Context is everything, especially on social media. There has been a lot of social media interest in the image above, less the question mark, combined with headings and comments like: “Jeff Bezos in 1999. Next time you want to give up, think of this.” “Jeff [...]
As so often happens in the marketing world, another word has lost its original (and proper) meaning. To this club, which includes ‘Activation’, ‘Engagement’ and ‘Hack’, we must now add ‘Authenticity’. The genesis of this post is a recent post in Marketing Week titled, ‘Authenticity [...]
Like most, we follow news on our favourite brands. We’re particularly interested in news on a favourite brand that is, or has been, a client. So a recent press release from Porsche Cars North America (PCNA)[1], the US subsidiary of Stuttgart-based Dr. Ing. h.c. F. [...]
I’ve recently been reading Mark Ritson’s blog posts for UK-based Marketing Week. They are a nice mixture of smart thinking and entertaining delivery. The Background Ritson is an Aussie and career academic who also does marketing consulting work. He comes across a bit like the [...]
I don’t believe this is the appropriate forum for comment on Donald Trump, President of the United States. This post is about Donald Trump, the person, which in his case, is the Donald Trump brand—right up Coyote's alley. I’ll do my best to stay on topic. [...]
It isn’t a surprise that Big Beer titan Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has come up with a marketing campaign—video spot, anyway—that pokes fun at the craft beer segment: Very well done, not surprisingly, by one of the world’s truly great agencies. But here’s the thing—AB [...]
