Published by Dan Heath January 1st, 2010
in General.
We’re relocating the blog to our new site: HeathBrothers.com. We will keep all archival blog posts here, but as of Jan 1, 2010, the new posts will only appear at the Heath Brothers site. Come pay us a visit!
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Published by Dan Heath May 5th, 2009
in General.
If the world were a village of 100 people, how many of the 100 would be white? How many would speak Spanish? How many would have a college education? Satisfy your curiosity by checking out “The World of 100,” a series of poster-infographics designed by Tony Ng.
It’s kind of amazing how much easier it is to [...]
Published by Dan Heath May 5th, 2009
in General.
This ad for Red House, a furniture store in High Point, NC, pitches racial reconciliation through couches and bedroom sets. The spot’s creators said they were inspired when the Red House staff “pointed out the fact that their employees and customer base were like the ‘Rainbow Coalition,’ and we thought something with a comical racial [...]
Published by Dan Heath April 16th, 2009
in General.
I’ve received notes about this from several people, and boy, you were right.
This video features Susan Boyle, a contestant on the show Britain’s Got Talent. It’s as sticky as a story gets.
In the book, we talk about “Challenge Plots” — stories in which a protagonist overcomes a formidable challenge and succeeds. David and Goliath is the [...]
This is a brilliant promotion from TripAdvisor. Got it via email and it was the one promo email, out of the last 500, that I’ve clicked thru to see. How can you not? Its strength is its unexpectedness — most companies would be too chicken to try something like this.
From a review of the #1 hotel [...]
Published by Dan Heath February 25th, 2009
in General.
Via the naming firm Eat My Words, the worst name of 2008 was a new “financial literacy” site for children called — wait for it — Shyrk. (I guess Pilfr wasn’t available.)
But then, before the trophy could even be engraved, there was an update:
We were tipped off that Shyrk renamed themselves with an even worse [...]
Published by Dan Heath February 25th, 2009
in General.
Hey, just a forewarning that after today, the blog will go quiet until mid-March. Which reminds me of something: You may have noticed by now that my posting tends to be a bit infrequent and erratic. (Sadly, this is also the pace of my good ideas.) So if you check the blog regularly, you may find [...]
Published by Dan Heath February 25th, 2009
in General.
You can now get a (RED) card from Starbucks. Here’s how it works: You can buy the card online, or in a store, and purchase credit on it, just like any other Starbucks card. But there’s a big difference: With every transaction you conduct, five cents is used to buy life-saving medicine for people in [...]
Published by Dan Heath February 10th, 2009
in General.
What else is there to say, really?
Published by Dan Heath February 10th, 2009
in Concreteness, General and Unexpectedness.
Richard Perez-Pena writes that Newsweek’s “ingrained role of obligatory coverage of the week’s big events will be abandoned once and for all,” according to execs.
Let’s leave aside whether this strategic shift makes sense or not. Notice how Newsweek editor Jon Meacham articulates the shift in a way that is concrete, specific, and full of uncommon [...]