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Pages I’m turning (both rational and irrational)

2009 Feb 2
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1776 by David McCullough While this part-biography of George Washington/part-historical account of the most pivotal year of the Revolutionary War, has little to do with marketing and communications, it’s a book that I’ve recently finished, which falls in the brain-maintenance category.  But in reading it, as well as ‘Truman’, by Pulitzer prize-winning McCullough, there are [...]

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Best Places for Marketing Trends

2009 Jan 21
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People here frequently ask me where I get info on marketing trends. The list is long. But browse some of my favorites here.

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Don’t Blame Branding

2009 Jan 21
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Are brands powerful signifiers of social identity, or are they mere corporate claptrap – or both?

Joselyn Zivin, Senior VP, Brand Stategy and Planning, recently read two books that make provocative arguments.

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What we’re reading: December 22, 2008

2008 Dec 23
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Kristen McCullough, our favorite Associate Account Director of Strategy and Planning, takes a deeper look inside Richard Florida’s latest exploration of the “creative class”.

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