A Google search on the term “the uber of” returns 65,000 results, including The Uber of Gentleman Companions (an article about a new startup that promises “what women really want”) and We’re the Uber of Organ Transplants (a website posing as a non-profit in the organ donation space). In fact, Entrepreneur recently ran a piece on the proliferation […]

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Wow!  What a week it’s been and it’s only Wednesday!  The official launch of my new book, What Great Brands Do: The Seven Brand-Building Principles That Separate the Best from the Rest, is underway and that means lots of great resources for you to learn about what great brands do and how to build a brand […]

In my latest QSR Magazine column, I lay out keys to social media success.  Frankly it was a difficult column to write — not only because there are so many media options and new ones are emerging daily (I just learned about Ban.jo and Muuver this week), but also because there are so many ways to use these […]

brand-as-business bit:   To expand or not to expand, that is the question — the question most companies grapple with at some point. While entering a new market certainly opens up a new revenue stream and increases the impact and stature of your brand, it can also add complexity and variability that threaten your operations and […]