Pressure Test Your Brand – Put It On Paper First

If you can’t synthesize it, if you can’t put it down on paper, it’s really difficult to go forward. You save yourself a lot of money by the struggle of putting it down on paper.-jd Carolina:   Absolutely. They say that strategy is sacrificed, and you will be surprised when I do this work with entrepreneurs, Read More …

How do you start in the Membership Economy

You just don’t give this to the VP over here that’s been 20 years. How do I create this within my organization? I know there’s going to be a cultural shift, but how do you start? -jd Excerpt from next week’s Business901 Podcast: Robbie Baxter: I think you’re right. You don’t just give it to Read More …

Jobs To Be Done Matrix

I have been pretty vocal in the past about using Value Stream Mapping, Value Stream Mapping should be left on the Shop Floor, and along with a couple other blog posts, Shaping your Customers Vision and Kill the Sales and Marketing Funnel. I think these types of tools lead us down a precarious path when Read More …

Ultimately for Brands, It’s about Survival

In next weeks Business901 podcast, I asked Carolina Rogoll, who has been building some of the world’s most beloved brands for over ten years, about how often you should evaluate your brand image. Employed at Procter & Gamble, the world’s largest consumer packaged goods company, she has worked across different product categories in global markets Read More …

How Important is a Brand for a Startup?

Joe: Well, in a startup world, where you’re kind of always marketing towards customer development and product market fit and, we stay pretty focused in that. Is there an ‘Aha’ moment for a company or a time when we start shifting gears and start thinking about their brand? Laurel Mintz: I think that that’s a Read More …