Pillsbury Doughboy and Geico Shows the Fun in Co-Branding
By now, most of you have probably seen the Pillsbury Doughboy featured in a Geico commercial. The ad was part of the Martin Agency’s latest “Happier Than … ” commercial series for Geico. As the story unfolds, the Pillsbury Doughboy attempts to sneak a deadly baking pin through security and a TSA agent tries to [...]
6 Valuable Marketing Lessons I Learned at Eastman Kodak
Much has been written about growing brands and businesses to new levels of success by CMO’s. Surprisingly, little has been written about how to manage a brand when a company and its products and services are in decline. Such was the case when I managed corporate and consumer marketing for Eastman Kodak as their global [...]
The CMO As Change-Management Operator
I recently had a chance to participate in a panel discussion of CMOs as change-management operators at a recent event put on by IQPC CMO Exchange – Miami in January, 2013. From my perspective, there are two camps of marketing people – those that have a big “M” role and participate in the most fundamental [...]
