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You can learn a lot from free ice water

October 9th, 2007  |  design, web work  |  1 Comment


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Mike Gunderloy at Web Worker Daily just posted 4 Branding Lessons from Wall Drug combining two subjects close to my heart — branding and the kitsch mecca of the South Dakota prairie.

Ever since my first visit to Wall Drug, I’ve known it was a special place (I even run a Flickr group about it). I don’t if it was the hundreds of miles of anticipatory signage, the eclectic merchandise, five-cent cups of coffee, bizarre attractions or the famous free ice water, but I was transformed from a customer to an evangelist on the spot.

Mike has captured the essence of the Hustead family business philosophy (like having a simple, consistent, actionable message) and cleverly shown us how to apply it to our own personal branding.


Tags: branding, indentity, lessons, walldrug

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I felt the isolation of the area there in 2006 because of spotty cell phone coverage. I can’t imagine what it was like during the Depression when a store at that location was struggling to survive. I love the leap of faith that the original owners took- if they extended a friendly gesture of free ice water, their business would benefit. It’s great to see that their work and ideas are still relevant and worthy of emulation.

Michelle on May 18th, 2008 at 1:10 pm

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