(GoPro Website, 2014) At the end of March 2014 Google published a Brand Channel Leaderboard that listed the top brand channels on YouTube for the months of January through March. At the top of this […]
Category: Chapter 1 – Marketing in Today’s Business Milieu
The 2014 FIFA World Cup: Reflecting on a Prime Opportunity for Ambush Marketing
The FIFA World Cup has come to an end and with its conclusion comes the opportunity to reflect on one of the more interesting ways that companies were able to capitalize on the month long […]
The New Yorker’s Shifting Online Strategy: Engaging Readers and Finding Its Pricing “Sweet Spot”
(New Yorker Online Homepage, 7/14/14) A recent article in the New York Times discusses the New Yorker’s plans to alter its online strategy. The publication plans to redesign its website, both on the backend to […]
Marketing Director or Brand Director?
(Marketing Week, 2014) An interesting article in AdvertisingAge this week discusses a change in titles for some of P&G’s marketing leadership. Specifically, as of July 1st P&G has announced a shift in the titles of […]
Crowdfunding as Alternative Marketing
(Alley Watch, 2013) Think about it. You run a startup that specializes in software applications for more efficient restaurant and hospitality management. Not only are you seeking funding to get your product and business off […]
Marketing and Security
(The Tech Journal, 2012) Here we go again. Some consumers are still smarting from the exposure of their personal data as a result of security lapses at Target and Neiman Marcus. Thought unnamed, authorities specializing […]
Marketing in College Sports
(Gazelle Group, 2014) Talk about a timely topic. As the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments come to a close, the issues at the heart of multiple lawsuits and grievances between current and former college […]
The Friday Round Up
(getlevelten.com, 2013) Another crazy week in the business world has come and gone. We saw Facebook open up its checkbook again, this time to the tune of nearly $2 billion to acquire VR-headset maker Occulus Rift. […]
The Marketing of Junk Food
Rather than share the deluge of articles (from multiple POVs), we thought we’d put together a fun exercise this weekend to put some students in the driver’s seat at a major junk food company. […]
Microsoft Makes Changes at the Top
(WSJ, 2014) Big changes announced yesterday at Microsoft, as Bill Gates relinquished his chairmanship and the company finally named its new CEO. Mr. Satya Nadella, who most recently ran the company’s enterprise unit, has been […]
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