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The Wall Paper Effect in Advertising.
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Cash is too hard to come by to waste.  Market share ditto.  So why do we do exactly that when we do wallpaper ads.  You know the...
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We like vanilla advertising for the same reason we like vanilla ice cream.
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Vanilla is still the most popular ice cream in the US.  After all these years you would think that some other flavor would have knocked vanilla off...
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Are you indispensable?
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At KFC we used to have a saying about "climbing the accountability ladder."  The higher up on the ladder you are, the more you are...
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O Canada!
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Brands are built on trust.  And if there are squeaky clean country brands in the world, Canada would be one of them.  Or so I...
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Tug at Heartstrings
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As someone who grew up in a world where ads were boring, I said to myself that I’d never work in advertising.  Well, ads are...
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Pepper T&T is eight years old. 8 Lessons learnt.
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It takes more than eight years to establish a business (establish = you know with a high degree of certainty that you will be around...
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Taking the Shed out of the Breakfast Shed.
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The women down at the Breakfast Shed are dying.  Their business I should say, more accurately.  Their transition from port kitchen to banker's row diner...
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El Pecos getting it right!
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As a student of marketing I'm always on the lookout for brands that are getting it right.  Brands with a clear point of difference that...
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Advertising Agencies in T&T “eating a food” too.
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Mark Silveira in his book says:  "Most advertising is neither awful nor great. It’s something infinitely more dangerous. It’s ordinary. So-so, as they put it. Or...
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5 Engaging Independence Posts, 1 Key Takeaway
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While many brands did not take the time to post Independence updates to their Facebook page, the following brands took full advantage of the opportunity,...
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It’s now or never T&T.
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I took this photo at the Playboyz Panyard yesterday, the red t-shirt of the tenor player reflecting on the instrument.  I stood riveted as Supernovas...
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What T&T can learn from Fatima College.
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Everyone says they went to the best school in the world.  Except if they did not attend Fatima College, then I must break some news...
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