by admin | May 28, 2014 | Blog, Brand identity, Brand meaning, Brands and social media, Brands in culture
An article of mine on brand meaning in today’s La Vanguardia of Barcelona, following my recent engagement there. “Si alguien sabe de eso, ese es Mark Batey, quien vinó a Barcelona para impartir una Masterclass en el Postgrado en Brand Meaning Management...
by admin | May 19, 2014 | Blog, Brand communication, Brand identity, Brand meaning, Brands and social media, Brands in culture, Categories
Available for pre-order. The Definitive Book of Branding is an edited book with contributions from brand practitioners/authors like Al Ries, JN Kapferer and Kevin Roberts. Ries opens on positioning, and my chapter – on the creation of meaningful brands –...
by admin | Jan 23, 2014 | Blog, Brand communication, Brand identity, Brand meaning, Brands and social media, Brands in the news
Remember when the “Man your man could smell like” campaign came out for Old Spice? It was often compared with Dos Equis’ “Most interesting man in the world” campaign. As I posted at the time, there is no comparison. Sure, there may be...
by admin | Dec 5, 2013 | Blog, Brand communication, Brand meaning, Brands and social media
In light of this interesting report from Forrester Research on the failure of Facebook for marketers (and Facebook is the darling of social media), I’m reprinting a blog post I wrote here on social media two and a half years ago: The Honeymoon is Over There’s a...
by admin | Jun 25, 2012 | Blog, Brand communication, Brands and social media
In his May 7 (2012) AdAge column Al Ries puts social media in perspective: “If you don’t have the right strategy, good tactics won’t help you very much. And social, like all media, is a tactic. What concerns me is that too many marketers have...
by admin | May 3, 2011 | Blog, Brands and social media
5/03/2011 Whereas once brand owners were rushing blindly and unquestioningly into all things social media, it seems that a more intelligent, brand-responsible approach is emerging. Buried at the end of a recent AdAge article on brand mascots on Twitter, this is one...
