Selfies, the act of taking a self-portrait, have become a free promotional and marketing tool.
Category: Chapter 8 – Build the Brand
Star Wars: The Force Awakens the Marketing World
Disney, through a variety of mediums, is utilizing an integrated brand strategy and global partnerships to strengthen its Star Wars franchise.
Music Festivals: A Scene where Marketers can Engage Upwards of 100,000 Attendees in a Single Day
Music festivals are a huge opportunity for companies to not only sponsor but also exhibit their brand to a large audience in a short period of time.
Declining Sales in the Frozen Food Aisle
Marketers are attempting to overcome consumers’ negative perceptions associated with frozen food brands, which have experienced declining sales for the past several years.
Marketing Experiences and What it Means for Car Brands
Automobile consumers are now valuing access over ownership, and are especially interested in the experience that cars can provide them with.
Burritos and Beer: Taco Bell to Open First U.S. Location with Alcohol this Summer
As a means to compete with its rivals in the fast casual market, Taco Bell announced earlier this week that it will begin serving alcohol in one of its Chicago locations.
The Millennial Mindset: How Marketers Can Reach This Influential Generation
Millennials are currently the largest US population with an estimated purchasing power of $1.68 trillion. Members of this generation differ significantly from those who have come before them, and it is imperative that marketers understand how to effectively reach them.
Top-Level Domains (TLD) Key to Online Marketing Strategy
With only 11% of the web visible, it is extremely important to optimize your website for maximum visibility within Goggle’s search engine. The main way to do this to have a highly coveted .com domain name.
Bud Light Takes its “Up for Whatever” Campaign Too Far
Anheuser-Busch InBev is swarming in criticism stemming from part of its “Up for Whatever” campaign, by BBDO. The company has published 140 scroll messages on its bottles since the campaign’s inception two years ago. One of the messages came under fire last week, “the perfect beer for removing ‘no’ from your vocabulary,” which has been linked to rape culture.
Hulu CEO Announces Strategy for More Focused and Competitive Brand
Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins presented to 2,000 attendees at its NewFront presentation last week. The company announced its plans to created a more focused and competitive brand. Among them are to drop the “Plus” from “Hulu Plus,” stream all nine seasons of Seinfeld, and produce an array of original series in an attempt to join the ranks of its competitors Netflix and Amazon.
