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Favourite blog posts of 2009: October & November
Part 3 of our series on our favourite posts of 2009″ October and November held a few more pleasant surprises for us here at Beg to Differ – from our Chicken Sandwich series to our first Slideshare...
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iPad, uPad: Apple meets the push-up bra
Apparently iPad has been enhancing feature sets for a while…. So of course, health Beg to Differ was riveted on Wednesday by “The Big Speech”. No, stuff not the State of the Union Address: it was the...
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Seth Godin on brand packaging: he’s right (this time)
The true job of “packaging” (hint: it’s not just to wrap stuff) Beg to Differ is focusing on a great blog post today by Seth Godin which asks a question we all need to ask ourselves: “does your...
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My double life: getting over “personal branding”
“I’m a slightly mad aristocrat and I’m okay with that” In this Beg to Differ: a shocking personal revelation from the Big Differ, view who wonders if “Personal Branding” is too narrow to capture the...
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Does branding cause cancer? Australian smokes go “no logo”.
An experiment in “un-branding” to promote community health Beg to Differ noticed this morning that Australia is planning to ban all logos and distinctive design elements from cigarette packaging. The...
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Sorry Ashton Kutcher. That’s a wipe-out.
Yesterday, health a friend linked to the video below, wondering why Ashton Kutcher and advertiser popchips would post such a “racist video”. Then an online debate broke out about whether it is racist...
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Labatt: “Our goal was simply to protect our brand.”
Twitter to Labatt: “We Beg to Differ!” This quirky and macabre little illustration by pop artist Gary Baseman was used a few years ago in Labatt’s Blue ad campaign: “A lot can happen. Out of the Blue.”...
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Grinding to the next level: new era at Bridgehead
The new HQ – off Preston Avenue. More than a store The bright, spacious new retail store is just the beginning. There’s a lot more to this space. Sorry, when I say “store”, I’m using the wrong word....
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Brand strategy advice: Stonz Footwear
Meeting the challenge of expanding Stonz into new markets If you follow me as @DenVan on Twitter, information pills you might have seen that I contributed to a Dan Misener piece in today’s Globe and...
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Telco Brands: the Fair for Canada FAIL in one picture
Rogers, Bell, and Telus blow their big chance. By being their same old big-Telco selves… My friend Ottawa blogger and media commentator Mark Blevis has put out a couple of smart and incisive critiques...
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