A glimpse into the minds of the Positioning Pioneers

  • Non-Profit Marketing: Lessons from Kate’s Club

    Too many non-profit leaders think it is either shallow or useless to spend either time or money on branding. Nothing could be further from...

  • High Five to FiveFingers

    If your brand doesn’t have a visual difference it is going to be very difficult to create excitement. Shock and surprise is what generates...

  • BP has a Brand Problem

    BP talked the talk but never walked the walk. Like many companies in unpopular industries, BP launched a massive advertising campaign to put a...

  • What should Goldman Do?

    What does Goldman Sachs need to do to save its brand? In a word, nothing. A powerful, leading brand is practically bullet-proof. It’s not...

  • Why Google should get out of China

    Sometimes the most illogical business decision is the right decision for the brand. This is certainly the case for Google. Google is pulling its...

  • Talking Tiger on Fox Business

    Branding expert, Laura Ries, talks about Tiger Wood’s returning to the Masters Tournament and the benefit to his sponsors on the Fox Business show...

  • Experience the Focus Effect

    What works in the beauty business? The same thing that works in all businesses. Own a word in the mind. Typically, a beauty brand...

  • Verizon and its Atomic Bomb

    In the current Cellphone War, Verizon has dropped the atomic bomb of marketing on rival AT&T. Marketing wars are fought with lots of words,...

  • Domino’s Should Apologize

    Everybody knows the rule. When you do something wrong, you say you are sorry. As a society we love to scold but we also...

  • It’s what Tiger does next that counts

    Tiger Woods was a rare breed. A phenomenal athlete who delivered consistent record-shattering victories on and off the course with style, grace and integrity....

  • Brand Makeover for the Swift School

    On The House is a team of Atlanta branding and marketing experts that donated a total of $100,000 worth of services to a local...

  • How Crocs Crashed

    Success is sometimes your own worst enemy. Just ask the management and stockholders at Crocs. A hot brand can burns bright too fast and...

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