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Jun
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Here is an interview with Michael Perman, Senior Director of Consumer Insights, Levi Strauss & Co. who has trained over 7,000 on storytelling and who is conducting, with Pat Hanlon, the ARF Workshop, “Stories Inspire” on June 22nd in NY. The interview with Pat Hanlon can be found here.
Joel: Michael, you are a [...]
May
20
Cracking the code; creating great brands
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My interview with Pat Hanlon, author of Primal Branding on the role of stories at creating great brands.
Joel Rubinson: You have said that a great brand needs a great creation story. What do you mean by that and why is it so important?
Patrick Hanlon: Actually, what I have said is that great brands have great [...]
Apr
2
We at the ARF want to thank the thousands who were part of the ARF Re:Think2009 annual conference. The fact that this year’s attendance was in the thousands and approached last year’s record high meant attendees would be particularly demanding about value received in this very tough year.
And yet, feedback we received from attendees, [...]
Mar
27
All of a sudden it hit me. The 80/20 rule flipped on its ear! What I’m referring to is that something like 80% of resources in the market research function goes towards “quantifying the expected”. Falling into that category would be metrics like market share tracking, surveys that have predetermined lists of [...]