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Master the DEMI Model for Marketing Success

It’s fast, it’s easy to use, it’s the marketing tool of the next millennium! Okay, it’s not, and it isn’t even a real word. But here’s another axiom born in the fires of Fifteen4 that we think is pretty effective. It started as a quick way for us to remind our account...

Master the DEMI Model for Marketing Success

Master the DEMI Model for Marketing Success

It’s fast, it’s easy to use, it’s the marketing tool of the next millennium! Okay, it’s not, and it isn’t even a real word. But here’s another axiom born in the fires of Fifteen4 that we think is pretty effective. It started as a quick way for us to remind our account...

The Design of Experience: The Funny One

The Design of Experience: The Funny One

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: Cathead whimsy, avant-garde food establishments, and a nerdy J.K. Simmons. Why is humor so disarming and connective?...

The Design of Experience: The Tribal Devotion Talk

The Design of Experience: The Tribal Devotion Talk

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: Motorcycle gang morality, software taste testing, and Apple evangelism. Is culture more impactful than company...

5 Steps to Creating Great Customer Experiences

5 Steps to Creating Great Customer Experiences

Emily Wolf, web designer, shares how to elevate customer experiences with five little things and one, big question, "Are you in business for something other than your business?" How often do you encounter an unexpected, small gesture that makes you say, “Why can’t...

The Design of Experience: The Transparency Transition

The Design of Experience: The Transparency Transition

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: Redemption burritos, the Woke Washing Epidemic, and the striking similarities between guts and guac. How has...

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