The Remote Effect: Branding and Marketing the New Work Place.

How will people work and live? That’s the big question post-pandemic. Remote working with Zoom, email, Slack, and more allows almost half of the U.S. remote-capable workforce to work at home at least part of the time. What does this mean for urban centers and downtowns that depend on being the center of the working…

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Placemaking: Orchestrating Perceptions of Place.

When you see sky-high real estate prices and rents going out of sight it reflects a perception of incredible value and a fear of missing out on that opportunity. Demand increases as prices go up because demand for that location, that building is exceeding available supply. As a result, prices are driven up by someone willing to pay just that much…

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Building Traction

The value of engagement is in staying connected. No, traction is not the treads on your tires or the treads on the bottom of your hiking boots. Although it is about building a strong connection with your customers through your brand. In the start-up, world traction means the success you’ve seen so far or the proof you…

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The New Workplace – Hybrid Everything

Where will people work and live? The big question post-pandemic, if there is really a post-pandemic, is where people will work and live? Ongoing discussions on workers returning to the office continue while occupancy rates for office space in downtown Manhattan, the Chicago Loop, and Downtown SF remain well below pre-pandemic levels. Where’s this all…

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Talking to People

Why Human-Centered Marketing and Branding Connects.There’s a new way to view marketing and branding. It’s not just about products and cool tech solutions but communicating and connecting with individuals…

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Invading Hordes

Changes that come suddenly, that are overwhelming and life-changing, can destroy a world of familiarity and predictability but innovation often rises from this destruction to form new business models. When the unexpected visitors arrive. In 793 at Lindisfarne, in northern England, a small monastery of monks going about their monkish business is attacked in the…

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One Brand, One Experience

The 7 essentials of shaping a brand across all the customer touchpoints. How do you shape a campaign and really focus on the right audience for your brand? In developing a brand strategy and building this into real things that customers and partners see, it’s essential to unify what your brand says and looks likes,…

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People, Personas and Motivations– Behavioral Marketing Works.

Blasting Ads At Everyone is Like Talking to No One. Historically, marketers have had a very difficult time identifying groups or subgroups that best benefit from a product. Obviously, that never stops anyone from selling. With minimal data to work with, companies bombarded consumers with unrelated ads, emails, phone calls, and other outreach that is…

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