Randall Huft
Randall Huft is president and creative director of the Innovation Agency. He discovered what works, what doesn’t, and what steps must be taken to achieve sales goals and gain market share while working with blue-chip companies including AT&T, United Airlines, IBM, Walgreen’s, American Express, Toyota, and Disney. Inov8.us
Our Extraordinary Moment
It is becoming more readily apparent that despite our collective wishes, things are not going to return to any semblance of our...
Survival Instincts and Lies from the Top: How Crises Alter Human Behavior
By now, you probably have experienced the long lines and empty shelves at grocery and warehouse stores. Or you may have tried...
Fake News, Media Panic, and the Viral Marketing of an Actual Virus
By the time this column is published it may seem pointless, as the Zombie COVID-19 Apocalypse has consumed most of the world....
Emotional Advertising Has Become the Cornerstone of Branding
As a nation, we came together for a few brief hours. We set aside our political, cultural, economic, and demographic differences, and...
The Second Greatest Story Ever Sold
A few months ago, I wrote a piece titled “The Greatest Story Ever Sold,” which became one of the more popular of...
What’s in a Name? According to Marketing Experts, Everything.
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet suggests a name does not determine the nature of the thing to which it...
How Market Dynamics Determine Consumer Choices
A friend of mine owns a CBD company. They have developed great products that are expertly made and fully tested. They invested...
The Greatest Story Ever Sold
Throughout history, a few extraordinary advertising campaigns literally changed society. These tales have been told—and sold—to the masses and changed the course...
What Cannabis Brands Can Learn from Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Icarus drowned after plummeting from the sky because, in his complacency and hubris, he flew too close to the...
Don’t Be Chevrolet: a Lesson in What NOT to Do with Your Brand
General Motors’ venerable Chevrolet brand is in danger of extinction—and if the golden goose dies, GM will have no one but itself to blame. Founded...
