by Evelyn Starr | Oct 9, 2020 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brand Purpose & Values, Brand Strategy
When I started my business in late 1999, I spent time interviewing self-employed contacts for advice. One mentor told me she limited herself to working with three clients at a time. That piece of advice has been invaluable to me. A three-client roster does not sound...
by Evelyn Starr | Sep 11, 2020 | Brand Purpose & Values, Brand Strategy, Brands In Adolescence
A new client requested a Skype call recently. I installed Skype on my new laptop and wanted to test drive a call with my son AJ. When I asked him, AJ said he did not think he had it installed on his four-year-old laptop. Then he asked if my new client was 80 years...
by Evelyn Starr | Aug 14, 2020 | Marketing Insights, Marketing Strategy
In October 1991 I took a Marketing Research Analyst position with Veryfine Products, a juice company headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts. I was in the middle of my MBA program, the first half of which I attended full-time. For the first 18 months that I worked...
by Evelyn Starr | Jul 10, 2020 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brand Storytelling, Marketing Insights, Starter Set
This post originally appeared in March 2012 and remains one of my most popular. Updated on July 10, 2020. That’s me in the Polaroid instant photo with actor Michael Vale, better known as Fred the Baker, or the guy who used to utter “Time to make the donuts.” Mr. Vale...
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...
