Brand Strategy Lessons Learned from Apple - Happy Birthday Macintosh

Posted by Mary Planding on Tue, Mar 18, 2014

Thirty years ago on January 20, 1984, I stumbled bleary-eyed into the newly opened opulent Grand Hyatt Hotel in NYC. At the time, I was the manager of an authorized Apple dealership on Long Island and was there for the launch of the Macintosh.

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Tags: brand promise, brand marketing, brand strategy

When Does Brand Marketing Go Too Far?

Posted by Kevin Heney on Tue, Mar 11, 2014

We see over a thousand brand names and logos every day. Wherever we are, whatever we are doing, company logos are being flashed before our eyes. Whether we’re watching a baseball game, in a movie theater, or going to a Broadway show, we remain awash in brands.

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Tags: branding, product placement, brand intrusion, brand marketing