by Evelyn Starr | Jun 13, 2020 | Brand Experience, Employee Engagement
On March 30, like thousands of people, I turned to Amazon.com to buy toilet paper. Our household was not desperate, but after weeks of empty store shelves I was looking to secure a future supply. Amazon was empty too, except for two offerings from a brand I’d never...
by Evelyn Starr | May 15, 2020 | Brand Experience, Brand Growth & Rebranding
I’ve been racking up miles lately. On foot. Power walks were the least frequent choice of my go-to exercise triumvirate – hot yoga, elliptical trainer rides and power walks – until mid-March. Now they are now the most frequent. I walk fast and greet everyone I...
by Evelyn Starr | Apr 10, 2020 | Marketing Insights, Marketing Tools & Tactics
For 9 years I’ve been practicing yoga at HYP Studio with my favorite instructor, Jordan. Jordan teaches awesome classes. His success as a yoga instructor has led him to train other instructors and to open his own studio, Burning Wheel Yoga School, with his wife...
by Evelyn Starr | Apr 10, 2020 | Marketing Insights, Marketing Strategy
If you have time to read and the inclination to advance your marketing knowledge, here are five great books to consider. Please know that I receive no compensation for recommending these books. Marketing Rebellion by Mark Schaefer – Mark Schaefer is a renowned...
by Evelyn Starr | Mar 13, 2020 | Marketing Tools & Tactics
When I was 8 years old, I had a eureka! moment. I realized that if I bought three pieces of Bazooka bubble gum at two cents each and sold them for four cents each, I would double my money. Then I could repeat the process and double it again! My father told me that was...
by Evelyn Starr | Feb 13, 2020 | Brand Experience, Marketing Strategy
When I went to college, friends and family predicted that I would acquire a taste for coffee. That never happened. I like the smell of coffee but can’t stand the taste. Even three years of working at Dunkin’s corporate offices did not change that. Instead, as a...
by Evelyn Starr | Jan 10, 2020 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brands In Adolescence
When I began writing this newsletter eight years ago, my two children were in middle school. Now both are in college. As middle school students they had no idea what they would study in college. Even upon arriving on campus they were unsure. My son AJ went to college...
by Evelyn Starr | Dec 13, 2019 | Brand Storytelling
It is rare that I don’t finish a book. I’m a voracious reader and will almost always stick with a book to its conclusion. One of the few books I did not finish was The Stars in Our Eyes. Several pages in I could not relate to the story. Nothing against the author,...
by Evelyn Starr | Nov 8, 2019 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brand Purpose & Values, Brand Strategy
**WARNING: Images of red wine stain on white carpet ahead. May not be suitable for all viewers. Red wine and white carpet. Not a winning combination. Our living room is a testament to that fact. We did not choose our white carpet. It came with the house which was only...
