The old ROI just ain’t what she used to be…

The old ROI just ain’t what she used to be…

Return on Investment (ROI), or the way in which we measure actual dollar value of a marketing investment, has undergone some dramatic changes in recent years and it’s not always a straightforward concept. Good marketing, and the work that goes into building strong...
The battle for brand attention

The battle for brand attention

What is brand attention? In a nutshell, it’s the level of interest in your brand, when people are considering your brand, you are generating brand attention. Attention is one of those precious commodities that brands are all battling it out for, especially in today’s...
All the buzz… words

All the buzz… words

Branding? Brand equity? Advertising? Design thinking? Performance marketing? Marketing lingo and concepts certainly can take on a life of their own. We might be a teeny-tiny bit guilty of getting caught up in our own language and use fluffy marketing words at times,...

Why timing is essential..

Countless books and articles have been written about how to start a business; how to launch, how to get funding. There are plenty of mistakes to be made, and comparatively not that many clear paths to success. Bill Gross is the founder of Idealab, an incubator that...

Branding vs marketing

It doesn’t matter whether you sell chocolate-coated strawberries, tickets to sports matches, or garden design; the following applies to you. No matter how good the offer is, if your customer doesn’t want it, or you can’t get their attention, you won’t sell it. Most...