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Maximizing Your Video Budget

So your CMO has laid down the law, and the CFO backs her up. You have your video budget, now go–work some miracles with it. You’re a VP of Marketing, Director of Brand, or the head of a marketing team, and you–– like everyone else–– have finite resources at your...

Maximizing Your Video Budget

Maximizing Your Video Budget

So your CMO has laid down the law, and the CFO backs her up. You have your video budget, now go–work some miracles with it. You’re a VP of Marketing, Director of Brand, or the head of a marketing team, and you–– like everyone else–– have finite resources at your...

Design 101: What is a Brand Identity?

Design 101: What is a Brand Identity?

Do you remember those Heineken commercials of lavish parties full of eclectic and eccentric people? Or the Captain Morgan commercial of a bar full of various captains? They showed crowded rooms full of visually interesting characters. Imagine walking among those...

The Design of Experience: The Experience Experiment

The Design of Experience: The Experience Experiment

Welcome to the Design of Experience: conversations about the ideas that make us feel a tribal devotion to the things we love. This one's about: Fu Manchus, podcast overpopulation, and the detailed Instagram breakdowns of a Whole Foods aficionado. What is it that you...

Your B2B Brand is Having a Moment

Your B2B Brand is Having a Moment

The future depends on you understanding it. Do you know that your brand is in a moment? It’s an important one. And it really matters what you do next. But how can you know what to do next if you don’t understand the moment you’re in – or possibly – don’t recognize...

The Design of Experience: The Snail Mail Saga

The Design of Experience: The Snail Mail Saga

Welcome to the Design of Experience: conversations about the ideas that make us feel a tribal devotion to the things we love. This one’s about: Sales pitch knife fights, Wes Anderson slander, and the long awaited return of Creepy Joe. What is the true power of...

Why We Start With “Why”

Why We Start With “Why”

You’ve got a business. It’s a good business! Maybe you’re an organ-tuning company. Or a ride-sharing app that caters exclusively to dogs. Or a service that retrieves people’s credit cards that they leave behind at bars.  The truth is, when you’re trying to build your...

The Design of Experience: Who Doesn’t Love a Good Jingle?

The Design of Experience: Who Doesn’t Love a Good Jingle?

Welcome to the Design of Experience: conversations about the ideas that make us feel a tribal devotion to the things we love. This one’s about: Anthropomorphism and hot dogs. The psychology of sounds. Grating voices. The joy of the jingle. Why have jingles fallen out...

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