a bunch of hands went up and the crowd...

Fishing For New Business

I was talking to Mark, my new business guy, and he wanted to know if I respond to the new business leads I find with Google Alerts. When I told him I do, he asked what my success rate was. It didn’t take a second of thought to come up with the answer – almost...

A Love Letter From A Client (Sort Of)

A childhood friend of mine runs a very advanced consulting business. He recently confessed that he wasn’t getting enough leads and wasn’t converting those he did get into sales.We spent a few hours applying the seven points of Building Brand Value to his...

Here’s How You Do It!

Time and time again we talk about Building Brand Value by differentiating your product or service based on organic advantages. Here’s a beautiful ad, created for the Three Kings Hotel On The Rhine and placed in Lifestyles Magazine. This ad, aimed specifically at...
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