An interesting article in USA Today discusses Whole Foods Market’s decision to launch its first ever national advertising campaign. The slogan for the campaign is “Values Matter” and the advertisement spots will feature images and […]
Category: Chapter 4 – Understand Business-to-Consumer Markets
AMC’s The Walking Dead Shows how the Network’s Choice to Embrace Online Viewing has led to Better Ratings for its Live Broadcasts
An interesting article in Bloomberg Businessweek calls attention to the kind of synergy that a story driven show can receive when a thoughtful strategy is developed for its delivery both online and on broadcast television. […]
For Some Marketers a Picture (or Selfie) Might be Worth More than a Thousand Words
Marketers have been, and always will be, interested in gaining a better understanding of consumers. Being able to communicate with those consumers who are most likely to find value in a specific product/service and doing […]
The Challenges and Opportunities of Marketing to a Constantly Connected Society
Seth Godin, a well-known marketer and public figure is credited with saying that “marketing is a contest for people’s attention.” In today’s technology driven environment where people often have access to multiple Internet connected devices, […]
Sega’s Move to Mobile Game Development and the Evolving Array of Business Models Available for Monetizing Video Games
The video game industry used to be relatively straightforward in terms of how its products were monetized. Either consumers purchased a game and owned it outright and everything that could be done within it was […]
Walmart’s Market Research and Marketing Communications Strategy for Kids this Holiday Season: Ask the Kids what They Want and Let the Parents Know
Retailers these days are able to leverage massive amounts of data from Point of Sale systems, ecommerce websites and the analytics they use to track consumers while on those sites as well as customer loyalty […]
Marketing in Real-Time: Evian Combines Social Media Efforts with Product Sample Delivery for Strong Results
An interesting article in Adweek discusses a marketing campaign developed by Evian that enabled the brand to promote its product through a real-time service supported by social media as its communication vehicle. The real-time service […]
Nordstrom’s Adoption of Like2Buy Provides a Unique Path for the Retailer to Translate a Significant Component of its Social Media Investment into Sales
An interesting article in Forbes discusses Nordstrom’s choice to be the first company to take advantage of a new service called Like2Buy with the goal of enabling the company to maximize the value of its […]
Connecting Technologies as a Means of Accessing New Markets: Uber’s Partnership Strategy Aims to Gain New Customers
These days there’s an app for just about anything that you can think of and with the public increasingly relying on their smartphones for different functions it’s not a bad time to be in the […]
Unilever’s Partnership with MTV to Bring Back “House of Style” as a Multiplatform Native Advertising Vehicle; Provides a look both at the Benefits and Challenges of Native Advertising
An interesting article in AdWeek discusses MTV’s decision to bring back one of its iconic shows from the early nineties. “House of Style” which aired from 1989 to 2000 was originally brought back in 2012, […]
