A glimpse into the minds of the Positioning Pioneers

  • New name but no visual hammer – YouSendIt makes a change.

    The brand with a generic name YouSendIt but a nice visual hammer (paper airplane) is now Hightail. A better brand name, but it sadly...

  • How to Win at the Oscars

    If the Super Bowl is about beer, chips and boobs, then this weekend’s Oscars ceremony is all about diet soda, yogurt and hunks.

  • 2013 Superbowl Ad Preview

    When it comes to Super Bowl ads you can always count on seeing several things: Celebrities, special effects, babies, animals, sexy girls and dudes...

  • Wounded Warrior Visual Hammer

    When you combine a focus, name, verbal nail and visual hammer, you can build a brand that cuts through the mind and goes straight...

  • And the winner is…

    Obama’s “forward” slogan won him four more years in the White House did what most slogans do not. It cut both ways. It said...

  • The Fro-Yo Wars Explained

    Frozen yogurt is a popular summertime treat and personal favorite of mine; it is also a category that has experienced tremendous growth with new...

  • America’s Visual Hammer

    Happy Birthday America! We are celebrating the Fourth of July holiday in the United States today! I’m also using today to kick-off my new...

  • Peeking inside the mind with Brand Tags

    Captcha boxes are annoying and customers hate them. But companies need them to stop the bad guys. Or do they? Could a branding and...

  • Visual Hammers speak to consumers

    A company makes a major mistake when it develops a verbal strategy without considering what visual hammer might help hammer that idea into consumers’...

  • Audi’s Visual Hammer. An opportunity missed.

    In 1990, Audi hired my Dad to help them revive the brand in the U.S. after the 60 Minute segment that nearly destroyed the...

  • NEW BOOK: Visual Hammer

    My father’s theory on positioning was revolutionary, but it had a weakness. Invariably, positioning strategy was expressed verbally. You looked for a verbal hole...

  • Super Bowl of Advertising – 2012

    While the gridiron battle between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots was close, the advertising battle on the tube was not....

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