How to damage your brand – the Toyota way

Toyota did irreparable harm to their brand because they violated the pact they made with their consumer based on their core competency – durability. If Hyundai’s and Kia’s are cheaper, we don’t mind. If your Toyota is passed by a BMW or a Mazda, that’s...

Living a Life of Purpose; The Richly Working

Steve Spalding suggests that 80% of People Quietly Despise Their Lives. Are you among them? Via: https://howtosplitanatom.com/news/80-of-people-quietly-despise-their-lives/ This isn’t a statistic tic, it’s a casual observation based on talking to way more people about...

The Beginning (Or The End) For Ad Agencies?

This speaks to the current POV that agencies who focus solely on brand building and marketing will have a hard time growing their business. Clients realize they can now do much of the marketing heavy lifting themselves — and very cheaply. Agencies who focus on...

Toyota Flirts With Going It Alone

AdAge reported that Toyota is thinking of firing its ad agencies and doing everything in-house. My friend Andrew Jaffee has some interesting comments: Toyota spends $900 million in measured media in the U.S. alone, according to Nielsen. That means they’re...

The Future of Journalism

Vanessa Horwell is Chief Visibility Officer at ThinkInk. Vanessa works with companies in the U.S., UK and Europe to improve their visibility through strategic public relations and new media channels. Her views here are excerpted from an article she wrote in Mobile...
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