Mixed Signals: Orange Juice Is Good But Not Omniscient

Mixed Signals: War Child PSA Turns Bullets into Crayons

Mixed Signals: Staged Brand Experiences or Building Blocks for Belonging?

Mixed Signals: The Price is Right! Right?

Marketers obviously know how to influence me. But I also admit that my internal spending matrix was constructed in U.S. society, heavily influenced by the spending values of our culture.

Mixed Signals: You Are Your Brand

When I am honest and forthright about who I am—my beliefs, my skills, my standards—then people know me and what I stand for.

Mixed Signals: Do Products Deliver the Simple Life We Crave?

“The real concern is that we begin to think that living a streamlined, simple life is as easy as buying a product.”

Mixed Signals: Your Life as a PR Campaign

“Instead of living life for the joy of living it, we set up moments that we can broadcast, making life more like a production to execute to an audience rather than a life to live to the full.”

Mixed Signals: How to Make a Proper Apology

“Learning to make a proper apology is one of those indispensable life skills that we all need but few of us were trained to deliver appropriately.”

Mixed Signals: Giving Grace to the Airline Industry

“No one is perfect. Not even the airline industry.”

Mixed Signals: T-Mobile’s Good Girl Goes Edgy but Do Customers Care?

“The question is if edgy-and-fast is the key decision factor customers consult when selecting mobile companies.”

Mixed Signals: Skype’s Campaign Wants to Bring Back Social Graces

“These campaign messages forget that most people are not using technology to replace human interaction but to enhance it.”

Mixed Signals: Target Shooting for Non-Violent Types

“Shooting at their likenesses on targets is disrespectful of the glory that God has embedded upon humans made in His likeness.”

Mixed Signals: Why Christianity Doesn’t Get the Sympathy Vote

“It would also do us good to remember that today’s underdog is tomorrow’s market leader — and vice versa.”

Mixed Signals: Special K’s Lose-Gain Philosophy

“…make sure you aren’t counting on an external fix for an internal issue.”

Mixed Signals: Brands Want More Than Facebook Fans

“What tangible help is a high fan count when it only requires a quick click and no commitment?”

Mixed Signals: Christmas Rage Available at Kohl’s (Rebecca) Black Friday

When I hear people lashing out over a 30-second TV spot, I am reminded of the great need we have for Christmas.