by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC Warning: The following blog post contains full frontal liberal snarking and might not be appropriate for all audiences. If you’re a Republican with a thin skin, please escape now to somewhere you might feel more at home. The way I see it, ridiculing Sarah Palin is [...]
Tags:Al Gore·Apple·branding·Coca-Cola·ethics·John Kerry·Karl Rove·marketing·Microsoft·Pepsi·politics·positioning·publicity·Sarah Palin·social media·Swift Boaters·Walmart
You’ve all seen the standard romantic comedy: the lead character pines for a fantasy ideal — a millionaire, supermodel, quarterback, cheerleader, prince or princess — but in the end, our hopeless romantic finds true love with a best friend, worst enemy, nerd, prostitute, maid or bodyguard. Delusions dispelled, the true lovers lock lips and live [...]
Tags:Boxster·branding·business·marketing·Neiman Marcus·Porsche·positioning·pricing·recession·Saks·Saks Fifth Avenue·Starbucks·strategy
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC As an L.A. based interactive-media guy for the past 14 years, I’m expected to blog about sexy new developments online or in Hollywood, but today I’ve decided to write about Mervyns department store. And, yes, that’s the only time you’ll ever see the words [...]
Tags:bankruptcy·branding·business·economy·fashion·Forever 21·Mervyns·positioning·recession·retail·strategy·Target
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC During the South Carolina Democratic debate, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton spent the evening attacking each other instead of addressing the issues. I was completely irked by their misbehavior — then realized that this was classic marketing strategy in action…
Tags:2008 election·business·Coke·competitive strategy·John Edwards·marketing·Obama·Pepsi·politics·positioning
“We live in a time when people are losing confidence in the ability of government to solve problems… Wal-Mart does not wait for someone else to solve problems.” – Wal-Mart Stores CEO H. Lee Scott Jr. I have to admit it: Wal-Mart is brilliant…
Tags:big boxes·green business·marketing·positioning·socially responsible business·Target·Wal-Mart
"Common sense is the little man in a gray suit who never makes a mistake at addition, but it's always someone else's money he's adding up."
- Raymond Chandler
Let's hear it for uncommon sense: that inner itch that inspires you to stray from the herd, ditch the training wheels and leap into the fast lane. As we all know, it's the risk takers who get their faces on the cover of Wired magazine and their words on National Public Radio. No one ever remembers who won "honorable mention"...
Cool Rules Pronto celebrates uncommon sense in marketing and media. It's written by Freddy J. Nager, the Founder of the L.A.-based creative strategy agency Atomic Tango LLC, and marketing instructor at UCLA Extension and Robert Kennedy College of Zurich, Switzerland.
