Brands bruised in battered economy

World’s 2 most valuable brands: Coca-Cola, IBM By Emily Fredrix/The Associated Press/September 18, 2009 Consumers lost trust in brands this year as the recession deepened, according to an industry report released Thursday, although longtime staples Coca-Cola and...

You Have To Be Cheapest Or Be Best

Another brilliant blog post by my friend Andrew Jaffee: Motorola is one of America’s proudest brands. Started by the brothers Galvin in Chicago in 1928 as a battery company, it moved to manufacturing car radios, hence the name a combination of “motor” and...

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...

Branding Yourself

Via: Owen Frager With Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter becoming your defacto resume, and shaping the image how most will perceive you, our friend Jay Berkowitz shares a great read from the Brand Building Blog. To make it simple, branding yourself is about letting...
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