“There’s a trend in marketing today to make brands “fully integrated” and “seamless.” In other words, to eliminate all incongruity and surprise. Shallow blands are fully integrated and seamless. To be deep […]
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Read more →You run across it every day. The bloated Mission Statement – the prolonged podcast. Internet articles that are much longer than needed. Media brands with many – not one – […]
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