Time to Pivot: Five things to do to Reinvent Your Brand Strategy

First, remember, who you are is not the same. The key is understanding that the rules that governed what you did and how you did it for your business or non-profit have all changed. The radical shift in the world caused by literally turning off almost all business transactions and activities that drive consumer behavior…

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Marketing is for Humans: In 2020 this is what matters.

It’s 2020 and time to really look at how we use marketing and branding to connect. Not just with products and cool tech solutions but communicating and connecting with individuals, not just as customers but as people – the ones who are supposed to buy our brands and care about the company that makes them…

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User Experience is Way More Than Designing for Online Engagement

User experience is often thought of as an interaction that occurs online through your computer or mobile devices. We frequently use it to discuss eCommerce navigation, where the UI or UX shopping experience can leverage sales and customer engagement, or mobile app navigation, where the UX relates to how enjoyable the app is to use.

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Retail’s Not Dead Yet. The New World of Experience Retail.

Like all changes in economic behavior shifts in technology empowering access to global markets have changed the retail world we’ve known. its a dramatic period of redefinition, new competition, evolution, and extinction. But actual shopping is not going away it’s just changing…

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Business Strategy or Brand Strategy?

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|true|false”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” custom_padding=”0|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] The Power of Aligning Your Business Strategy and Your Brand. In developing business strategies executives often focus on key metrics related to growth, personnel, and finances. Obviously, these are critical to a company’s survival in today’s complex business environment.…

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Eat a Bar, Drink a Beer and Go Climb A Rock

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0|0px|26.3125px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”0|0px|13.1562px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.2″] Three companies who have souls and sales. How innovative, mission driven-brands can collaborate on consumer values. ClifBar, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and REI have something in common– their values and their customers.  What’s this mean though? Having a product with a significant market share…

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