December 28, 2022April 3, 2024Brand Community Media Process, Brand Community Media Strategy, Ramblings from Dave Kalman, Uncategorized Starbucks Announces Rewards Program Inflation Supernova Just in time for the holidays, Starbucks has gifted its most loyal customers with stellar inflation. Starting Feb. 13, 2023, the value […]
July 31, 2021April 3, 2024Brand Community Media Process, Brand Community Media Strategy, Custom Media, Email and Social Media Marketing, Ramblings from Dave Kalman When Promotions A.I. Goes Bad Does the Starbucks promotions platform cross the line from benefit to bully? By David Michael Kalman Starbucks is the world’s largest coffee-house […]
May 14, 2018September 22, 2020Brand Community Media Strategy What’s Love Got to Do With It? Subaru “Drive” Magazine After a year of driving my Subaru Impreza, I was surprised to receive an issue of Subaru’s brand magazine, Drive. It’s smart: […]
April 1, 2014December 7, 2017Brand Community Media Strategy, Dave Kalman Analysis, Uncategorized Starbucks-Boulange Brand Damage When Starbucks announced its June 2012 acquisition of San Francisco-based Bread, LLC and its La Boulange® bakery brand I thought, “nice move.” […]
September 30, 2011April 26, 2017Brand Community Media Strategy, Custom Media, Custom Publishing, Email and Social Media Marketing, Publishing Strategy The Netflix Brand Attraction Challenge Re-post: This article first appeared March 3, 2006. As home entertainment evolves and subscriber acquisition costs grow, customer loyalty will have a […]