Archive for the ‘brand’ Category

September 4, 2010 0

Steve Jobs on the eve of introducing Apple’s famous “Think Different” campaign

By Zach Pousman in Advertising, Inspiration, brand, communication

Steve Jobs is not just a great business man and a very talented technologist. He has a very clear sense of what great companies need to do to cut through the noise of the marketplace. And that thing is to have a perspective, a point of view. Here he is talking about the “Think Different” [...]

July 30, 2010 0

Start with Why

By Stephen in Meaning, brand

This TED talk by Simon Sinek has sparked much conversation at IQ:

July 10, 2010 1

Getting Wise to Sweet Talk

By Tony Quin in brand

Just finished the annual Society of Digital Agencies meeting in Vegas. Lots of great thinking. Biggest take-away for me is the need to redefine what we mean by brand. Consumer empowerment in the digital age has changed the game. Consumers are not only in charge, but know it. So what defines a brand has [...]

March 30, 2010 3

Brands and gifts

By Stephen in brand

When one person gives another person a perfect gift, the gift is valuable in three ways:

The gift itself is intrinsically valuable to the one receiving it.
The fact that the giver knows what the receiver will love demonstrates that the giver cares enough to reflect on what the receiver will value and this effort has yielded [...]