With the largest audience ever for a television event at about 114.4 million viewers (according to preliminary figures from Nielsen), this year’s Super Bowl provided marketers with a prime opportunity to promote their brands. One […]
Category: Chapter 6 – Segmentation; Target Marketing; Positioning; and CRM
Removing the “Veto Vote”: Considerations for Marketing to Groups
For marketers in the hospitality industry the “veto vote” can serve as a significant challenge as groups of consumers make decisions based on their fit with the needs of every group member.
Marketing where HBO’s Game of Thrones is Filmed: Tourism Ireland gets 8.6 Million Pounds Worth of Publicity for the Price of 200,000 Pounds
For both Tourism Ireland and HBO, collaboration on a Game of Thrones themed campaign represented a clear win-win scenario for both organizations.
Kohl’s Personalized Marketing Plans Driven by Big Data and Technology Show how Brick and Mortar Retailers can Borrow (and Perhaps Enhance) Strategies Used by Online Competitors
The competition between brick and mortar retailers and online retailers is well known. Online retailers such as Amazon and Zappos.com are able to offer consumers convenience, personalization, and in many cases lower costs. One of […]
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 […]
Apple’s New iPhone Release, and the Combination of Apple Pay and Passbook Software for Marketers Bring the Value of a Digital Wallet into Sharper Focus
(Image of the Apple Passbook with some examples of the types of items that can be stored within it, including credit and debit card data) It can be increasingly difficult for organizations to compete for […]
The Show Must Go On…
(source – Wikimedia) We love stories like this. Of course, we don’t mean we love the stress and compromise of personal information that millions of customers have had to endure in the wake of the […]
The Maturation of Content Marketing
(source: SAP, 2013) A great article popped up in The New York Times yesterday that seemed to appropriately piggyback off the “2014 marketing trends” we posted about a couple of days ago. NewsCred, a Content […]
Marketing Trends in the New Year
A new year always brings a level of excitement to our business and our teaching. We have incoming MBA candidates just dipping their toes in the waters of graduate school, while also assisting those that […]
Rockstar in the Cross Hairs
An interesting article in Politico this week (link below) raises some important questions regarding branding and messaging. Rockstar Catches Heat Over Marketing What are the ethical issues raised by Rockstar potentially promoting its product to […]
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