I heard a great story by Jeff Brady on NPR while on the way home yesterday. It was about the work of two researchers from Dartmouth who found it odd that ski resorts seemed to report more snowfall than surrounding areas and and steeper increases in snow amounts on weekends. They also found that resorts …more
The Physics of Marketing – Huygens’ Principle
You would think that if you did something like discover the rings of Saturn, discover Saturn’s largest moon – Titan – and then go on to invent and patent the first pendulum clock, that you would be a household name. Now assume you not only did all those things, AND also collaborated with Robert Hooke, …more
Stairway to Heaven and Marketing
Visual learners check out this great illustration from David Armano of Logic + Emotion portraying brand loyalty. So simply displayed. so easy to understand. So hard, seemingly, for most to achieve. David also created this brilliant picture, describing the shift from the classic (and dying) marketing funnel approach to the emerging idea of the Marketing …more
The Physics of Marketing – Conservation of Energy
This week’s Physics of Marketing post is about energy. It is clear when someone has energy and more clear when they lack it. Starbuck’s has made a fortune on regularly selling me cups full of energy in the form of caffeine laden black coffee. Energy takes many forms, and is probably best thought of in …more
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