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The Wisdom of the crowds

Introduction In 1841, the Scottish journalist Charles Mackay published an essay entitled “Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds”. It is in fact a popular belief that people usually get dumb when they gather into crowds. James Surowiecki’s book discusses several situations where this is absolutely wrong, and collective perception, behaviour, or problem-solving can in [...]

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The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding

The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding 1. The Law of Expansion: The power of a brand is inversely proportional to its scope. Trying to be all things to all people undermines the power of the brand. The strength of brands lies in becoming synony-mous with a single category. Brands that [...]

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The Strengths of Global Brands

>>> <<< How consumers from different countries perceive global brands such as Coca Cola and Nike? When talking about global brands we could have a tendency to remember the last Mc Donalds that was wrecked by some anti-globalization activists. However the fact is that Mc [...]

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The Table of Brand Evolution Terms

A cool table viewed on the Kolbrenerusa.com

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Pinko Marketing, a new marketing term

I found out a new marketing term: pinko marketing. What a strange term. The big idea is that we are coming back to the roots of commerce which is communication. The contact and the building of trust between community members are back at the core of commerce. In fact pinko marketing is not well defined [...]

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What becomes an Icon Most?

Brands that achieve the status of icons succeed because they forge a deep connection with the culture. In essence, they compete for culture share. The strategic focus is on what the brand stands for, and not how the brand performs. Icons are valued because, through them, people get to experience powerful myths.

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What I learned from « A brand new World »

A new brand world #1 All aboard the brandwagon Relying on brand awareness has become marketing fool’s gold A brand is the result of a synaptic process in the brain.

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