By Steve Hanthorn, on August 19th, 2010
Sure, it’s been hot outdoors just about everywhere this summer. Here’s something that’s hot for many brands: outdoor, also known as out-of-home, or billboards.
Outdoor has always been a favorite media of mine, due to it’s challenging creative canvas: you basically have room for 7 words or less to make an impression that lasts mere seconds [...]
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 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.
By Doug Briley, on September 4th, 2009
Is it based on income? Is it based on loyalty? You might be surprised…
By Doug Briley, on July 17th, 2009
Are you gun-shy of using your brand’s budget to do something innovative?
By Steve Hanthorn, on May 28th, 2009
Too often, marketers of premium brands seem to believe that advertising their brand or service will be, much like their brand, a premium proposition. They assume that good advertising is simply “too expensive.” And all that production and photography and printing and interactive stuff is just fancy frosting that their cake doesn’t need to [...]
By Doug Briley, on May 18th, 2009
What does it take to make a commodity premium? It takes more than differentiation, it takes differentiation that matters to the customer. Marketers deal every day with putting a message out there for consumers to bite down on, but the commodities that can demand a higher price—and even invoke brand loyalty—are the ones that know [...]
By Doug Briley, on April 2nd, 2009
In the grocery aisle these days, there’s a noticeable change in the placement of store brands. They’re getting the prime real estate. It seems grocers are trying to maximize their margins by pushing their private label brands, when it’s the name brand products that have brought the customer to the store. Consumers may appreciate the [...]
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