Posted on January 25, 2010 by John Lyle
I was in Liverpool at the weekend and as some of you will know, I am a huge fan of the City and the people.
It was my birthday and rather than travel abroad for a few days, we decided to stay within the UK and immerse myself as a total tourist and I simply loved [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2010 by John Lyle
I’ve been catching up with some of my Podcasts over the holiday period and this one by Jack Welch seemed to be good advice for all sorts of situations from MP’s expenses to any bad publicity your brand faces.
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Posted on January 6, 2010 by John Lyle
I’ve never been a big fan of delivered pizza. It always seems to be a bit like wet cardboard. Domino’s decision to come out and tell everyone they agreed with this thought and that they had done something about it, to me, means they deserve all the success they get.
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Posted on December 29, 2009 by John Lyle
If you care enough to text, then why not call.
If you care enough to call, then why not write.
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Posted on December 23, 2009 by John Lyle
It was a big day yesterday on my blog and I saw the huge power of social media first hand. I really thought that we had uncovered the fact that the RATM Christmas number one was a scam that had been funded by Sony to get sales for all their artists up. I didn’t like the manipulation it implied, so I started digging.
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Posted on December 22, 2009 by John Lyle
We’ve been talking about this a lot in the office and are now completely convinced that the RATM is no viral backlash, it’s a very clever piece of viral placement that is funded by Sony themselves.
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Posted on December 22, 2009 by John Lyle
A product itself, is just one element of the overall brand experience. Like a burger in McDonalds to the Petrol in a Shell station, the product is the product is the product. It is not the brand. If it has a logo on it, it’s a logo’d product. It’s still not a brand.
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Posted on December 21, 2009 by John Lyle
I’m working on the brand for Robin Hood with the City of Nottingham and we’re trying to define what his values are all about. What does Robin Hood mean to the current generation growing up and how does that differ from any of our own perceptions.
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Posted on December 18, 2009 by John Lyle
I’ve just read an excellent article by the magnificent Seth Godin, where he sets out to define what a brand is. You can read that in full here and I thoroughly recommend you do. But what we do is branding. The creation of brands, so its important for us to take a slightly different view to the great Seth and define what we believe exceptional branding to be all about.
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Posted on December 18, 2009 by John Lyle
Volvo is one of those brands that few people actually fall in love with. It is a car that is far more likely to be bought with your head than your heart as they have had a reputation for safety for as long as I can remember. Anything that makes life safer for cyclists and pedestrians in crowded city centres has to be good news if it’s as intuitive as this. Nice one Volvo, good luck to you.
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