The Fyre Festival was supposed to be known as the ultimate escape — a private island getaway of luxury and indulgence. It’s now known as a prime example of over-the-top marketing gone awry.
You don’t have to be a multi-industry conglomerate to benefit from building a game plan for how your products and services interact.
What if you had a Super Bowl commercial? If you had one minute in front of millions of potential customers and prospects, how would you spend it? What would you say about your offering? What would you focus on?
When Gillette released a new ad condemning toxic masculinity, the brand knew it was igniting controversy. But it’s ultimate goal is something deeper.
With a loyal customer base and a global name, Mastercard’s choice to update its logo keeps it fresh and relevant for the digital age.
Families across the U.S. waited all year for catalogs to arrive in the mail to start their holiday-season shopping, Sears banked on their Christmas Wish Book.
The Got Milk? campaign was a runaway success by every measure – except the one that actually matters. It didn’t drive people to drink more milk.
Campbell’s can attribute the staying power of green bean casserole at Thanksgiving to a few key holiday marketing ingredients: consistency, simplicity and just a dash of nostalgia.
The MoviePass marketing team violated fundamental rules around delivering bad news to customers when it hid behind a cute puppy picture in a recent email.
Reports of mass panic in the streets following the 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast had more to do with warring media outlets than Martian invaders.
When Guinness Book of World Records wanted to reach new customers, it stuck to its brand promise and helped other companies make their stories more newsworthy.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) awarded Bradley Cooper its prestigious Compassion in Film Award. If you haven’t heard of the award, there’s a good reason why – PETA just created it.
While some people may not recognize the name, newsjacking is an established marketing tool. Here’s how B2B marketers can make the most of it.
What marketing lessons can other brands learn from Coca Cola?
When industry trends offer opportunities to reach new customers, companies have to strike the right balance between updating their brand and retaining the fundamental values that helped them stand out in the first place.
This is Us returns for season 3 on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 9 p.m. After fans blamed a character death in last season’s finale on Crock-Pot, the brand created a clever campaign to reclaim its story.
Weather officials work to predict and quantify the dangers of a hurricane based on wind speeds using the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale. But media and citizens often turn to The Waffle House Index.
Nike is a company that’s never been afraid to ruffle a few feathers. Its most recent move seems to be paying off.
What happens when your nonsensical ad slogan happens to rhyme with the city that just won the Super Bowl?
Simply chasing the latest trendy platform is an expensive and resource-intensive approach to finding new ways to reach customers.
How do you keep a 170-year-old brand fresh?
If you’re grateful for “Dress Down Fridays,” you have the overheated workers of an archipelago in the Pacific and a smart marketing team to thank.
It’s hard to imagine today, but there was a time when people weren’t interested in buying avocados – let alone paying extra for them.
Brands don’t have total control over how their messages are perceived and remembered.
When introducing a product or announcing a big new idea, most companies opt for a press release. Why not use a flamethrower instead?
In setting yourself apart from the competition, it pays to look at the entire customer experience.
Why would a brand with 60 years of recognition suddenly change its name?
Most brands need to innovate to stay competitive in their industry and relevant to their customers. But straying too far from what customers expect can clearly lead to trouble.
Marketing plays a big role in how customers perceive your brand, but it’s ultimately a two-way street. Find ways to embrace and leverage how customers use your products and services rather than fight against it.
The best marketing campaigns don’t create something brand new. They capture a familiar feeling in a new or compelling way that your customers can relate to.
Even the best business strategy won’t work if it’s not supported by and compatible with a strong company culture.
Think beyond the products or services you offer. Look at the experience customers get from your brand and come up with big ideas to enhance that effect.
When naming your business, consider the fundamentals of your brand experience and how you want to be perceived.
Sticking with a consistent brand can deliver fortunes long term, but you can’t let the message get stale.
The unfortunately named Ford Edsel is a lesson in how easy it is for leaders to lose sight of the work that goes into effective branding.
Acknowledging that your perspective might not be universal is a step toward more effective marketing.
Big Ass Fans shows that it doesn’t matter how conservative, technical or obscure your business seems.
You can’t be an authority and a trendsetter without ever saying anything groundbreaking.
The complicated branding backstory behind one of the NBA’s best slogans.
From anonymous bottom feeder to high-brow cuisine.
This classic coined the term and still holds up today.
The term “brand” is so overused. That’s why “The Brand Gap” is arguably more useful now than ever.