Amazon has increased its spending on the development of original content and the acquisition of exclusive content for Amazon Prime. Increased advertising as well has led to significant growth in memberships to the service which boasts a user base that spends on average more than double the amount than non-Prime users spend annually within Amazon. Customers of the service are potentially stickier to the brand as well as they expand the range of services they use that are provided by the organization.
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College Football’s New Playoff System: Fan’s Celebrate and Sponsors Buy In
The new playoff system makes fans happier while increasing the number of marketing opportunities for brands; the initial TV ratings and sponsorship dollars coming in show that it’s working.
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.
The Charlotte Hornets’ Recent Rebranding: Short Term and Long Term Impact and Implications
A recent article in The New York Times takes a look at the Charlotte Hornets’ most recent marketing efforts involving the team’s new (or in some ways old) mascot and a door to door approach […]
Whole Foods’ First National Ad Campaign and the Value of Social Responsibility from a Marketing Perspective
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
Aligning Content Marketing with Brand Values in a World of Social Media: GoPro’s Approach to its Online Video Marketing Has Created a Win-Win for the Brand and its Most Avid Customers
(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 […]
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 […]
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