by Greg Ippolito | Aug 20, 2020 | IMA Post
Lying in the Bed You Made This is a story of how a national mattress brand managed to turn five sales into just one. Several years ago, my wife and I were shopping for a new mattress for our older daughter. She was 12 and had outgrown her “little kid” bed. As it...
by Greg Ippolito | Jul 23, 2020 | IMA Post
Consider the Customer Browsing through my Facebook feed the other day, I came across a post that grabbed my attention. It was written by a friend and colleague of mine, Angie Vendetti, an eminent restaurant consultant who serves the Philly region. She helps restaurant...
by Greg Ippolito | Jun 18, 2020 | IMA Post
Taking Dares with Yes Would you rather have the best ice cream in the world … or the 11th best ice cream in the world? It’s not even a question, right? The Portland Trail Blazers taking Sam Bowie with the second pick in the 1984 NBA Draft — ahead of Michael...
by Greg Ippolito | May 21, 2020 | IMA Post
Top-10 COVID-19 Crack Ups Charlie Chaplin famously said, “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in the long-shot.” When we pull back from our many present-tense difficulties, we see that the COVID-19 crisis has given us some really funny moments. And...
by Greg Ippolito | Feb 20, 2020 | IMA Post
Just Do It. (But do the basics first.) By any measure, “Just Do It” is one of the greatest ad campaigns ever made. It ranks #4 on Ad Age’s list of the Top 100 Campaigns of the [20th] Century. Last year, Nike make almost $12B in revenue — that’s more than three decades...
