“There’s One Born Every Minute…” Are You The Sucker?

“There’s a sucker born every minute” is a famous quote attributed to the incredible showman, storyteller and marketing genius, P.T. Barnum. Yet the credit should not go to him. David Hannum is the rightful owner of this often-quoted statement, and he first issued it as a jab toward Barnum and

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Diabolical Product Differentiation

The Trojan Horse doesn’t conjure thoughts of honorable warfare. It’s definitely not something you’d associate with one of the top 100 most loved brands in the world. But at age 11 I was fully caught in the crosshairs of a diabolical marketing scheme that took the public by storm. The

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Content Creation Is Dead

The King Is Dead: Content Is No Longer King

Has Content Creation Reached It’s Tipping Point? The term Tipping Point was coined by Malcolm Gladwell in his book of the same name which seeks to explain and describe the “mysterious” sociological changes that mark everyday life. As the subtitle sums up perfectly, “The Little Things That Make A Big

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The Creepy Way ABC Decommoditized The American Family

One of the defining characteristics of a commodity is when a unique feature becomes so common, that consumers feel they can easily interchange it with other alternatives on the market and not notice a difference. In television, there is no bigger commodity than the American Sitcom, yet networks continue to

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