Where to Find Your Brand Story
Learn How to Captivate Your Customers With a Bewitching Brand Story In March 2019, I sniffed into an old claustrophobic bookstore in Queenscliff, Australia, like a mouse searching for cheese.…
Why CMO’s Need to Keep Engineers Out of Marketing
“Green Gap Redux: Green Words Gone Wrong” EcoPinion Survey Points to Consumer Confusion and Value Gaps Connected to Conservation, Renewable Energy and Smart Grid A Ecopinion survey from EcoAlign reports…
How to Create a Powerful Tagline with a High-Speed, Low-Cost Process
“Taglines while you wait” was my theme for a post a couple weeks back. Although I don’t condone the practice of rapid tagline iteration, unfortunately the market today is making…
Create a Tagline for Your Sustainable Cause in 5 Easy Steps
Have you ever been tasked with creating that perfect, memorable line that captures exactly what your company or organization does? Oh yeah, and inspires people to action? AND, is unforgettable,…
Is Your Sustainability Message Believable?
Do you think the fur industry is green? Does Nestle Waters really care about conservation? Can the Hummer possibly be more thirsty for adventure than gas? If you’re leading with…
Humorous Social Media Campaign About Purchasing “Infidelity Credits” Pokes Fun at Carbon Offset Industry
I wrote about our exploration of the carbon offsetting business by becoming carbon-neutral ourselves. Through our research, we found this hysterical site that compares buying carbon offsets to forgiving philandering…
Putting Faith in Carbon Offsetting is a Bit Like Grabbing an Electric Fence
Ever since my agency, Park&Co, announced we were working toward becoming carbon-neutral, we’ve received both cheers and jeers. Some call us “forward thinking.” Others call us “ignorant” for taking part…
How to Lure Your Audience on Social Media with Business Storytelling
Blogs. YouTube. Facebook. Flickr. LinkedIn. Ning. Vimeo. It’s kind of difficult to figure out just how online social media fits into an overall communications plan. I was noodling this over…
How Sustainable is Your Sustainability Message?
Is your green brand, message or platform relevant? Can it stand the test of time? Does anyone care? We’ve always put these questions to the famous three-legged green bar stool…
How to Help Your Content Marketing Survive
9 Ways People Respond to Online Content We’re all trying to get eyeballs to, and engagement with, our content. How do you stand out? How do you generate comments? How…
This Beer Coaster Deserves a Toast For Its Green Marketing Folly
I love to be surprised by clever green advertising in surprising places. That’s why I’m raising a frosty golden mug to New Belgium Brewing. They created this wonderful beer coaster/postcard…
