Blog categorized as Branding

That $50 Gift Card? It's Costing You Real Money.

10.06.25 08:54 AM - Comment(s)

I Got 23 Gifts Last Year. I Remember One.

Last year I got 23 corporate gifts from vendors.

Amazon cards. Starbucks cards. A few wine bottles.

I used them all within a week. Can't remember who sent a single one.

But three years ago, a consultant sent me a custom powerbank. I still use it. His name comes ...

What Savannah Bananas Merch Does (That Yours Doesn't)

09.29.25 11:35 AM - Comment(s)
What Savannah Bananas Merch Does (That Yours Doesn't)
They built a flywheel. You built a closet.

Your Metrics are Making You Stupid

09.19.25 07:09 AM - Comment(s)
Your Metrics are Making You Stupid
Why cost-per-unit optimization kills brand equity (and what smart companies measure instead)

Why Most Brand Stories Suck (And How to Fix Yours)

09.18.25 01:33 PM - Comment(s)
Why Most Brand Stories Suck (And How to Fix Yours)

Your brand story probably bores people.

I know this because 90% of the "brand stories" I see read like corporate mad libs. Same template. Same buzzwords. Same forgettable result.

Truth bomb: Most companies think they have a story when they reallyy just have a list of features dressed up with...

Most Corporate Culture Merch is Theater

09.17.25 01:50 PM - Comment(s)
Most Corporate Culture Merch is Theater
How Patagonia, Buffer, and Notion turned merch into measurable business impact