Aaron Shields’s Mind Terroir

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Entries Tagged as 'Branding'

Mean It Like You Say It

September 22nd, 2009 No Comments

Don’t make your brand the emperor without clothes shouting false claims to the public, mean what you say and show it with your actions.

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Consumers are Statistics; Customers are People

September 15th, 2009 No Comments

Treating customers as the statistical consumer results in initiatives that some people may like, but nobody ever loves.

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Staying True to Your Roots

September 14th, 2009 No Comments

Settling for going through the motions will dilute the brand and can even kill it.

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Loving Your Business

September 9th, 2009 No Comments

Just like Harry Winston loved diamonds, Stanley Marcus loved the buying and selling of quality items more than anyone who worked for him. His love made him the most critical purveyor of his merchandise, and unwilling to accept even the tiniest flaw.

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Staying True to Your Brand

September 8th, 2009 No Comments

Short terms gains often are the result of business decisions that lead to long term deficits.

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Extending from Within

September 3rd, 2009 No Comments

Next time you want to extend outward, first look inward and see if those outward extensions realistically extend from within.

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How to Use Demographics

September 2nd, 2009 No Comments

Demographics in their ultimate form can give insights into people’s life experiences: the time and the place they grew up and what experiences that would cause them to have.

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A Phone by the Same Name

September 1st, 2009 No Comments

Even if the myTouch is the most customizable phone on the market, the features that are being sold aren’t significant improvements over what is already on the market. The brand promise is weak.

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Living Up to Your Brand Promise

August 31st, 2009 No Comments

The problem with Cheeburger Cheeburger isn’t the place or food, it’s the disparity between the brand promise and the reality.

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Twitter Me This

August 6th, 2009 No Comments

Instead of using Twitter to sell, sell, sell, think about how you can use it to get in tune with your customers and find out what they really want from you.

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