Boston Pizza Embraces Bad Naming Strategy in Time for Playoffs

In Brand Promotion by Axle Davids

So, you are Boston Pizza trying to both increase brand awareness and inspire customer loyalty.  The Stanley Cup finals pit the Vancouver Canucks against the Boston Bruins.  Ironically, you are a Canadian company, and are now suffering from your brand strategy of being perceived as Bostonian. You may be regretting …

When Promotions Kill Your Brand Strategy

In Brand Promotion by Axle Davids

by Margaret Sims The Bay department store is a venerable Canadian institution, and over my shopping lifetime, I have come to learn that the The Bay is a high quality department store.  However, they seem to be moving into discount chain territory by using the old school marketing tactic of …

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Top Ten Things a Brand Must Be to Go Social

In Brand Promotion by Axle Davids

Simon Mainwaring’s Blog has a great piece on the top ten things a brand must be to go social. It’s a question that is consuming more and more marketing companies as online spending increases, and Social becomes the next big thing. Mainwaring’s top ten include: 1. Be Defined 2. Be Simple 3. …