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Just when I thought 2009 was going to end without a really BIG example of brand bollocks, the troubled internet service provider (ISP) AOL and their design agency Wolf Olins*…

A nice way to end the year is finding that the brandgymblog has doubled the number of subscribers in 2009, breaking the 2000 barrier this week. We're chuffed to still…

‘Consumer-created content’ is a red-hot topic at the moment. I've posted  on it here. According to many experts we must give up control of brands and invite consumers into the…

  Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs is the ultimate brand leader in my eyes. There is no better example of leading through actions, not words. He doesn’t tell people about the…

For too long Leader Brands have been beaten up by the own label bully boys, as I posted on here back in 2007. Retailers copy the famous brands look, feel…

Interesting piece in Marketing Week on 10 commandments for the modern marketer, based on interviews at the European CMO Conference. The top dogs who contributed included the co-founder of Facebook,…

I was recently interviewed for a front-page Marketing Week story on O2's plans to stretch from mobile telecoms into healthcare and education. You can download the full article here.O2 has…

Nice bit of news to finish the week off: the brandgymblog has been ranked number 14 in Cool Marketing Stuff's Best 100 Marketing Blogs :-) 

I posted earlier this year on a book called "The Element". Its pretty life-changing stuff about doing something you love and have a natural talent for. I sum it up…

Interesting to read in Marketing that Unilever brand Pepperami has received 1185 ad ideas via the "crowdsourcing" website Idea Bounty. I posted back in August on the brand's decision to…