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...
by Evelyn Starr | Oct 11, 2019 | Marketing Insights, Marketing Strategy
I was cornhole oblivious until last week. If you are like I was – oblivious – cornhole is bean bag toss game that may date back as far as the 14th century in Germany and has been played for decades in the Midwest. Cornhole players take turns tossing a 16-ounce bean...
by Evelyn Starr | Sep 13, 2019 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Marketing Insights
My toothpaste is giving me a headache. Not a physical ache, but a frustration ache that comes from meaning to buy one variety and mistakenly buying another. My husband Dan has this headache too. Dan’s office is a block away from our closest Target store. I’ve been a...
by Evelyn Starr | Aug 9, 2019 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brands In Adolescence, Marketing Insights, Starter Set
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with my name during the course of my life. Or I should say hate-love relationship. The dislike came first.In elementary school, I was the only Evelyn. Not just in my class or in my grade. But in the whole school.No one that age wants...
by Evelyn Starr | Jul 12, 2019 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brands In Adolescence, Marketing Strategy
What would you do if someone wrote an unflattering tell-all book about your work place?This happened to HubSpot in 2016.HubSpot is a software company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They develop software to help their customers use inbound marketing to build their...
by Evelyn Starr | Jun 14, 2019 | Marketing Insights, Marketing Tools & Tactics, Starter Set
This post was originally published on August 9, 2013 and updated on June 14, 2019. You know how your parents told you not to talk to strangers? Well one day on vacation I not only spoke to a stranger, I invited her to my hotel room. In October 1996 my husband Dan and...
by Evelyn Starr | May 10, 2019 | Brand Strategy, Brands In Adolescence, Marketing Strategy
In April 2002, my husband Dan and I took a vacation to France. We flew to Paris to spend three nights there before going south to Avignon and Aix-en-Provence.Upon arrival we took a long walk and had lunch at a café. After a nap, we headed out for a Saturday night on...
by Evelyn Starr | Apr 12, 2019 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brand Purpose & Values
On January 4, 2019 I implemented my plan to attend at least one writing conference this year by registering for the American Writers and Writing Program Conference (AWP) in Portland, Oregon at the end of March. Though the conference usually attracts 12,000 writers, I...
by Evelyn Starr | Mar 8, 2019 | Marketing Insights, Marketing Tools & Tactics
Would it bother you to lose a customer who had a 32-year-history with you? It would devastate me. Long-term client relationships are gold and not just from a monetary perspective. My long-term clients are people I enjoy working with and have gotten to know well. Our...
