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Positioning a President: A Marketing Case Study (Part 1)

January 27, 2012 by comments 0

Holland-Mark’s branding approach is based on the observation that people have a tendency to boil things down to One Simple Thing™. We all do it, it’s part of our genetic code and an important adaptation to a modern world overrun by complexity. We do this not only for brands (Volvo = Safety, BMW = Performance, Zappos…

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How to Teach Social Media to Your CEO

January 26, 2012 by comments 0

We do a lot of work with CEOs at Holland-Mark, and some of that work is focused on helping them understand, use, and leverage social media to advance their business agendas and personal brands. We’ve learned a few things along the way about what works in bringing a CEO up to speed on Twitter et…

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The CEO as Brand

January 24, 2012 by comments 0

Our CEO Series bi-monthly events at Grill 23 continue to attract an engaged and engaging audience of CEOs. Topics have ranged from “Social Media for CEOs” to last week’s event, “The CEO as Brand.” Speaker Israel Ganot, CEO and co-founder of Gazelle, shared his story and how he is working on different ways he can…

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Iterative Positioning

January 4, 2012 by comments 0

We do a lot of positioning work, and a lot of work for startup clients. Doing positioning work for startups, though, has always presented some unique challenges… foremost among which is the fact that positioning can be a bit of a moving target in the early days of a new business. We’ve been trying out…

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It ain’t easy

January 2, 2012 by comments 0

No matter how easy they make it look, all great brands share two things: clear vision and painstaking attention to every detail. In the early stages of my career I had the privilege of working on a piece of Bank of America business. I thought I had it made. I’m not even 21 and I…

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