Posts Tagged ‘marketing’

John Gerzema “The Brand Bubble” Biznik Live Interview

Friday, November 28th, 2008

 

This interview wth John Gerzema, author of “The Brand Bubble: The Looming Crisis in Brand Value & How to Avoid It”, was another intriguing one.  John was an easy guest to converse with, and his advice on increasing the power of your brand through Vision, Invention & Dynamism was fascinating.

Personally, I made an internal shift starting with this interview.  It was a shift to try and pay more attention to my natural curiosity within the conversation, rather than the scripts and technology in front of me. In previous shows, a combination of trying to pay attention to my own notes, text questions coming in from the audience and watching the call queue, all made it hard for me stay genuine and engaged in the conversation. I really don’t like that. Needless to say, while there was still some distractions, I was able to ‘enjoy’ this conversation and remain engaged more than previous Biznik Live shows.

Listen to this show and you’ll find out:

  • Why there is a general societal trend to trust brands less and less.
  • Which companies are actually increasing recognition and trust in their brand, and why.
  • What you can do to help increase the power of your brand.

 
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Transcript of Interview with John Gerzema (after jump)

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Biznik Live with Martin Lindstrom (Author of Buy*ology)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

I had a great time interviewing this fellow Dane (though I speak not a word of Danish and have not yet made it to Denmark myself!).  Martin is a dynamic and passionate speaker who shared with us the results of the largest neuromarketing research ever -$7 million dollars and 2000 volunteers from all over the world who let Martin’s research team peer into their brains as they were exposed to various brand-related images and words.  Curious what they found out?

 

In this Biznik Live, we touch on:

  • Some of Martin’s core findings in the neuromarketing study
  • The role of fear in our decision processes
  • Key advantages to being a small business (easier to take big risks, innovate!)
  • The story of the pizza company on a low-budget that dominated the market in his area in a really unique way…
  • Does your website have a jingle, your biz card a smell, why not?
  • Hottest tips for indie biz agents during the current economic conditions
  • Much more…
I hope you enjoy the show!
TRANSCRIPTION OF THE SHOW…

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