Brand Heart

Brand Heart

Thacker Business Marketing AssociationBob Thacker, SVP of Marketing at OfficeMax, was today’s featured speaker at the Business Marketing Association in Chicago. He was fantastic. He had many quotes to go along with his great lessons of life in the retail world, and experiences developing great campaigns. One of the best ones was this:

“Brands are like people. They have to have a heart.”

No truer words have been spoken. Without heart and purpose (which I believe goes hand-in-hand with heart), brands and organizations can only say so much and do so much. Take Bob’s words to heart and figure out how to communicate your organization’s heart and purpose to take you, the people you work with and the people you serve to the next level.

George Rafeedie loves bringing people together to achieve things they couldn’t accomplish on their own. One way George achieves this purpose is through his story marketing agency, Tell Your Story Brand Communications Inc. (Tell Your Story). George started Tell Your Story, based in the Chicago area, in 2009 after several years at agencies and in corporate roles, including starting the Chicago office of what is now Merkle B2B (Dentsu). Prior to that, George spent a few years in corporate PR and marketing roles with Baxter Healthcare Corporation and Arthur Andersen. Prior to that, George started his career at a PR firm and B2B marketing agency in Cincinnati. In between, he received a masters in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University’s Medill School. His undergrad degree in journalism and PR is from Ohio University.

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⚡ by Deeta
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March 17, 2025