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"Visa has long stood for trust, security, acceptance, and inclusion." Sorry. I pulled that from the press release. Let's start over. How do you relate to the Visa brand? If you're like most people, it's pretty simple. Visa is a credit card that enables instant gratification. But Visa seeks to be more than a mere gateway for transactions (even though that model has worked extremely well for the company for 60 …
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How do brand managers convince their peers inside the company that the company they work for competes on brand? How do these same brand managers move the discussion away from brand identity to brand experience and prove that better brand experiences lead to more sales, greater customer satisfaction, and increased valuations? Maggie Windsor Gross, head of strategy, studios at Deloitte Digital, has thought a lot …
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Branded events and pro sports with a limited number of fans in attendance are back. This Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series rolls into Darlington, South Carolina for The Goodyear 400. It's also NASCAR's Official Throwback Weekend and while this adds a festive nature to the race, the reality of COVID-19 (and the need for widespread vaccinations) continues to determine the need for responsible conduct. Fans will be asked …
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If you watch cable news today, pessimists in front of their bookcases will remind you that the COVID-19 virus is mutating and ruthlessly seeking new ways to harm and kill people. You will also see overt shaming of every sort. Fox News shames "the woke left" for tainting capitalism with its soft hammers. CNN and MSNBC, on the other hand, are busy "investigating" why anyone would dare to leave their homes (and their …
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There’s a classic trade ad for McGraw-Hill Magazines in which a stern-looking guy in a desk chair says, “I don’t know who you are. I don’t know your company…Now-what was it you wanted to sell me?” (There’s more copy, but you can see it for yourself.) Decades later, we live in a world of self-professed thought leaders and a PR firm that proclaims itself the arbiter of “trust” in its annual surveys, leaving the rest of …
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The culture war is being won by people who value culture, history, and knowledge. Valparaiso University, a 3,100-student Lutheran school located in northwest Indiana, announced that it is dropping the team name Crusaders, the school mascot, and all logos associated with the term. https://youtu.be/oGHrmYXNHJ0 The decision comes after a decades-long debate that had intensified recently because groups such as the …
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There’s been an interesting debate on the strategy internet as of late about what the difference is between a planner and a strategist. Given the indecision in the industry today, I thought I’d go ahead and find an answer that works for all of us. That answer is simple: It literally does not matter what you're called. They’re just words. Go do your job. By the way, this is also why account handlers and creatives …
Facebook versus Apple. The battle of the tech titans is on. According to Facebook, "Apple announced product and policy changes that will impact data sharing across iOS. The policy and the limits it places on advertising will harm the growth of businesses and the free internet." Here's the interpretation of the above in a full-page print ad (that ran in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and …
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This is a call to action: Enter Food Euphoria. The call comes from Farmdrop, an online grocer in England that delivers fresh organic produce and "everyday groceries" using electric delivery vehicles. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Farmdrop sales have skyrocketed. Consequently, the company has been able to help keep smaller farms and producers up and running after demand collapsed from the restaurant trade during …
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Scotland. A rugged nation rising above the northern sea. Home of free thinkers, poets, and revolutionaries. Here's one: In 1824, George Smith established himself as an original thinker by defining the Speyside style of whisky, where The Glenlivet began. Way to go, Mr. Smith! https://youtu.be/lgQtPgDNAQs Time travel on The Man's conveyor belt. There's an idea that's well outside the box. The Lady Doesn't …
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