We recently attended 2014 Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim (see my story, Where the Brands Are the Stars from the 2013 show) and International Housewares in Chicago. Both shows were incredibly successful in terms of brand story telling to media, conversion into placement wins and overall relationship building for our client. After many yearsContinue reading “Maximize Trade Shows for Media Success”
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Getting a Head Start on a New Year
Don’t get me wrong, I love, love each and every moment of the holiday season. Extra time with family and friends, festive parties, and the demonstrated expressions of giving and gratitude are especially sweet. But as the Thanksgiving turkey and pumpkin pie buzz begins to lift, it feels like we are suddenly ringing in theContinue reading “Getting a Head Start on a New Year”
Be Creative and Keep it Real
This week we had an event in LA for our client, BlueAvocado. Not just any event, this one was special. For anyone who has planned big events, you understand the many challenges as well as the immense satisfaction of a job well done when everything aligns and perhaps even exceeds your expectations. This was oneContinue reading “Be Creative and Keep it Real”
Don’t Call Us Party Planners
The entertainment industry loves to promote the image of public relations as an industry filled with glossy, shiny, stiletto-heeled party planners. Think Samantha Jones of Sex and the City or Gwyneth Paltrow sitting at her desk every day, looking perfect and unruffled while waiting for the phone to ring and springing into action only whenContinue reading “Don’t Call Us Party Planners”
How to Pick the Right Video Maker?
We recently completed an amazing video project for our client, BlueAvocado. This particular project was so seamless, embodied such pitch perfect collaboration and most importantly, produced an end product that our client loved. This got me thinking, why are some projects so easy and at-times even magical and others are ‘good enough?’ If I haveContinue reading “How to Pick the Right Video Maker?”
Where the Brands are the Stars
If you have never been to one of the big consumer trade shows, you are missing out on a great opportunity to really get to know an industry and marketplace from an on-the-ground perspective. As a consumer, it is the one place you can learn, explore and experience hundreds, sometimes thousands of consumer products byContinue reading “Where the Brands are the Stars”
To Gift or Not to Gift?
The proliferation of gift bag opportunities has created an overwhelming array of product placement opportunities for companies to consider. The practice of placing a company’s product into select event gift bags has spawned cottage industries among marketers, event producers and PR folks. The question becomes, when does it make sense to place a company’s productContinue reading “To Gift or Not to Gift?”
A Print-Worthy Press Kit
The last time I blogged about press kits was back in February, 2010, “The Press Kit.” Reading back over it, not too much I would change. There is a good section toward the end with advice on working with a graphic designer. Worth a read. In the years since that original post, we have createdContinue reading “A Print-Worthy Press Kit”
Building a Brand, Without the Big Marketing Budget
Tints of Nature Lookbook I have blogged about the importance of creating a lookbook for clients that have an assortment of products or collections (see “bambeco summer lookbook” June 2010). The books can even be re-purposed for customers as a selling tool. In my Williams Sonoma days, we actually re-purposed the customer catalog images andContinue reading “Building a Brand, Without the Big Marketing Budget”
The Economy Isn’t Pretty But I Still Look Fabulous
Has the economic downturn affected consumer’s beauty routines? Intuitively we think the answer must be yes. When budget tightening hits, don’t we all re-examine what we need and what we want? But somehow the line between needs and wants has blurred considerably. It’s much more difficult in our hyper aware, consumer driven times to considerContinue reading “The Economy Isn’t Pretty But I Still Look Fabulous”
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