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How To Build A Brand – Part II

March 7, 2012 by comments 0

This is the second in a two part series on How To Build A Brand. For Part I, see here. Quick Recap: Holland-Mark is not in the advertising business. We’re in the growing businesses business. We help clients achieve “Imperative” status, meaning we help make their products and services must-haves in an economy where that’s what people…

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How To Build A Brand – Part I

March 5, 2012 by comments 0

This is the first in a two part series on How To Build A Brand. Want to be sure not to miss the second? Subscribe to our channel feed. Holland-Mark is not in the advertising business. We’re in the growing businesses business. We help clients achieve “Imperative” status, meaning we help make their products and services…

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A Brand Is A Story

March 1, 2012 by comments 0

One of our folks wrapped up a storied 4 year stint at the agency today, to pursue her dream of making a living doing what she’s really passionate about: baking. She and I had lunch a couple weeks back, and talked about where that passion came from. She told me a story, about how her…

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The Three Big Things That Most Marketers Are Missing

February 29, 2012 by comments 0

I’m usually the guy defending the importance of Marketing. But the truth is, most marketing is worthless, and the same is true for an awful lot of the people who practice it. It doesn’t need to be that way. The way forward starts with a sober look at where we are, examines how we got…

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You Don’t Need a Job. You Need a Gig and a Network

February 22, 2012 by comments 1

When I was a fresh-faced young man, I went out into the world to find a job. Over the course of a couple years trying to break into advertising, I was a door-to-door salesman, then a bouncer, and eventually a bartender. Each of these was a job to pay the bills, en route to a…

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