The Holy Grail: Brand Loyalty

As marketers, we work really hard to make buyers aware of us, and even harder to make them buy from us. Now, we’re faced with the ongoing challenge of how to keep them coming back. The real question is: How do we make them loyal? How do we turn them into brand advocates? Want to… Continue reading The Holy Grail: Brand Loyalty

Creating Community: One Brand at a Time

Customer Loyalty Series: Part 6 Along with “storytelling” and “authenticity” the word “community” gets tossed around a lot these days by brands and marketers alike. While all three of these terms, and the sentiments they carry, are often used as empty platitudes or attractive phrases to sprinkle in an ‘About Us’ page, in their best… Continue reading Creating Community: One Brand at a Time

Make Way For Generation S

Generation S

Marketers are accustomed to thinking of their customers in terms of “generations.” Based on when you were born, you may be a Baby Boomer or a member of Generation X, Y or Z. These categorizations help us understand the consumer behaviors that ultimately drive everything from the products marketers sell to the way they “talk”… Continue reading Make Way For Generation S

Is Your Brand Amazon Proof?

Anybody who shops on Amazon has probably had the experience where the price of the item you just put in your cart changes while it sits there. With the recent announcement that Amazon intends to buy Whole Foods, I started wondering about this and found that the explanation is pretty interesting. “List price” has been… Continue reading Is Your Brand Amazon Proof?