Aaron Shields’s Mind Terroir

Branding, Neuroscience, Innovation, and a Taste of Wine

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Meeting Unmet Needs

August 5th, 2009 No Comments

At their best, brands develop mutually beneficial relationships with their customers by fulfilling their unmet human needs.

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Operant Marketing

August 4th, 2009 No Comments

Your brain isn’t wired to make the change: since your marketing strategy worked at some point, it became a learned behavior—you unknowingly engaged in operant conditioning

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Service in the Sky

July 30th, 2009 No Comments

Focusing on customer service is a key ingredient of success. And the key to creating great customer service is making sure employees are empowered and happy.

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Putting The Customer First

July 22nd, 2009 No Comments

Exceeding customers’ expectations by delivering great service reaps great rewards.

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Why Targeting Influentials Doesn’t Work

July 13th, 2009 1 Comment

The most important factor in creating a viral movement isn’t reaching highly connected people, it’s the willingness of a group in a society to accept the trend.

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Who’s In Control: Gary Vaynerchuk, Wine Library TV, and Why Coauthored Brands Will Rule The World

July 9th, 2009 1 Comment

Great brands have always realized that, just like in all aspects of life, there are two parts to great relationships—it’s a constant give and take.

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To @Pepsi, Thanks For Everything. Your Fan on Twitter, @CocaCola

July 1st, 2009 1 Comment

This exchange between Coke and Pepsi is at the heart of how Twitter can be best used by brands.

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Wisdom From The Past: Qualitative Market Research

June 26th, 2009 No Comments

We cannot use the random sample because informed opinion is not evenly dsitributed throughout the population.

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Godin Misunderstanding Apple

June 23rd, 2009 No Comments

Godin’s saying that Apple’s advertising isn’t effective, but technology only succeeds if the marketing works. And, Apple’s obviously succeeding, so I’m not sure I follow the logic.

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Spending In A Recession

June 18th, 2009 No Comments

Spending on marketing and innovation during a recession is what companies should be doing to take advantage of their competitors taking a misguided approach

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