Killing Them Hardly » business

5 yr old on Brands.

Peter — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:51:28 +0000

Interesting perspectives on brand identities from a young expert.

Game Over.

Peter — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:31:44 +0000

BMW and Audi have been having a little tit for tat ad battle that I’ve been following for a while. It all began with a ‘Your Move, BMW’… and has subsequently gotten bigger and goofier each time. Good stuff.

Color Psych Infographic

Peter — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:56:00 +0000

I love me some infographics, and love me some pop psychology. Hey, best of both worlds. Click the image a few times to zoom to full size.

TSA Grope Zone.

Peter — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:07:49 +0000

Saw this on BoingBoing and thought it was great. Attributed to Oleg Volk. Big topic as we lead into the holiday ‘flying’ season.

Rebuttal to Skeptics

Peter — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:16:59 +0000

Yum, Inc.

Peter — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:39:35 +0000

Say hello to mechanically separated chicken. It’s what all fast-food chicken is made from—things like chicken nuggets and patties. Also, the processed frozen chicken in the stores is made from it.

Basically, the entire chicken is smashed and pressed through a sieve—bones, eyes, guts, and all. it comes out looking like this.

There’s more: because it’s crawling with bacteria, it will be washed with ammonia, soaked in it, actually. Then, because it tastes gross, it will be reflavored artificially. Then, because it is weirdly pink, it will be dyed with artificial color.

But, hey, at least it tastes good, right?

High five, America!

*smack*

Revolutionary Grape.

Peter — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:46:45 +0000

My friend Tom Caestecker in Chicago recently wrote this piece about emerging wine trends for the examiner.com – check it out!

Mobile Brand Loyalty

Peter — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:31:35 +0000

A survey by Piper Jaffray yesterday reveals that most early iPhone 4 buyers were upgrading from previous iPhones — and remaining loyal to Apple — and that very few were switching to AT&T from other carriers.

Specifically, here are highlights from Piper analyst Gene Munster’s note this morning:

77% of iPhone 4 buyers polled in three cities (San Francisco, New York, and Minneapolis) were upgrading from old iPhones. That’s up from 56% last year and 38% in 2008, and represents brand loyalty that is likely unmatched in the mobile industry.
16% of buyers were switching to AT&T from other carriers, down from 28% last year. Apple REALLY needs to add another carrier if it wants to maximize sales. (Preferably Verizon Wireless, the nation’s biggest.)
54% purchased the $299 32 GB model, up from 43% who bought the 32 GB iPhone 3GS last year.
28% of iPhone 4 buyers owned an iPad, which confirms that the people waiting in line were the most serious of the Apple fanatics. Of the 72% who did not own an iPad, 39% said they would probably buy one within the next year, while 61% said they would not.
65% were Mac owners, down from 75% at the first iPhone launch in 2007.

The takeaway: Apple has a reliable stable of devoted users who will likely upgrade to the newest iPhone every year, assuming there’s nothing better on the market.

Hello Thelonius!

Peter — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:24:04 +0000

Pleased to say that this blog has been updated to WordPress 3 – ‘Thelonius”. So far so good. We’re going to get the Annunciation Interactive site updated soon as well. From what I’m seeing, WP3 continues the evolution of WordPress toward a more general content manager versus its blog-centric roots…

Stop Poisoning Us.

Peter — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:51:34 +0000

Protest to stop the use of Corexit oil dispersant off our coast. Nice visual.