I couldn’t NOT write about this. Two of the biggest passions in my life: rock climbing and advertising. Back story: Alex Honnold is arguably the most famous rock climber on…
Most conversation, strategy and planning about brands has to do with what they are and how they are different. But brands are for saying no as well as yes. In…
What business are you in? Accounting, technology, insurance, banking, real estate, healthcare, consulting? I encourage you to get out of it. Today. Don’t change jobs. Don’t sell your business. Just…
Thoma loves great thinkers, especially if they also happen to be accompanied by great work ethics. We are accepting internship applications from promising college students who have completed a minimum…
We often think of brands as the emotional connection between customers and the products or companies those brands represent. Certainly brands elicit emotions. They spur affinity, love, revulsion, contentment. One…
The year 2016 is here and with it all the excitement of turning a new page on the calendar. What page might the brand leader turn? I’m not thinking about…
All I really need to know about branding I learned in a cup of coffee. In the beginning, coffee arrived on our shores in unwieldy, roughly marked burlap sacks stacked…
Imagine: There’s an extraterrestrial hiding behind your house. You’re a 10-year-old named Elliot. So, naturally, you decide to cajole the alien out of hiding. You place a trail of Reese’s…
You’ve just built yourself a shiny, new website. It’s mobile responsive, search optimized and easy to navigate. Or, you recently released a brand new product online. It’s cutting edge, focus…
Every time I visit the wine country of California I am awestruck by so many things. The miles and miles of vineyards undulating over the Sonoma and Napa valleys. The…
When the average person imagines an advertising agency, thoughts of paper basketball tournaments and indoor golf courses come to mind. Bouncing ideas off each other over pizza and beer at…
Your brand is not real. That is, it does not exist as a tangible, concrete element. Your brand is not your logo. It is not your product. It is not…
Scrolling through news feeds on computer screens is how the modern age consumes its news and information. If you think about it, the internet has become something of a miracle…