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By Lauren Gourley, on January 26th, 2010
In case you’ve missed it, we at the WD tout our specialization in premium brands as our differentiator among other full-service advertising agencies. In our endeavor to be the experts on premium brands, we’ve developed some proprietary Premium Tools—one of which being our Premium Brand Index ™. Basically, we take up to ten brands within [...]
By Lauren Gourley, on January 8th, 2010
While this is the story of what happened to my boss, he’s in Florida escaping the bitter Arctic cold front while at a sales conference for one of our esteemed premium brand clients—so, I don’t feel bad stealing it away for a blog entry.
The other day, Mr. Bossy Boss told me a tale about this [...]
By Marilee Travitz, on November 23rd, 2009
Until recently I had never shopped at Macy’s, but I always knew it was a place I wanted to be—kind of like Disney World. I credit the beloved holiday film Miracle on 34th Street for creating in me a loyalty to a place and brand I had never actually experienced—they did have the real Santa [...]
By Lauren Gourley, on November 10th, 2009
Last Thursday, the Facebook Marketing page announced new guidelines on running promotions through Fan Pages. Why more marketers aren’t in a frenzy, I don’t know because in one short posting, they basically annihilate 90% of the reason any brand actually has a Fan Page—having something of value to communicate to their customers on the cheap.
By Lauren Gourley, on November 3rd, 2009
Marketers, advertisers and brand managers are all buzzing with the news of Google and Bing announcing their new social search features, which will include content from Twitter and Facebook when users search on either engine, and what this now means for a brand’s overall success or failure. These tools have been promoted as the official [...]
By Scott Parker, on October 30th, 2009
What is the best way to start an online conversation? Once it starts, how do you keep it going? Both the questions and the answers are deceptively simple…
By Doug Briley, on October 8th, 2009
In the last few months, there has been much ado about Starbucks’ rebranding some of its stores to strip away their corporate identity and revamp the locations with local character. According to an article in The Seattle Times, some stores—including the one featured in the article—will include alcohol, live music, and many other elements that [...]
By Doug Briley, on October 5th, 2009
Some Premium Brands are fearful of joining the social media dialogue. “What if someone says something bad about us?” If you’ve ever thought this, then keep reading.
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