February 2008
7 posts
Quotes that got me today →
“I guess I got confused between what was right for the team and what was right.” — Matt Saracen, Friday Night Lights “There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.” — Peter De Vries
“Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.”...
Funky, Funky →
hear the beat from here to Asia, hip trip Flip Fantasia ;)
Starbucks Drops T-Mobile For AT&T →
stoolpigeon writes “Ars reports that Starbucks is replacing T-Mobile with AT&T as their Wi-Fi provider. AT&T broadband customers will be able to access the service for free. Starbucks card users will get 2 hours a day free. 2-hour, daily, and monthly rates will be lower than they were with T-Mobile. Starbucks says that their previously announced deal to tie in with iTunes will...
Happy (early) Valentine's day →
Coca-Cola Buys Honest Tea →
The best thing that ever happened to organic tea company Honest Tea or a slow but controlled brand implosion? Coca-Cola announced today that it is buying 40% of Honest Tea, the nation’s largest selling brand of organic bottled tea. Coke’s…
Fear, hope and love: the three marketing levers →
Where does love come from? Brand love? The TSA is in the fear business. Every time they get you take off your shoes, they’re using fear (of the unknown or perhaps of missing your plane) to get you take action. Chanel is in the hope business. How else to get you to spend $5,000 a gallon for perfume? Hope can be something as trivial as convenience. I hope that this smaller size of yogurt...
Fear, hope and love: the three marketing levers →
Where does love come from? Brand love? The TSA is in the fear business. Every time they get you take off your shoes, they’re using fear (of the unknown or perhaps of missing your plane) to get you take action. Chanel is in the hope business. How else to get you to spend $5,000 a gallon for perfume? Hope can be something as trivial as convenience. I hope that this smaller size of yogurt will...