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Ben
Feb 7, 20245 min read
Reddit: a home for superb owls, and the best possible online community for now
Takeaways: In the run up to its IPO, Reddit faces criticism from users for selling out, and skepticism from investors for its lack of...
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Ben
Dec 20, 202310 min read
2023 becoming 2024
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold… - from The...
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Ben
Sep 11, 20234 min read
The strongest brand loyalty on the Internet: Dish soap and a scrubber
Takeaways: Brands people return to must offer consistent quality, benefit from being affordable, and require repeat usage. Being...
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Ben
May 1, 20237 min read
Ralph Lauren: going woke or going broke
Takeaways: Billboards force brands to focus on a simple message that reinforces their essential values. This Ralph Lauren ad is an...
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Ben
Mar 7, 20236 min read
AI and Branding: Beyond the Banal and Profane
Takeaways: Consumers are moving to more private spaces. The cost of creative is trending towards zero, causing an exponential increase in...
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Ben
Jan 30, 20237 min read
How to brand FinTech after the meltdown
Takeaways: Individual investors have become increasingly sophisticated in their financial knowledge and behavior thanks to a crypto...
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Ben
Jan 16, 20235 min read
In praise of Kurzgesagt: Living your brand promise
Takeaways: Brand is the sum total of your customers’ experience with your products and communications, as well as their understanding of...
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Ben
Jan 9, 20235 min read
The Algorithm and our Personal Brands
Takeaways: Building a highly visible personal brand online means selecting for the content that a platform’s algorithm will promote -...
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Ben
Aug 29, 20226 min read
Tesla in 2022: When your Brand Strategy is your CEO
Takeaways: Tesla’s early brand strategy was highly intentional and successful - help wealthy people signal their eco-consciousness (and...
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Ben
Aug 17, 20225 min read
House of...Bugatchi? Naming your way into luxury
Takeaways Customers have a keen sense for brand authenticity, sharpened by the deluge of advertising to which we're all...
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Ben
Aug 8, 20225 min read
Porsche: Finally, a great billboard on the 101
Takeaways: Billboards on the freeway work best when they focus on generating brand recognition and awareness. It's hard to buy something...
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Ben
Aug 1, 20226 min read
The #Antiwork brand - Can you actually eat the rich?
Takeaways In 2022 #Antiwork became a unifying brand for anti-establishment dissent. Media and politicians on both left and right invested...
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Ben
Jul 24, 20223 min read
“Do one thing well” - A curious Notion
Takeaways: Offline adverts in London can be a lot more wordy because of all the wait-time commuters have in trains and stations - people...
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Ben
Apr 6, 20226 min read
Behind the Mac: Brand Fragmentation?
Who is that person ‘Behind the Mac’ in Apple’s recent campaign? Of course, it's you. The intelligent-looking, focused men and women -...
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Ben
Mar 22, 20226 min read
Stop kicking the robot (cute > logic)
Taking Boston Dynamics from menacing murderbots to man’s best friend Why we love the campaign: In 2008, robotics company Boston Dynamics...
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Jessica Tsai
Mar 14, 20226 min read
Know your people - make ads like Subaru
As a marketer, few campaigns make you stop and say ‘you know what, I WILL click on that ad as a hat tip to you, fellow marketer, because...
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Ben
Mar 12, 20226 min read
Craft beer in Color
From dusty brown bottles to a post-coronavirus Cambrian explosion. Supermarket beers are peacocking like never before. It’s a...
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Ben
Mar 12, 20222 min read
Why BlogBlogBrand.Blog?
Marketing gets a lot of shade thrown its way for being manipulative. And…you know…sometimes that is fair enough. There were and are bad...
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