From Inside Out – How to Create Change

May 13th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

How do you explain why others are able to achieve things that defy all assumptions?

All the great leaders and organizations in the world think, act and communicate the exact same way, and it’s the complete opposite of how everyone else does it.

Very few organizations know why they do what they do, their purpose, their belief, their cause.

Why does your organization exist?
Why do you get out of bed in the morning?
Why should anyone care?

Typically, most organizations think, act and communication from the outside in (starting with the What, then How, and finally Why), going from the clearest to the fuzziest.

The greatest individuals and organizations think from the inside out – starting with the Why.

Watch the full story by Simon Sinek…

Include All Five Senses in Your Branding

March 18th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

In Branding, developing a visually memorable statement that increases consumer brand awareness is important to building a powerful image. But this only stimulates one of our senses. Much emphasis is placed on satisfying the visual sense in branding, but this leaves a gap in making an impact in your audience. Smell, one of our most interesting sense is rarely utilized.

Smells invoke memories and appeal directly to feelings without first being filtered and analyzed by the brain, which is how the remaining four senses are processed. We all recognize and are emotionally stimulated by, say, the scent of freshly cut grass, brackish sea air, or the perfume of roses.{Martin Lindstrom}

If you are using scents as part of you total user experience, pay a little more attention to the scents used and the consistency of using a particular scent.

Click here to download a free PDF on Sensory Branding (with thanks to our friends at AllAboutBranding.com)

What If it Was Medium

May 13th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink

What if Starbucks termed their drink sizes as Small, Medium, and Large. How would this alter our brand perception of Starbucks.

Know Who's Talking About You – The Basics

February 19th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink

It’s important to know what is being said about you or your health care facility – good or bad. This will give you the opportunity to monitor conversations that are happening online about the quality services your offer, the facility that you manage, and the experiences your patients have. Once you’re able to manage this component of your marketing, you can begin to build upon the strengthens, improve on the weaknesses, and explore the different possibilities available to grow your practice.

Using Google Alerts, you can set up alerts to be send directly to your inbox when your name (or the terms you choose) are mentioned online. This is an easy and effective way to begin to gauge the quality and quantity of dialogues that are centered around your practice and your name.

A good name will precede your actions.