February 9, 2012 by Mike Troiano comments 0
(NOTE: This is the second post in a series on the role of marketing and brands in this year’s Presidential election. For Part I, see Positioning A President: A Marketing Case Study.) Recap: Holland-Mark’s branding approach is based on the observation that people have a tendency to boil things down to One Simple Thing™ (“OST” for short.)…
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January 27, 2012 by Mike Troiano 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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November 9, 2011 by Mike Troiano comments 0
Slides from today’s talk at CriticalMass in the Cambridge Innovation Center. Thanks to everyone who came! Mike Selling the Dogfood: Startup Marketing Before & After Product/Market Fit View more presentations from Holland-Mark
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October 25, 2011 by caroline b. comments 2
But something tells us this is not what you were hoping to hear. Let’s start at the beginning. Two things happening at Holland-Mark right now. First, we’re in deep with the start up community. As of last night, the MassChallenge 2011 Awards sent a new batch of financed and confident entrepreneurs out into the world,…
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September 26, 2011 by Mike Troiano comments 0
I caught a great presentation by Sean Lindsay last week, and it really hammered home for me how the Boston startup and digital marketing community is coming into its own. Social events have and will continue to play an important role in knitting us all together, which is why I’d like to take a moment…
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