Subway’s ‘Golf Therapy’ Series is Brilliant Marketing

Subway launched a web series today with a one-hour special on NBC that links Therapy, Golf and Sandwiches.  Subway is once again leading the way in the fast-food category with a new social media savvy marketing initiative. The sandwich gurus latest campaign will be launched on multiple platforms, including web and in-store media.
Subway has paired [...]

The WOW Factor – How To Make Clients Believers

My team and I talk with clients and prospective clients on a daily basis about how the world of marketing has changed over the course of the last number of years and how critical it is to adapt marketing strategies accordingly.
Sometimes I suspect they skeptically regard us as just another bunch of people with something [...]

Dear Competitor,

Dear Competitor,
I couldn’t sleep last night and found myself thinking of you. I love competition, both for myself and for my clients. It keeps me thinking (which I enjoy), on my toes (good, because I’m short) and adaptable (which I find, perversely, fun). And while I was thinking of you, I felt compelled to write, [...]

Victoria’s Secret Pink is a Brilliant Strategy, Is Your Brand Thinking Ahead?

The Victoria’s Secret Pink brand is a brilliant strategy to hook future customers. The Pink brand is targeted toward teens and college-aged women.
Pink offers sweats and pj’s versus teddies and push-up bras. The brand image is one of “cute and playful” versus the more overtly sexy image of the core brand. The Pink collection of [...]

Branded Tweets? It’s All About The Links, Baby.

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m not a fan of anything having to do with automation when it comes to social media. It’s a matter of principle. To me, social media means being real. That means being there, in the moment, participating, engaging, learning, sharing – you know the drill. And, in my book, [...]

Time to Make a New Plan, Stan

By all accounts, we’re pretty much all looking forward to putting this dismal year and an even more dismal decade behind us and moving on. What does that mean for you and your business?
Don’t need to be coy, Roy. Which is good, because coy has never been my style. Direct and to the point, however, [...]

Time to Toss the Tatters

I was engaged in the highbrow process of folding laundry yesterday, when inspiration for my latest blog post struck. As I reached for a pair of my husband’s favorite boxers (yes, I know my life is exciting – trust me, I know), and saw that they were ripped in a couple of places, I shook [...]