How to turn the heart of your practice into a marketing masterpiece

The design of your optical is especially important. Your optical should look like an Apple store, but engage like a Starbucks. In many ways, Apple stores have changed the face of retail with clear windows, tables with products offering engagement, and elegant displays. One Apple store located in the Grand Central Terminal of downtown New York City is particularly iconic. The large windows within the store offering direct lighting were very important to Jobs and his design team.  Here are two images inside. Shot on my iPhone 7.

     

Apple’s “Think Different” ad campaign has something to teach us. One video in particular shows phrases paired with elegant visuals to describe the thoughts and emotions that go into creating Apple products. You can find the video here:

Within the book, the compiler has tried to keep all observations and teachings as close as possible to their original meaning. Therefore, key teachings from noteworthy individuals are left as quotes to properly convey meaning; and, advice or studies of the ultra-successful are taken from the person’s corresponding biography or autobiography unless cited otherwise.

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