by Evelyn Starr | Jan 11, 2019 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brand Strategy, Brands In Adolescence
I was oblivious to pop music until age 10. That changed when my worldly 12-year-old neighbor came to my house and was dismayed to find that I was clueless about music. On her direction we took my parents’ radio from the kitchen and plugged it in in my bedroom. She...
by Evelyn Starr | Oct 12, 2018 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brand Strategy
Has someone you know ever changed their name? My mother-in-law changed her first name to Elanah right before I met her because she felt like a spiritually different person than before. I had no problem calling her Elanah because I had never known her by any other...
by Evelyn Starr | Sep 12, 2018 | Brand Strategy, Marketing Insights, Marketing Tools & Tactics
I have called SiriusXM twice in the past seven months to cancel my subscription and yet I am still subscribed. Here’s why. When I bought my Subaru Forester in April 2017 I got a free three-month subscription to SiriusXM radio. After three months SiriusXM offered me...
by Evelyn Starr | May 10, 2018 | Brand Strategy, Brands In Adolescence, Uncategorized
I watched no television in college until senior year. That year I shared a terrace apartment with three classmates. Each of us had our own bedroom. We shared a tiny kitchen, a living room with a table and four chairs, and a bathroom. Luckily one of us had a TV. Going...
by Evelyn Starr | Apr 12, 2018 | Brand Strategy, Marketing Insights
Last Saturday while I was getting my hair cut, my stylist and I chatted about our plans for the weekend. After sharing mine, I asked about hers. “Well…,” she said, “I have to be at a social media training session for the salon tomorrow from 10-2. They’re going to show...
by Evelyn Starr | Mar 9, 2018 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brand Strategy, Brands In Adolescence
One summer day a few years ago I saw a parking patrol officer in the center of town roll down the sidewalk on a Segway Human Transporter (HT), stop at an expired meter and issue a ticket to the offending car. The sight of him made me realize that I had forgotten to...
