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  • 23: #23 The Duality of the Agile Brand

    While some things need to stay the same in a brand, a truly Agile one needs to evolve over time. There are two ways to look at how an audience changes over the life of a brand. First, you can look at audience shifts in terms of how an audience’s…

  • 22: #22 Constants and the Agile Brand

    Once when I was speaking on the topic of agile marketing at a conference, someone asked a question that should be addressed here: Doesn’t it go against the fundamentals of branding to be so agile, and adapt to change so easily? What about the core…

  • 21: #21 Special Episode: Data Untangled with Jennifer Kling and Ram Palaniappan of TEKsystems

    This special episode is generously brought to you by TEKSystems. Every organization has a not-so-secret weapon: data. It’s incredibly valuable information generated from every aspect of the enterprise, including research and development, sales…

  • 20: #20 What is an agile brand?

    Having discussed what agile is and means, let’s talk more specifically about the current state of branding, and what I’ve defined as the Agile Brand. Agility is built on principles of sprints and optimization discussed in the previous chapter,…

  • 19: #19 Agile marketing

    Building on the last episode that discussed agile methodology, this episode explores agile marketing in greater depth.

  • 18: #18 What is agile?

    Although this topic could take up an entire podcast on its own, this episode briefly discusses what agile methodology is, and how it applies to marketing and branding.

  • 17: #17 Brand as Relationship

    The fourth and current stage of the evolution of brands. As more and more brands have adopted the experience approach, it has become clearer that a one-off moment in time is not enough to cement brand loyalty. This takes us to the current stage in the…

  • Arlington doesn’t limit its creative sector strictly to arts endeavors.

    Arlington doesn’t limit its creative sector strictly to arts endeavors.

    Arlington Economic Development asked the question, what does the creative economy have to do with the military? Turns out, a lot more than you might think. At the May 16th Return on Creativity seminar: Leading From the Front, a diverse panel of former and active members of the military spanning three generations talked about how…

  • 16: #16 Brand as Experience

    The third stage in the evolution of brands. With increased competition, and consumer preference for more tailored products and services, brands were forced to differentiate themselves beyond occupying an idea. They needed to insert themselves into key…

  • 15: #15 Brand as Idea

    The second stage in the evolution of brands. With increasing competition from mass production, mass advertising, and mass media in general, the need for brands to be more than an object came along. At this point, it wasn’t enough to simply have a…