The Wax Blog

09 Apr

Posted at 15:19h in Integrated Marketing by
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[caption id="attachment_4199" align="alignright" width="224" caption="What would Molly do?"][/caption] I've had a few conversations over the past couple of weeks regarding the use of serial commas and other little grammar tics. It was helpful for me to read Jonathan Crossfield's blog post  talking about the fact that writing is about CLARITY not about grammar. The internet and blogs in particular have really changed this for most of us. For example,  I believe a brochure that still uses serial commas in its copy  a) looks messy and b) is old school.  So sue me. 

02 Apr

Posted at 09:32h in Integrated Marketing, Small Business by
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I was in a meeting last week with a new client - we were discussing how the administrative staff might deal with incoming calls. The CEO remarked "let's take that offline, it has nothing to do with marketing." This person really doesn't like me, so at first I thought he had read my latest brand rant but then I realized he was 100% serious. So what's up with this disconnect between marketing and customer service? I've got some ideas about it. Love to hear yours!

19 Mar

Posted at 14:54h in Integrated Marketing, Small Business by
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I'm really tired of people thinking that their logo is their brand. No...that's your brand image. Your brand is also not your tagline or your style or anything else that has to do with how you look. The best definition of a brand these days is that it's your customer's perception of your product, service, company or person.